Remembering that when I count the moments of gratitude, the moments of gratitude count more:
1. Putting a puzzle with beautiful dragonflies in my Amazon cart. I love puzzles, and I love dragonflies, and I'm grateful in advance for the moments spent doing this puzzle!
2. My feet in natural water (not a swimming pool) for the first time in almost a year. Big stretch of my comfort zone to put my feet in the water in February!
3. The pleasure of finding an awesome, reliable, sweet, and kind place for my dogs to go for a staycation - they will play with them, snuggle with them, take them as they are, and see them "as part of our pack"!
4. Another item in my Amazon cart: swim noodles for the summer, and grateful in advance for the moments when I will have my friends over to my pool this summer and we will laugh like crazy. Remembering how grateful I am to be able to slip into my pool when the sun's rays get too hot in the summer.
5. Grateful for the future hugs endless hugs I will get from my soul mate when I pick him up at the airport.
6. The joy of my future child's giggle and the pleasure we will have horsing around.
7. Pure confidence from being on a path filled with light and joy and forward movement, KNOWING that I'm on the right path, KNOWING I'm on it FOR GOOD.
8. Setting clear boundaries by letting someone know that I didn't want to talk about a man I used to date (even though I did have to ask more than once, I remained calm and clear and confident, so it was a double victory). Why should we talk about things we don't want to talk about unless we are going to gain something from it (like spiritual growth)?
9. The fluidity and joy of being able to choose where my energy goes in any given moment. Bliss from bringing it back to the here and now and my highest priority, even if in that moment it is just some boring task I have decided to attend to.
10. Realizing I have REALLY stepped into my expanded identity of taking care of myself. Almost one week of no sweets! Hydrating. Trying to alkalize. Eating when hungry and making sure every meal or snack includes at least one fruit or vegetable. Not allowing myself to get too hungry. Remembering my body is a miracle from God (is that too ... something for you? Another opportunity for you to practice your open-mindedness ;)) and LISTENING to my body and honoring it.
11. Reconnecting with how in love I am with yoga by trying out different YouTube videos and sequences from my yoga books and websites and ordering a series from Hillary Rubin and Wai Lana's Flexibility DVD. Our bodies are AMAZING and all they need is the right combination of discipline and love. The joy of an asana that at first seemed impossible and now just gets deeper and deeper.
12. Getting closer and closer to 165 on the scale, which I know I will see again soon. 😎
13. Appreciating that the coaching certifications I am currently working on and the ones I am considering investing in next are exactly the right fit for me. I have been "unofficially" coaching for so long now, and I have wondered about how much exactly I can learn from these different programs. Wow, have I been wrong, and what a great investment they have been. Not everything in every program has been earth-shattering, but some of it really is brand new, and I tremendously respect the people I have learned from. And I LOVE getting opportunities to practice teaching and coaching! (In fact, if you're reading this and are interested, there are some things I am teaching and coaching on right now complimentary or at a deeply discounted rate!) PLUS I am really finding my own voice and am getting very clear on the direction I want to take my practice and my business and my brand. No, I don't want to be "another life coach" ... I have so much personal experience and have learned so much from so many different approaches that I KNOW what I am offering is unique.
14. My intuition and clarity about men I am meeting on Match. The ability to NOT make it an obsessive quest or an intellectual project or a quest for The Ideal Man, and instead knowing that I can turn it over to God and the Saints and Angels and they will lead me to the right places to put my attention - and keep me away from the WRONG places.
15. Taking the time to write this, pretty late at night after a long day. I am not a writer unless I write, and saying I am a writer makes me smile! And practicing the art of "writing for the trashcan" - it doesn't have to be perfect, especially when it's just about getting down on paper what I am grateful for today.
