Very Grateful~
God’s surprises
A morning walk along the river
Garrett’s encouraging email
Chicken with faro soup
The sculpture garden
Finally knowing how to say “quinoa”
Finding out that the admission was free
The engineer’s talent to construct the bridge under which I walked
Citrus beet salad
Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.~ Ashleigh Brilliant
Very Grateful~
God’s gifts
Books & Bookmarks
Remembering to pay the important bill
New question stems
Amelia’s proofreading
not having to work in an office of women on valentine’s day
the trust that in the future I will again receive a valentine
being my own valentine until then!
The role of ignorance, or what the poet John Keats eloquently termed “negative capability” — the art of brushing up against the unknown and proceeding anyway.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. ~Desmond Tutu
Very Grateful for~
God’s support
This pinterest board called “Life’s a Blessing”
Laughter yoga
wellness tea
Cranberry bagels
Chapter 56 in The Life of Pi
The other lists here at WLG
Choosing a different response
Walking into a warm house
Reading about a love story that worked out: Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia were married in her family’s bookstore in Boston. She was 32; he was 38. The newlyweds moved out to an old historic mansion in Concord, Massachusetts, where Henry David Thoreau made a vegetable garden for just the two of them. Hawthorne wrote to his sister: “We are as happy as people can be, without making themselves ridiculous, and might be even happier; but, as a matter of taste, we choose to stop short at this point….Then, on his first wedding anniversary, he wrote to his wife: “We were never so happy as now — never such wide capacity for happiness“
God’s support
After coaxing, the printer decided to print
Rewriting for patience
Reinforcements
The milk foamer-maker is working again
Figuring out that I am not good at something before I get too wrapped up in making it work
Red snapper
A new CD
Getting up the courage to go to the shhee-shhee yuppie store even though I think I don’t belong
Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Very Grateful for ~
God’s love
A morning on the tennis court
Strokes and smiles
Getting home before the rain
Canolis
The Weather Channel
A nice card in the mail
Finishing The Life of Pi
Hamburger soup
We do not know what a thought is, yet we’re thinking them all the time. ~ Ani Tenzin Palmo, an English woman who spent 12 years in a cave in Tibet
Very Grateful for ~
God’s love
this poem “Great Plains” by Bruce Williard
This idea from William James: “The education of attention would be an education par excellence.”
the word kerfuffle
a slower pace
audio books
prayer
naps
possibilities
Let us read and let us dance – two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. ~Voltaire
Very Grateful for ~
God’s love
a new stainless steel stock pot
warm oatmeal/pumpkin seed muffins
little pots of clementine marmalade lined up like little taste soldiers
a Barefoot Contessa cook book discounted 60%!!!
airline points from Mary~~~
figuring out where to go next
“Two thoughts cannot coexist at the same time: if the clear light of mindfulness is present, there is no room for mental twilight.” In this post
warm towels
Distracting thoughts may nibble at your attention, but disengage from them while sinking more and more deeply into the breath. ~Rick Hanson
Very Grateful for ~
God’s blankets of care
Making clementine marmalade (got it on my second try. I burned the first batch because I rushed it…hmmm….such a lesson and commentary!)
this recipe
the flavor of the clementine’s is so happy
Donna made it safely on the road
back on the tennis court
“I missed you”
feeling …what is it? Is it happy?
a balance that is working!
Gratitude practice
By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond winning. ~Lao Tzu
Very Grateful for ~
God’s care
Reboots
School bus drivers http://thehoopla.com.au/music-bus/
The other side of what was unexpected
Family history
Flannel shirts
breathing through an unpleasant surprise
the imperfect present gently described in this post
This delightful pep-talk video from KidPresident
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. —W.B. Yeats
Very Grateful for ~
God’s provision
The courage and bravery of Harriet Tubman
This year/this time
Learning curves
Pumpkin seeds
Waking up to coffee already made
Amelia’s fortitude
A new broom
Phone calls with Dad
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. ~ William James