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Gratefulness
Today I am grateful to be alive, to feel, see and know the grace and power of something we call Spirit. That alone is joy and gift enough!
Though it has only been five months, it feels like forever that I have been trying to find a way to “live” with the president of my country, Donald Trump. I am horrifically embarrassed by his deplorable actions, or lack thereof, and I feel ashamed of what he stands for, what he projects, what he says and how he acts to others around the world. I keep trying to take the “high road,” that this too will pass as the saying goes, to just breathe deeply and let it all go. And this works fin...
Though it has only been five months, it feels like forever that I have been trying to find a way to “live” with the president of my country, Donald Trump. I am horrifically embarrassed by his deplorable actions, or lack thereof, and I feel ashamed of what he stands for, what he projects, what he says and how he acts to others around the world. I keep trying to take the “high road,” that this too will pass as the saying goes, to just breathe deeply and let it all go. And this works fine until I hear the next cycle of news or pick up the morning newspaper. Letting go in this case seems irresponsible to me. I have done the opposite, actually, and have become active in some “resistance” efforts for what it is worth. But I long for the day when that real “letting go” moment happens!
You know, just writing this much makes me feel better! I had been formulating a way to write about some of this stuff on my blog but in a way that wasn’t bashing or intentionally negative. My back health issues slowed all that down, but maybe I need to get back on that horse and give it a try as my back heals with surgery behind me? – Kevin
What continues to surprise me over and over again is just how fast and magnificently our grandchildren continue to grow. Not just in size, but in intellect, in awareness of the world around them and in how they naturally and confidently lay claim to who they are with each passing day. Each of them, all six, seem to slide into their own being as one slides into familiar shoes. This is not taught. This is a knowing, a seed that sprouts from a place far within. I simply watch and it takes my br...
What continues to surprise me over and over again is just how fast and magnificently our grandchildren continue to grow. Not just in size, but in intellect, in awareness of the world around them and in how they naturally and confidently lay claim to who they are with each passing day. Each of them, all six, seem to slide into their own being as one slides into familiar shoes. This is not taught. This is a knowing, a seed that sprouts from a place far within. I simply watch and it takes my breath away. – Kevin
Oh my, I have had so many teachers in my life who taught me in ways seen and unseen, through example of their moral character, through academia and most especially while rolling up their sleeves and leaning into the work that needed to be done. And that work involved caring for others, shoveling manure, planting carrots, being a minister, taking orders, being lead and being a leader. My greatest teachers were those who taught with a sense of mission, who insisted that I get it, who believed i...
Oh my, I have had so many teachers in my life who taught me in ways seen and unseen, through example of their moral character, through academia and most especially while rolling up their sleeves and leaning into the work that needed to be done. And that work involved caring for others, shoveling manure, planting carrots, being a minister, taking orders, being lead and being a leader. My greatest teachers were those who taught with a sense of mission, who insisted that I get it, who believed in my ability, who didn’t need to own the lesson or the work and then gracefully stepped out of the way. – Kevin
That today is Monday, a new week and one day shy of four weeks post-op! I am experiencing increased mobility and taking fewer meds too. I can now safely take our dog Gracie for a walk by myself more easily. I am grateful for the healing abilities of my body, and that the sun will soon rise and nudge me out the door for my walk on this fine summer day. – Kevin
I would probably become so exhausted from non-stop exhilaration that I would need to schedule in an extra nap during the day! But seriously, while I get the point of the question, I believe that we need the ordinary aspects of our daily lives because that is where the rhythm, flow and oftentimes the grace of simply being comes from. Otherwise, and I’m guessing within short order, constant extraordinary would soon become the new ordinary. – Kevin
Whenever such moments arrive, I have learned over time to take it all in, to feel the depth and breadth of it, and to say a silent prayer of thanksgiving.
I have enough of everything! It seems to me that if I need to think about what it is that I have enough of then it means that I already have enough.
Amen to that, Aine.
Bravo, my friend!
Greetings, William. Thank you for taking the time to send this info to me. I will explore this treatment topic with my friend with the tumor. He’s had two brain surgeries to date and will likely begin chemo again in the fall, so this news is timely. Professionally, he is also a scientist, a marine biologist, so he will surely have a way of exploring this further critically as well. Thanks again.
Thanks Anita (again…first send got broken up somehow!) I am hoping to heal well enough and fast enough so that I can resume taking my friend for his every 6 weeks scans of his returning brain tumor. He has such a tough road and my driving the 2 hours in and out makes it a bit easier for him. I am reminded of how lucky I am to just be able to focus on healing and nothing else thus far in my life. Talk about count the blessings…
Thanks Anita! The best wishes and prayers are clearly working!! 🙂
Thank you, Deb. Hope things are well with you these days too.
Thank you, Is, I am honored that you read my piece.
Thanks for your kind comment, Pilgrim.
Amen to that, Christina!
Hello Gina, indeed, life is so fragile. My thoughts and prayers for your friend’s recovery.
So true, Mary. Our dog Gracie has been on 24 hour watch-dog overdrive since my back surgery three weeks ago. I move, she moves, I walk around the yard with my cane and she follows right behind me…and she’s blind too, which never stops her from attending to me. Gracie loves life, and all I have to do is look at her with her smiley face (even though she can’t see) and whatever little weight I was feeling just drifts away.
Love this, Mary. Thank you!
Beautiful! Thank you.
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