What Are You Grateful For Today?

[y5L]

I am grateful to have been showered with so much affection and excitement by my friends' dog this evening!

 

[izmo]

I am grateful for my own warmth, my warm smile.

 

[Philippa]

I am grateful to be warm this evening, and for the warm personality I inherited from my mother. That is one thing I can say I appreciate and like about her.

Grateful to my cat for being so cuddly and keeping me company these last few months.

Grateful to have access to beautiful music via the internet.

Grateful for the money I've managed to save.

Grateful to be healthy physically, mentally and hopefully emotionally too(?)

Grateful for this shelter and sanctuary.

Grateful to have a good lover who treats me well.

Grateful to have food to eat and clean water.

 

[ms spock]

I am grateful for being a bit more present in the day, even thought the day is hard going - managing some bits a bit better.

 

[Britt.f7]

Grateful for the roof over my head. Even more so since a close friend of mine is evicted. I'm hoping to be grateful for her later, after she talks to the owner, and gets things resolved. I'm hoping they change the date for her like she wants.

 

[Dendrite]

I am grateful for helping the tourist from British Columbia who got lost on a bush walk. It was nearly dark and I was on a long walk and she was five kilometres from her car. She was very tired and a bit teary. We had a chat and after a few minutes she felt a bit more comfortable. We walked back to my car and we then bumped into an old friend of mine who has been battling cancer. My cancer survivor friend gave me a big hug and this really helped the British Columbian tourist trust me.

I then had another, sweet little Irish friend call out to me from his garden, which was perfect timing. It was as if everyone in the street that I knew was there to tell this struggling tourist that I was safe! Quite amazing.

We drove for five kilometres back to her car and as she got out of my car she said, 'I'm so glad it was you who helped me, I was feeling a bit scared, thanks for making me feel safe.'

I felt very happy that she felt safe. She told me she was on a personal journey and had come to Australia for some healing and a nice holiday.

When I arrived home, I told my beautiful neighbour (she looks like Emma Watson) what had just happened as she arrived home from work with her daughter. She then said to me, 'Lucky she met you. You're not scary. It was meant to be.'

We all stared at the beautiful moon for a minute or so and then walked to our homes.

It was a very special afternoon that helped me recover from a tough few days.


I said a meditation for the British Columbian tourist this morning as I could see pain and loneliness in her eyes.

 

[The Albatross]

@Dendrite - the extra added bonus is the "lucky she met you. You're not scary" comment from your neighbor. A bit of validation and an extra added compliment to boot.

Very glad you went the extra mile for a stranger and were in the right place at the right time. You stepped right up and did an assessment and took a risk of your own as well. Good on you!


Hmm. I am grateful for a bunch of little reasons... which add up to a bit of a Cheshire smile when I think about today versus several years ago.

 

[ms spock]

I am grateful for small incremental changes.

I am grateful that the dog is really settling down and is much more relaxed and comfortable. The dog training went so well today. She was totally engaged and into it. I had through through some extra exercises and I was glad I had because she did it all.

I am grateful for being aware of how reactive I am in connection to other people. Without other people I don't feel I exist. It is really hard, when I am up here with B and Papa Bear I feel like I have no time to connect and keep in contact with other people at home where I apparently live. I am so grateful that I have a break from my home.

 

[Britt.f7]

That the college that my son wants to go to sent him a letter encouraging him to appeal due to his depression. They consider it a disability. That is a small sign that this world is starting to treat depression better. I hope the appeal goes through.

 

[The Albatross]

Grateful for my online and my by phone friendships with PTSD co-suffers. It has been a big blessing for me to share and be shared with particularly this week by women who have some of the same struggles I do.

 

[ms spock]

I am feeling very anxious and very stressed. I am feeling panicky.

I am grateful for struggling really hard. Parts of the day are better. But I am grateful for struggling really hard as it means I am doing stuff and changing the distorted thinking in my brain rather than being dissociated or feeling like I don't exist or that the world doesn't exist. Struggling really hard means that I am making progress. And I want to value each centimetre of that progress.

 

[Deleted member 19804]

I am grateful that I have a best friend that I connect with on almost every level.

I am grateful to have a boyfriend who takes good care of me, even though circumstances aren't great.