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Reasons for Gratitude - 7/5/2013 2:04:00 PM

dcnovice

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Just saw this on Facebook and took it as a spur, in a time when I've been lamenting a lot, to remember some reasons (in no particular order) for gratitude:

-- my amazing family and friends (including folks here), who have rallied round incredibly during my medical adventures
-- health benefits that enable me to get the care I need
-- the beautiful, fascinating city in which I live
-- an interesting, creative job
-- the beauty of the English language
-- my cat
-- living to see gay marriage
-- good books
-- my church community
-- the freedoms we celebrated yesterday
-- CM posters who stretch my thinking

Anyone else feeling grateful? Please hop on in.

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RE: Reasons for Gratitude - 7/5/2013 2:11:10 PM

littlewonder

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I try to remember to be grateful for at least one thing everyday in my life. It's one of my morning rituals.

I'm grateful for:

To have such a wonderful Man in my life

My daughter despite our differences and troubles

My job and the boss I have even though he drives me batty sometimes with his disorganized life.

Where I live. I like where I live and I have a landlord who is pretty decent and I have no troubles with except he likes to talk too much sometimes.

My life in general and where it's going.

My health. I'm still alive. Yeah, some days like today I wish someone would put me out of my misery but I keep reminding myself it could be worse.

The fact that I am not going hungry or live in a war torn and ravaged third world country and my life is relatively easy compared.

Running water and sanitary conditions

Technology

Fresh air and sun

Rain

God

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RE: Reasons for Gratitude - 7/5/2013 5:10:43 PM

theshytype

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I'm grateful for so many things!

I have three healthy and beautiful kids whom I adore

A man that gave me those three kids

My health

The ability to take a vacation. That I have a job to take a vacation from. That I can afford one. That I have people to enjoy the vacation with. The beautiful landscapes I experienced on the way, from the plains to the mountains and the absolute best, the ocean. The fact that I can walk along that ocean, dive the waves, see my kids' smiles, hear their laughter, taste the salt, and smell the fresh air.

I'm grateful that I have a home to go back to, in an area I enjoy calling my home

For google

Diversity in general (people, food, places...) because that's what makes this world interesting

My parents who gave me a great sense of humor that has helped me in so many ways

And the list goes on and on!

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RE: Reasons for Gratitude - 7/5/2013 8:20:37 PM

slaveluci

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I'm grateful for:
*my family, including Master
*my job as a librarian - I absolutely love it
*being able to go to grad school and get my master's degree (only three more classes after this summer!)
*my kitty cats, though they be annoying as hell sometimes

*good books, food, music and movies
*Ambien
*Keurigs

luci

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