gratitude monday 5/19 2008-05-19 10:03:42 I understand peace. How lovely to have this. The time in bed before sleep, lying on my side and breathing. Feeling relaxed and safe and happy. No stress. I feel so blessed.
I am grateful for so much.
Hours at traffic court. What an experience. Getting a $100 reduction in the fine.
Productive and profitable meeting with a [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude friday 5/16 2008-05-16 08:37:05 I’m grateful to be up early and finding a moment of cool before the heat of the day comes back. It was nearly 100 degrees here yesterday. And me with no A/C. I am tolerating a too-hot office. I would like to manifest a ceiling fan as quickly as possible. Think I’ll chat with my [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude thursday 5/15 2008-05-15 09:23:51 The most delicious apricots are in my kitchen. From Blossom Bluff farms. I can’t believe I am starting to know the names of the different farmstands at the farmers markets. Names of farmstands, names of varieties of fruits and veggies. I love living in California. Especially in stone fruit season. Yumyumyum.
I am grateful for work [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude wednesday 5/14 2008-05-14 09:00:41 I’m up. Well rested. I had a lovely sleep. I have that feeling I get when I get up a little earlier than I planned. Like I’ve been gifted with the treasure of expanded time. Of more day. Nice.
I am so enjoying my life.
I’m working hard. With lots of interesting projects and the possibility of [...] Read more:gratitude
gratituesday 5/13 2008-05-13 09:03:06 It’s early, earlier than usual. Out of bed just after six and the sky is light. I love this time of the year, the expansion of the light. So much sunshine. So much growth and lovely weather. Life bursting everywhere.
I am grateful to be in my life so fully. I am so grateful for connection [...]
gratitude monday 5/12 2008-05-12 10:05:03 Monday morning. Sunshine. Birdsong. Helicopters. Late spring/early summer in west Oakland.
I am all about food (as usual). Had a consult with my nutrition doctor and am changing up what I’m eating, adding more variety. More raw foods. I did sosososososo much food prep this weekend. More than usual. Prepped raw carrots. Raw radishes. Raw kale(!). [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude friday 5/9 2008-05-09 10:09:20 Friday morning. Sunny. Cool. I’m up and in my life. And I’m grateful. Grateful for hula and all the activity around our ho’ike (graduation performance and party). Costumes to make. Gifts to make.
And I’m grateful for the my reaction to the release of the $20 bill that fell out of my pocket at class. Sigh. [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude thursday 5/8 2008-05-08 09:06:19 I’m up. I’m breathing into my sore back. I’m flexing and easing the tightness. I’m glad I get some TLC from my body work expert today.
I’m grateful for lots of possibilities and lots of work. I’m grateful for technology that supports creativity and expression.
I’m grateful for my gratitude
blog. For daily (okay five times a [...]
gratitude wednesday 5/7 2008-05-07 09:19:06 Wednesday morning 7:09 am. Up early to the morning sounds in West Oakland. Birds chickens and traffic helicopters.
Long light days. Longer and longer. Moving towards the solstice.
I’m grateful for the light that brightens and fades and brightens again. And never goes out.
I’m grateful for work. For the opportunity to use my skills and share my [...] Read more:gratitude
gratituesday 5/6 2008-05-06 09:18:36 It’s my grandpa’s birthday. I don’t remember when he died or how old he was when he transitioned. He lived until 199x and was in his ’90s. That’s him with my grandma at the beach at the left. He loved loved loved to tan. And him with me on the right. I nearly didn’t recognize [...]
gratituesday 5/20 2008-05-20 10:23:45 Tuesday morning. Cool. Gray skies. A jeans-wearing day. I’m a woman who wears jeans. Almost two years now and I’m still stunned by this change.
I’m grateful for my life. For yoga in the morning. Lots of work all day. For bringing as much of my A-game as possible to my work, my relationships, my health, [...]
gratitude thursday 5/22 2008-05-22 09:58:05 Thursday morning, up early. The most unsettling thing in my life is the new fact that I have to use one remote to change the channel or work the DVR and another remote to change volume or mute. This is a pain in the ass. I have to smile. It’s my only stressor. Life is [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude wednesday 5/21 2008-05-21 09:58:41 It’s sunny, warming up again, and I am so so so so grateful that the ceiling fans will be installed on Friday. I am committed to the vision that these fans will change my life and increase my comfort. And so it is!
I’m grateful for what looks like a new client — an executive coach [...] Read more:gratitude
gratituesday 5/27 2008-05-27 09:31:07 Tuesday morning. A short work week. I actually took a day off! Wow. A little difficult, allowing the slower pace and the rest. Letting go of the need to accomplish. I am so grateful for this gift to myself. I used to be convinced that I had to pack suitcases and get on a plane [...]
gratitude monday 5/26 2008-05-26 19:40:49 I’m enjoying this lazy day. How lovely to give myself a day off. And how unusual to have a day off when most others do…I usually make myself work.
Today I have
done yoga
had a visit from Andrew to help me resolve (yes!) my tv audio issues
cooked veggies
went to AA and visited with my sponsor
napped
did laundry
released some [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude thursday 5/29 2008-05-29 09:53:55 End of May. The calendar speeding along. I am awake, I am present, I am committed to joy and love and ease ease ease in my doings and in my relatedness.
I can’t affirm that enough. Work is heating up again. I have taken on a website project with functionality I’ve never seen/thought of, let alone [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude wednesday 5/28 2008-05-28 09:10:07 It’s a beautiful day. Rose’s car was found four blocks from where it was stolen. She picks it up today. Minus the stereo. Hopefully drivable. It’s in one piece, they say. And a fee of $240 to pick it up! Towage and stowage. Could be worse. And, I guess, a nice incentive to remember to [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude friday 5/30 2008-05-30 10:46:47 It’s Friday morning and I’m taking it slow. Nice.
Slept past seven. Wow! Online scrabble, gratitude
s, tea, the newspaper. Two newspapers. A little work. Today has lots of personal me-stuff scheduled. Nice.
I’m grateful for work being challenging. For my teams and for showing up with my A-game.
I’m grateful for dinner with a new friend in the [...]
gratitude saturday 5/31 2008-05-31 12:17:27 The last day of the month. I just declared it a weekend free of business development. Yes I will do my numbers. And the rest of it is me time. I have some important things on the agenda. Like cleaning my gas grill. And having a consult with an herbalist. I’ve been waiting a long [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude sunday 6/1 2008-06-01 23:57:34 I’m grateful I’m grateful I’m grateful. Even when I don’t wanna be generous I’m trained to be generous. Someday someday I will be freer and kinder and more loving; for now I will take what I have been gifted with—the ability to give of my time treasure and talents, even when the giving is accompanied [...] Read more:gratitude
gratituesday 6/2 2008-06-03 09:11:38 Tuesday morning grateful. I’ve had two days on my new herbal medicine and last night was, while not symptom-free, better. No pain. Yes!
I’m grateful for hopeful positive intention. I am healthy. Food is easy to digest. I absorb nutrients and eliminate waste with ease. My belly is soft and feels just fine 24/7. And so [...]
gratitude wednesday 6/4 2008-06-04 09:51:50 Dad’s 84th birthday. That’s him. And me. My pop.
I’m grateful for having him in my life. And for showing up for his aging. The best I can. And that my sister is so involved with him too.
I’m grateful that I have grown to be a woman who can be present for parent and child.
I am [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude friday 6/6 2008-06-06 15:44:34 I’m sick. Struck down by a virus yesterday. Fever. Aches in every joint and in my head. Pain in my belly. Oy vey.
The good news: my sister went to Berkeley to get the herbs Joshua prescribed
elder flowers
elder berries
lemon balm
Brewed into a delicious tea. Made me sweat. Tasted great. And I feel so much better today. [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude monday 6/9 2008-06-09 11:38:38 Good God! I managed to have a completely miserable day on Saturday. Amazing how expert I am at complete bitter misery! Unbefreakinlievable.
More on that in a minute.
I am so grateful that the virus that invaded my body up and left in two days. I am grateful for the tea made of elderberries, elder flowers and [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude wednesday 6/11 2008-06-11 09:40:25 I’m grateful. I’m very very grateful. For
warm weather
salad from the garden
greens of all varieties
silence
a good book (Richard Russo’s Bridge of Sighs)
sandals that fit comfortably and look okay
my new haircut, short short short
work going well
Tarot studies
eating well
committing to whatever it takes to heal
positive intentions
working out at the gym
my beautiful bed
flowers Read more:gratitude
gratituesday 6/10 2008-06-10 09:11:42 I’m grateful. I’m learning so much.
I’m grateful. I’m rested. Eight hours in a row in bed. Most of them sleeping.
I’m grateful. I’m feeling better and better.
I’m grateful. I had an hour of body work yesterday.
I’m grateful. I have delicious food to eat.
I’m grateful. I weigh and measure my meals and have plenty to eat.
I’m grateful. [...
gratitude thursday 6/12 2008-06-12 10:09:51 I’m grateful
for my life
for early morning sunshine
for pitchers of sun tea
for restful sleep
for Tarot readings; the card for today is the Empress—compassionate, feminine, maternal
for my Tarot class; for breaking out of the box of literal book-driven readings to something more intuitive
for my spiritual sisters and brothers
or showing up for my ailing sister and helping her [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude friday 6/13 2008-06-13 10:04:26 Friday the 13th. Mid-June. Summer. I’m grateful to be present alive sober healthy fit and enjoying my life
I’m grateful that Kim is working on the mermaid chalice for me. It’s beautiful.
I’m grateful for my art. My craft. Crafts. My amusements. For my work. My clients and my new clients. For my vendors. For being very [...] Read more:gratitude
gratitude monday 6/16 2008-06-16 09:16:56 I am grateful! I am connected to community. I am supportive and supporting. I am blessed. I am living a life I could never even dream.
Quarterly taxes are paid and invoices are sent. My financial life is current.
I am still in a mysterious cycle of severe belly symptoms and then no belly symptoms. And I’m [...] Read more:gratitude
gratituesday 6/17 2008-06-17 09:30:19 Tuesday morning. I’m looking at a 13-hour work schedule today. This should be fun. I’m grateful for a good night’s rest. For my exceedingly comfy bed. For feeling fit and flexible and strong.
I’m grateful for this, the week before Litha, before the solstice. It’s light when I awaken, it’s light later and later at night. [...]