I've Got A Blue Gratitude

There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.~Ralph H. Bloom

1. People who volunteer to help, show up, and really do help.
2. The sense of taste and radishes.
3. A good sleep.  And totally not in the spirit, it would be great to be thankful that again tomorrow.

For each morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night,For health and food, for love and friends,For everything Thy goodness sends.~Ralph Waldo Emerson

1. The abundance and variety of teas I have available to me and the many hot mugs that warmed me in this day.
2. Time.
3. For my brain and the capacity to learn new ways of being.

For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.~Clarence E. Hodges

1. Serendipity and seeing it happen in my life today in ways I needed.
2. Belly laughing, even with the pulled muscle.
3. I am so thankful for the ability to read and learn.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.~Buddha

1. The overwhelming abundance of food, family and friends that we are blessed with on this Thanksgiving.  And that I didn't have to cook it or for any of them. 
2. A strong healthy body and heart combined with a beautiful, crisp and sunny day to run a race and perform even better than I could have hoped for.
3. Whatever the contributing factors I am grateful for a holiday that was, despite the curve balls thrown my way, nervous break-down free.  This is a rare (possibly a first) thing.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.~Henry Ward Beecher

1. My little "issues" subsided somewhat, giving me a good day.
2. By midnight all of my family was home and safe.
3. A walk with Erin.

Gratitude is the moral memory of mankind.-Simmel

1. Neuro-feedback was so relaxing and it really felt like I might be accomplishing something.
2. I felt relaxed and happy when I left.  I have forgotten what that feels like.

3. In the wake of that session a post came easily and I felt awake and present.  I hope the day comes when these are the normal, not the special. 

The essence of all beautiful art, all real art, is gratitude.Nietzsche

That's the name of the new blog.  I'm thinking about how I want it set up, and how often I'll post to it and if I'll even make it public at all, but for now, gratitude is the color of the day.  The idea is to turn the mind and heart to gratitude for the things of the day.  Not just writing them, though.  In the choosing of three or five or ten things to be grateful for, you should spend a moment meditating on them.  In the contemplation returns the emotions that were evoked or it will evoke a special emotion for the memory.  It is in the feeling of the gratitude that our hearts make change.  For now I'm thinking of any gratitide for the day will work, but as I get comfortable in the sharing, I may have categories of gratitude each day.  Something like a self, a family or friend or other person, and a social or world gratitude.  But for now I'll just come up with whatever for the day.

1. The feel of soft blue yarn flowing through my fingers into a wonderful fabric.
2. The ability to see that change might happen, now I just need to believe it.
3. Keep swimming, keep swimming.  Followed by Keep driving....