Gratitude Journal

[journeynow]

Grateful for a good night's sleep and my cozy warm bed.

[journeynow]

vegan kimchee fried rice

[journeynow]

snow, sun, my kitchen window

 

...and remembering that this is really why I came onto the ena forum today, before getting distracted by other threads, and spending way too much time. ;-)

[journeynow]

The freedom to be playful with my thoughts

 

and how entertaining that is while driving

[journeynow]

Sometimes gratitude is like "The House That Jack Built," the old cumulative nursery rhyme, in a positive sort of way. I pause and notice one thing I am grateful for, and then I am grateful for something connected to that, and something to that, and so on, and so on.

 

Looking out the kitchen window, I am grateful for the view. And the window, I notice the window and appreciate it, appreciate that it is here, it was brought here and installed by someone else. I didn't do it, someone else made it happen. And someone made it, built it, that someone is connected to others who added to their life in some good way. Someone made it their business to make and sell windows, someone made the glass, someone designed the window and all it's hidden mechanisms that help it open and close, someone invented glass, someone found the resources...all those people are connected to this window, helped make it happen so that I can stand inside by my kitchen sink and enjoy the view outside and the light that brightens my home. Gratitude each step of the way, each thought. All this only takes a moment. Which changes my life.

[journeynow]

Things work out, happiness, and leftovers

[Silverbirch]

Neurogenic pain relief, bed

[90_hour_sleep]

Sometimes gratitude is like "The House That Jack Built," the old cumulative nursery rhyme, in a positive sort of way. I pause and notice one thing I am grateful for, and then I am grateful for something connected to that, and something to that, and so on, and so on.

 

Looking out the kitchen window, I am grateful for the view. And the window, I notice the window and appreciate it, appreciate that it is here, it was brought here and installed by someone else. I didn't do it, someone else made it happen. And someone made it, built it, that someone is connected to others who added to their life in some good way. Someone made it their business to make and sell windows, someone made the glass, someone designed the window and all it's hidden mechanisms that help it open and close, someone invented glass, someone found the resources...all those people are connected to this window, helped make it happen so that I can stand inside by my kitchen sink and enjoy the view outside and the light that brightens my home. Gratitude each step of the way, each thought. All this only takes a moment. Which changes my life.

 

This kindled a little spark in me...

 

Interconnection. All the seemingly small things that go into making a simple moment possible...

 

I'm grateful for the ability to be honest with the people I love. To have a space for that.

[journeynow]

Interconnection. All the seemingly small things that go into making a simple moment possible...

 

Yes, it makes me feel connected to the world, present and past. And to feel I am part of a flow. I don't know if I can explain the flow part; it is not about the material things, but an energy that the material thing that I am noticing is a fleeting part.

[journeynow]

The way old photographs bring back the joy. I love the heart-warming that results.

[journeynow]

Waking up to sunshine and sparkling snow

[90_hour_sleep]

catching up on months of missed sleep...

[hidden_kitten]

Music, and my own weird taste in it. Inspires in lots of different ways.

[Silverbirch]

Rain and a drop in temperature after hot weather.

[journeynow]

Walking easily on a packed path of dry snow with my dog and no wind, surrounded by trees and small animal tracks and peace.

[journeynow]

I'm grateful for the ability to be honest with the people I love. To have a space for that.

 

I just reread this...and what a gift for both sides, the being honest with those you love.

[90_hour_sleep]

I'm grateful for reminders from my own past...

 

Thanks, JN :)

[journeynow]

Less thinking. More happiness.

[journeynow]

HaHa, I made myself laugh today when I complimented myself on the meal I'd cooked for me.

[itsallgrand]

HaHa, I made myself laugh today when I complimented myself on the meal I'd cooked for me.

 

That's cute. That's great when a sincere and simple "hey way to go me" moment like that happens. Sounds like you had a good day:)

[journeynow]

That's cute. That's great when a sincere and simple "hey way to go me" moment like that happens. Sounds like you had a good day:)

 

:-) yes. It's nice when the spontaneous self-talk is supportive.

[journeynow]

For my snow roof rake and telescoping snow broom. The roof rake for the house works wonders on the car.

[Silverbirch]

I'm grateful for the sheep that came and mowed my grass

[journeynow]

grateful

 

...that the painful grit in my eye half the afternoon is now gone

...for cloth shopping bags with good handles

...for longer daylight hours

...for sparkling clean snow and deep blue skies and fox tracks

[Silverbirch]

I'm grateful that despite being poor, I was able to access dental care (state funded) for urgent work on a tooth, and it hardly cost me anything.