Of course, gratitude toward a specific person is best expressed toward that person. Yet, sometimes I have spontaneous feelings of gratitude for simple things in life--or the not so simple but often taken for granted, like central heat and air. This thread is for either type. Whenever you're thinking, "Thank heavens for _____" or "I'm so glad there's ____ in the world," feel free to post it here. I've even heard that expressing gratitude is good for one's health. So . . .
Thank heavens for central heat and air! ;D I would so often be miserable without it.
And huge thanks to Alphonse for coming by to make my yard ship shape while I'm feeling too under the weather to do so myself. It has allowed me to get on with less arduous yet important tasks out there.
Thank Goddess for the friends I have and the simple things that make you smile.
Perhaps silly, but I'm grateful for birds. It's our first spring in this house. I love the fact that our yard and neighborhood have a ton of mature trees because it brings in a lot of birds...and not annoying ones, but neat birds like doves and multi-colored finches. It's so soothing to hear them all cheeping and cooing, and they're so fun to watch. I saw a parent robin feeding worms to its fat little fledging yesterday. Really neat :)
I'm grateful for DRUGS! I've never been a big user of any kind of drug but when I need them they're a tremendous relief.
I am thankful for Kleenex and for friends who call when I am in the dumps and nurse kitties!
I'm thankful for those days when you can just lay back, feel the sun in your face, and stop for awhile, let the world spin on while you watch the clouds and forget the rest of the world.
I am grateful for those friends that laugh at you when you call misquitos, Skeeters because they call them that too. :D
Quote from: Element of air on June 06, 2008, 08:47:08 PM
I am grateful for those friends that laugh at you when you call misquitos, Skeeters because they call them that too. :D
Hahahah. ;D Yep, I'm thankful for those friends that let you laugh at them too.
I'm grateful to John and Tom (tletourneau) for giving us this place to meet, to whoever thought up the lifeboat and to all of the members I've met or will meet in the future and the good friends I've made being a part of this forum.
I'm grateful also to everyone who sent Aeron good magick to get home safely on his own from Europe (long story, essentially he opted to cut the trip short and come home after Paris).
I'm grateful that the RenDevous/Menage Ette Trois came off so smoothly, largely in part to my co-conspirators (whether they volunteered or not). What a lovely time we all had with memories to spare!
I'm thankful for FRESH WATER!!!
Living on an island that doesn't have it readily available makes you quite happy for the rains/floods that seem to be such a part of life/death here in the states. We take so many things for granted and grumble about them.
I'm thankful for STORMS that bring the fresh water to us in torrents! I'm thankful for the winds that blow and keep us cool when the temperatures get so very hot! Everything in its place and time!
Today, I'm thankful for my timer. Every seven minutes (as long as I remember to reset it) it beeps and reminds me to check whether what I'm doing is what I determined most important early this morning.
I'm grateful for this topic and it's authors. My spirits are lifted.
I'm grateful for cats and dogs. They show love unconditionally and are comfort many days. You can also have a crappy day and if you talk in a nice way , they listen with intense and wag tails while you rant.
I took some popcorn and sat out on the back steps for a while, something I rarely do but am going to take up more often.
I'm grateful for the beauty of the sky and clouds. Nothing spectacular here this evening, just powdery blue and soft clouds drifting overhead. Gave me a sense of peace, reassurance and expansiveness. Somewhere along in adulthood I lost touch with the sky and would like to find time to look up more often. A picnic table may be in order--probably better and cheaper therapy than a psychologist's couch.
While I'm not the healthiest person in the world, I'm grateful to still have my five senses in fairly good working order so I can hear the breeze in the leaves and go ahhhhh.
I'm thankful for my critters,
wonderful friends many here,
being able to walk back and forth to work,
that the dealership agreed to pay for new rotors.
I'm grateful I can still walk, however little it may be.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y287/RumbaRue/butterflies.jpg)
I'm grateful warehouse let me tuck my scooter in the corner so it wouldn't get wet during the downpour. And the simple pleasures of a dry butt riding home.
I am grateful for her Openness, Candor, Warmth, Consideration, and the most wonderful gift of all...Honesty. I am so grateful for the way all of that feels.
I'm grateful for the work we got done this morning. Feels good to accomplishing something.
He's HOME!!! STATESIDE BAYBEE!!!
I found out late, but my little Brother, Bryan, has finally made it to DC from his 2nd tour in Iraq!!! MUCH delayed and logistics nightmares aside - he's HOME safe and sound!
Thank You Powers That Be!!!! ;D ;D ;D
I'm grateful that my parents instilled in me the habit of brushing my teeth twice a day. Such a simple thing but I've seen people who are not so fortunate. Not that I have perfect teeth but I probably wouldn't have any if I didn't have a "goes without saying" habit.
I'm grateful for having such dear, loving friends - who remind me who I want to be and then lovingly guide me back on course.
I am truly Blessed. :)
I'm thankful for friends who share both laughs and tears. For friends that hold me up when I can't hold myself up, and let me hold them when they can't stand themselves.
I'm greatful for the hugs for no reason from those I care about.
I'm greatful be they 2 or 4 legged who will kiss away the tears when I need them.
I greatful for a place where I don't feel odd, or judged. For a place where I can be myself and not have to live up to anyone's expectations but my own.
I am grateful for the interstate highway system.
I am grateful for the variety of fresh produce in the stores year round.
for finding posts buried away as hidden treasures...
I am grateful for easily erectible, comparatively cheap, chain link panels. And I'm grateful for a man able to withstand the day's heat and get it set up for me. :-*
I'm also grateful for the local hardware/lumber store that cut the plywood in half for free--and threw in some odd-sized 2x4s for free as well.
Having a man in my life who appreciates me.
Thank goodness for some snuggle time--even if I was feeling under the weather. Sheesh it's hard to come by sometimes even when you've got someone to snuggle with. :-\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE45RRmNL6U (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE45RRmNL6U)
OMG! I just had a good experience with a tire/muffler shop. Being new to the area, I didn't have a recommendation from anyone and just chose from the phone book based mainly on the fact that someone actually answered the phone there. Not only did they NOT try to do more than was necessary, they rushed the job (without my asking) since I was waiting. I was out of there well before the predicted 40 minutes, probably in half that time.
I am grateful I have found someone who brings out the very best in me - and who makes me forget the very worst of me.
And I am SO very grateful for the many friends I have, from all the different aspects of my life, who encourage and support all my different crazy habits! HUZZAH!
I'm an thankful for my friend Tom. He was ordained as a Catholic Priest this last weekend and I was lucky enough to be there to witness it. The thing that makes me the most grateful is that here's this guy who is so very much a Priest, always willing to lend an ear and a shoulder, and he thanked me for always being there when he needed a friend. That's pretty special.
I am grateful for provision and a man in my life who writes so beautifully, thinks about how things affect me, reaches from within and shares. :)
my 5 senses...and they are all still working relatively well. LF
Quote from: Synikul on June 29, 2008, 10:51:02 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE45RRmNL6U (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE45RRmNL6U)
Just noticed this one. I haven't been into the hard rockin' stuff in awhile, but someone showed me this a couple of months ago and it quickly became a favorite. Some great words of wisdom in there....especially when you know the story behind the song.
Life is beautiful!
I'm grateful for my good health, family, friends, and the opportunity to be living where I want and doing what I love! It can't get much better than that!
I am grateful to be alive and living in such times as these. We are on the brink of a new awakening. Can't you just feel it?
I am grateful to have had the worlds greatest mom ever,I miss her so much.
I am grateful for friends who are family, and family who are friends. For people you haven't seen in 9 months who take up the entire first day of faire playing catch-up, for people you've only met over this forum who turn out to be instant friends you didn't know you had and wonderful to share a hotel room with as well (Hi Mel and SO!!!!).
For people who make you sit down in the shade and bring you water, run halfway across site because they found out where you were and hadn't hugged you yet, and walk all the way around site to find you because your hazard lights are blinking, on the chance that because it has Minnesota plates and a chihuahua bobber in the back window, it must be your car.
For people who find a way to make use of talents you aren't sure you have and then Thank You for doing what you would have gladly paid to be allowed to do, oh, and this other thing you've always wanted to do, we got approval for that too!
For people who know you better than you know yourself, and use it against you in only the most loving fashion and for your own good. For people who know you worse than you know yourself, and don't believe you when you try to destroy their illusion, so you end up being better than you are because they Must know something you don't.
Dayna
I got to thinking about this today...caught in a bit of a musing about one I recently parted ways with. Remembering the good, then so quickly, the pain and angst of that association. I remember standing in the middle of my apartment, at the depth of my sorrow (at that time), wanting to be wanted, appreciated, and even desired by one who I too treasured...
...it took only opening my eyes, for She who has always been at my side - was there as ever...patient, loving, nurturing. My deepest regret Love, was my lack of awareness that it was there, as strong and sure as ever. I'll not take you for granted again. I am Forever Grateful for You Dearest.
Others came forth, seemingly out of the woodwork, who lifted my spirits, filled my heart with much warmth, laughter, and merriment. Yours' was a salve unto my soul. You'll never know the countless "little things" that each of you did - that I so appreciated. And still do.
And then to You. You, who reached past my defenses so effortlessly, and touched me...
where I never knew I could be touched...
Though I tell you often, and in many ways -
I have grown to Treasure You more than words or deeds can bear.
I am indeed a Most Fortunate Man
I am grateful for the people who, against the odds, operate a little out-of-the-way natural foods store (to my knowledge the only one in the county) and just happened to carry real ginger ale. Thanks, too, for the wizard who offered it to me. After nearly a month on prevacid and a couple of weeks on antibiotics, it was this BOTTLE OF GINGER ALE (!!) that has best quelled my ulcer nausea and helped me feel normal. I'm going back today to stock up! ;D Huzzah to the makers of real ginger ale! And even more fundamentally, huzzah for the existence of ginger!! (I knew ginger was supposed to be good for one's gut but not that it could actually fight disease. A little online research indicated a cautious statement about it improving ulcers. I'd say it's the cure.)
:) ;) ;) :-*
I am grateful for elastic
I'm grateful for the speed of communication made possible by the internet. I'm also very grateful for the wealth of information provided on it (the only way I figured out what was wrong with me when very ill and the doctors were clueless).
I'm grateful for the willingness of school counselors, administrators and support staff for taking time out their busy days to talk to me about what their students' needs outside the classroom so I can tailor my after school program to be of real benefit. I'll be sending out some thank you cards :)
Quote from: Tremayne on July 25, 2008, 05:15:08 PM
I am grateful for elastic
Only when seeing some really, Very, Extremely large man wearing naught more than his jockey shorts in camp.
I'm feeling grateful that when I follow my heart, it's right and that once more, it's been proven to me that it's the best way for me to choose.
I am grateful for having spent the last several days and nights with a most wonderful man. :-*
Thank you to a certain wonderful Rennie shoe guy for giving me an opportunity!!
:-*
I'm grateful for a partner who is willing to help with the hard physical labor while I make ground on smaller tasks. :-*
And I'm grateful for the general positive feedback I'm getting from people about my new business venture.
I'm grateful for a flexible working situation. I couldn't have accomplished what I have without this flexibility even if I'm about to let it go in favor of more mentally stimulating and higher paying work.
And I'm grateful for John Denver having written so many celebratory singable songs.
I am grateful my magical crystals seem to be working.
I'm grateful for the positive comments from people about the programs I'm starting at my business. It may take a while to get under way but I feel confident I'm offering something that's needed at a price that people can afford.
I am grateful for all the education I have received; though some may deem it ignorance- I'll take my version over theirs anyday.
I am grateful that, before loss, there were wonderful times that gave him fond and happy memories to treasure, instead of naught but sadness and pain.
Always in my heart, dear one. Always.
Where family should be.
I am grateful for the kindness of strangers. It never ceases to amaze me.
Woke up this AM! I am still here. For this I am grateful!
I'm grateful for time to go strolling along the lake shore with my wizard and for the wonderful encouragement of friends.
Being able to work-out, even if I have to back-off a bit.
I know she's going through a tough time, which makes the shoulder she gives me to cry on all the more appreciated.
And definately for the outpouring of sincere care and support from SO MANY Dear Friends and Fairemily...your heartfelt wishes and prayers help more than you know.
Namaste
I'm grateful for every morning I wake up, look up and see the sky.
I love it when conflict leads to good things. :D I'm grateful for the happy twist of fate that may result in one of my coworkers doing his job (rather than me doing it) after his accusation that I was screwing up. ;D One of the reasons I'm grateful for this is it paves the way for me to leave this job more easily when my new business takes hold. From my point of view it's great all the way around.
I'm so grateful for you coming here and being with me when you did. Thank you for letting me fall apart in your arms time and again. Thank you for being so loving and reassuring. Even though we're apart again...hearing your voice is like being wrapped in warm blankets. With you, I know Happiness and Good Times will return...and I want to share those with you as well. Thank you for giving me Hope. :-* :)
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I am grateful for the availability of chemotherapy, and the possibility of having my life saved by it.
I'm grateful to have a dry house, a roof over my head, and electricity.
I'm grateful for the gift of life...given as a gift to all of us daily. I'm grateful for great friends and family that care about me. I'm grateful for the little things that we all seem to take for granted everyday.
I was in a car accident on the way home from work today. I'm unsathed as was the other driver, but my wonderfol old trust worthy Toyota pick-up wasn't so lucky. She's going to the big scrap yard in the sky. So it started to make me think, as all bad things in life do. What am I grateful for.
I'm grateful to have a wonderful man (Toki) in my life who was abit shaken up, but glad he wasn't headed to the hospital or worse to see me.
I'm grateful for my mom who came and picked me up and had even just paid to have the old truck repaired (U-jpints were gone and she didn't want it sitting as I couldn't aforf to fix her).
I'm grateful I have a job... maynot after Wenesday, but I still have one and it may go longer.
I'm grateful to have a roof over my heat, with heat, and enough food to get me buy if need be.
I'm grateful for all the wonderful Faire friends I have made here and at faire, You are all wonderful people.
I'm grateful I live in America even though sometimes I joke about moving to New Zealand (Who wouldn't want t live there)
And most of all I am grateful my kids talked to me tonight. One of which refused to talk to me for a long time. I guess it takes the fact that you could have lost someone in your life to wake up... even for just a moment.
So take a moment and post what you are grateful for.
HUZZAH to you all!
I'm Grateful for You being in my life Sweetie.
For you taking the time to listen to me, to challenge me, to ask for clarification when you don't understand something, and for just plain ol' helping me get out of my head so I understand better what's going on.
For plain ol' being so Loving and Supporting...
You truly are a Treasure to Me. :-* :)
Thank-you Hun! :-*
I'm grateful for...
my wubbin' Pyrate
furkids
home
great friends and family
warmth
food
Thank heavens for a local vet who has the love, compassion and understanding in her heart to know that rats are not vermin when domesticated, but loving and appreciated members of the family...and she keeps her prices affordable so that we can get them the care they need.
Thank heavens that the medicines seem to be working for our poor little rats who have a nasty case of pneumonia.
Thank heavens that I am no longer on 24-hour vet-watch for them, so that I can get some sleep. ;D
I'm truly grateful for all the wonderful people I have met at MDRF.They indeed have made going to faire a whole new experience. Such a fun and loving group. Heart felt THANK YOU. :)
I am grateful for pirates... !
I am grateful that I will not have to work with this woman again!
and for Pyrates here too!
I am grateful I ducked.
I am really grateful for You coming into my life Darling.
You comforted me in my loss(es), have been truly loving and generous on many occasions. Beyond that, you've been a positive influence on my health, my finances, and my outlook on things.
Plus - you're just so dang SEXY! :D
....even if you beat the TAR outta me at cards! ;) :-*
Well Huney in your defense I've played that game since I was old enough to hold the cards! ;)
:-*
I'm just plain ol' feelin Grateful for having Her love, and her being in my lyfe! :-*
Lately, I've been seeing several couples around me having all kinds of troubles with each other. It makes me appreciate how we talk things through, share our good, as well as the bad with one another, and turn to each other for comfort. When I think of what we've built so far ... humble gratitude is what comes to myne own scurvy heart.
Thank Thee Darlin' :-* :D
aye You're pretty cool! ::) :-*