Gratitude

Although I see it as a continuous practice, we are now especially entering the season of gratitude.
Do you wish to share your own thoughts of gratefulness for this year?

I'll share mine.
I'm grateful for my loved ones. Like a lot of people, I've had some tough losses, but I rose up to look around and still see around me, people I love and they love me in return.
I'm grateful for a love for reading, which enabled me to acquire skills, which have made my life a better one.
I am thankful for a 13 year old Toyota which still runs like a champ. She's always standing
by at the ready to take me wherever I want to go, never a complaint or problem.
I am thankful for health and the ability to see a new day, every day.
I am grateful for awareness to seek grace to try to set aside the limiting assumptions of first impressions....and to seek help in becoming better at practicing patience for every person I meet as a gift of the
divine...because they are.
Namaste.

Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 11/19/2025 11:00AM by BarefootBliss.

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I am basically grateful for everything in my life. God has me on a path, and I am content with it. Good or bad at the moment, I am still grateful.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
I could not be where I am without the contributions of my grandparents. I'm thankful that because my granddad divided up the money that was leftover from my great aunt's estate between us grandkids, I was able to buy my first home. I'm thankful that I endured 25 years in that house with value ups and down until it was worth more than 3X what I paid for it, and it made it so that I could pay cash and fully own my farm. I believe they protected me from the worst impulses of my parents, or at least my granddad did.

I'm not thankful for the folks that didn't protect me, or didn't care enough to try to help me find my way when I was young, or when I was in abusive relationships.

I'm thankful that through all of it I was able to survive, and even thrive sometimes.
I feel similarly about my grandparents. I shudder to think how different my childhood would have been if not for their constant love and support. Priceless.
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