Gratitude Friday :: All Around The Virtual World
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July 27, 2007, 12:23 pm
Aloha Adam, this has been a joyful week as we get to know each other! You have been in my gratitude journal too. I started the practice as my personal commitment to living the Hawaiian value called mahalo— appreciation, gratitude, and thankfulness for each and every element making our lives most precious to us. At times my list makes it to my blog, and so I love that you have made it a weekly ritual here so we can share in this with you. However I find I get the most reward from it in a private and simple way; I think of my GJ as my “evening pages,” writing about a list of three to five blessings I am most grateful to have lived that day. As the last thing I do before bed, it’s become a wonderful way for me to fall asleep each night in total peace with my world.
July 27, 2007, 12:48 pm
Adam, great find on that TED video clip; I’ll be sharing it with the Joyful Jubilant Learning community too. Fresh cup of coffee in hand, I watched it after leaving my first comment for you, and I agree with you about his beautiful tools - just imagine if those “intuitive seeds” could be used for the landmines of human emotion and need. Our future is now.
July 27, 2007, 3:35 pm
My two items were a lot closer to home. The first was going to a meeting at our local library one evening. Most of the attendees worked at the library, and at one point they were talking/partially teasing one woman about her grumpiness with them. (She has fibromyalgia as well as other health problems.)
In fact, I’ve always found her to be extremely friendly when I go there. It’s been clear at times she hasn’t been feeling well, but she doesn’t let that get in the way of her attitude to patrons. So I was pleased to have a chance to share that piece of information. Her supervisor appreciated it, and I’m grateful I had the chance.
The other was getting $70 in local Chamber of Commerce checks as a thank you present for helping with the Harry Potter vacation school. I’m a member of the local Friends of the Shelter and gave the checks to a local pet store that does a lot for the animals at the shelter. They’ll be spent for leashes, toys, etc. An easy and fun way to thank the store as well as support the animals.