Category Archives: Simple Blessings/Gratitude

Lessons in Gratitude Day 898

It is such an odd feeling to be winding down writing this blog. I have begun thinking about what I am going to do with the time I’ve normally devoted to writing this blog each night–somewhere between 45 minutes and … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 895

Whew! I am starting this post after midnight on Christmas, so I guess that makes this Boxing Day. It has been a whirlwind day that were I to sit and think back through it I would probably observe that it … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 888

Tonight I am offering gratitude for some very simple but noteworthy things. Sometimes I wonder if I have a particularly quirky personality given the kind of things that catch my attention, that make me smile or shake my head in … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 885

Tonight I am once again grateful for simple things. Here they are in no particular order. This morning during my journal writing time I was exploring a little more deeply some of the seasonal sadness I described in yesterday’s post. I … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 879

Greetings and Thanks To each other as people To the Earth mother of all, greetings and thanks To all the waters, waterfalls, and rain, rivers and oceans, greetings and thanks To all the fish life, greetings and thanks The grains … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 878

Another Sunday evening. It has been a nasty day, weather-wise. First snow, then sleet, then freezing rain, and now just plain old rain. All of this has happened in the span of about 12 hours. For the most part I … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 877

A little while ago I told my sister Ruth that I couldn’t think of anything that I was grateful for. What I more correctly should have said was that I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about being … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 873

Some days are simply too much–too overwhelming with too many meetings and not enough time to do more than throw down one set of files and papers and pick up another to rush off to the next meeting. I am … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 866

Tonight I am tired and almost don’t have the energy to write. For the last several nights I have fallen asleep writing this blog. Last night I conked out and woke up at midnight before finishing and posting it. I … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 860

Tonight I am grateful for having had another good day. Nothing extraordinary happened: I had my usual spate of meetings and other activities, including kind of the ordinary aggravations. It has been a completely regular day. For the second day … Continue reading

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