Monthly Archives: January 2012

Lessons in Gratitude Day 206

Posted on January 21, 2012 by mtchamblee

I am grateful. It is a phrase I have used in various forms hundreds of times over the past seven months that I’ve been writing this blog. So many things for which to be grateful…they are all around me, inside … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 205

Posted on January 20, 2012 by mtchamblee

As I write this I am listening to the sound of rain pelting down and wind whipping through the trees and I am grateful for many things. The first is for the rain. We have been so dry this year–only … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 204

Posted on January 19, 2012 by mtchamblee

This has been a really good day. I woke early and spent some time in prayer, meditation, and writing a little bit. I spent some time with friends at breakfast and a little later in the day. I found myself … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 203

Posted on January 18, 2012 by mtchamblee

I am incredibly tired tonight–Wednesdays are generally tiring, a result of the three-and-a-half hours spent working at the Food pantry each week. As always it was good, gratifying work and the steady flow of clients kept things busy through the … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 202

Posted on January 17, 2012 by mtchamblee

I am so grateful to have such a wonderful array of people in my life, and for the technology that has often facilitated my connecting or reconnecting to them. Today via Facebook I chatted with a work colleague from back … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 201

Posted on January 16, 2012 by mtchamblee

One of the threads woven throughout this blog over the past 200 days has been perseverance. I find that tonight I am once again grateful for the inner strength that allows me to push through difficulties and sometimes my own … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 200

Posted on January 15, 2012 by mtchamblee

It seems important to acknowledge that I have been writing this blog for 200 straight days. Other than breathe, sleep, and other biological functions there haven’t been many things I’ve done for 200 straight days without interruption. I feel like … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 199

Posted on January 14, 2012 by mtchamblee

Wow, long day today. I woke early this morning, as is my new habit, just in time to hear my cell phone buzz indicating an incoming text message. I lay there for a moment, thinking I needed to go back … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 198

Posted on January 13, 2012 by mtchamblee

Today I wasn’t even five minutes into my walk around the Park before the chest pains started up. I walked the first quarter mile and started into the second before deciding it was probably not wise to keep going and get stuck … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 197

Posted on January 12, 2012 by mtchamblee

Today has been a relatively tiring day and another one at the end of which I have to think hard to recall what I’ve accomplished. Of course, I hasten to add that sometimes we measure accomplishments differently depending on the … Continue reading →

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