Very Grateful for ~

God’s protection

Things to think about

An unexpected gift

Sue, checking in on me

The hilarity of watching Ruby bark at the full-sized reindeer and Santas in neighbors’ yards

Taquitos

Sweatshirts

Opportunities

Moving the mint plants into the garage during the freeze and now the garage smells like mint

This song by Sara Groves 

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue […] Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.” Rainer Maria Rilke

Very Grateful for ~

God’s patience

This post: “Generosity as a path to success” http://www.kindovermatter.com/2012/11/the-more-you-give-more-you-get.html

This idea from Janice MacLeod: If we all just look at what we have at hand, we can find clues that lead us in the direction of our dreams.

Backyards

Mangos

Remembering something I forgot to put on the grocery list

An apology

Cough drops

Thoughts from a new-to-me singer named Yuna http://becauseofgrace.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/this-weekenddont-dismiss-you/

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. ~Pericles

Very Grateful for ~

God’s gifts

Finally mailing “it” off

Audio books

Condoleezza Rice and her intelligence and service (book: No Higher Honor)

This website/blog http://3-wordwisdom.com/

A “Gifts We Already Have List” from Ann Voskamp~Hang a long paper on a wall or on the fridge or back of door. Fill that list up before Christmas — with all the countless ways God blesses you

Expiration dates

More and more Christmas lights

A chance of snow

The robbed who smiles, steals something from the thief. ~William Shakespeare

Very Grateful for ~

God’s gifts

Brave soldiers who served during Pearl Harbor

And those who felt called to serve after witnessing their sacrifice

Seeing lighted Christmas trees in house and store windows

The word “resonate”

How the heater just knows when to click on

Trading thoughts about Zig Ziglar with Jean

A wonderful time reading Garrett’s list with all the links—thanks Garrett!

Practice, practice, practice on writing with crystal-clear clarity (still feels like weight-lifting)

Take the space for life ~Satya Columbo

Very Grateful for ~

God’s gifts

This post on trust

Westies

Zig Ziglar’s life and work

Phone calls and reconnections with Rachel

WiFi

Seeing a shooting star

Cinnamon rolls from Linda

Seventy times seven

I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow. ~Stephen Covey

Very Grateful for ~

God’s Promises

Friends

Another birthday for Mom

A cappella singing

And those who know how to do it

Rachel Awes beautiful book

Surrender

Becoming at peace with yet another interview

This post on obstacles to mindfulness

Surrender means walking through doorways in life marked ‘I don’t know’…

Very Grateful for ~

God’s grace
Clothes to fold

Returning to breathe

Dad’s sense of humor

Low mileage

High miles per gallon

Cranberry walnut bread

Someone else to drive

Dr. Max King’s life (RIP)
the love and dedication of his wife, Diane

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. ~Aristotle

Very Grateful for ~

God’s patience

This Pinterest Board on Gratitude

Paying less than I thought at the one store I went to yesterday

The increasingly red leaves on my tree in front

Not being on the highway this weekend

Finishing the “Alpha” version of the chapter

Another interview Monday (maybe the last one?)

The refund check made it here after a three-month wait

Getting the card in the mail before the mail went out

God asks us to give thanks in everything — because this is the way you live through anything.

Very Grateful for ~

God’s Blessings

The Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special

Folks who work on Thanksgiving

Our soldiers who continue to protect us on Thanksgiving

Seeing friends at lunch that I don’t usually get to see

All the cars at the neighbor’s houses means their family arrived safely

Hearing “Happy Thanksgiving” and responding right back while walking Ruby

Another holiday with Dad and Mom

Wise words from wise folks:

When you trust God to guide you, in an unexpected moment of peace, the path you should take will be revealed. ~Chris Lindsey

Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.~ A.W. Tozer

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, & gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton

Very Grateful for ~

God’s Blessings that came Instead

Leftover Monday gratitude: for a safe trip over 8 hours of rural roads

Tough rubber tires on the rental car

A PT appt with Ann

Bookstores

Finding the book I needed

Amelia’s dentist–Both of them!

Prayer

Cranberries

“Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Grace evokes gratitude like the voice an echo. Gratitude follows grace as thunder follows lightening.” ~Karl Barth quoted in this post