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Category Archives: Family
Lessons in Gratitude Day 181
I am grateful this evening for traveling mercies, for a safe, relatively uneventful day of travel. I am a bit weary and had to pop tylenol throughout the course of the day for a nagging headache, but I am back … Continue reading
Lessons in Gratitude Day 180
It has been a quiet and relatively uneventful day. After all the boisterousness of the past 72 hours or so, one could almost call it dull. Tonight is one for simple gratitude for the days just past–time with family that … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 176
We made it “home” safely, and other than a three-hour delay at O’Hare Airport in Chicago, we didn’t experience any trouble. Of course we could have driven in the time that we waited for the plane to be serviced, but … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 175
Today has been a full, good day. Mostly it has been another day of running around, attending to business, and of course my usual Wednesday volunteering at the Berkeley Food Pantry. I am tired, but think I have most things … Continue reading
Lessons in Gratitude Day 172
It’s been another good, long day. I participated in another really powerful daylong retreat at East Bay Meditation Center. This one focused on mindful approaches for dealing with stress and depression, particularly during the holidays. It might not sound like … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 154
Today I am once again grateful to have such wonderful people in my life–from my siblings, children, family and friends to the people I volunteer with at the Berkeley Food Pantry, to the wonderful community at East Bay Meditation Center, … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 151
What a wild ride today on the mechanical bull that is my life. Must it follow that when I’ve had a good retreat day for some reason the next day is a blues day? I have to examine this pattern … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 147
Today, November 23, is my father’s birthday. He would have been 89 years old today–or 90, depending on which records you read. For the past few days I’ve been exceedingly sad, for no real apparent reason, at least that’s what … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 90
My sister Ruth is one of the finest people I know. I know a lot of people, a lot of good people, but Ruth is among the best. I am grateful to have in my life a best friend who … Continue reading
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