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Category Archives: Resilience
Lessons in Gratitude Day 918
“If the only prayer you ever say is ‘thank you,’ that would be sufficient” ~ Meister Eckhart I say thank you a lot, several times per day in fact. I pray the “thank you” prayer from the moment of my … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 912
Sometimes I don’t think I have the energy to do one more thing, and then I do it. I say to myself, “Okay, that’s enough. You really don’t have the bandwidth to write one more email, talk to one more … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 899
On June 30, 2011, I wrote the first of these Lessons in Gratitude (Day One). I’m not sure I ever wrote down why I decided to call them “lessons,” I suppose I figured that there were things I was learning … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 882
Mama said there’ll be days like this, there’ll be days like this Mama said. Mama said there’ll be days like this, there’ll be days like this my Mama said. There is this interesting phenomenon that I experience every once in … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 880
Today was a snow day. Yesterday was an odd weather day–delayed opening and work and power outages wreaked havoc on the campus and surrounding area. This morning the winter storm they meteorologists had predicted showed up right on time, exactly … Continue reading
Lessons in Gratitude Day 865
Sometimes things can get to be a bit too much, too many things going on that demand a great deal of time and/or emotional energy. I wonder sometimes if I don’t trip a circuit or something with all the energy … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 843
Today as I was driving, someone honked their car horn at me. I had been in the wrong; I had started into an intersection that I thought was a four-way stop but wasn’t. I hadn’t actually gone into the intersection, … Continue reading
Lessons in Gratitude Day 823
I am grateful tonight for every one of us who has struggled with something, who have fallen down, and battered and bruised, scraped and bleeding, scrambled to get back up, wobbly at first but gradually regaining strength and stability. Whether … Continue reading
Lessons in Gratitude Day 812
What a difference a day makes. I am grateful for the light of day that brings with it each morning a gift of new possibilities. Yesterday I had a pretty tough day. There wasn’t anything particularly unusual about it except … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 783
I am grateful tonight for staying power, for the power of perseverance. I know I write about perseverance a lot, but when you deal with a lot of tough stuff on a semi-regular basis, or you’ve been through a lot, … Continue reading
