Daily Question, March 8 What things would I most like to learn at this time in my life? 54 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. sunnypatti2 months agosunnypattiI'm currently in Yoga Teacher Training, as I've always wanted to dive deeper into the practice and be able to share it with others who are interested. So what I've wanted to learn for years, I am learning now. And I'm grateful to finally find this chapter in my life. But I would also like to learn to be a good gardener. Learn to identify plants. Learn more about the soil where I live. I just don't have the time currently with my job and my studies. It will eventually happen, though, I am sure...I’m currently in Yoga Teacher Training, as I’ve always wanted to dive deeper into the practice and be able to share it with others who are interested. So what I’ve wanted to learn for years, I am learning now. And I’m grateful to finally find this chapter in my life. But I would also like to learn to be a good gardener. Learn to identify plants. Learn more about the soil where I live. I just don’t have the time currently with my job and my studies. It will eventually happen, though, I am sure! Read More5 Reply Barb C2 months agoBarb CI've been gardening for quite a while (grew up in a family that always had a big vegetable garden and flowers) and am finally doing more actual learning about it. When you're ready for it, your local county Extension office (if you're in the US) and the Master Gardener program are incredible resources. Last fall I took a class on "naturescaping"--landscaping your yard to attract wildlife, birds, and pollinators--and another one on rain gardens (I'm in the rainy Pacific Northwest). I have the too...I’ve been gardening for quite a while (grew up in a family that always had a big vegetable garden and flowers) and am finally doing more actual learning about it. When you’re ready for it, your local county Extension office (if you’re in the US) and the Master Gardener program are incredible resources. Last fall I took a class on “naturescaping”–landscaping your yard to attract wildlife, birds, and pollinators–and another one on rain gardens (I’m in the rainy Pacific Northwest). I have the tools I need to sketch out some plans–now to just sit down and do that! My yoga practice is on hiatus right now. What a wonderful thing to give time to so your practice deepens. Namaste. Read More4 Reply sunnypatti2 months agosunnypattiThank you, Barb. I'm going to do a little research on my local office today since I'm off and place the resource if it's available. My husband and I bought an old piece of farmland 2 years ago, and while I had a small garden last year, it wasn't super successful. I did one corner of flowers, and one of the flowers I purchased from a local nursery spread and took over. It was hilarious, actually, and that tiny little plant I bought (pink verbena) spread over about 4 ft and flowered thru the winte...Thank you, Barb. I’m going to do a little research on my local office today since I’m off and place the resource if it’s available. My husband and I bought an old piece of farmland 2 years ago, and while I had a small garden last year, it wasn’t super successful. I did one corner of flowers, and one of the flowers I purchased from a local nursery spread and took over. It was hilarious, actually, and that tiny little plant I bought (pink verbena) spread over about 4 ft and flowered thru the winter! It’s been nice having some color out there when everything else died and browned. I’m on the Southeast coast of the US, so sandy soil and tough to work with, but as life shifts and I can get out of the corporate world, I look forward to tending to my yard more. I also look forward to sharing my love of yoga! Namaste to you as well 🙂 Read More2 Reply devy2 months agodevyTo be able to really meditate without thoughts entering my mind. I’ve been practicing for a few years but there still times when the monkey mind still enters. I know to acknowledge thought and let it go but easier said than done at times. A continued practice. I have seen a positive change in me though.. 6 Reply Patricia2 months agoPatriciaYoga and keeping my body as flexible and mobile as possible as I age. 6 Reply Kevin2 months agoKevinKnowing that the chronic, and occasionally acute, back pain that I have been living with for twelve years wears me down and limits me from being able to do certain things, I continue to seek new knowledge and methods of effective treatments to lower my pain levels. I’m not looking for outright cures, either, just reduced levels of pain. Conversely, I realize too, that I am slowly needling to learn how to live with what I cannot change and thrive as best I can. In this “class,” the stude...Knowing that the chronic, and occasionally acute, back pain that I have been living with for twelve years wears me down and limits me from being able to do certain things, I continue to seek new knowledge and methods of effective treatments to lower my pain levels. I’m not looking for outright cures, either, just reduced levels of pain. Conversely, I realize too, that I am slowly needling to learn how to live with what I cannot change and thrive as best I can. In this “class,” the student barely has a passing grade, with much to learn, still. Read More9 Reply Linda2 months agoLindaKevin, my husband lives with chronic back pain, which limits what he can do, including travel. I do agree that learning to live with what you cannot change is a bitter pill to swallow, but it has actually reduced the stress in my husband’s life. He has had many types of interventions, including surgery and alternative treatments, and has gradually learned to live with the limitations. It has brought him some peace. I hope the same happens for you. 2 Reply Barb C2 months agoBarb CAs not-any-kind-of-professional on back pain I share my sister-in-law's experience with the Gokhale Method, which teaches you to realign your way of standing and moving to what they call "primal posture". I don't know what research has to say about them but for her it made all the difference. It helped not only her back but also knee pain she'd been having and eliminated the need for surgery her doctor had been talking about for the knee. She can now crouch down and weed her yard as long as she ...As not-any-kind-of-professional on back pain I share my sister-in-law’s experience with the Gokhale Method, which teaches you to realign your way of standing and moving to what they call “primal posture”. I don’t know what research has to say about them but for her it made all the difference. It helped not only her back but also knee pain she’d been having and eliminated the need for surgery her doctor had been talking about for the knee. She can now crouch down and weed her yard as long as she needs to. Again, advice from strangers on the internet is worth precisely what you pay for it, but I wanted to mention it in case it might make a difference for you and you hadn’t heard of it. I’m sure you have all the Google-power you need to hunt down new therapies and that you’ve been doing that all along. All the best. Read More0 Reply Maurice Frank2 months agoMaurice FrankKevin, I hope you find the relief you need 2 Reply Kevin2 months agoKevinThank you, Maurice. 2 Reply Pilgrim2 months agoPilgrimKevin, my dad had similar back pain for as many years as he lived. He passed away at 56 (not from that)I . But I have a sense of what you are dealing with. I honor all that you have done and continue to do/try even in the midst. This is kind of a beacon to me, not to give up, and to keep my sense of humor/irony along the path. I have mentioned at some point that my strongest pain is in my hands. I had the most adaptive surgery available a few years back on my right hand, and am still in the pai...Kevin, my dad had similar back pain for as many years as he lived. He passed away at 56 (not from that)I . But I have a sense of what you are dealing with. I honor all that you have done and continue to do/try even in the midst. This is kind of a beacon to me, not to give up, and to keep my sense of humor/irony along the path. I have mentioned at some point that my strongest pain is in my hands. I had the most adaptive surgery available a few years back on my right hand, and am still in the pain injection process with my left. I expect if I live long enough, I will go through that same (miserable!! lol) surgery again. I’m grateful for medical advances and excellent surgeons, but we get to a point … ! sometimes think, “whose hands ARE these, anyway?” Sometimes I find humor in the Crone hands I carry around. Often I find gratitude that they can do as much as they do, even with pain. Sometimes I shout my fury and frustration. (I wonder whether my neighbors hear that ?!) Anyway, I, too, am at the back of the class. But we are showing up, right? Have a good day, my friend. Read More7 Reply Kevin2 months agoKevinFor sure, pilgrim, we are in that same class together! Some days I want to make spit balls and send them flying in every direction! I remember when you first mentioned the pain you experience with your hands and I have thought about that more than once thinking, I wouldn’t trade my back pain for that, either! Like you, I am grateful for medical advances, even though I feel that they frequently, like spaghetti, toss stuff on the wall with treatments hoping something will stick and do some go...For sure, pilgrim, we are in that same class together! Some days I want to make spit balls and send them flying in every direction! I remember when you first mentioned the pain you experience with your hands and I have thought about that more than once thinking, I wouldn’t trade my back pain for that, either! Like you, I am grateful for medical advances, even though I feel that they frequently, like spaghetti, toss stuff on the wall with treatments hoping something will stick and do some good, when they really don’t know whether or not a particular procedure will be successful. All said, however, I have so, so much to be grateful for in this life and I remind myself of that every day as well. Now, time to sign off and go do some stretches! (maybe I’ll take up man-sculpting and dazzle them all! Yeah, that’ll happen…not!) Read More8 Reply Hermann-Josef2 months agoHermann-JosefDear Kevin as a nurse I know that constant backpain can be almost unbearable from time to time. As an additional treatment some of the patients are practicing a method called TAKETINA by Rainer Flatischler. Most of them say it helps a lot. All the best. Don‘t give up 3 Reply Javier Visionquest2 months agoJavier VisionquestThanks for the pointer, Hermann-Josef 2 Reply Kevin2 months agoKevinThank you my friend! I will look into this. Thank you again. I am also working with a new physical therapist and so far the work he is doing with me is going very well. 4 Reply Michele2 months agoMicheleWhiskey, Bourbon and Scotch – their differences and tastes. How to sign up for the bill for a 4 day work week. 7 Reply Mica2 months agoMica‘Such a difficult life you lead’ Michele, as my daughter is fond of telling me 🙂 2 Reply Kevin2 months agoKevinLet me know when this class starts, Michele, I’m in!!! 🙂 5 Reply Christine2 months agoChristineBird sounds🐦 10 Reply Barb C2 months agoBarb CYes! We moved a little over a year ago--only about an hour south of where we had been living, but a different jay lives here (scrub jay instead of Stellar's). We like watching birds and my husband knows some of their calls but neither of us is great at identifying them. Last fall I kept trying to figure out a new bird--possibly migrating through, as I hadn't heard it before. Somewhere I read about the idea of noticing the first bird of the day--that is, the first bird that you're consciously a...Yes! We moved a little over a year ago–only about an hour south of where we had been living, but a different jay lives here (scrub jay instead of Stellar’s). We like watching birds and my husband knows some of their calls but neither of us is great at identifying them. Last fall I kept trying to figure out a new bird–possibly migrating through, as I hadn’t heard it before. Somewhere I read about the idea of noticing the first bird of the day–that is, the first bird that you’re consciously aware of. As it’s getting lighter in the morning I hear the dawn chorus start while I’m still in bed and would like to know who I’m hearing. Read More3 Reply Hermann-Josef2 months agoHermann-JosefThinking the right thing at the right moment. Not to think when it is not necessary. Not being judgmental, but filling the athmosphere with positive , helpful thoughts and deeds no matter how the surrounding reacts. . 13 Reply Blossom2 months agoBlossomMe too Hermann-Josef, must be courteous and polite but how often I have just stood there dumbstruck with the going on’s 3 Reply « Previous 1 2 My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. DONATE https://gratefulness.org/content/uploads/2015/03/GX-Gold-Participant-L.png Community Engagement Guidelines Privacy Policy [email protected] Connect with us on Social Media: © 2000 - 2022, A Network for Grateful Living Website by Briteweb
