Gratitude Journal

[journeynow]

1) Swimming at dusk

 

2) A star-filled night sky

 

3) A satisfying & healthy meal

 

4) A working head lamp

 

5) Deadlines met

 

6) Work projects

 

7) Happy, healthy pets

[journeynow]

1) Sleep

 

2) Bed

 

3) Comfortor

 

4) Pillow

[journeynow]

1) Clean water for swimming

 

2) Clean water for drinking

 

3) Clean water for washing

 

4) Sunshine

 

5) Comfortable temperatures

 

6) Growing friendships

 

7) Being over my break-up!

[luminousone]

So thankful for

1. Warm days and cool nights

2. Good doctor's report

3. The cute kids I teach

4. Beautiful hikes

5. Wise friends

[journeynow]

^ heartwarming, reading your list, luminousone!

[journeynow]

1) pets, mine and others

 

2) animal people

 

3) animal visitors and visiting animals

[luminousone]

Thank you Journeynow! I've been inspired by your gratitude!

 

Today I am thankful for:

 

1. The most beautiful sunrise, with huge clouds in the east and the sun coming up directly behind them. The sun outlined the clouds in pure "gold". Quite an awesome sight.

 

2. A great walk with a friend today

 

3. My son who is starting to show some depth and maturity

 

4. My younger son's passionate teacher

 

5. Cool fresh air this morning

 

6. My warm cat snuggled up to me

[journeynow]

1) Finding happiness is small things

 

2) Problem solved

 

3) Plans made

 

4) The people that have touched my life in the past 24 hours

[journeynow]

1) Summer

 

2) This sweet day

 

3) Information, learning, reaching out, inspiration, all at our fingertips.

 

4) Change of seasons

 

5) Insight from others

 

6) Helpful nudges forward

 

7) B

 

8 ) K. Thanks K, for being you, and for all you do.

[journeynow]

1) Digging in rich soil

 

2) A good nap

 

3) My warm meal

 

4) Progress on my home

 

5) A good walk

 

6) My kids today

[tiredofvampires]

You write about swimming, JN.

 

Where do you swim? Lakes? The ocean?

[journeynow]

You write about swimming, JN.

 

Where do you swim? Lakes? The ocean?

 

Lake swimming. It's been a good summer for it.

[journeynow]

1) My well trained dog guests

 

2) These cold symptoms are only mild and seem to be fading

 

3) Good work colleagues

 

4) Solving money flow issues on several fronts

 

5) Another gorgeous day

 

6) A pleasant trip to town for errands

 

7) My errand trip turned into a nice visit with an old friend

 

8 ) The warm colors of burgundy, mulberry, wine, and coral

 

9) Breakfast with a friend

 

10) Meeting new friends

 

11) Ginger tea

 

12) Greens!

[luminousone]

So very grateful for:

 

1. A beautiful glowing sunrise

2. A great walk and talk with a friend in the woods today

3. Two clean bathrooms

4. Fresh sweet cherry tomatoes

5. My son has an awesome teacher!

6. fresh clean air

7. My very comfortable hiking boots

8. Sweet meditative music filling me with peace, light and love

[Silverbirch]

Hope you are fully over your flu soon JN!

[luminousone]

Today I am thankful for:

 

1. Good doctors, physicians assistants, nurses, lab techs, and others who help with my health care.

 

2. Support from my older son regarding my rellious preteen

 

3. My sons' schools and awesome teachers!

 

4. Love and support from friends and family near and far

 

5. God's loving and healing white light, surrounding me and filling me

 

6. My inlaws

[journeynow]

1) Time to walk at the end of the day

 

2) Comfortable clothing

 

3) No frost yet, and the greens still growing in my garden

 

4) Moving forward

 

5) Trusting that I will continue to make progress and positive changes in my life

[journeynow]

Hope you are fully over your flu soon JN!

 

Thanks SB!

[journeynow]

Simple things...

 

1) A great parking spot.

 

2) Friends happy to see me today, and spontaneously hugging me, 3 different times.

 

3) Friends helping me think through things and come to a decision.

 

4) A sweet belated birthday note.

 

5) A project approved.

 

6) I screen my own thoughts. Sometimes. As a result, I enjoy my thoughts more. And I enjoy myself more. Maybe that makes me simple-minded, but it works for me, for now.

[journeynow]

At the risk of repeating myself....:

 

1) The company of good dogs

 

2) Today's walk with an old friend

 

3) My work

 

4) Learning new things

 

5) Making plans, even "small" ones

 

6) Self awareness

 

7) Self acceptance

 

8 ) Change IS possible and probable

 

9) Feeling optimistic

 

10) My neighbors

 

11) Sharp #2 pencils with good erasers

 

12) My drawing teacher

 

13) Money earned

 

14) My books

[journeynow]

1) Mary Oliver

 

2) Joseph Campbell

 

3) Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

 

4) Vincent Van Gogh

 

5) Doris McCarthy

 

6) Albert Einstein

 

7) Chögyam Trungpa

 

8 ) Florence Scovel Shinn

 

9) Peace Pilgrim

 

10) those whose work has helped me to see and think differently, and thus expanded my world, and my understanding

[journeynow]

1) Clear lines at the edges of the road, in the dark, in the rain and the fog.

 

2) The surprise of the moonrise, over the pond, despite the rain and the fog.

 

3) Everything worked out just fine today.

 

4) Salad greens

 

5) My life

 

6) These confortable socks I'm wearing

 

7) My cat that makes me laugh.

[Silverbirch]

Oh yes, I LOVE angora socks in winter but I haven't been able to find them so easily this year. Well, weather is getting much warmer now:

 

I am grateful to be getting out my summer and winter clothes and to finally be seeing some sun!

[journeynow]

1) Cinnamon and spices and salt, all come here from somewhere else.

 

2) Time for being outdoors

 

3) A warm fire that started easily

 

4) Still harvesting greens from my garden

 

5) My sons, as always! Thinking of either of them makes me happy, and I enjoy seeing them or talking to them, even if it's only occasionally.

 

6) A peak of blue sky today

 

7) Plenty of rain, which is good for the groundwater and keeps the fire hazard low

[journeynow]

1) Sleeping dogs

 

2) Catching my breath

 

3) Seasons

 

4) Being warm and dry enough

 

5) The shoes on my feet, and somebody somewhere who showed up for work and made them, and the someone else who transported them. And the locally owned store that stocks decent shoes at a decent price that had them in just my size, way back when, at an amount I had available to spend.