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Daily Question, September 29

What special gifts from my childhood have I brought to this moment?

  • Javier Visionquest

    My entry today is up here with the kids who sit in the back of the class

  • Trish

    I learned creative play early on because I am #4 out of 5 & my mom was busy!! I was content to play on my own & made up all kinds of fun ways to spend my time. I do the same today & it brings me great joy.

    • Mica

      Yes, Trish – isn’t it a gift to be happy on one’s own?! I’m retired now and bring that gift from my childhood, too.

  • sunnypatti

    The ability to keep going, no matter what. To keep my head up and know that everything is going to be okay. I was raised to be pretty resilient, as that’s exactly how my mom was while she went thru the things she did when she was a single mom raising (at that point) two kids.

  • Patricia

    I had a basically happy childhood in which I was loved and affirmed…and rooted. I loved reading, music, nature, learning new skills, being a tomboy in the woods… all things I still enjoy. I had grandparents who loved me and I am blessed to pass along that love as a grandma myself now. I am so grateful.

  • Gregoire

    My childhood was rather turbulent but I grew up in the country where I gained a great appreciation for being in nature in moments of quiet solitude. Adversity has taught me determination fortitude and to trust God.

  • devy

    My sensitivity and love of music. I was exposed to music at a young age and learned the piano and some wind instruments.
    At 64 years of age and holding, I decided a year ago to learn the guitar. It has it difficult times but I try to look at learning as a lifelong journey for me . As they say patience is a virtue and try to look at learning the guitar like cooking in a slow cooker rather than in a microwave…

  • EJP

    Reading…quietly by myself.

  • Pilgrim

    My love of reading, music, nature. My ability to spend time alone. My survival instinct.

  • Antoinette

    My enthusiasm and wonder for life is part of me as a child that I bring to this moment.

  • Howie Geib

    My childhood engendered endurance and tolerance. Endurance in the sense that I have had for as long as I can remember the ability to keep going, even when there seems to be little in terms of inner resources available to draw from. Tolerance like a blade of grass that gets tossed around by the wind and rain and somehow keeps rooted. Change has never really provoked fear and change does not paralyze me. I am not conditioned to be comfortable at all costs.

  • Kevin

    Special gifts? From my childhood? Fortunately, I enjoyed my childhood years, but I am not recalling any special gifts that I brought with me into adulthood. I just feel blessed, as an ordinary-every-day person, to have made it this far in life, as a parent, spouse and grandfather!

    • Judith

      Welcome back, Kevin! I always look forward to what you have to say and missed you yesterday.

      • Kevin

        You are very kind, Judith. With your note here I realize that after I had written my reflection out on a document that I keep for each month, and now five years and counting, I forgot to post it up yesterday! So thanks for letting me know! I went back and added mine just now to yesterday’s question.

        • Mica

          Thanks, Kevin – I’ll check it out! I trusted you’d be back, remembering a time when your regular Lounge appearance was missing, but you were on a trip, as I recall. What a good idea – keeping the document! I wonder if I can just Save my posts here at gratefulness… I’ll try

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