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Friday, November 23, 2007
Thanksgiving, Day 5
This has been a really good exercise so far. It has made me look at my preferences. It has helped me to see, in a more profound way, that there are great gifts everywhere, including situations and things that may not be so much to my liking. Only two days of the Seven Days of Gratitude to go after this. I will miss doing it. I don't plan to stop looking at life with thanksgiving. I just won't bore you with it anymore!
26. I must begin with.... My mom (and my dad). But especially my mom today, because it is her birthday. Just think... if your parents never met or they met so late that they couldn't produce children, you wouldn't be here. One moment was the most important moment in deciding if you were to be! But wait! The same goes for each of your parents and on and on through almost forever! Someone two-hundred years ago could've had an on-going headache, thus changing the entire chain of meetings and births, and YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE NOW!
So, not only did my mom (and dad) do a fine job of raising me (I mean, just look at how I came out! Oh yeah...), but they were just two people in a long line of people who did things just right so that I could be here. Alive at this challenging time in the U.S. and the world. Gee, thanks...
And much love to her and my dad.
25. Learning. A very good idea. We all need to do more of it.
24. Great teachers, or people who lead by example. Who are yours?
Some of mine are: Gandhi, MLK, the Dalai Lama, Jesus, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Jean Klein, Inayat Khan, and my teachers, E & R.
23. Impermanence. It's the truth about everything.
22. Those roller things that get the lint and animal hairs off of my clothes, because...
21. My kitty. My old, shaggy almost 19-year-old kitty. At her ripe old age, her hair falls out more prolifically and she can't get around as well as she used to. Sounds like many of us, eh? She is an old woman who sleeps most of the time and loves on those around her the rest of the time.
20. The desert - my favorite place to go. The mountains - hmmm, my favorite place to go, also. The plains where I was born - hot, buggy and beautiful. The ocean - only lived by it for a short while many years ago and it scares me, but I love its POWER.
19. The sound of wood burning, the smell of wood burning, the warmth of wood burning.
18. The ability to communicate all over the world in an instant. Telephones, computers, all instruments of communication.
17. Silence.
16. Health. Here's to yours!
26. I must begin with.... My mom (and my dad). But especially my mom today, because it is her birthday. Just think... if your parents never met or they met so late that they couldn't produce children, you wouldn't be here. One moment was the most important moment in deciding if you were to be! But wait! The same goes for each of your parents and on and on through almost forever! Someone two-hundred years ago could've had an on-going headache, thus changing the entire chain of meetings and births, and YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE NOW!
So, not only did my mom (and dad) do a fine job of raising me (I mean, just look at how I came out! Oh yeah...), but they were just two people in a long line of people who did things just right so that I could be here. Alive at this challenging time in the U.S. and the world. Gee, thanks...
Happy Birthday, dear mommy!
And much love to her and my dad.
25. Learning. A very good idea. We all need to do more of it.
24. Great teachers, or people who lead by example. Who are yours?
Some of mine are: Gandhi, MLK, the Dalai Lama, Jesus, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Jean Klein, Inayat Khan, and my teachers, E & R.
23. Impermanence. It's the truth about everything.
22. Those roller things that get the lint and animal hairs off of my clothes, because...
21. My kitty. My old, shaggy almost 19-year-old kitty. At her ripe old age, her hair falls out more prolifically and she can't get around as well as she used to. Sounds like many of us, eh? She is an old woman who sleeps most of the time and loves on those around her the rest of the time.
20. The desert - my favorite place to go. The mountains - hmmm, my favorite place to go, also. The plains where I was born - hot, buggy and beautiful. The ocean - only lived by it for a short while many years ago and it scares me, but I love its POWER.
19. The sound of wood burning, the smell of wood burning, the warmth of wood burning.
18. The ability to communicate all over the world in an instant. Telephones, computers, all instruments of communication.
17. Silence.
16. Health. Here's to yours!
Labels: kitty, Thanksgiving
posted by Carol at 8:00 AM
6 Comments:
I didn't know you had a kitty!
We've had her since she was just a little baby - 19 years this coming spring. I don't talk or write about her much, because sleeping is what she does best. But still, she is a furball that purrs and curls up on any willing warm body.
"Only two days of the Seven Days of Gratitude to go after this."
But it can live in your heart every day of the year. That's what's so nice about it.
And a very happy birthday to your Mom!
Thanks Future!
You're right that it can live in my heart every day. This booster shot has been great, though.
Today is my Dad's birthday.
Hey Mary!
Happy birthday to your dad! Does he live near you?
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