Monthly Archives: November 2012

Lessons in Gratitude Day 495

I am taking a long, slow exhale this evening. I realized earlier today that I sometimes have to remind myself to breathe deeply. In the rush and fast pace of these days, I have not made time for the simple … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 494

I’m grateful this evening for inspiration. It’s virtually everywhere around me and can strike at a moment’s notice. In the morning while I’m still wiping the sleep from my eyes, I pick up my pen and write a few pages … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 493

This has been a good weekend, today a good day. I woke with an agenda this morning; there were things on the top of my to-do list and while I didn’t accomplish everything on it, I got a few really … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 492

How do we mark the passage of time? Is it through the change of seasons that we mark the movement from one to the next? What about those places that don’t have four distinct seasons? How do they mark the … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 491

At the risk of sounding like a broken record may I just say again how grateful I am that it’s Friday? The week flew by relatively quickly–too quickly in some ways–but I am glad to have a couple of days … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 490

Tonight my son called me and we talked for an hour. I hadn’t spoken to him in a few weeks, so I was glad to finally catch up with him. We mostly talked about his music–he’s started up a band … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 489

Every day around this time I sit down at my computer and contemplate the day and what in it has piqued my interested in the gratitude department. Tonight is a somewhat amorphous, intangible feeling that by its nature is going … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 488

Sometimes I am amazed to be living the life I’m living. It’s not so much that it’s a wonderful life or that I’m living out my wildest dreams or anything like that. It’s just really fascinating to be observing myself … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 487

Each day I write this blog and post the link to Facebook, asking each night, “What are you grateful for this day?” And I wonder as different people read what they are experiencing about gratitude in their own lives. What … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 486

I am reminded once again how very fortunate I am to be a part of a large, loving family. I’ve always known and felt this, but it has become so much more evident to me over the past two years … Continue reading

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