• Trying to cancel my old phone account. Grateful for patient people. I at one point wasn’t. ☹️
• I got my dental bill paid off today. Hooray!
• It is a beautiful day weather wise up in Duluth, Minnesota. Cooler temperatures are coming, but it’ll still be good.
• Five more days to enjoy off before I go back to work on Monday.
• I got up and did my prayer and meditation. God is so GOOD!
• I  got to hug and give my neighbor, who had to put her dog to sleep, my condolences.  Grateful I could do that. 
• Good books to read on the way to the Mall while riding the bus. 

Grateful for all that has happened. New bed and new windows. We have come so far!

Trusting that the problems they found putting in the windows will be fixed and funded.

Grateful Hubby is better. His cough had me worried. He is my other half!

Friends who listen. Friends who remind me to have faith.

Summery weather! Enjoy! Cold is around the corner!

May today be a good one! No surprises!

• My brother turns 83 today.
• Good time with family and a friend watching football yesterday. 
• Waking up early this morning. I have to get my body used to early mornings for work next Monday. 
• Getting earlier news on t.v.
• Getting my PT, Facebook posts, Bible plan and prayer and meditation finished early. 
• Getting to see the sunrise, if there is one, this a.m.
• Great church service yesterday. 

• Worshiping God. Although, nice I can worship God anytime everyday.
• Another sober and nicotine free day.
• My family. I love them so much.
• Football.  Go Vikings!
• Good sleep last night.
• Weather still warm enough.
• Another good Bible plan.
• Good food today.

📔 Gratitude Journal: The Gift of Music

💡 Reflecting on the Beauty of Classical Music:

This morning, I found myself contemplating the vastness of the music world that I have yet to explore. I realized there are countless conductors I have yet to discover, an abundance of musical variations, recordings, and concerts awaiting my attention. It struck me that all of this creative brilliance is simply given to humanity, taken for granted.

It’s fascinating to think that nobody has ever requested a specific piece of music from a higher power, something that would deeply nourish their soul. No one has asked for a composition that would become intertwined with their life’s moments, memories, and emotions. I’m referring to those profound emotions that arise from within us, from the depths of our uncontrolled, unconscious selves. It’s the unspoken connection between sound and our inner cosmos that allows music to touch us on such a profound emotional level.

Moreover, nobody consciously chooses to become passionately involved with music—it happens naturally. Perhaps that’s the true beauty of it all—the way things unfold without reason, without plans or efforts, manifesting spontaneously.

⌛ “Your task is not to seek for love, but to find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

• I am grateful to wake up today.  Thanks be to God.
• I have 9 days, counting today before I have to go back to work.
• I had enough Vacation, Sick time and Personal Holiday time to cover all my medical leave.
• Great ortho doc who fixed me up and gave me a new hip.
• Family and friends who supported me through all this.
• Good Bible quotes each day to help me through.
• YouVersion.  A great Bible app I highly recommend if you are into the Bible. 
• Nice delivery guy who delivered my food yesterday.
• My back is getting better day by day.

What could be better on a nice Fall day than a hike with a friend.

Mary Ellen and I walk and talk!

It’s great to have a friend who listens!

Fresh corn on the cob for dinner!

Making brownies for a church meeting.

The kitchen smells like chocolate. Hooray!

Almost every weeknight is Jeopardy for Tom and me.

Another grateful day. Thank you, God!

Progress- step by step

Sunshine- hike?

Acceptance especially when you think you’re right

Friends that listen. Friends who accept you!

Hubby thinks he is better. Go slow! I need you!

Weekend brings us to October. May October bring us joy!

• Patient lady at the A&T store yesterday.  
• Back is feeling better.
• Ate Gyro fries yesterday.  No bueno.  Grateful I learned lesson.  Will not eat them again.
• Watching the local news this morning.  I do not always catch the full two hours, but grateful when I can catch some 
• A beautiful sunrise that woke me up this morning.  Thank you God!
• Although I also woke up from a bad dream, I am grateful it was as dream and not reality.
• A found a new t.v. show to enjoy.  Something a little different than others. 
• Laughter.  It truly is the best medicine. :)

getting my Zentangle pumpkins out for the season

remembering how much fun I had making them

working out this morning with Michelle

lunch with Tom at Akron Family Restaurant

lovely nap

out to dinner with Tom and his friends at Angie’s

home in time for Jeopardy

another grateful day!