What Are You Grateful For Today?

[RandyMac]

That the nightmare about losing my dogs wasn't real.
I got up at 3 am to sit with them.

 

[Innordinate]

That my kids lives are filled with love and joy. The people they are surrounded by are safe, and my kids feel safe. Safe enough to question authority in a healthy respectable appropriate way. They have good lives.

 

[littleoc]

Forever grateful to my beautiful service dog. If she hadn't randomly followed me home that cold November night, I don't know where I'd be

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

Grateful for what seems to be a pattern as of late...each time I do my grocery tour and/or other errand runs, I meet at least one other wfpb vegan consumer by chance. It's like they're coming out of the woodwork. lol It's about damn time. I look forward to being able to say, "There's one in every crowd." :)

Today, it was after complimenting each other on our choice of wardrobe, then mentioning how much we liked this new store, but how it was such a pain in the ass to get back to it thanks to the 3 fast food-like substance joints planted at the entrance with absolutely no other way around.

That's when she mentioned (without knowing my personal preferences) she is a whole food plant-based eater, feels better than ever, and said having to drive by/smell all that stuff made her feel like a former crack addict having to go through the crack house to get to where she needed to be. I know exactly how she feels. It's like she read my mind. lol

We ended up talking for about 20 minutes and when I told her my story, she hugged me, told me how proud she was of me, encouraged me to keep loving myself fiercely, and was crying tears of joy. Ha! My own family didn't even do that. Thank goodness she wasn't wearing perfume or used scented laundry detergent when she snatched me up. lol What a powerful heartfelt exchange.

Grateful my in-vironment is expanding in that direction, currently. I really needed that. Contributing to what felt like death in my former "deathstyle" habits of over four decades makes it really hard to learn how to comfortably navigate the actual life in my lifestyle now. Just when I think/feel all hope is gone, it pops back in for yet another visit to boost my desire to keep on keeping on.

 

[SophiaWisdom]

Going out by myself to a local coffeeshop to meet a new friend for an hour. I haven't been able to leave the house by myself for 3 or 4 weeks now since the vertigo came back!

 

[Innordinate]

For all the people who've helped keep me alive. The people who saved me from others and the people who saved me from myself. I use to hate these people and blame them for how much I had to suffer through to get to this relatively calm spot in my life. I've fought against them and have tried to hurt them and awhile ago I finally realized (through a long process) they were doing what was right and what was best for me. It was not selfishness on their part, it was compassion.

 

[Ronin]

Grass. Sky. Night air. Things that are not society.

 

[8888]

Grocery delivery services

 

[Muttly]

Food. warm chilli, groceries, especially produce! an apple gobbled down in the car.

The kindness of others. The kindness, honestly and knowledge of folks here

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

The folks who actively initiated curious conversation at the auto service center as I sat there wrapping more hula hoops with tape while I was waiting....and especially the lady who went outside with me to give it a try. Seeing their inner kids wanting to come out and play is so much fun. lol

 

[Muttly]

@Tornadic Thoughts Now I am curious. Why were you wrapping them in tape? What's the story???

 

[Teasel]

Polka dots
The feeling under my feet when wearing platform shoes
Easy food to eat