“To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.” Alan Cohen Today I am grateful for time by myself to process some of the grief and sadness of the last couple of […]
Month: January 2017
Month of Gratitude Day 20
“Meditation is like giving a hug to ourselves, getting in touch with that awesome reality in us. While mediating we feel a deep sense of intimacy with God, a love that is inexplicable.” Paramahansa Yogananda Today I am grateful for meditation. I have been meditating pretty regularly for the past two years and […]
Month of Gratitude Day 19
“When I look into the eyes of an animal I do not see an animal. I see a living being. I see a friend. I feel a soul.” A.D. Williams Today I am grateful for a trip to the zoo. With the chinook winds we have been having it was nice enough […]
Month of Gratitude Day 18
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” Albert Einstein Today I am grateful for chinooks. Chinooks are warm winds created when air moves over a mountain range. Where I live we get wonderful warm days because of these chinook winds. Last week it was in the minus 20’s Celsius and […]
Month of Gratitude Day 17
“I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.” Maya Angelou Today I am grateful for my son. We have been through a lot, he and I. We have had some really tough and unpleasant times together. Today I want to honor his spirit […]
Month of Gratitude Day 15
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” William Arthur Ward Today I am grateful for my daily morning practice. Since coming down with a cold bug this week my morning practice has all but dissolved into nothingness. What is normally a one to two […]
Month of Gratitude Day 14
“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” John F. Kennedy Today I am grateful for my husband making supper. It is a rare occasion, but today he cooked supper for our family which gave me a much needed break. Whereas I don’t hate […]
Month of Gratitude Day 13
“Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow.” Unknown Today I am grateful for sleep. Midlife hormonal changes, poor pre-sleep habits, as well as extreme stress in my family over the past two years had created a problem with insomnia over the last few months that had become […]
Month of Gratitude Day 12
“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”Cynthia Ozick Today I am grateful for having access to an abundance of wonderful and inspiring information through technology. Growing up if I had a question I would run to our basement book shelves and take out the appropriate encyclopedia. What you got there […]
Month of Gratitude Day 11
“Home is the nicest world there is.” Laura Ingalls Wilder Today I am grateful for my cozy home. I am so thankful to have this wonderful and warm house to heal in, especially when it is minus 19 degrees Celsius outside (-24 degrees with the wind chill). I realized that I was succumbing to […]