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Category Archives: Overcoming Challenges
Lessons in Gratitude Day 634
You have to love the month of April from a strictly meteorological perspective. When I lived in California, where spring starts arriving in February, by April the weather was predictably beautiful. When I lived in Michigan, you could have a … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 629
Oh lord, I am tired! I have been making “microchanges” in my life–tiny changes in habit, routine, practice that over time will lead to bigger outcomes. One of those has been to adjust what happens when I get home in … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 612
Today I am aware of many thoughts and ideas swirling in my head, percolating in my spirit. As sometimes happens, zeroing in on one and holding it still long enough to write about it can be challenging. It’s a bit … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 569
I have learned many important lessons and concepts on this gratitude journey of the past year and a half. This weekend I have been reminded of a few. First is the importance of reaching out to others when you are … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 565
Wheeeeeeee! Today has been quite a ride on Mephistopheles the mechanical bull. I’ve been spun around, jolted high and low, whipped around and have lived to tell the tale. The on-off switch was stuck in the on position and I … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 563
My what a day this has been. There have been many days during the 562 days of writing this blog when the best thing I could say at the end of the day was that I was grateful that it … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 540
Warning: I am in an odd sort of mood tonight. One of the challenges of writing a daily blog, sometimes late at night (I’m starting tonight at 10 p.m. Eastern, about 30 to 45 minutes later than usual) is that … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 470
Thank goodness for Friday. It has felt like a really long week.. Generally I still set my alarm to wake me relatively early on the weekends, but tomorrow I just might turn everything off and wake up when I wake … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 465
Sometimes in the midst of struggle it can be difficult to form and write words that express positive attributes like gratitude, resolve, understanding, commitment, equanimity, peace, etc. Things happen that make you ask, “Seriously?” Or something happens to you in … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 433
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhh! Yesterday it was wooooo hooooo and a ride on the bull, today it is a long shrieking free fall ; the kind where your stomach is in your mouth and the wind squishes your face into funny expressions as … Continue reading
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