Monthly Archives: August 2012

Choose Gratitude

  1. Middle-of-the-night gratitude
  2. Training my thoughts
  3. Practicing singleness of thought
  4. The help of those who’ve gone before me
  5. Prentice Mulford
  6. Generosity
  7. Not holding on too tightly
  8. And letting go, too
  9. Choosing to live the life I want
  10. This glorious moment to do it in

1. God

2. Helpful colleagues

3. Betsy helping me get the projector working

4. A responsive audience

5. A guest speaker who made a lot of sense

6. The people who prepared and served lunch

7.Pam for helping me with questions

8. Daryl for her input

9. Continued beautiful weather

10. Kind words and enthusiasm

1. God

2. On Facebook, in the search box it says “Search for people, places and things.”  For me it should read “Powerless over people places and things.”

3. Lunch at Hot Dog Annie’s

4. A country road

5. Our remarkable college president giving two students from Sierra Leone scholarships so they can get an education and return to help people in their native country.

6. Realizing  I was honored to spend time with these students without knowing who they were.

7. The people preparing breakfast for us at the new campus center

8. The police chief asking Hannah to stop by and ask for him – this is a good thing :)

9. Rachel for all her work with Hannah

10. Helen sending me a kind greeting with a post from Brave Girls Club

You, Gratitude

  1. Being a part of this incredible community of gratitude
  2. Telling myself fun stories (as opposed to stressful ones)
  3. Practicing singleness of mind
  4. Catching glimpses of old friends
  5. Hearing another’s excitement
  6. My incredible husband
  7. An email from an understanding friend
  8. Beauty everywhere
  9. Safety within
  10. This beautiful moment

1. God

2. Farmers

3. At Bill’s house

4. Working with Heidi

5. Betsy taking time to help me

6. Examples of courage everywhere

7. Someplace I hadn’t been before

8. Cassie’s laughter

9. From silence

10. Remembering to breathe

Oh, this day…

1. Logan had his academic assessment today, and it went great.

2. He was so excited to share all that he’s been doing.

3. We made a day of it, and my husband came with us.

4. We found a little diner and had lunch and then browsed at some local shops.

5. It was a very long day, but good.

6. Coming home

7. My dog was SO happy to see us when we got home, and she was ready to play!

8. Putting my pajamas on…and having a cup of tea

9. Feeling secure

10. Love