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Gratitude Lounge

Welcome! We are glad you are here. This is an open space where everyone belongs, and everyone is welcome. Please introduce yourself as you feel comfortable and join in sharing your experience of grateful living. To get started you might reflect upon questions such as these: What am I grateful for? What is grateful living inspiring me to do? What are some blessings in my life (including ones in disguise)? How am I being supported right now? What connects me to wonder, awe, or a sense of the sacred? You are welcome to include images and links for videos to illustrate your reflections.

  • Diane
    Good morning lovely friends It is Christmas Eve morning here in the U.S. I am so grateful to be here with you. This is a holiday season like no other for us all. How blessed we are to be practicing gratefulness during these uncertain times. I am practicing quietness and trust one moment at a time these days and trying to remember to choose joy. I am grateful to be sitting by the fire that my husband made this morning in our wood burning stove. I am so very grateful that all of the ...

    Good morning lovely friends

    It is Christmas Eve morning here in the U.S. I am so grateful to be here with you.
    This is a holiday season like no other for us all. How blessed we are to be practicing gratefulness during these uncertain times. I am practicing quietness and trust one moment at a time these days and trying to remember to choose joy.
    I am grateful to be sitting by the fire that my husband made this morning in our wood burning stove.
    I am so very grateful that all of the home inspections have been completed and hopeful that we will wrap up the sale of our home before too long. And although I am sad not to be spending Christmas with our daughters, I am grateful that we are all well and safe and that, because of modern technology, we can be “together” virtually. And God-willing, we will be making the 2,000 mile trip out to Colorado soon to begin the next chapter in our life adventure.

    I am wishing you all a most peace-filled season of lights and a healthy and safe New Year 2021. Thank you for the blessing you have been in my life.

    ~Om shanti friends…..peace, peace ♥

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    • Pilgrim

      Dear Diane, I am more than grateful to find you here today. I hear your heart, trying to choose joy … not so easy in these times. I have not always thought of joy as a choice, but certainly now it is worth choosing, even in the smallest of ways. I am missing my faraway family, as well, and am also grateful for virtual opportunities to connect. Blessings to you and your family, good health and much hope to you all.

    • Anna

      Thank you Diane, because you have been a blessing for me.
      And this is a gift of Christmas, to be here with you all, in this Christmas Eve night.
      Peace, joy, love.

    • Mica

      And thank you, Diane and everyone, for the blessings you have been in my life! Warm wishes of health and happiness –

  • Mike S

    Greetings everyone. I’m new to this section of this site. I have been having a challenging time on many levels this year and I’m looking forward to your inner healing and outer peace in 2021. I hope all of you who have also felt difficulties this past year can find some measure of comfort and blessing. Maybe we all be well.

    • Anna

      Welcome Mike, and merry Christmas!

    • Mica

      Welcome, Mike – hugs to you!

    • Diane

      Good morning Mike….we are glad you found us. This is a very special, sacred community and it will bless your life.
      ~Peace and all good 🕊🙏

      • Mike S

        Thanks, I’ve begun to see some good fruits from the gratitude orientation and am happy to find this lounge.

  • Mica

    This parrot from Australia is buried far down, so I’ll post him/her again:

    • Diane

      Oh my….how gorgeous! You have the most unique wildlife in Australia….thank you for sharing!

      • Mica

        I was just visiting Australia, and it was a treat!

    • Cheryle

      Yes, gorgeous Mica and those sulphur crested cockatoos make such a racket… we are have a lot in the neighbourhood! 😉

      • Mica

        We eventually gave ours, Stimpy, to a bird store owner. I can’t exactly remember why. She was a dear in many ways. It was fun to see them in such numbers in Australia.

    • Pilgrim

      Quite a beauty, Mica. Thanks! Makes me want to wear some good color today.

  • Mica

    Deborah Adele – A new [to me] woman author of today’s quote.
    Thank you 🙂
    I just watched this little video:
    Deborah Adele on why she wrote her book on the Yamas & Niyamas.

  • Drew Blanton

    I’m in the new house now.

  • Mica

    Wow – it’s Tuesday again – Prayer Day

  • Deb

    Solstice greetings from Santa Fe! I love the international nature of this community and the ability to share greetings across the globe. Sending peace and love to you all. Please send some along to your loved ones and to those in need of a little light this season.

    • Diane

      Hello Deb and welcome to our lovely community. New Mexico is on my “bucket list” of places to visit. We are on the east coast but moving to Colorado soon….that will make it easier to achieve!
      ~Sending peace and love back to you. Blessings.

    • Anna

      Hi Deb, I too love the international nature of this community! I send peace and love to you as my thanks for your post.

    • grateful sea

      Dear Deb, hello. Thank you for your warm greetings. Sending peace and love from grateful sea.

  • Cheryle
    Hello everyone, greetings from Australia. It has been so uplifting reading all the posts on here. Thank you for your beautiful shares. Already, at 8:30am, the mercury is creeping up the barometer where I live. However, there is a pleasant, and quite gentle breeze coming in through the window. It's just plain nice to be here "communicating with you" in the quiet of the morning! For those of you living in North America... I remember living in the States some time back now, (in the state of WA but ...

    Hello everyone, greetings from Australia. It has been so uplifting reading all the posts on here. Thank you for your beautiful shares. Already, at 8:30am, the mercury is creeping up the barometer where I live. However, there is a pleasant, and quite gentle breeze coming in through the window. It’s just plain nice to be here “communicating with you” in the quiet of the morning! For those of you living in North America… I remember living in the States some time back now, (in the state of WA but I had to do grocery shopping in Hood River, Oregon) and it was always lovely to have Christmas in a cold, dark climate. Sometimes, we even had a white Christmas. Mt. Hood was visible from every window and Columbia Gorge is an absolutely spectacular place. It was a gorgeous place to live, I have some very fond, very treasured memories. May all of you feel loved, blessed and at peace, deep down inside, in spite of these difficult times, along with some very challenging, (even for some of us heartbreaking) circumstances we are all experiencing… once again thank you to everyone for the heartfelt, authentic sharing! I really appreciate being a part of this community.

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    • Diane

      Welcome Cheryle…..so glad you found us! Thank you for your heartfelt wishes and blessings. The Pacific Northwest U.S. is a very special place and I have fond memories of our wanderings there!

      ~Have a peace-filled Christmas in your beautiful Australian surroundings.

    • Mike S

      Cheryle,

      Are used to live in Washington state and we travel to Portland frequently. I have fun memories of Mount Hood and seeing his beautiful snowcapped peak.

      • Cheryle

        How lovely, it’s a small world indeed. Yes, and that part of the world is so stunning! I too used to travel to Portland…

    • Anna

      Hi Cheryle and welcome here. This is really an international place of peace, quiet meditation, wonderful friendship. I have always had support. When I am in the Lounge I enjoy a moment of relaxation and it helps me to pray.

      • Cheryle

        Thanks Anna wishing you a peacefilled Christmas/holiday Season ♥️✨

    • grateful sea

      Hello Cheryle, what a lovely reflection. How powerful to be living always in sight of a massive mountain. I too remember such a time in my life. Thank you for being part of this community. Wishing you a beautiful day.

      • Cheryle
        Hello Grateful Sea thank you for your lovely greeting… yes, it was “powerful” as you say. Although, at the time I didn’t have that vocabulary for it… It was deeply stabilising whenever I would pray looking at the mountain… It was always snow capped and truly majestic. One of my neighbours, further down the road, we were all on acreage, was in her 70’s back then… she introduced me to some wonderful experiences. Inspired by her, I have a gorgeous teapot collection. Her garden was a...

        Hello Grateful Sea thank you for your lovely greeting… yes, it was “powerful” as you say. Although, at the time I didn’t have that vocabulary for it… It was deeply stabilising whenever I would pray looking at the mountain… It was always snow capped and truly majestic. One of my neighbours, further down the road, we were all on acreage, was in her 70’s back then… she introduced me to some wonderful experiences. Inspired by her, I have a gorgeous teapot collection. Her garden was absolutely magnificent, she would leave literally a bucket filled with Iris or Peonies, when they were in bloom, at my front door. I am truly grateful for having had the rich and beautiful experiences I had whilst living in the States. Oh, yes! Also, I was amazed at the different colours of bark, during winter, when a lot of trees were stripped of their leaves. The complete and utter difference distinguishing the four seasons was profound. It is quite exquisite where I live now too! I am in Brisbane. A pullover is a required item of clothing for perhaps 5 days of the year! The seasonal changes here are very subtle, it took me a while to notice them. We shall be enjoying Christmas day with the barometer hovering around 35 degree Celsius, so, we will be enjoying cold festive foods! May you be safe, happy and healthy hugs from Down Under ♥️🙏

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    • Mica

      Thank you, Cheryle – I grew up in Pittsburgh PA and the closest to a white Christmas was one year when I got up throughout the night, hoping to see snowflakes coming down. It does sound wonderful to have seen Mt. Hood from your windows, but Australia is pretty nice, too.

      • Cheryle
        Hi Mica, did you see the snowflakes? Yes, Australia is very beautiful. The colours are much brighter compared to those of the Northern hemisphere. One could go so far as to say here they are stark even! We have brilliant multi coloured parrots in the garden and it doesn't take long to hit a road flanked with bright copper red fine dirt/sand. I do remember the exquisite jewel coloured humming birds outside the kitchen window in the State of Washington though, they were gorgeous. It is so nice to ...

        Hi Mica, did you see the snowflakes? Yes, Australia is very beautiful. The colours are much brighter compared to those of the Northern hemisphere. One could go so far as to say here they are stark even! We have brilliant multi coloured parrots in the garden and it doesn’t take long to hit a road flanked with bright copper red fine dirt/sand. I do remember the exquisite jewel coloured humming birds outside the kitchen window in the State of Washington though, they were gorgeous. It is so nice to have a little walk down memory lane, aaahhh… okie dokie, back to the present now, and on with a bit of gentle drawing… warm hugs to you dear Mica ♥️🙏✨

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        • Mica

          Yes, I remember being wakened by squawking cockatoos on my first morn in Canberra. The cockatoos excited me the most, because we had a sulfur crested cockatoo at the time. I spent a few days in the outback and walked around Uluru and Kata Kjuta/? – that was the highlight. I don’t remember the bird in this picture I took.
          re: snowflakes – no snowflakes. Nothing even vaguely resembling a white Christmas, but, happily, that problem went away long ago.

  • grateful sea
    Solstice greetings to all. I love to celebrate the solstice because it is beyond all nationalities, beyond all religions. I feel gratefulness and awe that our beloved planet Earth continues spinning and swinging around the Sun. What a marvel. Here where I am it is winter, and this shortest day/longest night is when I mark the beginning of a new year. Dear Palm, I am thinking of you in the southern hemisphere, at the summer solstice. Dear Anna and dear Ose, I am thinking of you who recently lost ...

    Solstice greetings to all. I love to celebrate the solstice because it is beyond all nationalities, beyond all religions. I feel gratefulness and awe that our beloved planet Earth continues spinning and swinging around the Sun. What a marvel. Here where I am it is winter, and this shortest day/longest night is when I mark the beginning of a new year. Dear Palm, I am thinking of you in the southern hemisphere, at the summer solstice. Dear Anna and dear Ose, I am thinking of you who recently lost parents. Dear Diane, I am thinking of you as you prepare to move cross-country and as you navigate a new health concern. Dear Drew, I am thinking of you, hopefully settling in after a big move. I am thinking of old friends here and new ones too. And as always, our dear Gratefulness Team. I am grateful for all of you. Sending love from grateful sea.

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    • Palm
      Dear grateful sea, I am excited and moved to read your post. Thank you, friend. I have been thinking of you and everybody here. Solstice day was special as we decided last minute to travel on that day and visit my husband’s family in Cape Town. Here in South Africa, we look to the West to see the “Christmas Star” and I figured it was a good sign that we had to travel westerly. As we arrived, we stopped by a hilly road to watch the planets aligning, along with other stargazers. I am gratefu...

      Dear grateful sea, I am excited and moved to read your post. Thank you, friend. I have been thinking of you and everybody here. Solstice day was special as we decided last minute to travel on that day and visit my husband’s family in Cape Town. Here in South Africa, we look to the West to see the “Christmas Star” and I figured it was a good sign that we had to travel westerly. As we arrived, we stopped by a hilly road to watch the planets aligning, along with other stargazers. I am grateful, it is by grace that we could spend this time with family. A moment of rest when so much is uncertain. I relate to what Cheryle says, the colours here are so vivid. And the landscape is spectacular. Sending love to you, dear grateful sea, and everyone here.

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    • Anna
      My dear friend Grateful Sea, I am so happy to read your post! Thank you for your always gentle thoughts for Ose and me.. Thank you also for your reminding of our dear friends, Diane, Drew, Palm.... I figure you longing for longest and warmest days, for flowers and chirping of birds.. Now we have here a new friend, Cheryle, who lives in southern emisphere like Palm, and can enjoy the sun and the vivid summer colors of greenery and flowers. Isn't a glory to live in a world like ours, which turns a...

      My dear friend Grateful Sea, I am so happy to read your post! Thank you for your always gentle thoughts for Ose and me.. Thank you also for your reminding of our dear friends, Diane, Drew, Palm…. I figure you longing for longest and warmest days, for flowers and chirping of birds.. Now we have here a new friend, Cheryle, who lives in southern emisphere like Palm, and can enjoy the sun and the vivid summer colors of greenery and flowers. Isn’t a glory to live in a world like ours, which turns around in such a precise and mathematical way, at the same time spreading poetry of lights, colours, trees, animals, rivers, seas mountains, cold and warm, days and night?
      Feel warmly embraced, Grateful Sea.

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      • Palm

        Anna 🌸💖

      • grateful sea

        Dear Anna, gentle friend, thank you for your beautiful reply. Yes, what a wonderful world. You are poet in the way you write about it here. And each one of us needs to be reminded at times. I do feel your warm embrace and I hope you feel mine ❤️

    • Diane

      Dear grateful sea….thank you for thinking of me. This has been a challenging time in my journey with many peaks, valleys, detours, and unexpected turns along the way. I am grateful that I do not travel alone. And trust that, in the end, the road will lead me to where I am meant to be….physically and spiritually.

      I too love the solstice….it is a time rich with mysticism, folklore, rituals and mystery!
      ~Om Shanti…peace, peace, peace this season and always my friend. ♥

    • Ose

      Hello, dear grateful sea! So lovely to see you again. Thank you for thinking of Anna and me, our parents who left this earthy plane and of all the other dear friends who come here. Sharing your big heart always is a soothing and comforting gift. Many thanks, dear friend. May you and your father in Hospice care and all your family be blessed.

  • Mica

    People never harm others out of joy, they give pain to others because they too are hurt or in pain. – SOBONFU SOMÉ

    I knew this already, but reading it today opens up places in me that were shut after the pain from another.

  • Betsy
    Hello friends ❤️ My name is Betsy, and I live in the lower Hudson Valley Region of New York. I wrote this gratefulness reflection in my journal this snowy morning and am moved to share it here. Thank you for your presence 🙏🏻🌟❄️☃️ 12/17/20 SNOW DAY I am so blessed that I have the luxury of a “snow day”. I do not have to get in my car and drive. I can shovel when I choose to. I can sit in my rocker watching my beloved birds at the feeders, all fluffed up against t...

    Hello friends ❤️ My name is Betsy, and I live in the lower Hudson Valley Region of New York. I wrote this gratefulness reflection in my journal this snowy morning and am moved to share it here. Thank you for your presence 🙏🏻🌟❄️☃️

    12/17/20 SNOW DAY

    I am so blessed that I have the luxury of a “snow day”.
    I do not have to get in my car and drive.
    I can shovel when I choose to.
    I can sit in my rocker watching my beloved birds at the feeders, all fluffed up against the wind, my warm decaf in my hand…in a handmade mug gifted to me by [my oldest child] “Tea Earl Grey Hot”…inside jokes and my love 😍 for Patrick Stewart.

    The dog is curled up beside me – he was recently bitten by a stray dog…again my luxuries and privileges: access to good veterinary care and the ability to pay for it. Community members who caught the stray. The ever struggling local shelter who is housing it. Our local police and the dog officer who have been helping us through this with kindness…but mostly that we could get Duffy to the vet before the blizzard hit.

    My Xmas lights and decorations are up. My Dad is unhappy but safe.
    I have this pen to write with, a hand that works to hold it, paper to write on, time to sit quietly and reflect.

    My lower back aches from shoveling, yet how blessed I am to have a body that works to shovel.
    I hear the clock ticking.
    My wooden “Welcome” wall-hanging banging on the porch in the wind.
    Refrigerator humming.
    Duffy heaving a big sigh as he settles into a snooze.
    The wind gusting outside.
    My stomach gurgling.
    My pink pen scratching the paper.
    The sound of my breath as I inhale deeply through my nose and breathe out gratitude.

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  • Mica

    I love the picture today – and the quote, about nonviolence and patience. The picture is by Swati H Das, and she has other great pictures, too.

    • Ose
      It is beautiful! Thank you for the reminder, dear Mica. Any time I see such colorful and sensitive artwork, it is so touching, and warms my heart. And the painting box with all these beautiful watercolors, they look at me as if they would say, "come on, get out your dusty tools in your cupboard (which I still keep although I haven´t used them since years by now, watercolors, oil crayons, graphite pencils...) and have some fun!!" Its just in time, since during these days of the pandemic, I might...

      It is beautiful! Thank you for the reminder, dear Mica. Any time I see such colorful and sensitive artwork, it is so touching, and warms my heart. And the painting box with all these beautiful watercolors, they look at me as if they would say, “come on, get out your dusty tools in your cupboard (which I still keep although I haven´t used them since years by now, watercolors, oil crayons, graphite pencils…) and have some fun!!” Its just in time, since during these days of the pandemic, I might have several days in a row of staying at home unplanned 🙂 and free of duty! Gifted days ahead, so to say. Tomorrow when I will do my Christmas shopping, I will buy some paper, as we might have to face a second lock down again very soon. So grateful. Thank you, dear Gratefulness-team for this inspiration!

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      • Mica

        Oh, thank you, Ose, and may you escape a second lockdown. We tried here but failed to avoid it. I’d like a copy of the watercolor without the other stuff – it’s a delightful picture, but the watercolor alone is also so awesome. I cropped it but can’t remove the corner of the paint box without cropping the watercolor. I LOVE the combo of half mandala with leaves and flowers. – Aren’t I incredibly lucky to have such a small problem??!! Hugs to you, Ose –

  • Drew Blanton

    I’ll leave Albuquerque in the morning Friday. I don’t think that’d be true if there were no COVVID-19, but maybe getting out of the desert will be better for my eyes.

    • Pilgrim

      Wishing you hope, many blessings, and good travel to your new home, Drew!

  • Cheryle
    Dear ones I have recently joined this beautiful site and already I am beginning to wake up to how much precious time I waste on “perseverating”. A new word for me. I wrote in my journal this morning I am trying to avoid the fear of growing older! The sadness of having had so many beloved family members and friends die and not being able to control life to be lived as my tricky mind fantasizes it should be “deludes” me into thinking what if I had made this choice then that would not have ...

    Dear ones I have recently joined this beautiful site and already I am beginning to wake up to how much precious time I waste on “perseverating”. A new word for me. I wrote in my journal this morning I am trying to avoid the fear of growing older! The sadness of having had so many beloved family members and friends die and not being able to control life to be lived as my tricky mind fantasizes it should be “deludes” me into thinking what if I had made this choice then that would not have happened etc. etc. etc. Initially, this sounds rather morbid. However, in facing these thoughts I have become aware that I am actually not awake to all the beauty, the magic, the joy that is offered to me in each present moment. It is an awareness that I am throwing away the exquisiteness of now by spending the present by way of berating what the past should have been! I have only become deeply conscious of this mind set since joining this site and reading others’ insights and experiences. I have had a real physical pain in my heart when trying to “time travel” to the past and change it. It has been as if my body was/is flagging me, trying to get my attention with this pain, telling me don’t try to live in that manner it is not only impossible but “heartbreaking”… I am so grateful I have been able to see these patterns and using the practises such as breathing, gratitude journaling , reading all your beautiful writings, meditating, praying I can live this beautifully poignant life I have been gifted in this present moment with much more awareness of what is actually going on right here, right now. Yes, I will fall back into negative thought patterns but hopefully I will choose to come back to this present moment quicker and with gratitude for what “is”. Blessings to each and everyone of you and thank you for your beautiful sharing ♥️🙏

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    • Mica

      Dear Cheryle, I’m sorry for all your losses! I’m actually loving growing older. Hugs –
      ps – thanks, too, for ‘perseverating,’ which is a practice I’d be wise to become aware of!

      • Cheryle

        Dear Mica thank you for your lovely words. I would be so happy to hear the reasons you enjoy growing older… do you feel inclined to share? Even though we are together virtually it is just lovely having a little tête-a-tête like this with you. I feel so encouraged and uplifted by your words… many heartfelt thank you’s🙏❤🌷

        • Mica
          Dear Cheryle, I feel so much younger than my age. I have lots of aches and pains - but when I was younger, I had headaches. I'm 75 now and feel more like 35 in some ways, tho I wouldn't want to BE 35 and have so much of my life to get through still. My 10-yr-old granddaughter thought I didn't look 35 [of course!] but maybe 50, which I think is generous of her and definitely an exaggeration. I've lost my impressive hatha yoga skills now - but I hadn't yet acquired them by 35! The friends I've lo...

          Dear Cheryle, I feel so much younger than my age. I have lots of aches and pains – but when I was younger, I had headaches. I’m 75 now and feel more like 35 in some ways, tho I wouldn’t want to BE 35 and have so much of my life to get through still. My 10-yr-old granddaughter thought I didn’t look 35 [of course!] but maybe 50, which I think is generous of her and definitely an exaggeration. I’ve lost my impressive hatha yoga skills now – but I hadn’t yet acquired them by 35! The friends I’ve lost have been women more from my past than my present. And I’m near my kids and granddaughters – so there’s a lot of good fortune in my situation. Warm wishes and hugs to you –

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          • Cheryle
            Yes, Mica I hear you! How sweet of your grandaughter... how wonderful that you are near your kids and you can revel in so much joy... you are a real encouragement and from my heart to yours thank you for the beautiful response to my question... (I am 66). Already, since coming on here, I am beginning to become aware of where my "monkey mind" is trying to lead me. This morning when I woke up I thought of Donald Duck... can you imagine 😄 I haven't thought of him for years! And, I asked myself...

            Yes, Mica I hear you! How sweet of your grandaughter… how wonderful that you are near your kids and you can revel in so much joy… you are a real encouragement and from my heart to yours thank you for the beautiful response to my question… (I am 66). Already, since coming on here, I am beginning to become aware of where my “monkey mind” is trying to lead me. This morning when I woke up I thought of Donald Duck… can you imagine 😄 I haven’t thought of him for years! And, I asked myself where on earth did that thought come from… I am practising gently com ing back to the present moment… quite a practise, as I am sure you well know … I am smiling a lot more these days as well as seeing and hearing a lot more too! That is brilliant you experienced yoga and were good at it… I am so enjoying getting to know you…Warm hugs to you too Mica and if you live in the northern hemisphere, I am in Australia, may you have a nice lavender infused heat bag for your aches and pains… much love Cheryle ♥️🙏🎄✨

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  • Drew Blanton

    If Selena were alive today and knew about this website, she’d write this to all of us. “Love Always”

  • Mica

    Prayer Tuesday again – welcome, all. I don’t light a candle, after a fire in a condo near mine, and none of my electronic votive candles has a working battery, but I can still remember the day. Warm wishes and hugs to all –

  • Mica

    Awesome quote this morn – We’re a nation hungry for more joy: Because we’re starving from a lack of gratitude. – BRENÉ BROWN
    She’s an amazing woman

  • Drew Blanton

    We move to Greenville next Friday! I’ve seen some videos about it, and it looks good.

  • Mica
    I am being fussy now, because a friend lets her mail sit a few days before looking at it, and so she was a few days late in seeing the postcard I sent her. I invited her to Zoom, but now I'm on to other things and don't want to Zoom. I figured there was no urgency in responding to her text, given that she lets her mail sit, apparently out of an absurd excess of caution about covid. She was hurt by my lack of prompt or enthusiastic response, and neither of us wants to zoom. I'll light a candle fo...

    I am being fussy now, because a friend lets her mail sit a few days before looking at it, and so she was a few days late in seeing the postcard I sent her. I invited her to Zoom, but now I’m on to other things and don’t want to Zoom. I figured there was no urgency in responding to her text, given that she lets her mail sit, apparently out of an absurd excess of caution about covid. She was hurt by my lack of prompt or enthusiastic response, and neither of us wants to zoom. I’ll light a candle for her and hopefully my thoughts will move on from this useless cycle. Thanks for your ears! 🙂

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  • Diane
    How lovely to be here with you all on our Prayer Tuesday. As always, thinking of Ursula and sending love to her family....dear CP we miss you. We are moving along little by little with our move. By God's grace we received a full asking price offer on our quirky little farmhouse. I have a strong awareness of His Presence and that He is leading and guiding us on this next part of our journey. It is bittersweet....this home and farmland has been an immeasurable blessing in our lives and ...

    How lovely to be here with you all on our Prayer Tuesday. As always, thinking of Ursula and sending love to her family….dear CP we miss you.

    We are moving along little by little with our move. By God’s grace we received a full asking price offer on our quirky little farmhouse.
    I have a strong awareness of His Presence and that He is leading and guiding us on this next part of our journey.
    It is bittersweet….this home and farmland has been an immeasurable blessing in our lives and I am grateful for every day we have had here. But…I feel the pull to be living near our daughters and so far, God is graciously paving the way.

    I do ask for your prayers my friends. I received a worrisome medical report and am having a procedure next week to determine what is going on. I can’t help but wonder if this is where my urgency is coming from…an intuition that something is wrong and that God wants me to be with my daughters as soon as possible. This could just be my wild and anxiety-driven imaginings….my brain has been known to take me to dark places! Still I am grateful, no matter, and I have a deep stillness within…most of the time! 😂

    So grateful for the settling in under winter’s blanket. Another winter to practice hygge! My husband is working from home and has been making fires each morning in our wood burning stove. There is something about staring into the fire in holy silence that soothes my spirit. This morning I sat by the fire and read from Gunilla Norris. She speaks of winter, not so much as a day on the calendar, but as an experience that is felt in our being. She suggests that it’s arrival is a kind of liberation….we can let ourselves rest and turn within. Winter is “a womb in which to grow” she writes….I love that!
    ~My prayers for you all to embrace the arrival of winter…whenever that may be for you. So grateful for the gift of all of you here in this sacred space. Om Shanti friends…..peace, peace.

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    • Pilgrim
      Dear Diane, you have much in your heart and a fair amount of preparation/work in making this big life change. I am and will be holding you in prayer, my dear friend, when it comes to your medical concerns and all that moving means. I hear and know well your mother's heart in the decision to move nearer your daughters. They will be as happy as you and your husband to all be nearby with one another. Another winter to practice hygge is a good way to face into the season of winter. For me, this ...

      Dear Diane, you have much in your heart and a fair amount of preparation/work in making this big life change. I am and will be holding you in prayer, my dear friend, when it comes to your medical concerns and all that moving means. I hear and know well your mother’s heart in the decision to move nearer your daughters. They will be as happy as you and your husband to all be nearby with one another.

      Another winter to practice hygge is a good way to face into the season of winter. For me, this will be a continuation of the isolation of these past months, but this is a way to think about and embrace the time. I think you introduced me to Gunilla Norris. Her books have been good for me each season. She is so real!

      Take good care of yourself, my friend. Holding you in light and love.

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