The Gratitude Game

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  • asia1967
    asia1967 Posts: 707 Member
    Today I am grateful for peace and quiet as it helps to keep me centered.
    I am grateful for our health care system, It's not as great as it once was, but is better then none at all.
    I am grateful for modern medicine.
    I am grateful for the many choices I get to make in life.
    I am grateful that I learn at least one new thing everyday. :flowerforyou:
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  • FancyPantsFran
    FancyPantsFran Posts: 3,687 Member
    I am grateful that we had a great vacation and that we arrived home safely
  • asia1967
    asia1967 Posts: 707 Member
    Today I am grateful for inner peace in the midst of chaos. :flowerforyou:
  • asia1967
    asia1967 Posts: 707 Member
    Today I am grateful that I have been physically able to exercise.
    I am also grateful for muscle relaxers. :wink:
    :flowerforyou:
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  • loistryin
    loistryin Posts: 70 Member
    Well, so much to be grateful for ABC Start with A....... animals, especially our three cats and one granddog......I have been walking my grand dog lately and together we feel better when we are done.....:happy:
  • asia1967
    asia1967 Posts: 707 Member
    Today I have grateful for clear blue skies and the hydro coming back on after a huge storm last night.
    I am grateful that I was able to purchase a new recumbent exercise bike on the weekend to help with my ROM in my knees.
    I am grateful for a husband who is rather handy around the house.
    I am grateful for the little independent grocery store up the street so I don't have to drive for 1/2 hr. to pick up something small at the larger chain store.
    I am really grateful that the neighbour put his fence back up and his dogs can do their business in his yard instead of ours. :wink:
    I am grateful that all my family and friends are healthy. :flowerforyou:
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,406 Member
    I am grateful for my mental strength, my boyfriend and his unconditional love and support. I am grateful that I have acquired my own independence and for the choices and freedom I have.
  • CJisinShape
    CJisinShape Posts: 1,404 Member
    I'm grateful for God healing me.
  • sherapop12
    sherapop12 Posts: 11 Member
    I am grateful for the innocent laughter my children bring me when I think I can't go on. My mom is dying, and without them, I don't know what I'd do.
  • Kr1sMar1e
    Kr1sMar1e Posts: 57 Member
    I am grateful for my daughter...

    Buddha.jpg
  • gaylebodine
    gaylebodine Posts: 1,689 Member
    I am grateful for the Gratitude Game. It is so great to get back into the practice of a daily list of what I'm grateful for. Pretty tired of the mental lists I've BEEN making: things to be worried about, ways I could have done things differently, dire predictions for the future. In the balance I have also been making these mental lists: places I want to visit, art projects to work on, reasons I love the summer. Today I'm grateful for: beautiful weather, my health, my son, my condo/home studio, my car, that I have work, my art groups.
  • gaylebodine
    gaylebodine Posts: 1,689 Member
    I am grateful for my daughter...

    Buddha.jpg

    Love your quote!
  • nevertoooldtodoit
    nevertoooldtodoit Posts: 45 Member
    I am grateful for my 4 growing,unique, loving and lovable children. I am grateful for the reminder to live more mindfully of all the blessings in my life.
  • Terraforcejenny
    Terraforcejenny Posts: 47 Member
    I am grateful for my mom, and grateful that my biological mom found and chose her for me. I'm grateful for the chances that I've been given, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to prove myself and my worth.

    I'm grateful for my partner's constant support as well. It makes the rocky waters easier to bear.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    I'm grateful for God healing me.

    ^this one.
  • asia1967
    asia1967 Posts: 707 Member
    I am grateful for the innocent laughter my children bring me when I think I can't go on. My mom is dying, and without them, I don't know what I'd do.

    Sorry to hear about your mother. Treasure the time she has left. Sending prayers your way!
  • asia1967
    asia1967 Posts: 707 Member
    Today I am very grateful that I have lost enough weight and gained a majority of my health back that I was able to walk around our local festival for 2.5 hrs. only stopping once to sit for a break. :tongue: when a short three years ago I was using a walker to get around and never could have walked that long or far in my wildest dreams. :embarassed:
    I am grateful for cool weather and no rain for the festival.
    I am grateful to have had enough money to buy some extra treats at the festival.
    I am grateful to have gone out of my comfort zone and talked to many new people today and felt good doing it. :flowerforyou:
  • gaylebodine
    gaylebodine Posts: 1,689 Member
    Ended up posting my gratitude, in the form of a poem from 1877, on facebook instead of here, so here it is. I was working in my studio last night and blown away by the beauty of the dappled colors I was working with. I experience the glorious presence of a mother/father energy in the universe. But the pronouns in this poem reflect the thinking of the time. Still so poignant.

    Pied Beauty
    Gerard Manley Hopkins

    Glory be to God for dappled things—
    For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
    For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
    Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;
    Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough;
    And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim.
    All things counter, original, spare, strange;
    Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
    With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
    He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise Him.
  • gaylebodine
    gaylebodine Posts: 1,689 Member
    I am grateful for hindsight not to judge others or myself, but to learn.

    Love this one!
  • gaylebodine
    gaylebodine Posts: 1,689 Member
    Today I am very grateful that I have lost enough weight and gained a majority of my health back that I was able to walk around our local festival for 2.5 hrs. only stopping once to sit for a break. :tongue: when a short three years ago I was using a walker to get around and never could have walked that long or far in my wildest dreams. :embarassed:
    I am grateful for cool weather and no rain for the festival.
    I am grateful to have had enough money to buy some extra treats at the festival.
    I am grateful to have gone out of my comfort zone and talked to many new people today and felt good doing it. :flowerforyou:

    Oh, good for you! I can really relate because my visit to the yearly Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver was what got me started again on this weight loss journey. I hope to feel as strong as you are soon!
  • cbusiness2010
    cbusiness2010 Posts: 22
    Pied Beauty, Gerard Manley Hopkins
    [...]Praise Him.
    Agree! Artist here, also in awe at serendipity color messes and masses, even taken pics of the pigments as they mix when they are being dragged down the drain at clean up time.
    Curious, what do you do?
  • asia1967
    asia1967 Posts: 707 Member
    Today I am very grateful that my health insurance covers the majority of things that I require, as I may not otherwise be able to pay for.
    I am grateful that although life has not been exactly easy for me, I know it could have been much worse.
    I am grateful that I now have the wisdom to look back on the past and realize this now.
    I am grateful that I have learnt from a lot of my mistakes and have improved my life considerably. :flowerforyou:
  • asia1967
    asia1967 Posts: 707 Member
    Today I am very grateful that I have lost enough weight and gained a majority of my health back that I was able to walk around our local festival for 2.5 hrs. only stopping once to sit for a break. :tongue: when a short three years ago I was using a walker to get around and never could have walked that long or far in my wildest dreams. :embarassed:
    I am grateful for cool weather and no rain for the festival.
    I am grateful to have had enough money to buy some extra treats at the festival.
    I am grateful to have gone out of my comfort zone and talked to many new people today and felt good doing it. :flowerforyou:

    Oh, good for you! I can really relate because my visit to the yearly Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver was what got me started again on this weight loss journey. I hope to feel as strong as you are soon!


    Thank you, and it does feel great. I know you will you have the right mind set. Good luck. :smile:
  • loistryin
    loistryin Posts: 70 Member
    I am on B I am grateful for BBBBBB hmmm beautiful blue skies to look at while I walk .........
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    I am grateful for clean time.
    and for....
    -my own place
    -my sister and nephew
    -my ability to think independently
    -my independence
    -the gift of desperation
    -my brain
    -waking up this morning
    -my friends
    -my motorcycle and my bicycle
    -the ability to see my faults and take responsiblity for them
    -pie
    -(shyly) ummm, God....don't tell anyone I said that though.
  • WW_Jude_V2
    WW_Jude_V2 Posts: 209 Member
    Today I am grateful that someone who read my post here in this thread sent me a FR. That FR reminded me to come back here and post again!

    I am also grateful that I live in such a beautiful part of the world. I cherish what I have here - the mountains and the Pacific Ocean at my door.
  • gaylebodine
    gaylebodine Posts: 1,689 Member
    Today I'm grateful for my car that only took 27.00 to fill up from empty today! Grateful for my .20 off a gallon at Safeway. Grateful for fresh black cherries on sale. Grateful for finding the Grateful thread. Grateful for connecting by phone with a facebook artist friend who was in Denver for a concert (I've never met her f to f but will in September). Grateful for a nice rain that cooled and cleaned everything off.
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