The Grateful Thread

I'm grateful for being accepted into grad school. Maybe now I can get the degree I need to work in the field where I feel like I can do something good.

Grateful for my amazing girlfriend, who makes a life a little low on comforts seem relatively OK.

A rented home, a car with insurance and gas, internet, phone, food... Thank you, work. Appreciate you accepting my potential. You don't realize just how much you're contributing to my immanent escape from a potentially Donald Trump government

https://www.templeofthejediorder.org/forum/Miscellaneous/108700-rants-far-and-wide?start=490#207806

Pigs or not, at least this planet does have positive gravity, a breathable atmosphere, warmth (heat-wise) and some food and water. At least there's that ....

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Be things as they are.
Do things as they do.
Know not one but all.
Know not all but one.
Breathe and feel life.
Smile and know joy.
Laugh and know play.
Nothing else matters.

BRUCE

MOTHER****ING

SPRINGSTEEN

There is a lot of turmoil happening with families in my former religion right now. New policies put in place are divisive of families with gay or lesbian children or parents according to the families of those affected. Watching this from the outside I am a spectator with a bird's eye view.

I feel like I am watching this "opera" play out in front of me. I see my former faith playing their part in the great game as best they know how; I see the critics of it fighting back, hurt by it, doing what they can to mitigate it, in short, playing their part in the great game the best they know how.

And so I watch from afar, willing to lend my support and opinions on what I think is right, but not entangled in the powerful emotions that are gripping people in this hard time.

Emotion, yet Peace.
I seek more to console than be consoled.

I am grateful to Jediism for helping me play my part in the great game. And enjoy doing it.

Those moments of clarity that allow one to comprehend - if only briefly - just how f*cked up things really are ... :laugh:

I am grateful for the entire journey I have been granted in life so far. I've been a football player, a warrior, a traveler, a teacher, a student, a wise man, a dumb man, and many other things... I'm grateful for my wife and kids... All in all I'm just grateful to be alive. Looking forward to kicking in more doors and breaking more sh*t.

Grateful for every man and woman who served for this great country, past & present, living & deceased, thank you...

I'm grateful that I got to see and take a small part in a lot of fellow Jedi be there for one of their own in distress. I'm glad to be part of a community like this

Damn...it sure would be awesome to be able to all be at the same place at once, shake each other's hands, see each other's faces.

Video calls just aren't the same, lol

sometimes amidst the tumult, it seems hard to find things to add here. but i think most of all, i am grateful for the jedi calm that infuses me, guides me, gives me pause before action. without it, some days would be much more murderous than others.

Sometimes writing out the things that are annoying you can allow you to better examine them and realize just how petty they are. I am grateful that I had the opportunity to do so and thus be able to just let it go.

I'm grateful for here.. and for all of you.

I'm grateful for days like today when the fog of depression isn't quite so thick around my head and I can think about other things other than how miserable things are.

I'm grateful for days off because, by the Force, my feet needed the rest!

I'm grateful for all the co-workers, supervisors, and friends who are supporting me as I begin my grad school journey.

I'm grateful for this community which, despite its flaws, manages to be a place I want to keep coming back to.

Today I am grateful for:

My fiance for always encouraging me
The Quaker group for being friendly and supportive and never asking why I haven't been
Jestor for being my sounding board
Alex for always giving me sensible advice

And lastly, for me managing to get the right information out of SPSS the first time without panicking that I don't understand.

Today I am grateful to my friend whose current experiences are challenging my own perceptions.
Hearing things 'from the other side' has opened up my mind to something I can now see I was very closed minded about.

My girlfriend is bloody amazing! After all the drama and heartache, all the loss and hope and pain, I've finally found someone I just want to spend a long, quiet life with. So in love.

Eastern Washington had a rather impressive wind storm on Monday. There are over 100,000 people without power in Spokane, where I live. Everyone on my team at work does not have power, except me. I am so very grateful that we did not lose power in that storm.

A dialogue from a class I just finished. It was about all-or-nothing thinking as it relates to physical and cognitive rehab.

Me: "How would you address a love done who was unwilling to begin because they did not expect to be perfect in the end? What would you say to that person?"

My Client: "Try. Please try."

Me: "Why? Why should I?"

My Client: "Because I love you."

Stunned silence in the room. It was a beautiful little moment of sincerity.