What I am grateful for on July 14: 1. Dawn. I didn’t have much sleep last night---it was one of those insomnia nights, but I was so grateful when the sun rose and it was time to get on with the day. 2. Being amazed at how much energy I actually did have even though exhausted from having a rough night. My exercise program seems to be working on many levels. 3. Even though I had energy when I got up this morning, I made a conscious decision to only do two of the three legs of my exercises because I was still tired. 4. Taking care of myself. Today, because I was so tired, was a day of self-care. 5. Realizing that I have gotten so much better at self-care. I am truly learning to love myself more and realize I am worth being taken care of, even by me. 6. I know I say this just about every day, but I love these overcast, cooler afternoon/evenings. This is more like the mountain climate we should normally be getting, and we can sure use the rain. 7. Signing up for an on-line writing class for bloggers. I want to improve my writing so that my blogs will get better and more enjoyable. I will be using one of my existing blogs as a practice one to work on and improve. 8. Acknowledging that my dream to write a book still has not diminished even though my focus has been on other things lately. 9. The improved nutrition because of changing our diet, losing weight, and exercise seems to have given my brain an extra jumpstart or two. Suddenly there are many ideas filling my brain. 10. Realizing it makes me happy to have all these ideas. I just hope I get to try some of them. What I am thankful for on July 15: 1. Having a fairly good night’s sleep, and for that I am grateful because of all days I needed to be more rested today. 2. The ability to overcome pain and depression by focusing on the positive and that for which I give thanks. I came home in tears today, but didn’t wallow in my depression. 3. Overcoming the memories I have of times of great pain---the feelings of me being unworthy and invisible, of not mattering to anyone. It felt so good to not drown in those memories. 4. Experiencing and being aware of exactly when my depression turned the corner and left. I felt it, my whole mood changed and even my posture improved. I wasn’t allowing myself to be down-trodden. 5. Seeing a posting that read “A person’s worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.” I needed to see this. 6. Deciding to try to figure out ways to have my needs heard and considered in non-threatening ways. 7. I am asking myself, once again, why, sociologically, society is structured in such a way that some people have to “fight” for everything. We have to “fight” to be heard, “fight” to have our ideas considered, “fight” to not be invisible. I’m going to figure this out one day. 8. Accepting the fact that this is one of those days---we got word that someone both David and I knew died yesterday and deciding we “needed” to be at the funeral. 9. Finding a show on PBS called Time Scanners, where an engineer and archeologists go to ancient sites and figure out how they were built. This week they are at the ancient city of Petra. 10. Going to bed early tonight so that I am more rested for my exercises in the morning.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 02:41:09 +0000
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