Giving Thanks - What Are You Grateful For Today?
This month marks the beginning of the traditional holiday season, complete with Thanksgiving - a holiday devoted to being grateful for the bounty in our lives. It’s a time to take notice of what we have, whether that’s things, or people.I have so much to be grateful for this holiday season - a thriving community of givers, a newly released book, wonderful friends and family, my health, and the opportunity to share the spirit of the 29 Gifts movement with thousands of people.
So in the spirit of the upcoming holiday, as well as that of our 29 Gifts Movement, I have decided to start this discussion in hopes that each of you will leave replies telling us 3 (or more!) things in your life that you are grateful for. What are you grateful for today?
I've also begun a Gratitude Greetings event for this month. You can read more and join in here:
http://givingchallenge.ning.com/events/gratitude-greetings-giving
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Permalink Reply by Carito on -
I am grateful for I have health, a loving and supporting family, and children who give me perspective that life is about enjoying every moment.
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Permalink Reply by Clare K on
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1. Coworkers who make me LAUGH!
2. Going to the doctor for a checkup and finding that everything is 'all good'.
3. Having a husband who tells me he loves me all the time.
4. My brother sending me the best YouTube clips in the world and always telling me he loves me.
5. Loving parents who live close by.
6. My wonderful dog Otis who gives a million kisses a day.
7. My beautiful cat Chelsea who also gives out regular kisses! :-)
8. The Big Bang Theory!
9. Cards in the mail from my girlfriends. <3
10. THIS SITE. And the lovely people on it.
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Permalink Reply by char222 on -
I have so much to be grateful for....Health -- only a few little problems in 63 years
Love - Found and married the love of my life at 45 and had 11 wonderful years with him.
Wisdom - Positive attitude and gratefulness of life has gotten me thru some terrible
times such as losing my husband to pancreatic cancer in six weeks and my
son and nephew in a terrible accident. The wisdom I was taught as a child was to be grateful
for what blessings you have.
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Permalink Reply by Ao Helen on -
Always a wonderful question ~
I am so grateful for my body, its health, vitality and intelligence and its wonderful sensory capabilities are great too.
I am grateful for my spirit, its strength, wisdom, grace and determination to grow and evolve in this life.
I am grateful for my heart ~ its courage, depth, juiciness and capacity to heal and transform life with its love & generosity.
and I am incredibly grateful for the gift I've been given in this life to be an artist to feast, create and share beauty with the world around me.
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Permalink Reply by Pat Owen on
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As a 3-time cancer survivor, I am so grateful for my health and each day that I am alive to enjoy. As a mother who has lost a child, I am grateful every day for my 2 grown children, for their spouses whom I love dearly, and for the 4 beautiful grandchildren they have given me. As an individual, I am grateful for my funny, kind, and loving husband who remains my best friend and champion, as much today as he was all those years ago. Last, but not least, I am grateful for those special friends who are my encouragers and supporters, not to mention just fun to be with and talk to.
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Permalink Reply by Barbara Quin - Prayer Cafe Mgr on -
Today I am grateful (that I found 29-Gifts!) for my beautiful, smart, wonderful, healthy daughter - she is the light of my life! I am grateful that I had the best mother in the world - as I get older, I discover more and more of her strength deep inside me - while I deeply mourn her loss every day even after all this time I know she is in a better place - exploring the Universe, sailing among the stars, Being with the All of Everything and my comfort comes when my skin is touched by a gentle breeze, reassuring strength. I am grateful that I have the ability to be grateful for small things - that I am more and more every day seeing the Beauty of Creation all around, from grass blades to expansive skies, from the uniqueness of every person on the planet to the ability to forgive and release old hurts and misunderstandings. I am grateful for color, texture, air, light, dirt, grass, clouds, trees, oceans, rivers, and the Stream of Well-Being that Flows Through Me. I am grateful for Awareness that grows everyday - Awareness of Spirit's work in, around, next to, and through me. I am grateful to be a Conduit of Spirit's Grace and Love, ever far-reaching, extending, expanding. I am grateful to have a viewpoint that sees things artistically - we live in an amazingly beautiful and incrediblely crafted world/universe! I am grateful for the Grace and Favor that Flows in and through my life, blessing me every day. I am grateful for the Intelligence of my mind to perceive all the Wonderful Things Spirit Gives to Us Every Day. I am grateful that the World is Evolving into more Awareness of these Truths - though we have wars, the day will come when the Awareness will be Greater and It Will Prevail. I am grateful that I know hard times don't last and that all that's happening now in the world wll pass and that Better Times are Coming for All of Us. I am Grateful for the Sheer Ability to Know Gratitude. It is a transcendent experience! I am grateful to Know Spirit First-Hand. I am grateful to be Blessed.
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Permalink Reply by Lindsey Fox on -
Amen sister! Beautiful words...
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Permalink Reply by Christian Pope Campbell on -
These are the three things I am most grateful for as well.
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Permalink Reply by Deb~ Community Manager on -
I am most thankful that my husband has his job. With so many out of work we are blessed in this aspect of our lives.I am also grateful for decent health. I have many medical issues but it could be much worse. I could be incapacitated. I am grateful for my my Granddaughter as she keeps me more joyful every day. Things in the world are so depressing anymore so I stay as positive as possible. Thanks to Cami my outlook on life is even better. I'm thankful for you Cami:0)
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Permalink Reply by Pauline Nolan on -
I am grateful for:
1. Swimming and all it has brought me - health, friends, joy. I love swimming in the sea and feeling merged with nature. It never fails to lift my spirits.
2. That my fiance is coming to live here in Australia with me after 4 years and many visa and other challenges along the way.
3. The love of my many friends - I am ashamed to admit that I do not always remember how much love I am given every day.
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