IF THE ONLY PRAYER YOU SAID IN YOUR LIFE WAS "THANK YOU", THAT WOULD SUFFICE. ~Meister Eckhart

Monday, December 7, 2009

12.07.09

We are here to add what we can to, not to get what we can get from, Life. ~Sir William Osler

Today I am grateful…

  • for last night’s home cooked meal of roast beef with horseradish sauce, mashed potatoes with gravy and fresh green beans
  • that my obsession yesterday afternoon with listening endlessly to Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance has subsided
  • for a return to more seasonal temperatures here in Texas
  • that a sober Monday morning is a great start to any week
  • that gratitude, practiced daily, results in a peaceful heart

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One of the great gifts of sobriety is learning to see beauty in things not always with
the eyes, but with the feeling of the heart. ~Shelley

8 comments:

dAAve said...

I love the lake in your backyard. Is that your new boat?

Lou said...

Yup, daily practice. That's the ticket.

Zanejabbers said...

That yellow boat in the water is the epitome of serenity.

Syd said...

Great photo. I can just feel what it would be like to row that boat there.

mike said...

Thanks for the post.
Now THAT's a gratitude list.
I always forget how much I love food!!!

Mary Christine said...

Is that a slop bucket behind the boat?

Scott W said...

LOL MC! Something like that!

Bill said...

The dead body bobbed up behind that boat. I guess it wasn't properly tied & weighted. Awkward moments like this can be avoided with attention to details.