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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/21/2008 11:49:50 PM

Marie M.

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Today I am grateful for being sooo busy with new outdoor and some indoor tasks. I love it though.
While shopping for flowers to fill my numerous containers for the porch and around some trees, I decided to stain the oversized (huge) fence which has been overdue for about 2 years. That took over the place of cleaning of the carpet which I was going to do tomorrow, so some things get moved back but it will all work out just a few weeks later. I was relieved the color turned out to be good, I was worried if I made the wrong color choice. And in between this, many daily get togethers with the neighborhood Mom's and toddlers and taking turns with many luncheons, with this wonderful spring weather we are having. I am very grateful for my home, friends and everyone here and the ability to mentally stay on task, concentration to reach a goal of being done.

Marie

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/22/2008 3:31:55 AM

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Today I am grateful for some good news that I have been waiting for that is overdue.

I am grateful for a chance to clear some things up with people who had a misunderstanding and that we were able to be respectful and agree to disagree.

I am grateful for a chance to talk with an old friend and catch up on news.

I am grateful that I enjoy good health and a body that allows me to do many things.

I am grateful for a steady good mood.

I am grateful for an opportunity to be of service in ann especially meaningful way.

I am grateful for some humorous moments that brought a smile and a laugh into my day.

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/22/2008 3:43:10 AM

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/22/2008 10:23:50 AM

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Lynn, I am so sorry to hear about your sister-in-law's granddaughter. Any sudden death is always difficult but even more so with a little one. Candles and prayers follow for Taylor and for your trip and for you and your family underr May the little one console her parents in their grief over her return to heaven.

Much love and prayers,

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/22/2008 11:57:44 AM

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Dear Lynn,
I am so sorry for you and the parents of little Taylor. Of course I will light candles for all of you.

Thankful One,
I am grateful for more good news from you.
I was reminded of you, the advocate of kindness, when I had chances of doing some small acts of service for people today. One as tiny as picking up a screw that a handyman (remember?

) standing on a ladder in the street had dropped, and I also received grateful smiles from two people sitting in the street begging. A young mother was enchanted when I was communicating via body language with her baby girl. So it has been a fine day! Grateful!

Juliana
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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/22/2008 5:42:24 PM

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Lynn, Prayers and candles will be lit for you all and little Taylor.
T.O. More good news from you has brightened my day even more.

Today I am grateful for warm Spring weather and a non-stressful counselling session tonight. In fact I think it was quite insightful.
Juliana, I think some thanks may be due to Rosenberg ! The audio CDs came today and I find them much easier to follow. I haven't mentioned it to the therapist yet, but, with prompting from me she came up with some very similar ideas to Rosenberg's.
I'm not sure what happened last week, but I think we all just clashed. I explained to her how angry I had been with her. All of you on the Forum really helped me sort myself out.....thank you.

Jude

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/22/2008 10:24:49 PM

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Today I am grateful for a friend that I had asked a how to question to move and rebalance a couple off 500 lb. statues. He has generously offered to help do it. It is not an everyday thing to do and I had no idea. You never know until you ask. I am grateful for this more than kind individual and for having a slower day than lately because the morning rain had changed my plans, a day of reflection and planting in the rain with hooded raincoat. LOL. And I am grateful to have found a large baby bird egg in a nest in my blue spruce, I felt proud that tree was chosen, it is a favorite. 3 times in the past, the wreaths on the porch and front door had the starting of nests.

Marie

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/22/2008 11:43:37 PM

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Hello Gratitiude Family
Today I will be brief as I am tired from Organizational paper pushing and preparing for a training I will be giving to ex offenders this week. As always I ask God to give me what he needs them to hear. I have been so calmed by your posts about nature and friendship this evening I cannot help but turn my thoughts once again to the cycles of nature being Earth Day nudged ths line of thinking a bit too. I also thnk more these days of the cycles of heaven and earth and how Ive always felt they are merely sepeated by a veil which is parallel to our finite time... as I prepare to talk to others I recall clearly how many times in the past I visualized doing just what I am today yet another cycle ...of time...so whether time or space or relationships we are all connected by spirit. Bless this family and all members as they deal with their experiences of joy and sorrow, loss or gain, here or there. I too loved the Rumi piece
Namaste
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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/22/2008 11:49:26 PM

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I am grateful that my nephew and his wife are once again pregnant. I ask your prayers for both of them and the baby. They have had two miscarriages in the past year and a half, one at 5 weeks and another at 11 weeks. Jess is now 11 weeks pregnant. I have started a candle group for them and the baby at JandL. I am also grateful for the half price bargain we found on materials and that things are moving along better than expected.

Juliana, your simple acts of kindness sound like they meant a lot to the recipients.

Jude it is good to hear that your counseling session went well, was non-stressful and that you could honestly state how angry you were last time. Prayers go with you.

T.O. thank you for posting the quote from Emerson, truly a favorite. It is good to hear that one good day is followed by another. May they become a long string of good days one following another.

Marie, I am sure your fence painting turned out much better than Tom Sawyer's. Your posting voice sounds tired but contented It's good to hear the peacefulness. Your neighbors sound like a real gift.

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/23/2008 1:54:03 PM

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Betty,
I will gladly light a candle for this new little life.

Love Jude

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/23/2008 2:23:29 PM

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Jude, I am glad you like the CDs. I agree, the message comes across better when spoken. Tonight I am grateful that the preparation for a weekend workshop on non-violent communication went well, and I am looking forward to working with the participants. I wish you could be there!

Barbara, I look up to you as a model for preparing a training and doing organizational work!

Betty, there will be candles from me for the growing new life, and a pair of booties when the time has come

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Marie, you seem to be a bundle of energy, with all the outdoor work you have been doing! I am a passive kind of gardener, enjoying what comes out on its own.

At present I am overwhelmed by the beauty of the cherry-tree; my night meditation consists of just standing in front of it, admiring the thousands of gleaming white blossoms, illuminated by gentle light and contrasting with the darkness of the night sky.

Juliana
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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/23/2008 3:18:02 PM

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Betty, I just lit a candle for an uncomplicated, full-term pregnancy and a healthy baby!

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/23/2008 4:50:06 PM

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Hello Imenuff and Gratitude Family
I send this intention with our angel Taylor and our new soul your nephew and his wife are nurturing. My mother prayed this prayer for a nurse at her nursing home who would confide to Mom that she had many miscarriages and was approaching an age when she felt she would not ever have a baby. Mom began praying to St Gerard and almost 2 years later this lovely nurse gave birth to her child as we had the funeral mass for my Mom a young family approached with the most beautiful little 5 year old girl I knew instinctively who she was a letter arrived to me later with their story of the prayer.
Namaste
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Prayers to Saint Gerard

Prayer for Motherhood
O good St Gerard, powerful intercessor before God and wonder worker of our day, confidently I call upon you and seek your aid. On Earth you always fulfilled God's designs, help me now to do the holy will of God. Implore the Master of Life, from whom all paternity proceeds, to render me fruitful in offspring, that I may raise up children to God in this life, and in the world to come, heirs to the Kingdom of His Glory.
Amen.

Prayer for a Safe Delivery
O great Saint Gerard, beloved servant of Jesus Christ, perfect imitator of your meek and humble Savior, and devoted child of Mother of God, enkindle within my heart one spark of that heavenly fire of charity which glowed in your heart and made you an angel of love.
O glorious Saint Gerard, because when falsely accused of crime, you did bear, like your Divine Master, without murmur or complaint, the calumnies of wicked men, you have been raised up by God as the patron and protector of expectant mothers.
Preserve me from danger and from the excessive pains accompanying childbirth, and shield the child which I now carry, that it may see the light of day and receive the purifying and life-giving waters of baptism through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/23/2008 10:52:01 PM

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Betty, I'll light a candle for a healthy baby and safe delivery.

Lately at work it's been very challenging, and I'm grateful that today I got TWO boosts to my morale: a thank you card from a former patient, and flowers from another former patient who has been in recovery and successfully living her life for one year today! The timing couldn't have been better.

Lori

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/24/2008 12:13:51 AM

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Today I am grateful for keeping busy outdoors again, the sun beating down, the clouds and the heaven above, the birds flying past me from the woods behind and the wind in my hair. My inspiration God and my son. After losing my son, I lost my identity, I lost my world. I believe I am finding myself in a way that is different and at times it strange too. God, prayer and keeping busy all the time have been my strength, it is the way I chose to proceed on this journey forever changed with a part of me missing.
I appreciate many more things that I used to take for granted, one of those things is nature, perhaps feeling closer to God and my son this way. I do not know, but it is good.

I had someone recently, who I have known for three years and knows my situation and loss, ask me "Are you on something from the doctor?" I replied no, "I do not drink or take any medication, only 2 small pots of coffee a day and a pack of cigarettes". She replied "Oh I know of someone else that has had lost someone and she was a little different. She wonders why or how I stay busy. I should have went on and told her of how I pray dilligently daily to God and the Blessed Virgin Mary for healing and to return to functioning as I have, but instead I prayed for this person who could never understand a loss of a child, she has three.
I am grateful for life, my life, my children, family, friends, and for eveyone I have to come to know here. You are in my prayers.

God Bless
Marie

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/24/2008 10:09:27 AM

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Today I am grateful for being able to have my day off work and not actually having to go in beacuse I have so much work to catch up on!.
(It is another matter entirely that I have chosen to spend the best part of the day cleaning the house when I could have been out in the garden, planting in the greenhouse or taking the dog for a walk!) This means I have "gratefully challenged " myself.

Hope your day is bright and beautiful
Glenys x

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/24/2008 1:27:37 PM

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Glenys, I think cleaning the house makes us feel that we are back in control. Also there is a sense of achievment to survey a clean tidy house. (even if no-one else notices

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Marie, it's lovely to hear you say you are becoming the 'new you.' What you have been through changes you for ever, but it hasn't destroyed that lovely spirit you have.

Lori, I'm so glad you had such a lovely boost to your morale. Doesn't it make a difference.

Today I am so thrilled to find, in my wilderness of a garden, the Ransoms (wild garlic) which I had thought lost forever under Chloe's play house. Not only have they survived, but the pretty things have spread and also found a different place to live. I also found some violets which I had thought strangled by the weeds. They too have found a new place in which to thrive.
It has given me new enthusiasm to go out into my garden. It seems to be saying to me, "It's all right, I know you love me really. Everything is still here"
To top it all there was a visit from a buzzard !!

Jude

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/24/2008 5:15:41 PM

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Juliana, I wish you well with your workshop. I too wish I could be there!

Love Jude

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RE: TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL FOR .......... - 4/24/2008 5:26:54 PM

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