Oh my, I’m learning so much, but I won’t dive into too many details. I’ve got time! Perhaps, a whole other lifetime, I’m only 46!
What is important this morning is what I’m grateful for:
- Our four cats, and how special they each are. Slow blinking at them, and the gratitude we share for one another through meditative pets.
- My Mother and her love, forgiveness, and joyful way of living. Her spiritual side and how incredibly wise she is and has been. She’s overcome A LOT and boy, she has embraced concepts and ideas that I have yet to discover/live.
- My roommate and DW. Observing their humanity, humility and wisdom. They are imperfect – human – just like me.
- My friends at the yoga studio. They have been SO patient, kind, and they truly listen. Even as I sobbed yesterday, the instructor just listened for more than an hour. She didn’t try to change the emotions, the stories, or even offer advice. She just… cared and asked questions. Also, there was a hug.
- My long-distant friends, BH and MT. Sure, MT offers weirdO advice, and that’s bc we’re both strange in our own ways.
- My ability to reach and read for another book by Brene Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection. It’s been life altering so far, it’s restoring my faith in humanity, and it’s just what I needed for this time in my life.
- My Dad. That man… will always be special to me. He added humor and also this sense of security to all of his children’s lives. I still feel him, the frisson moments, and like every single day.
- My sisters and brother. Maybe we’re not close. That’s okay, there is fear of who I was. Still, I know we love one another and want heart-felt joy for everyone in the family.
- My upcoming surgery. Finally getting it scheduled yesterday and knowing that I will be able to pay for it. I trust that to be true.
- My new Psychiatrist (and my former). Gosh, the time they’ve spent and the reassurance that I’m like… a rock, resilient and able to handle so many weird situations with quiet(er) wisdom.
- My former partners and all I learned from those two men. Specifically, no woman has to be silenced.
- My inability to have children. IDK, and yeah, that was my life choice and path.
- Oh, also, thanks for the ability to exercise… chamomile tea and manuka honey. It’s a pretty hot thing to add to my morning regimen (replacing coffee? I can do this!).
Amen.
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What are you grateful for today?
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