today I am grateful for:

• big baby boys!
• friendly ultrasound technicians who are nice to me early in the morning
• being told I'm less nervous than most pregnant women my age
• free baby stuff/freecycle
• feeling well enough to have a busy day/night even with little sleep
• long walks in the park

I am grateful for

inspirational friends
time alone on the beach
VEGETABLES
People who listen
FARMERS

• a lovely breakfast
• health insurance
• kicks
• surrogate mothers
• time to make choices and take things at my own speed - being an adult

This morning I am grateful for:

• being able to choose and prepare food that is good for me; the worst part of traveling is too many restaurants and fast food joints (and never sleeping in my own bed).
• my body responding quickly to dietary changes
• East coast friends liking my boyfriend and telling me so - would anyone tell me if they didn't? Would it matter if they didn't? Probably not but I'm glad they do and it feels genuine.
• sleeping through the night
• feeling loved and supported

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Acutally, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Marianne Williamson

post equinox thanks

I am grateful for my ancient ancestors who made sense of their world by observing the seasons and skies, forming sense-based culture and traditions that remain meaningful today.

I am grateful for the synchronicities that make life seem magical.

I am grateful for a spiritual community that continues to nourish me and has withstood many changes over many years.

I am grateful for the new life that is growing inside of me, and the new life that is blossoming on the outside: worn skins being shed to make way for what has been hidden.

I am grateful for warm, comfy beds everywhere!

Happy Autumn

On this second day of autumn 2007 I am grateful for the following:

the maturity I have gained which allows me to control my time and schedule according to my life...a healthful sense of selfishness

on learning that I might in fact be introvert as opposed to the extrovert I have been told my whole life I should be

combining work and fun

beach weather in the Fall - I guess there are upsides to global warming?!

a new perspective on Mondays...allowing me a fresh start each week.

always grateful...

spending quality time with my family of friends back East, introducing them to Pete and having them embrace him the way they have embraced me for years. I give thanks every day that I am surrounded by these wonderful souls and for friendships that have endured more than 20 years of shared life.

meeting my significant other's significant others and feeling welcomed by them too.

home is where ever I am

change that keeps life interesting

recognizing what nourishes me and walking towards it without guilt

Disappointed

So I was at a funeral for a friend's 18 year old son and I was telling her about this blog and how I found it so cathartic, inspiring and fruitful for my psyche. How disappointing it is that it has lost its momentum. See, in this tragedy the one thing that comes through is how important those small everyday moments with loved ones truly are. When things were down for me I could either post or just read and remember my graces and appreciate some of the "inconsequential" events of my day and my interactions and it really helped with my perspective by slowing me down in a world that spins out of control much of the time.

I am grateful for community and seeing the difference belonging to a community can make in our lives

I am grateful for friends that put aside differences to support and respect the things that really matter

I am grateful for laughter, easing the tension and supplying respite from pain

the small touch, embrace or what have you that lets you know that people care for you and will watch your back

Meeting new people and keeping an open mind thus allowing for greater joy and compassion to enter my heart

new post

a new hip for my father
medical technology
the humans' ability to heal
dental technology that will take care of me
straws
empathy
new pillows
cancellation lists

Long Weekends

I'm thankful I am taking a long weekend to reconnect with those people that mean the most; I'm thankful they are taking the time & effort to do the same

I am thankful that my dearest friend has found a wonderful and committed man in which to delve into the hopes and dreams of a future together...they're new love is an aphrodiasiac for those of us managing the trials and tribulations of old love.

A new job description, yes with more $, but more importantly, with trust and confidence to represent the organization on numerous fronts

oh the bother of such an abundant harvest!

to neighbors that are understanding when my dog keeps trying to eat their chickens...

The people we love

I am so grateful for:

friends visiting and of course the precipitous house cleaning that only guests can unveil

for great friends which need little work b/c the love and respect abounds

for fresh flowers

all my meals, but especially homecooked ones

dreams and plans for the future, without which I could hardly survive.

ole!

living a life that matters...

I received the following in email today - maybe some of you will enjoy it:

LIVING A LIFE THAT MATTERS

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.
All the things we collected, whether treasured or forgot
Will pass to someone else.
Our wealth, fame and temporal power will become irrelevant.
It will not matter what we owned or what we were owed.
Our grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will disappear.
Our hopes, ambitions, plans and to-do lists will expire.
The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
It won’t matter where we came from or
What side of the tracks we lived on at the end.
It won’t matter whether we were beautiful or brilliant.
Even our gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

So what will matter? How will the value of our days be measured?

What will Matter is not what we bought, but what we built.
Not what we got but what we gave.
What will matter is not our success, but our significance.
What will matter is not what we learned but what we taught.
What will matter is every act of integrity, love, compassion, or courage
That enriched, empowered or encouraged others to live fully.

What will matter is not our competence, but our character.
What will matter is not how many people we knew,
But how many hearts we touched and how we loved them.
What will matter are not our memories,
But the memories that are alive in the ones we loved.
What will matter is how we will be remembered,
Not that we were perfect but instead, real human beings.

Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident.
It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.
Choose to live a life that matters,
A life that is authentic and real.

Oh that Kismet feeling

I love the world of "coincidences" which I don't really believe in because they describe a world without the magic and spirit which makes it so grand...

meetings that actually accomplish things

help from others

events to look forward to

another season sneaking in...

doing it for me

• I am grateful for the unexpected turns in my path and for where they have brought me today.
• I am grateful I had parents who loved me and who introduced me to all of the wonderful hobbies and interests that were meaningful to them: the things that had nothing to do with me but shaped me as a person.
• I am grateful for a totally relaxing weekend with no outside stresses to pull me away from being in the beautiful moments.
• I am grateful to have my hunny in my life.
• I am grateful for the unwinding poetry that brings me new understanding.