At this moment in my life, I am grateful to be alive, be able to just be and not be doing. I am still learning to be in life and not doing. In my younger years, it is the focus on doing to prove my worth even when it was detrimental to my life (physically, emotionally, spiritually, mentally, …). and relationship. As I have learned that the most important thing in life is to be so that my relationships with all beings are deep in love and very meaningful. “Since there is nothing but just this moment, the time-being is all the time there is.” Dōgen
I am most grateful for my Adult children and my life time friends. 💕✨
I am grateful for finding a Irish center within a hour of my home. I am going to a concert tomorrow night. 🌞
I am especially grateful right now
for the aches and pains in my body,
which say, ‘good job’
for a very difficult task . . .
grateful
for Phoebe and Sophie
circling my chair,
tails intertwining with my legs
as they remind me it’s their suppertime . . .
thankful
for my dear husband
who is down in the cellar as I write,
trying to fix the sump pump . . .
for the late afternoon sun
shining on my cheek,
for my favorite stay-at-home smock,
that is both as blue as the periwinkles blooming outside
and a Caribbean picture postcard of the sea,
for Gordon Bok singing ‘A Tune for November’
as I contemplate my day,
and grateful most of all
that I am alive today
to experience it all in peace. ♥
It’s funny, because I just read this question. I’m on break at work and I was very aggravated with my employer and my job. Someone once told me that usually the things that we count as our biggest blessings are also the things that cause us the most frustration and pain. It is painful to be upset about work., or a disagreement with my son or husband or having to clean the house when I don’t feel like. But I have a job! A loving husband and son! A home!
At this moment, I have so much to be grateful for. I am currently working, and I am so grateful for the work. I am also grateful that I’m healthy. I’m also grateful that my wife, Elena, is doing well. And I’m grateful for this sunny day.
What am I grateful for at this moment in my life. I am thankful for my body. It has and is serving me well considering all I have put it through with my constant struggle with anxiety. I hope that everything I have learned and realized to help me let go of anxiety will help both those who came before me and those who will come after me. I have believed for many years that Creation is One and any time I have been able to raise the level of my awareness it helps all and my focus is often on my ancestors.
Thanks, Michele. I enjoyed that meditation very much. I so believe that we can heal and if we heal, our ancestors benefit as a s those who come after us.
I believe this in my very heart of hearts,
dear Carol Ann,
which begs the question,
“why do we hate?”
“why do we perceive that is an ‘other’ “?
This includes people we find repulsive
because of the damage they do to everyone and everything in their path . . .
a head scratcher,
to be sure.
There is the realization
that those people are a part of me as well.
But through blessing
I am learning
that behind every ‘monster’
is a lost and frightened
and very lonely soul.
I am learning
that it is the ‘deeds’ I can hate
and not the person.
Thank you for sharing today’s meditation with us . . .
it has given me a good start to my day. ♥
Sparrow, it is hard not to see then as enemies, especially when they are bullies. I guess because bullies played such a big role in my childhood but I really do my best to see them as children of God, Allah, Yahweh, etc., whatever and send loving energy their way! I’ve learned to tell my own inner bully, who repeats all the mean things I heard as a child, to sit down and be quiet. I use to tell him to shut up! So, I’ve come a little way. 🙂 I had a dear friend who took me in when I had no where to go and I wasn’t capable of finding some where to go. The night I arrived at her house we were praying and she said, “If that bully would show his face, I’d kill him!” She was truly being compassionate. She could see my pain and my fear.
Yes,
dear Carol Ann . . .
I’ve known my share of bullies too,
and I despise their modus operandi.
My own inner bully,
the one who bullies me,
in general,
has become more quiet lately.
Makes me wonder what she’s scheming now. ♥
Blue skies and sunshine. The striking mountains of the North Cascades out my window, and the closer in hillsides sloping down to the Chelan River, coated in green velvet of spring growth. A comfortable bed in a work trip hotel. A good meal last night in conversation with funny, smart, interesting women. Time to visit here and read a bit before my busy day starts. Knowing I will be home tonight with my sweetheart, my cat and my own bed.
I cannot, however, be grateful for hotel room coffee!
Barb, there were blue skies and sunshine in the Twin Cities along with warm temps of 85 degrees today. Today is more of the same with a high around 80., before heavy rain for both Sunday, Monday, and even into Tuesday bringing a significant cool down for the middle of next week.
Yes, ALL! Thank you. and especially in this moment? The dear friends and loved ones in my life, the kindred hearts all around, who accompany the change happening in my life, deeply grateful that i was helped so much and be open and just going with the flow. Deeply grateful for the process. And meanwhile, still happy and able to play music this weekend just for playing music, may be I will try to sing along with it, just for singing and playing music, the freedom to do so and just enjoy it and having fun, which I wish for all of you, a lovey weekend with joy, loved ones included pets and other beloved animals, and good friends around.
I am grateful for all the help of a visiting son.
I am grateful for the “moments”we are storing up for memories.
I am grateful for the life of Bev.
I am grateful for friendships.
It’s always fun to have Ngoc around, but I’m also grateful to have a strong plan B in Angela. I talked to her yesterday afternoon. She returned my call. We had a lot of fun laughing and joking around like innocent little children. She even said that I’m the only friend she has left from McNally Smith College of Music. Yes, she does have a natural sweet voice and long hair.
Angela introduced me to a Traditional Christian community group called “Red Letter Ministries” on Discord. I’ve been on it everyday and enjoying it. It’s transformed me in ways beyond my imagination, especially learning to bench my ego that wants to re-create my flu game from last summer. I can relate to Antoinette when she talked about her ego having the desire to push and wishing her well on her migraines.
As far as RLM goes, I get to be a part of something bigger. Being a role player reduces many burdens and gives me the luxury to heal on my terms easier.
I am grateful for this space, this connection, my mind, and my chucky cat, Oreo, lurking in the corner. He spies another cat and is plotting his attack. He’s so still, so serious, and so cute. In the moment, he is a real predator. I called his name. He gave me a sharp look and a sweet chirrup. Now he’s my baby again. Good morning, everyone.
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At this moment in my life, I am grateful to be alive, be able to just be and not be doing. I am still learning to be in life and not doing. In my younger years, it is the focus on doing to prove my worth even when it was detrimental to my life (physically, emotionally, spiritually, mentally, …). and relationship. As I have learned that the most important thing in life is to be so that my relationships with all beings are deep in love and very meaningful. “Since there is nothing but just this moment, the time-being is all the time there is.” Dōgen
I am most grateful for my Adult children and my life time friends. 💕✨
I am grateful for finding a Irish center within a hour of my home. I am going to a concert tomorrow night. 🌞
I am especially grateful right now
for the aches and pains in my body,
which say, ‘good job’
for a very difficult task . . .
grateful
for Phoebe and Sophie
circling my chair,
tails intertwining with my legs
as they remind me it’s their suppertime . . .
thankful
for my dear husband
who is down in the cellar as I write,
trying to fix the sump pump . . .
for the late afternoon sun
shining on my cheek,
for my favorite stay-at-home smock,
that is both as blue as the periwinkles blooming outside
and a Caribbean picture postcard of the sea,
for Gordon Bok singing ‘A Tune for November’
as I contemplate my day,
and grateful most of all
that I am alive today
to experience it all in peace. ♥
Yes, dear Sparrow, to be gifted the day to witness ‘it’ one more time.
It’s funny, because I just read this question. I’m on break at work and I was very aggravated with my employer and my job. Someone once told me that usually the things that we count as our biggest blessings are also the things that cause us the most frustration and pain. It is painful to be upset about work., or a disagreement with my son or husband or having to clean the house when I don’t feel like. But I have a job! A loving husband and son! A home!
Maybe,
dear Christine,
you have all that you need. ♥
I am grateful for time with my family while still having some time to chat with Lọc via phone call.
My Ngoc, having that is such a huge luxury. In the 90s and 2000s, we’d be writing letters back and forth and paying money for those chatlines.
At this moment, I have so much to be grateful for. I am currently working, and I am so grateful for the work. I am also grateful that I’m healthy. I’m also grateful that my wife, Elena, is doing well. And I’m grateful for this sunny day.
What am I grateful for at this moment in my life. I am thankful for my body. It has and is serving me well considering all I have put it through with my constant struggle with anxiety. I hope that everything I have learned and realized to help me let go of anxiety will help both those who came before me and those who will come after me. I have believed for many years that Creation is One and any time I have been able to raise the level of my awareness it helps all and my focus is often on my ancestors.
I made the decision to be thankful for my body today and then I read Richard Rohr’s daily meditation and it broadened my scope. The link is
https://cac.org/daily-meditations/god-dwells-in-all/
The author challenges all to consider what we mean by Being-One in human kind. Is that our evolutionary challenge?
Carol – you may enjoy this New Moon Meditation MAY 2026 | Ancestral Clearing & Healing Generational Karma | Heal Your Lineage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBx5vAmhCO4&t=863s
Thanks, Michele. I enjoyed that meditation very much. I so believe that we can heal and if we heal, our ancestors benefit as a s those who come after us.
Yes, yes, and a resounding YES!
I believe this in my very heart of hearts,
dear Carol Ann,
which begs the question,
“why do we hate?”
“why do we perceive that is an ‘other’ “?
This includes people we find repulsive
because of the damage they do to everyone and everything in their path . . .
a head scratcher,
to be sure.
There is the realization
that those people are a part of me as well.
But through blessing
I am learning
that behind every ‘monster’
is a lost and frightened
and very lonely soul.
I am learning
that it is the ‘deeds’ I can hate
and not the person.
Thank you for sharing today’s meditation with us . . .
it has given me a good start to my day. ♥
Sparrow, it is hard not to see then as enemies, especially when they are bullies. I guess because bullies played such a big role in my childhood but I really do my best to see them as children of God, Allah, Yahweh, etc., whatever and send loving energy their way! I’ve learned to tell my own inner bully, who repeats all the mean things I heard as a child, to sit down and be quiet. I use to tell him to shut up! So, I’ve come a little way. 🙂 I had a dear friend who took me in when I had no where to go and I wasn’t capable of finding some where to go. The night I arrived at her house we were praying and she said, “If that bully would show his face, I’d kill him!” She was truly being compassionate. She could see my pain and my fear.
Yes,
dear Carol Ann . . .
I’ve known my share of bullies too,
and I despise their modus operandi.
My own inner bully,
the one who bullies me,
in general,
has become more quiet lately.
Makes me wonder what she’s scheming now. ♥
Blue skies and sunshine. The striking mountains of the North Cascades out my window, and the closer in hillsides sloping down to the Chelan River, coated in green velvet of spring growth. A comfortable bed in a work trip hotel. A good meal last night in conversation with funny, smart, interesting women. Time to visit here and read a bit before my busy day starts. Knowing I will be home tonight with my sweetheart, my cat and my own bed.
I cannot, however, be grateful for hotel room coffee!
LOL, so true about hotel room coffee 🤣
Barb, there were blue skies and sunshine in the Twin Cities along with warm temps of 85 degrees today. Today is more of the same with a high around 80., before heavy rain for both Sunday, Monday, and even into Tuesday bringing a significant cool down for the middle of next week.
”I cannot, however, be grateful for hotel room coffee!”
That’s a tough one,
dear Barb. 🙂
I am grateful for this beautiful new day. 🙏🏻✨
Toast, coffee, dogs, sunshine, the Platte River, birdsong.
Lovely Drea! From the hospital I can tell you that sounds amazing! Enjoy ☺️
Thank you Antoinette!
Yes, ALL! Thank you. and especially in this moment? The dear friends and loved ones in my life, the kindred hearts all around, who accompany the change happening in my life, deeply grateful that i was helped so much and be open and just going with the flow. Deeply grateful for the process. And meanwhile, still happy and able to play music this weekend just for playing music, may be I will try to sing along with it, just for singing and playing music, the freedom to do so and just enjoy it and having fun, which I wish for all of you, a lovey weekend with joy, loved ones included pets and other beloved animals, and good friends around.
Thank you dear Ose.
I am grateful for all the help of a visiting son.
I am grateful for the “moments”we are storing up for memories.
I am grateful for the life of Bev.
I am grateful for friendships.
Help
is always something to be grateful for,
isn’t it,
dear Yram,
especially when joyfully given
by someone you love. ♥
ALL….
It’s always fun to have Ngoc around, but I’m also grateful to have a strong plan B in Angela. I talked to her yesterday afternoon. She returned my call. We had a lot of fun laughing and joking around like innocent little children. She even said that I’m the only friend she has left from McNally Smith College of Music. Yes, she does have a natural sweet voice and long hair.
Angela introduced me to a Traditional Christian community group called “Red Letter Ministries” on Discord. I’ve been on it everyday and enjoying it. It’s transformed me in ways beyond my imagination, especially learning to bench my ego that wants to re-create my flu game from last summer. I can relate to Antoinette when she talked about her ego having the desire to push and wishing her well on her migraines.
As far as RLM goes, I get to be a part of something bigger. Being a role player reduces many burdens and gives me the luxury to heal on my terms easier.
I am grateful for this space, this connection, my mind, and my chucky cat, Oreo, lurking in the corner. He spies another cat and is plotting his attack. He’s so still, so serious, and so cute. In the moment, he is a real predator. I called his name. He gave me a sharp look and a sweet chirrup. Now he’s my baby again. Good morning, everyone.
💗🐈
I can see Oreo in my mind eye, Avril, crouching like our Tiggs. Thank you for the picture!