the list…

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So, I got a comment about how my gratitude posts are boring. I can definitely appreciate the sentiment. I also have had some people ask me about what I crossed off my list. To that I would like to say, had you been reading my boring (and I do acknowledge that the gratitude stuff is not so interesting, but with two more applications, a class and volunteer work, that’s what you get…although I do have a couple of great posts formulating in my head) gratitude posts you would know that I didn’t cross anything off of my list because I decided something else was more important.

However, I was going to go skydiving, which I am going to do in January.

ETA: I don’t really care that the commenter said anything…although it was fun to track her down and figure out that she (or he…who knows) made the comment from a computer on the campus where I work. I love technology!

effect as a verb

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  1. I am grateful that I was raised in a family where I was loved unconditionally and I was so important to my parents; my dad always providing stability, and my mom being super-mom as she coached soccer, led Girl Scouts, and made our home somewhere everyone felt welcome. It wasn’t perfect…or even close to perfect, but I think where there is love, most things can be overcome.
  2. I am grateful to have met so many wonderful people through blogging, but Anne especially. She is one of the most thoughtful people I know and I feel so luck to have her as a friend and running partner! (Anne…I love, love, love the camera!!!)

  3. I am grateful for the gratitude challenge. It’s what got me out of bed yesterday…when I started to whine, in my head, about how much I didn’t want to get up (not that it’s really an option), suddenly all of these “grateful” thoughts started popping into my head. It was totally irritating, yet effected the paradigm shift I needed. Yes, I needed a freaking paradigm shift to get out of bed yesterday.
Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.

Alfred Painter

we always knew you were a whoopsie

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  1. I am grateful that one of my insecurities is not social situations. While I don’t love huge social situations, I survive just fine and rarely avoid them. And I love meeting new people in small groups. So, I’m a little chubby. Apparently, there are worse things.
  2. I am grateful for friends who invite me to movies on the fly and are always thinking of fun things to do.
  3. I am grateful that Delta has a flight from Vegas to Salt Lake the Sunday after Thanksgiving, since Southwest, my airline of choice, didn’t have anything.

There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.

Jim Rohn

progeny and other things

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  1. I am grateful that I got my Berkeley application done and, even though it was crap, I don’t really care that much.
  2. I am grateful that my family got our Christmas drama worked out and now, rather than being homeless for Christmas, we will be staying at a sweet townhouse in Park City.
  3. I am grateful that my nieces and nephews give me hope of cute progeny (and yes, that’s the word that randomly popped in my head because I am WEIRD).




Seeds of discouragement will not grow in the thankful heart.

Anonymous

Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful. They tend to brighten all around them. They make others feel better about themselves. They tend to be more humble, more joyful, more likable. Gratitude turns a meal into a feast and drudgery into delight. It softens our grief and heightens our pleasure. It turns the simple and common into the memorable and transcendent. It forges bonds of love and fosters loyalty and admiration.

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin