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Daily Question, January 14

What can I appreciate today?

  • Malag

    There’s a beach near where I’ll be today. I will walk on it with bare feet feeling the coolness of the sand and water, smelling the salt air, grounding my body to mother earth

  • Drew Blanton

    I appreciated my dental appointment.

  • Ose

    Everything. It is not possible to leave something out. Even where I feel hurt, appreciation can be the door to understand deeper if I allow myself to stay open. Not easy, at least not for me. Still, it is a choice to appreciate and be grateful for everything and everyone I encounter. Life all inclusive, so to say.

    • Cathy

      So true, Ose. I needed to read what you wrote. I am having massive shoulder pain that makes it impossible to sleep much or find a comfortable position to sit. You are right, if I appreciate even that pain (as opposed to fighting against it), I will be open for deeper understanding. And YES, this is a choice! Thank you for writing this.

  • Lioness

    The birth of niece No.5. You would think I would be used to the arrival of nieces but when this one is the first on my baby sister’s, no way. So emotional, so proud. This was different. Such an experience, love it. Sometimes I really do not like that I live so far away but I will always respond and be there above my own life. Niece No.5 is stunning, joining 4 other stunning nieces.

    • Cathy

      Congratulations, Lioness. Another new life to celebrate!

  • Amor fati

    All manifestations if I am awake enough to see them in their present moment glory. All depends on my mindfulness

  • Journey

    I appreciate freedom which is something I usually take for granted. Freedom of choice, freedom of speech.

  • Cailinrua

    I appreciate all of these posts, and a couple in particular which really spoke to me.

  • The brand spankin’ new free books I just got delivered.

    They aren’t like low quality either.

    Rare even.

    Anyways I can use them to nurture goodness inside me because as this quote suggest I need to work on decreasing the bad juju which I have unskillfully let accumulate through my selfishness!

    “Exert yourself ceaselessly in decreasing evil and accumulating good.”

    • *suggests to me. The more I try the more I fail but I can’t stop now?

      • Cailinrua

        Trevor: This reminds me of Samuel Becket’s “fail, fail again and fail better.!” Pema Chodron reflects on this in one of her books.

  • Mica

    The beautiful new red and copper colored spinner on my balcony.
    Having a laundry room down the hall on my floor of the condo – those are the first 2 things that came to mind

  • Debra

    Having another breath to savor this galactically gorgeous morning!

    • Nice vernacular

  • Cato

    I can appreciate what I have. Notice that I have a healthy body and mind and with it I can go anywhere, try anything and be anything. I can notice that I have unlimited food and which I am nourished by. I can notice I am surrounded by love and support from my friends and family. I can take time to appreciate how fortunate I am to be able to have a chance to get an education, and to be in a space that I have an opportunity to give to others.

  • Katrina

    What can I appreciate today? Like books I appreciate the internet – Everyday it takes me places I could never go physically. I learn about our world, I have met you all and to some degree are in community with you. Sure, it has its dark side, but I appreciate this tool for what it can do and is able to do to enrich us and our lives together. And I appreciate the people who discovered and designed the accessory tools that make all this available to us. What a world we live in.

    • Debra

      Kathy: Yes so true. ‘What a world we live in!’ Blessings to you for your insightful ‘share’.

  • Ed

    How about appreciating my ability to appreciate so many things in my world? My wife upstairs singing…holly berries at my window…our lovely little harpsichord…Uncle Carl’s painting…the woodpecker on the tree…wet stones…going to tune a piano this morning…work waiting in my shop…how lucky I am to love my work…

  • pkr

    I can appreciate Me. ❤️

  • Susan C.

    I appreciate having the desire and willingness to help my partner, even when my energy level is low. Mindfulness can often overcome tiredness.

  • sunnypatti

    I appreciate waking up! My good health. My soulmate. My cat. My parents. Where I live. Abundance. It’s a really good life!

  • Michele

    I appreciate the delicious homemade pumpkin bread my step mother made for me. I appreciate the lasting tastes of fall and look forward to it again next year. I appreciate and am grateful for this website. I love that it has become my morning routine for over a year now. Lastly, I appreciate an Irish proverb “Do not resent growing old. Many are denied the privilege”.

  • Rebekah H.

    Like Cathy, I begin with a definition. This helps me to focus my thoughts and reflection.: to grasp the nature, worth, quality… of something. b : to value or admire highly. c : to judge with heightened perception or understanding. In the eyes of the Creator, I have great worth. Today I appreciate myself and treat myself with deep compassion that I may appreciate others and do likewise.

  • Mark Piper

    I can appreciate the ease and freedom I have to move about; commute to work, walk around at lunch, get from point a-to-b. And I can appreciate it even if there’s a delay on the train too.

  • Trish

    I can appreciate the resilient families I work with everyday. Their struggles with depression & other mental illness, addiction and poverty impacts their vision of the world. The obstacles they face can lead to “the system” saying they aren’t trying hard enough or focusing on their “bad” qualities, which is counterproductive in the long run. I can appreciate their strengths, their willingness to get out of bed & take care of their children one more day & I can love them.

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