BlogHer - thankfulness - Comments

a theme emerges

beyondjustmom — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:10:03 -0600

Mata, this theme keeps cropping up in my life everywhere I look. It's really speaking to my heart. I just joined a gratitude community and am beginning my own list of gifts.

Today I'm thankful for stable finances and a supportive family in an unbalanced world. Next year I hope to to exude and articulate more gratitude for the gifts I have. For the world, I wish for a spirit of unity and significant progress toward beating global hunger.

Thanks for the opportunity!

Attitude of gratitude

tisha85 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:43:41 -0600

An attitude of gratitude is one I need to adopt in my daily life. I enjoyed your post. I liked the idea of asking guests to write a list. for me, I am thankful for my husband who loves and accepts me at this size. I am thankful for my parents health. Next year at Thanksgiving I wish for my entire family to share this holiday together around the same table. For the world, I wish for overall acceptance of each other's liknesses and differences.

Tisha in Cali
A Blob Blog
www.tallensweightloss.blogspot.com

Walking is my meditation

kazari — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:45:38 -0500

I love walking, just to be. I let my brain loose - sometimes it solves problems for me, other times i get it gives me labyrinthine details of fantasy scenarios (what if i ran away to Broome? what if i worked in a bookshop?) or plans far away vacations.

If I get bogged down in details, or start to stress, I do as you do - count my blessings.

I think there's something about physically moving that gets your brain unstuck.

It's a practice..being grateful....

storytellertraceylynn — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:43:56 -0600

I've been working on being grateful every day for over 12 years. It is definately a practice.

For me there was a lot of negativity in my life growing up so I became "negative" focused. I found out it was a habit I needed to break. I'm doing a lot better now. We can "change our story".

Tracey Huguley "Changing My Story"

Gratitude

Sharon Schierling — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:34:32 -0600

Great comments on being grateful in spite of the flood! In this busy world we do get bogged down with the "stuff" of life, but it is nice to be reminded that thankfulness, even for the bad stuff, makes us stronger and happier in the long run. We can't control life, but we can control how we respond to it. Great post.

Good thing

puppybraille — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:45:40 -0600

Seeing this makes me even more grateful that I started a grattitude journal. Thanks for this post!

Nickie's Nook
and Nickie's Nook the Book

Thanks!

babaliscious22 — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:34:27 -0600

Thankyou for this post! that is very true and repetition is the key to learning-- so maybe if i hear this a few more times I'll be set:) Until then- I'll keep practicing!! I love how you shared your experience too and let us "see" your positive thoughts and gratitude about it.

Have you read "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom? It is a perfect real life story and motivator of giving thanks in ALL things. Great book:)

http://rangersrus5.blogspot.com/
http://happinessfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/
http://lifehaveityourway.blogspot.com/

Bertie

Amen

Praise and Coffee — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:09:16 -0600

Great thoughts.
We can never go wrong with a thankful heart!

Sue
www.praiseandcoffee.com

So many things

grannysu — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:05:51 -0600

1. I am grateful that my soldier son was able to come home on leave from Iraq. And even more grateful that he allays my fears by telling me how perfectly safe he is in his current post. I will continue to believe that as long as I can.

2. I am grateful that my sons have found comfortable lives. I watched two of them leave Sunday, driving up our rough country road in new 4WD trucks, and remembered when they'd driven it in less dependable vehicles. Now they're established in businesses, and Mom's road is no problem (except for Mom, whose Nissan Sentra with over 200,000 miles drives it daily--and Mom isn't worried about a few ruts).

3. I am grateful for my health. At 56 I'm still strong and able to do most of the things I love.

4. I am grateful for the opportunity to watch my grandchildren grow up. Being a granny at 38 has a few downsides, but the plus side is being young enough to see a lot of my grandchildren's lives.

5. I am grateful for a husband who stands by me whatever I choose to do. Who married me when I had four teenage sons, and who was daring enough to have yet another son with me!

6. For the ability to see, to hear, to speak, to sing, to read, to taste and feel, I am profoundly grateful.

7. The chance event that led me to live my life in West Virginia among the beautiful mountains is something I will be forever thankful for. And to have gotten here in time to learn some of the old ways of life--farming, making molasses and butter and growing gardens and making hay and learning the ways of the mountains from those who lived their entire lives here--for the memories of these years, I am so grateful.

Granny Sue
Stories from the Mountains and Beyond
www.grannysu.blogspot.com
susannaholstein@yahoo.com

very good post

Mata H — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:54:52 -0600

I especially liked the image of you "climbing into your hope"

~~ Contributing Editor, Mata H. also blogs relentlessly at Time's Fool

Chocolate and Trees and Quakes

Gena Haskett — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:14:11 -0600

The people that I consider friends I give thanks for in my life. When I wake I give thanks for the opportunities of being in the day, it isn't guaranteed so I want to be appreciative that I'm still here.

When I go to work I like to thank the trees I pass for being present and visible. Same goes for the hills and mountains I'm able to see and reflect that nothing I will go through will last longer than they have existed. There have been times when I didn't necessarily believe that but so far it seems to be true.

This year I'm ok. I have what I need and I'm learning more about what I can do without self imposed restraints. I'm working through the blues but they are transitory.

I am grateful for chocolate because I had a minor melt down a few weeks ago and a friend gave me a piece of chocolate as we talked. I'm sure he made a lot of sense but I needed that chocolate! I appreciated him talking to me so maybe it was a two for one deal.

I'm also thankful that I have learned to eat one piece and have it be enough for one day or a week or a month.

I'm thankful that earthquakes, human made and otherwise give an opportunity to see beyond what is known. You might not want to be rattled but you will be moved into action. I am also thankful that California hasn't had a big one for a while.

Oh, and cameras, camcorders and positive dreamers-creators of all kinds - very thankful.

Gena - Out On The Stoop

posted!

dolphyngyrl — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:11:31 -0600

OK I posted about it here.

But I also posted about it previously here.

Verbose means I ramble

don't fret about leaving something out

Mata H — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:48:44 -0600

You can always edit it back in -- and that is why the web is easier than life :-)

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hey there babz --

Mata H — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:47:31 -0600

Yep, losing something and then getting it back makes it reeeeeeeeeeally stand out as important in a fresh way. Welcome back.
Hugs,
mata

~~ Contributing Editor, Mata H. also blogs relentlessly at Time's Fool

lol

Mata H — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:46:00 -0600

Next time, just inhale :-)

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