~ I’m once again joining Taryn over at Wooly Moss Roots in her Gratitude Sunday tradition. ~
Gratitude Sunday is a time to slow down and remember those thankful moments that graced our week. One reason I love keeping a daily gratitude journal is because it helps keep things in perspective for me. Each Sunday, I open my journal and share some of those moments with you here. If you’d like to join in, just leave a comment!
Gratitude is powerful energy. I love hearing others’ gratitudes!
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– Gorgeous, delicious, organic fruit on sale at the store; seems like I just can’t get enough fruit right now.
– My Honey, F. I love him so much!!
– My wonderful parents and my cat. I love them all so much!!
– Getting back to reading more of the Anastasia series, bits and pieces, here and there… feels good.
– A week of no moneymaking work; the break was very nice.
– The long-time family friends who live in Hawaii who so generously offered that F and I house-sit while they travel!! We will be in Hawaii next week at this time, and I still can’t believe it’s real! I am so thankful for this vacation, and can’t wait to just hang out in nature, close to my Honey, and away from the city and all the demands of home and work.
– Getting lots of errands done, and not having to think about them any more.
– Creating a slow, relaxing, heartful day because the pace lately has been really frenzied and stressed. Is it the celestial energies, or just me – I don’t know? Maybe it’s the antibiotics — they can make me feel awfully strange. To boot, I’ve been feeling uneasy and quite ‘off’ at times lately too. Crazy times. Anyway, the slow, grounding pace really helped.
– Being outside a lot lately. When I feel ‘off’ and things weigh so heavily upon my mind, I practically need to live outside. It’s just the way it is for me. I’m thankful the weather has been so nice for doing just that!!
– Reading the book “Still Here” by Ram Dass. I really liked it.
– The nourishing food that’s coming straight from my garden. The growing of it, and the eating of it, are two very life-sustaining, life-enhancing activities! I love my garden.
– Stopping at a lemonade stand yesterday. I remember doing a lemonade stand with my best friend Sonja when we were little, and I remember the excitement of having a customer! And it actually brightened my day so much to interact with the three sweet little kids (maybe 5 or 6 years old) who were running the stand. I very rarely interact directly with kids — I see them in the stores of course, but since I don’t babysit anymore, I don’t have any opportunity to interact with them, really. Kids are so pure; they hold no pretenses. It was a joy to hang out and talk with them even for just a couple minutes.
– Working in the garden all day Sunday, and getting so much done, and my body not even complaining about it at all; I felt so good, so normal. It was a really good day.
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What gratitudes have graced your week?
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Lovely…
Have a wonderful vacation, I’m sure you will.
Much love Trish
Hello Lindsey,
Your lists are always a gift to read!
Your fruit picture makes me hungry!! I can’t seem to get enough fruit lately either.
So happy for you for your Hawaii trip next week! You deserve it. Enjoy.
I know what you mean about the frenzied and stressed feelings. Being outside helps me so much too.
I love what you wrote about the lemonade stand.
Love, Taryn
It does seem like the energies around have been a bit chaotic. I have also been asking myself whether it was just me. Yesterday, though, I noticed that there were many moments for me and for other people where things got stuck and we had to slow down our pace or rethink the situation.
I just finished reading “The Only Dance There Is” by Ram Dass. I love they way he tells about his experiences. I’ll have to check out “Still Here”. I am also re-reading several books by Ekhart Tolle. I’m so grateful for authors who can relate their thoughts and experiences in such a truthful, compassionate way.
Yay to fresh organic fruit! Soooo yummy. And Yay to you and F getting a vacation in Hawaii! Time to drink in the beauty of nature. I’m so excited for you! Hugs to you both.
Wonderful to hear from you Deb! Glad the energies are weird there too, hehe, and that it may not just be me! I will have to check out The Only Dance There Is. I really love how Ram Dass retells his experiences too.
Heaps of hugs to you & the fam!!!
Love
Lindsey
Really really good list this week–you’re sounding so happy and excited. I, too, try to keep a slower pace but it is a challenge. Taking time to stop at a lemonade stand is proof of a slower pace and is so rewarding!
much love <3<3