...a wonderful and very loving husband and son.
Thanks for the positive thread, Kizzie! :thumbup: Always grateful for reminders of what I have to be grateful for.
Today, my gratitude is very basic--for every beat of my strong heart, for every breath in and out of my healthy lungs. I'm grateful for a comfortable and sheltering home, and for an abundance of food in my cupboards.
Peace.
...the ability to use my recovery as a gift in someone else's life. Last week, one of my high school students expressed the wish to do self harm, and the school counselor and I worked with her quite a bit, provided insight, resources, got her to the psychologist. Last night, she very confidently stood before an audience of parents and students and expressed the reasons why she enjoys working within the small learning community with which I am affiliated (it was a kind of recruitment effort). I am so very proud of this young person's determination to overcome her shadow side, and I know that without my own recovery I would not be capable of providing her with support.
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTS FOR ME!!
Today I am grateful for my parents, my boyfriend, and a lovely bunch of artists. I am grateful for the space and time and freedom I have been given in order to recover. I am grateful to have opportunities and contacts and people that have faith in me. I am grateful for my mind, despite all its flaws. Most of all, I am grateful that I'm not criticising myself for taking the day off.
For entering a new phase of grieving, I suppose...... *cry*
Today I am grateful for the medication which helps keep my emotions stable as I grapple with this new diagnosis.
Today i am extremely grateful!:
For plans working out
That me and X are not longer together
For my friend, who celebrated with me today and how was so thoughtful and caring and who also helped me move my stuff out of X's place and is storing it at hers until i have my own place
For having a safe place to stay finally and for being able to stay at friends place for a few days in the mean time
For putting in boundaries with X and going no contact
For this forum
Im just very very appreciative. ;D
pretty wonderful for ur b'day, well done for persevering and staying strong even when it's hard :applause: YAY you!!
Thank you Arpy1 a lot for your understanding of this time being difficult and for recognizing that.
Others around me don't know or understand what I'm feeling, so I'm doing this alone, but you and people here, do help me to feel seen and understood.
I hope you are ok Arpy1 :hug:
Today I am grateful I have a job, a place to live, my two cats and a 13 grain ciabatta with Italian truffle cheese.
That sounds really nice Danaus. All of it.
I hope you enjoy our ciabatta. ummm.... :)
10 minutes to go, before I hit the road back home to my cats and that ciabatta.
I hope you enjoy it! ;D
Grateful for finally understanding that I don't have to identify with negative thoughts nor do I need to push them away...they are like the weather, but the landscape beneath my thoughts is still lovely.
Today I am grateful I was able to get to sleep last night. I'm still a raw nerve since my credit card company alerted me to over $4,000.00 in fraudulent charges on my card. I'm grateful the credit card rep assured me I will not have to pay for any charges I did not authorize. I'm grateful I have cash money to go for groceries this week. I'm grateful it's almost quittin' time. I'm ready to go home and hug my cats.
Today I'm grateful the rep from my credit card company let me know my recurring charges would be automatically transferred to my new card which I have not yet received. I didn't even think of that till I tried to enter the garage at work this morning and my access card failed to admit me. At first my mind raced. How can I fix this, who do I see, call, contact on line, do I have a user name and password for the garage and if so WHAT ARE THEY? :fallingbricks: I'm grateful climbing the 114 steps to my office helped burn off some of the panic. I'm grateful I'm able to climb 114 steps first thing in the morning while in a panic. I'm grateful there was a little bird up on the roof of the garage singing sweetly. I'm grateful it's going to rain later today. Our reservoir is still low and I don't want to witness another brushfire. I'm grateful bright green spring leaves have unfurled on the trees and the coming rains will keep them from wilting. I'm grateful my orchid is in bloom and I took the time to smell it this morning. I'm grateful my cats let me hug them till I feel all warm and fuzzy.
Today I'm grateful my phone service has not been cut off. After receiving three "Why haven't you paid us?" texts from my phone company, I called them and explained my old card had been canceled due to fraudulent activity and my new card with my new number was "in the mail." The nice lady at my phone company granted me a 10 day grace period and even waved the $5 late fee. :cheer:
:cheer: indeed Danaus :)
my four little ratties, Winnie, Elsie, Dot and Nell, who are making my life more bearable with their crazy sweet ways and the affection they give. they're currently rootling around on my desk, stealing my tissue and chewing my papers. and it makes me feel better even tho i don't think i can be brave enough still to post about what's going on in me atm.
Awwww - they sound cute Arpy! Last week was a bad week for me and one thing that helped (along with my real life dog), was watching YouTube vidoes of cute animals when I couldn't sleep - love the silliness and joyful abandon of little critters. We also have a nest of three little baby birds out my office window so that was fun to watch.
I guess I should say I am grateful for animal therapy :rundog:
After my checkup yesterday with my retina surgeon I am grateful I will not need another surgery on my eyeball at this time. The retina in my left eye tore three times and came close to detaching from the macula, but my doctor caught it in time. The exam is almost as painful as the surgeries and leaves me with blurred vision and a headache. I'm grateful I can see to read today, also the sunrise this morning was spectacular.
today I am grateful I went outside. I felt like sitting in front of the computer nonstop all day. Then I remembered the Out of the Storm rule "Don't sit in front of the computer all day. Get up and go outside." So I did. The sky was so beautifully blue and the clouds were so brilliant and fluffy. The trees are full of bright spring green twinkling leaves and the pansies are blooming in every combination of colors and what a lovely smell fills the air. Well I had to log back on and contribute to this thread. I hope everyone gets to enjoy as lovely a day often.
A smile, a hug and a kiss from my son. That I can almost take for granted, he's so generous with them.
A job - some days I'm sure they're going to fire me. Others, I'm just grateful they let me return again. (PS - this attitude through a recent transition in my job was commented on by all of management).
This website. I believe it'll help me heal with my C-PTSD, which in turn will strengthen me to help my H heal from his C-PTSD, which in turn will help us both NOT repeat the same mistakes with our son.
My husband. We have our issues and I am not certain we're going to make it. But, today, I am grateful for him. He knows I'm going through something, but has learned that I will protect 'it' like a mother bear until I'm ready to talk about it. He's giving me some space.
My new house on a new hill, my new room designated to painting, my puppy, my wonderful man, a fresh start, and sobriety.
Air conditioning! And a roof over my head to enjoy it under.
Friends who allow me to support them with their 'stuff' and who support me with my 'stuff', even when all our stuff is hitting at the same time.
The little bird I found on my walkway this morning. It did not appear injured, but was most unusual - not even walking away from me when I approached to investigate the little thing. I hated to leave it, afraid that it was easy cat-bait. But, I couldn't bring it in my house - the dogs would consider it a treat. So, it was calm and still on the walkway so I left. When I got to work, I called H to check on it. It's gone now. I hope into a tree or somewhere else safe. I'm grateful I got to see the little creature this morning. Changing this average Tuesday into a special day.
Saturday Night Live :rofl:
My sister and I used to watch it every week. I'm grateful for the time we got to spend together.
The ability to feel gratitude even though I am down with the flu.
Quote from: Jdog on July 22, 2016, 03:37:32 PM
The ability to feel gratitude even though I am down with the flu.
Get well soon, I hope, Jdog
Thanks, Wife2!
Yes, get well soon jdog :hug:
Oh, thanks so much, Kizzie. My little bug is nothing in comparison with your prolonged ordeal, but I do despise being "out of commission." It feels like this is a new normal, but obviously not. Each day is just part of a longer journey.
Today I was especially thankful for my dog. He's a senior, rescued, abused dog who spent his life at the end of a chain. To watch him learn to play, learn to trust, and to stop flinching when he sees my hand is inspiring. If he can do it, so can i! :D
Good for you! We rescued an abused senior dog a few years ago and it is absolutely a gift to watch them lean to trust. You can do it, too!
Today I'm forever grateful for my therapist. She stayed with and gently, patiently laid out a challenge, allowing but also guiding me to find a way past a recent extreme crisis situation.
Honestly, words can never express what that means in my heart as I rediscover life, and along with it rekindle the withering flame of hope from having nearly been extinguished.
Woodsgnome,
Im so happy to hear that!! You must be feeling relieved..and less alone i imagine.
Im so happy she is helping you, and that she is being patient and gentle.
I hope you can continue to feel more helpful.
Im glad you wrote this, as i know we cant PM anymore, and you have been in my mind. :hug:
Today I'm grateful to find a community where I found people continually working to improve themselves despite the pain and hurt they have experienced. It's humbling and give me hope.
Though I have been angry and other yucky emotions lately, today I'm thankful for my husband.
He has listened to me, heard me and shown me that he has heard. He's allowed me to take advantage of him, doing more than his 50% relationship share while I sort some things out. He has tried to give honestly good advice. I've found it to be sound advice when I take it. He's seen that I'm a little too tender right now, so has opted to NOT call me on my *, at least not yet. He has proven that he sees me trying to make my way back to myself.
I'm also grateful for my son. He keeps reminding me what unconditional love looks like, making it easier for me to show the same unconditional love to him and my husband.
I'm ALSO grateful for another day above the dirt to try to work this out and show my loved ones that they are loved.
Today I'm grateful for the many good friends I have in and around the town I live in; I'm grateful that 3 separate ones phoned today and that by the third call, I finally felt motivated enough to stay upright and start doing some jobs around the house. I felt grateful a few hours ago for having a choice of what CDs to listen to; I was also grateful that it wasn't raining.
I'm grateful for my steady job as a teacher which allows me to do some good in this world. When t seems that everything is going to he** in a hand basket, I don't have to look far to see that my good attitude is what is needed for these young folks around me to make progress.
Today I'm grateful that the sun was shining, that spring has sprung and that the weeds are pushing their way up in the garden. I eat the edible varieties and that reduces my grocery bill somewhat. ;)
Today I am once again grateful for this forum!
Today I am also grateful that my T has decided not to charge me extra for the appointment I missed this week. I don't know why he decided that, but he sent me an email about it this morning. It would have been biiig money, by my standards.
I bet you're his favourite client.
??? ??? How am I meant to take that comment, Candid? ;)
Maybe he was so relieved not to see me, he decided to waive the no-show fee? ;D
Sorry. It was my best guess as to why he didn't charge you.
No worries, Candid.
Today I feel grateful that the country in which I'm living does not plan to kick under-earning foreign nationals (like myself) out because of a change in status, even though the country I am a national of is threatening this very action. (Sorry fellow posters, a bit political, but I am very grateful to this country which I've made my home, even if I'm not a national.)
the fact that I still have a sense of humour (even though sometimes its on holiday).
my friends IRL who gather round when I feel too sick to go out of the house, and bring things from the grocery store, and phone to see how I'm doing. Which is much appreciated since I live on my own.
Like this thread. Have wanted to do a regular gratitude practice regularly but need a friend to do it with to keep motivation going.
I am grateful for my support worker cooking food for me. The love of my cat. Owning a car.
Today I am grateful for getting a new laptop delivered, cuddles from my cat Sam, talking to a friend Sarah on messenger, having a hydrotherapy session in a nice pool not far from where I live.
Relying on old technology to view the eclipse (Lucky Charms box, tin foil, tape, and scissors) led me out of my apartment. If I had stayed in and watched it on NASA, I would have missed the crescent-shaped sun dapples hiding under the trees. One side of my shadow on the sidewalk was blurry, the other side crisp. I met a boy who ran down from his porch to show me his special sunglasses. I tried them on and I can't describe how beautiful it was not just to see the face of the eclipse, but to know that what I was looking at was this massive, churning ball of unkempt fire, previously completely taboo to view; and in front of it, the body of the moon I know so well.
For Gratitude, check here: http://outofthefog.net/C-PTSD/forum/index.php?topic=7279.msg48252#new
I should have put it in this thread, but seem to have been too confused to do so. :stars:
1) That somebody invited me to share a hot meal
2) That one of my students cancelled
3) I miss my Little Furry Creatures but I'm grateful that somebody else is looking after them properly atm, because I wouldn't be doing so if they were here.
4) That this forum exists
This is my 9th wedding anniversary - legally married to another woman - never would have thought this could be possible when I was a young person. Grateful, also, for sticking with my marriage through some very rough patches (mine, hers, ours). Such great support I have in my work, my friendships, the community at large. CPTSD hasn't derailed me from the ability to be myself and to continue growing. Healing happens.
Jdog: "Healing happens."
Thanks for that reminder, and congratulations on your 9th anniversary.
:yeahthat: :cheer: :thumbup: :applause:
Being loved by IRL people, people on this forum and even my puppies!
Remembering that love is best when shared - that's how it can grow!
Having a job - that's been a big one lately.
Rediscovering my patience. It had gone missing, but I found it.
Quote from: Wife#2 on September 22, 2017, 06:42:50 PM
Being loved by IRL people, people on this forum and even my puppies!
Yay for puppies! Was just wondering today how your puppies are.
Quote from: Wife#2 on September 22, 2017, 06:42:50 PM
Rediscovering my patience. It had gone missing, but I found it.
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
I am grateful today to be alive :)
I am grateful that I've found this place
And I am grateful that I can walk on two legs
Quote from: Sceal on September 22, 2017, 10:08:04 PM
I am grateful today to be alive :)
I am grateful that I've found this place
And I am grateful that I can walk on two legs
:cheer: :applause:
I'm grateful that I can leave the house whenever I need the space, go wherever I want, be and do what I want without someone telling me what to do.
In a nod to two previous posts, I share the gratitude for walking on two legs and leaving the house. Added to that: Running on paths from my house to be present when the sun comes up along the river near my house. Breathing in and breathing out. Gaining a fresh perspective and returning to my house with renewed determination to be flexible in facing whatever this day brings.
Sounds really good, Jdog, and belated Congratulations!
Thank you very much, Blueberry! Those baby steps do get easier over time- in all aspects of life. And...it's still always one foot in front of the next!
A neighbour today who, when he knew I was trying to repair my car, offered the use of his garage.
I started work at home outside in the rain as I can't accept help, he came over, persuaded me to use his garage, made me lunch and then did most of the repair work as he is twice as fast as me.
I am humbled, pathetically grateful and somehow uplifted and nourished by this help.
Some people are wonderful, I forget that too often.
I am grateful for friends old and new - here and in real life
I am grateful for kindnesses, they rebuild my hope in humanity.
I am grateful for life - even when it's challenging
I am grateful for a job - lately that's been a worry
I'm grateful for my son - every day a little more so
I am grateful for this website, often the source of my strength to carry on
October 9, 2017 -- Thankgiving Day, Canada!!!
I'm thankful for having this forum dedicated to serving so many who need a lift with their lives; ideas, validation, support, and all this site/forum gives its community of wonderful humans aching for a way to cope, survive, and thrive.
Woodsgnome-
Happy belated Thanksgiving, and I love what you wrote.
Today, I am grateful for good friends that comfort me and make me laugh during these terrible times our country (United States) is withstanding.