The Grateful Thread

I'm grateful for quiet time on the couch with my wife after having a day full of activities with the babies.

I am grateful to have gone through the experience of losing people close to me suddenly. Why? These experiences, while sad, taught me to truly appreciate the limited time I have with friends and love ones. These experiences also caused me to ask myself the important question of how I wanted to spend my limited time here, how do I want to contribute to the world, what kind of legacy do I wish to have. I am also much more careful with what I say to others now, they may be here now but they might not be here come sundown, I now ask “do I really want to leave off on that note?”

I am grateful that I have a clean bill of health. So many take this for-granted, your fine one day and then suddenly your not. If I wake up with all my limbs and not sick, my day has already begun on a positive note. I appreciate my state of health, and I spend so much time at the gym to maintain or improve my state, and because I can, and because I can I will take full advantage of being able to, while I still can.

I am grateful for the various communities I am apart of. Without them, where would I be today? I truly appreciate the sense of kinship, and closeness that comes from interacting with others. I love being exposed to new and diverse points of view on a daily basis. I am also grateful that I am able to do these same things, and more for others, through my participation.

I am grateful that I can forgive others easily. Trying to fight every battle, pay back every slight no matter how minor, allowing myself to be consumed by a need for revenge, constantly thinking negatively and causing negativity to manifest in the world through my actions, allowing others to have so much power over me, what way is that to live? I forgive, but do not forget. But just because someone does something once, doesn’t mean they will do it again, one should be vigilant, but not allow the past to bias them.

I am grateful for all the pain and struggle I have gone through so far in life, and I wouldn’t change a thing. Without it, would I be the person I am today? Would I have reflected on my actions so much? Would I have done so much internal work? Would I have learned as much as I have?

No, I wouldn’t have, or it would have taken much, much longer to get where I am today. Through pain and struggle comes strength and wisdom, the ability to remain keep going in the face of odds that appear to be insurmountable, and so much more.

I am grateful for these things mainly, and so much more. If I wrote a list of all the things I am grateful for, I would be writing it for weeks.

Have a happy holidays.

~ David ~
12/23/18

I am greatful for the moment when I am not disturbed from work or some other activities.
when I am totally submerged in activity. < flow efect.

I am grateful for time when I can get out of the capital city to nature, especially to forest.
and spend there lot of time.

I am grateful for all good and kind people in my life and on the world. Whom I appreciate the most.
thanks bad experience with evil people in the past.

And naturally for this comunity, which I am part of. where I grow with people, who also same as I believe in the force,
and share their experience and thoughts. (good point Ros > why we are here)

Enjoy your holiday, mainly in Peace!

Today I am grateful for second and third opinions. Easy to get blinded, we are, to how things are, how we perceive them to be, and how they truly are.

This morning, I am grateful for pancakes.

Having time completely off, where I can pause and enjoy the small things in life, is very good.

I am grateful that I am healthy and allowed to grow old together with my cat, who is also healthy.

I'm grateful that even the hardest days/times pass with time and some change.

I am grateful for my friend, who looks out for me even in the hardest days/times.

I feel it is important to seek balance. If you rant, you should look to what you are grateful for. This is a practice I seek to keep up at my own little cave. If I vent and complain, I need to also highlight something I am grateful for. Helping to change from focusing on the problem to focusing on the solution. In this case it is an easy thing to do.

What I am grateful for is the Jedi here. I don't know if there is a need to add to that statement. We all face tough situations in life. We all find ourselves challenged on the path. But one of the great benefits of a worldwide community is being able to talk with other like-minded individuals. To have other Jedi in your life who uplift and encourage. So I am definitely grateful for the Jedi in our community.

I am grateful I now have a definitive list for the curriculum I must master to have my Shirfu's permission to open my own school.

Granted, I now need t learn about...12 more forms, but its nice to see the end of the tunnel!

I am so happy to rid myself of toxic people and bring some peace to my friends.

Love my job. Today was a fun day. Got to do some new stuff - learn some new skills, add some new experiences. Also got to do the things I love in my work, per the usual. My dog joined me for half the day. Good for him to get out. Next time he may get to meet the "monsters". See how he does with the pack.

Overall - for this moment - I love life. I am happy. I literally have one complaint and it is about my stupid phone which is a minor thing and a great source for testing my Jedi traits. lol Wonderful people in my life, great job, and travel plans this year which I thoroughly look forward to. Gratitude is easy right now. Being a Jedi is easy right now - aside from my phone. So I am using this time to cultivate the reserve. That deep well of calm and patience within. Because nothing lasts forever - this too shall pass - and I want to be ready to face those unforeseen difficulties with the heart and focus of a Jedi.

Tough day today. Not how I wanted to start off the week. Two things to be thankful for. First being that I did just get back from a cruise to Mexico. Got to meet some 49er players and have a pretty chill time. So definitely something to appreciate and be thankful for. I had a good time. But more importantly, on this testing day, is to be thankful for my job (continually it seems). Due to my work I am able to handle this unexpected financial cost. I am not lost, without resources, or unable to shoulder this mark of stupidity on my part. It still hurts, it still is no fun, but I am not in any dire straights or dark hole with no apparent exit. And that is something I am truly grateful for.

Thanks guys for being still here, even when I only come back every few days or weeks or so. Thanks TOTJO for being a place I keep coming back to! And thanks, IP, for keeping me engaged and persistent in thinking things through, and eventually even getting me to take the effort to express the outcomes in my journal. Thank you for the opportunity to do this even in the little time that I currently have left after pursuing all these necessities and priorities of daily life.

I am grateful for life, it's ups downs it predictability and absolute randomness.

This thread!

And the right to speak one's mind.

Jerry Garcia's existence, without which this thread title would not be humorous in a referential sense.

What a great thread - thanks. I'm grateful for each time I take a breath, for little joys I see every day like my dog or a kindness shown to another, for the internet so I can be part of a great group (yes, I know at the moment I am still a guest - patience I must have), for the wonderful people in this group, for my coworkers even though they don't want me to help them with projects, for coffee and tea. So many things - it will be fun to read this topic. I have a gratitude journal that I write in (almost daily). Today I can add - for the grateful thread

I am pretty grateful for the services either public or private that are provided by the country I live in.

Hi Everyone

Thanks to a video from Proteus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPPFqsECz0

I have been inspired to create a gratitude log. But I don't want to do it alone. I'd like to spend some time each day sharing what we are grateful for .

I'll start
1. I am grateful for meditation
2. I am grateful for rest
3. I am grateful for friends
4, I am grateful I feel better
5. I am grateful for chicken soup