Month of Thanks
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heintz57) who prompted friends to post what they are thankful for. My Seasonal Affective thing rears its ugly head every year in November after the time change, so it is a very good discipline for me to practice thankfulness at this time. :)
Day 1 -- I am thankful for my husband and son, and our loving family.
Day 2 -- I am thankful for our comfortable house, and that we aren't underwater (literally or figuratively).
Day 3 -- I am thankful for our good health, and for the advances of modern medicine.
Day 4 -- I am thankful we have jobs we like, that keep us together without grinding us down.
Day 5 -- I am thankful for the outlets we have for artistic expression.
Day 6 -- I am thankful that we live in a civilized country, where we can vote without fear.
Day 7 -- Our gerbil Battu passed away on October 28, age three and a half. He was a tiny warrior, clever, brave, and devoted to his offspring. He gave so much to us with his life and taught us how to love tiny rodents. We are so grateful for the life of Battu Khan, his mate Borishka, and their offspring who have gone before: Tine Babe, Benji, Danny, Mia and Sophie, Lucy and Marie, and Sariah. We are grateful for our remaining gerbils: Davie, Donnie, and Sasha, long may they gnaw.
8 -- I am thankful that I am getting through November without being under such a cloud, and that I am almost looking forward to the holidays.
9 -- I am thankful for the luxuries of art and entertainment that we are surrounded by in this house. So much music, so many books and movies! It's also amazing to watch as books and movies become data that circles us in the airwaves (as Thomas Dolby would have said back in the day). We are living in a true moment of revolution. Be awake!!
10 -- I am grateful for the ability to see from different angles.
11 -- I am so grateful that the right to marry is being defended in this country not just for straight people like me, but for everyone. Tears of joy!!
12 -- I'm happy that my organization is doing well, events are going well, and I have a good schedule for the spring.
13 -- Our CSA (community supported agriculture) has come to a close. I'm grateful for the CSA and Farmers Market movement, bringing people in my community back to the origins of their food. I live in a metropolitan suburb in the USA where we are getting farther and farther from our food sources -- very different from the way I grew up in West Virginia where we lived on home grown vegetables and game meat. It makes me happy that my neighbors buy a side of beef from a local farmer, that we all try to live off our box of veg that comes from the CSA every week, that we are getting competitive about how much of our own bread and beer we produce ourselves. It's a huge privilege in this country where the gap between rich and poor gets wider and wider, and the poor subsist on very bad nutrition. I'm thankful for locally grown food.
14 -- I'm thankful for rummage sales. I know that sounds very materialistic and shallow. But I love going to rummages and thrift stores that benefit a charity, because not only am I getting cool things that are new to me, but my money is going to support a cause that people believe in, not just some corporation and its stockholders. When I think of the Chinese economy, the way workers there are treated to provide us with cheap goods, cheaper than we can afford to make them here, it makes me cringe. Rummages are my way of buying local.
15 -- I am thankful for friends. It's hard for me to make friends because I am an intense personality. There are not that many people who don't kind of edge away from me. I am so grateful for my friends.
16 -- I am thankful for modern medicine again. At #3 I was just being grateful that my high blood pressure and asthma aren't life-threatening because I take medication on a daily basis that controls them. But today I am grateful that I can take my son to the doctor and whip his bad bronchitis in two days with prednizone and azithromycin. SO GRATEFUL.
heintz57) who prompted friends to post what they are thankful for. My Seasonal Affective thing rears its ugly head every year in November after the time change, so it is a very good discipline for me to practice thankfulness at this time. :)Day 1 -- I am thankful for my husband and son, and our loving family.
Day 2 -- I am thankful for our comfortable house, and that we aren't underwater (literally or figuratively).
Day 3 -- I am thankful for our good health, and for the advances of modern medicine.
Day 4 -- I am thankful we have jobs we like, that keep us together without grinding us down.
Day 5 -- I am thankful for the outlets we have for artistic expression.
Day 6 -- I am thankful that we live in a civilized country, where we can vote without fear.
Day 7 -- Our gerbil Battu passed away on October 28, age three and a half. He was a tiny warrior, clever, brave, and devoted to his offspring. He gave so much to us with his life and taught us how to love tiny rodents. We are so grateful for the life of Battu Khan, his mate Borishka, and their offspring who have gone before: Tine Babe, Benji, Danny, Mia and Sophie, Lucy and Marie, and Sariah. We are grateful for our remaining gerbils: Davie, Donnie, and Sasha, long may they gnaw.
8 -- I am thankful that I am getting through November without being under such a cloud, and that I am almost looking forward to the holidays.
9 -- I am thankful for the luxuries of art and entertainment that we are surrounded by in this house. So much music, so many books and movies! It's also amazing to watch as books and movies become data that circles us in the airwaves (as Thomas Dolby would have said back in the day). We are living in a true moment of revolution. Be awake!!
10 -- I am grateful for the ability to see from different angles.
11 -- I am so grateful that the right to marry is being defended in this country not just for straight people like me, but for everyone. Tears of joy!!
12 -- I'm happy that my organization is doing well, events are going well, and I have a good schedule for the spring.
13 -- Our CSA (community supported agriculture) has come to a close. I'm grateful for the CSA and Farmers Market movement, bringing people in my community back to the origins of their food. I live in a metropolitan suburb in the USA where we are getting farther and farther from our food sources -- very different from the way I grew up in West Virginia where we lived on home grown vegetables and game meat. It makes me happy that my neighbors buy a side of beef from a local farmer, that we all try to live off our box of veg that comes from the CSA every week, that we are getting competitive about how much of our own bread and beer we produce ourselves. It's a huge privilege in this country where the gap between rich and poor gets wider and wider, and the poor subsist on very bad nutrition. I'm thankful for locally grown food.
14 -- I'm thankful for rummage sales. I know that sounds very materialistic and shallow. But I love going to rummages and thrift stores that benefit a charity, because not only am I getting cool things that are new to me, but my money is going to support a cause that people believe in, not just some corporation and its stockholders. When I think of the Chinese economy, the way workers there are treated to provide us with cheap goods, cheaper than we can afford to make them here, it makes me cringe. Rummages are my way of buying local.
15 -- I am thankful for friends. It's hard for me to make friends because I am an intense personality. There are not that many people who don't kind of edge away from me. I am so grateful for my friends.
16 -- I am thankful for modern medicine again. At #3 I was just being grateful that my high blood pressure and asthma aren't life-threatening because I take medication on a daily basis that controls them. But today I am grateful that I can take my son to the doctor and whip his bad bronchitis in two days with prednizone and azithromycin. SO GRATEFUL.
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Date: 2012-11-07 01:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-11-07 03:09 am (UTC)November is very dark, and one of my friends pointed out that the time switch always occurs just before November, which hits me pretty hard -- making it even darker!
So it is nice to consciously focus on all the wonderful things.