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Lessons in Gratitude Day 706

Have you ever “popped the clutch” to start a car? (I know, I know, I’m dating myself.) You hardly ever see anyone doing that kind of thing anymore, and it’s been years (decades) since I’ve had to do it, but … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 662

Tonight I spun the random number generator and landed on a pretty good subject, so I’ll share a bit of the blog from day 228, written on February 19, 2012 after a one-week break from writing this blog. I had … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 660

I talked with a colleague of mine this week who had just returned from his homeland after spending two weeks visiting his critically ill father and attending to all the business that an eldest child must take care of when … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 656

I am grateful this evening for the treasure trove that is this gratitude blog. Recently, when writer’s block has hit, I’ve taken to returning to earlier blogs to either repost them in their entirety or take pieces from them and … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 608

I am grateful this evening for books. I don’t have nearly the time to read that I once did; these days it is easier for me to listen to an audiobook than to sit down and read either a physical … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 403

Here I am grateful again, darn it. I just can’t help it. I imagine that if I were to look back over my blogs of the past few months I would discover a number of patterns. One I bet I … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 366/1

I am grateful for a new day. This morning when I woke (before the alarm as usual) the first words I wrote in my journal were, “Woke this morning–thank you God, lol. I am grateful to be alive, relatively well/able … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 243

Today has been a good day. Nothing monumental happened, it was simply a good, regular kind of day. I am in some ways grateful for its normal-ness (yes I know the word is normalcy, but that doesn’t sound quite right.) … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 236

The earth shook this morning at 5:30. I had only just awakened and was laying there trying to decide if I was going to get up and start writing or if I was going to try to go back to … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 228

A week ago I took a break from writing this blog. I had finally hit a wall that I couldn’t seem to climb over, walk around or tunnel under. I’d had writers block quite a few times in the previous … Continue reading

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