Being Grateful

Today I'm grateful for....

All of the fantastic moments I've lived in my life, there are so many to be grateful for.

All of the horrible moments in my life as I have learned from them and they have made me who I am.

Finding the sexiest black top today and I look great in it!

The best pair of pretty shoes I've ever owned! They are strappy heals that feel like tennis shoes! So comfortable.

Getting Taylor's birthday gifts today, not waiting until the last minute like I usually do.

More fantastic sleep today, now if I could only get the sleep at night instead of late morning I would be very happy.

Looking forward to a pedicure tomorrow, a reward for losing another pound while keeping the rest off. ---no more food rewards!

That my calves are still a little sore from the jumping and dancing last saturday.

Taking Nancy's advice and trying not to blow potentially important people off. I have a tendency to stay wrapped up in myself and what I'm interested in, and in doing that I guess I snub some people--- it's never been intentional....unless you're bugging me :)

"I've realized there are only two possible landings for someone who embraces intimacy, and both are beautiful. The first possibility is that your beloved will love you back. Then you won't land; you'll just fall deeper into intimacy, together. This is how bald eagles prepare to mate-by locking talons and free-falling like rocks-which is deeply insane and makes me proud to call the eagle my country's national bird. The other possibility is that you'll throw yourself forward, yell "woo-hoo!", and smash into rejection. Will it hurt? Indescribably. But if you still refuse to bury your broken heart, or force someone to "fix"it- if you just experience the crash landing in all its gory glory, you'll create a miracle. Do it enough and you may just lose your fear of falling. You'll get better at missing the ground, at keeping a crushed heart open so that love can find all the broken pieces. And the next time you feel that vertiginous sensation of the floor disappearing, even as your reflexes tell you to duck and grab, you'll hear an even deeper instinct saying, Fall in! Fall in!" ....Martha Beck --- I love -love and everything about it in all forms.

Doing what pleases me.

My ability to make donations both monetarily and artistically to help friends with fund raisers and charities I believe in.

Eric's courage to stand up in front of all those people and do what he loves!

Being single and continuing to be more and more comfortable with that.

Knowing my purpose within the family and relishing the feeling of doing things my own way.

Hearing Taylor tell me she loves me every night.

The good lives my family and friends are living right now.