Welcome to the new home of our practice of Gratitude on the net! Many of you will know that I have launched this site to mark the completion of a full year 365 days of daily gratitude practice and for those who have been on that journey with me, I want to thank you for…
When I started thinking of writing a book on my experience of practicing gratitude, I was looking for a title for that book. I work with an idea – a title, a character or an event as a launching pad when I write. I thought of 365 Days of Gratitude as an obvious title and…
Day 3981 – Day 4274 I’ve been wanting to write a post for months and months and months, but my energy envelope is severely limited, and I am still giving 85 percent of my energy to my work life just to keep the bills paid. Rather than be eloquent and agile, I thought maybe its…
Day 3510-3980 It has been a minute. I’ve not posted in over a year which makes me wonder why I’m paying for this corner of the internet. But that doubt doesn’t last long. When I first started this journey 3,980 days ago, it was as a public challenge on Facebook. Posting my 3 things publicly…
Day 3404 – Day 3509 I intended to come back and edit this but I have not had the energy to edit. So, a couple of months after writing my rambling first draft, I’m just going to post it, without even a spell check. Perhaps you will find a little of yourself, in my story….
Day 3399 – Day 3403 One night this past week, I was scrolling and came across a video made by the actor Misha Collins, raising awareness about the shelling of Ukraine and I wrote a long comment. I’m not a fan girl and can’t see myself ever being a celebrity fan girl. I worked in…
Day 3203 – Day 3398 Monday morning, I was having a lot of thoughts. By the time I got any of them formed into words and typed here, it was Wednesday of the following week. I don’t know where the month of November has gone. To be honest, I don’t know where the last two…
Day 3098 – Day 3202 I did a hard thing. To do it, I had to be diligent and determined. Time and again I was humbled. Who I used to be is not who I am now. But isn’t that true, of all of us, if we are actively engaged in this thing called life? …
Day 2924 – Day 3097 I’ve lost track of the days and weeks and months since I was last here. To be fair, I’ve lost track of the time period. I realized this weekend that I’ve lost more than 3 months of my life and I fear that I may yet lose more. I’ve been…
Day 2869 – Day 2923 I’ve been going through a kind of awakening in the past few months (more on that in another post). As I’ve been awakening, my dream world has been changing. Some dreams are just nonsense, but there are dreams in our lives that are important and if we are on a…
Day 2868 Twenty years ago today, Sgt Pepper might have taught his band to play, but more close to home, I was ordained as a Minister. It was a journey that started out as a calling that I couldn’t even put into words. But from childhood, I knew that I wanted to dedicate my life…
Day 2853 to Day 2863 A year ago, this weekend, I saw my sister for the last time. She had been unwell but my family chose denial and missed the preciousness of the moment. It wasn’t long afterwards that she went into hospital for the next few months. She never came out again. Because of…
Day 2842 – Day 2852 I get very distinct impressions in my meditations sometimes. Sometimes, in my meditation I see my spiritual teacher and I am told to do something and sometimes it makes no logical sense. I got a clear instruction from him once, and I didn’t follow it. Disaster ensued. Now, I’m much…
Day 2833 – Day 2841 Today marks another 12 moons. My sun sign is Gemini but my rising sign is Cancer. Cancer is ruled by the moon. Alas, my moon is in fiery Aries so the combination of Air, Water and Fire makes me a whole special brand of something, indeed. Of all the planets…