GRATEFUL FOR THE SABBATH

I am grateful to the Almighty for giving us the Sabbath.

Last night's Shabbos dinner was wonderful.

Today I was able to attend services despite the snow, ice and cold.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE NEW ME

I am grateful to the Almighty because He made it possible for me to evolve.

I am no longer going to FORCE others to be like me.  It serves no purpose at this point and makes me depressed, sad and angry.

I will no longer seek CONTROL.  I will go with the flow and accept each moment.

I'm hoping that these new principles make me a calmer person.

I am grateful to the Almighty for finding yoga for me so that I could learn this.

Thank you!!!!

GRATEFUL FOR MY GROWTH

I am grateful to the Almighty for my growth.

I am really beginning to use perception to see people for what they are.

I am also beginning to use it with the family so that I don't get hurt.

That is tremendous growth for me and I am proud of myself.

Today I am taking 2 yoga classes.

I am getting my hair colored and cut.

I am happy and content with my life. I accept and appreciate it.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this.

Thank you!!!

GRATEFUL FOR A NEW DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for a new day.

It is beautiful outside.

I am going to take my yoga class.

This afternoon Matzah has to go to the doctor for a re-check of his ear infection.

Tonight I am going out to dinner with friends and to PJC for a Sisterhood Book discussion.

Thank you, Almighty for this wonderful day.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR WHAT I LEARNED IN YOGA

I am grateful to the Almighty because I went to yoga yesterday.

I herd the yoga instructor talk about force.  She said not to force your body to do anything that it doesn't want to do.

I thought about this and made the decision NOT to have any more discussions with him where I try to force him to believe things that he doesn't want to.  This creates issues for me and is not healthy.

Today I will again a yoga class.

I will also attend an afternoon book discussion on the book, "Perfect."

I am grateful to the Almighty because I retired.

Thank you!!!!

GRATEFUL FOR STRENGTH AND FORTITUDE

I am grateful to the Almighty for my strength and fortitude.

I'm going to need both because this cold winter is continuing and I am locked in the house with him.  Yesterday he actually made me angry and actually made me scream. 

I made the mistake of trying to explain something to him.  I have to let go of my BOCES personality when I am with him.  He cannot be helped at all.  This is one sick puppy!!!!

Today I will have him drive me around because it is very icy outside.  That is about all he is good for.  

I made a mistake yesterday.

He has lost the new condo, vacations and now my Boces personality.

I wonder what will come next?

Thank you Almighty for my strength and fortitude.

With you by my side, I will succeed.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR A WONDERFUL LIFE

I am grateful to the Almighty for the wonderful life that He has given me.

I have learned how to deal with the Triad and have written them off.  

He tried to go into another tantrum and was blown off.    I have discovered that speaking very little bothers him a great deal.  I came upon this by accident.  It has allowed me to have an enjoyable and quiet snowy day.

It's yet another snowy day and I can't go to yoga.  

I will do yoga at home.  I have read both newspapers and texted people.  I have done a laundry. I have printed my Passover lists.   Now I am ready to finish my book for the Sisterhood Book Club.   All this because it is quiet.

It is beyond amazing that I finished my book and will now have chicken for dinner.

I'm retired and can do anything that I want to.

Thank you again for my wonderful life.

I am grateful.

GRATEFL FOR THE JOY I FELT

I am grateful to the Almighty for the joy that I felt today.

I was able to go to services and to reconnect with my synagogue friends.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR GROWTH

I am grateful to the Almighty for the growth that I have seen in myself. I know that it was the Almighty that helped me grow.

I love my life and all the wonderful things that I do.

Even though its 1 degree outside, I'm off to yoga and errands.  I can look back on a wonderful week filled with activities such as yoga, lunch with friends, mani/pedi with a friend and plans to come.  

I love the fact that I tell him how I feel, in a quiet voice, just to get it out there.  Then I let it go, like a cloud.  

I love the fact that I am healthy and happy.

Thank you Almighty for helping me.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR HAVING THE ALMIGHTY IN MY LIFE

I am grateful to you, Almighty because you are always in my life.

I always feel protected and safe because you are there.

It is freezing outside.  I have done chores and showered.  I will be on my way to yoga soon.  You have made it cold, but there is no snow so I can get out alone.  I will take 2 yoga classes and do some chores.  

You have made me understand that silence is the weapon that I can use against him.  By that I mean that I don't react to anything that I don't want to.  You created a bad forecast for Sunday so that I don't have to go to the Oscars at Cinema Arts and watch him gorge on restaurant food in places that are "too pricey" for him to take me to.

You have helped me to create a life that I am happy with.  Yesterday was my Yoga Book Club and I went for a mani/pedi and met my friend there.

I am grateful to you for my life.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR FEELING CONTENT

I am grateful to the Almighty because I am content.

I am loving the life that I have created for myself.  It has wonderful things to do and nice people to do them with.

The weather has been cold and snowy.  However, I have gone to yoga.  I have read interesting books.  I have even gone to breakfast with new friends from yoga.

I know how to deal with the triad.  I have let go of that which doesn't serve me so that I can heal.

I have been calm and silent when the situation called for it.

Each day that the weather is decent I leave the house and do interesting things.

I am grateful for the decision to retire.

Thank you Almighty for making me content with my new life.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR ANOTHER DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for another day.

I am healthy, happy and retired.

It is snowing again!!!!

Thank you, Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRTEFUL FOR MY STRENGTH

I am grateful to the Almighty because He has made me a strong person.

I make appropriate decisions for myself.

I know when to be quiet.

I enjoy each day.

I am grateful to the Almighty for my strength.

Thank you!!!!

GRATEFUL FOR JULY 31, 2012

I am grateful to the Almighty for the incident that occurred on July 31, 2012. 

I never thought that I would say that it was the day that changed my life for the better, but it was.

I learned so many things from the events of that day.  They were events that allowed me to retire and to accept, appreciate and be content with my life.  The events helped me to retire and become the person that I am today.

I learned that my needs come first.  I learned that I am important.  I learned the real meaning of false dreams and fantasies.  I learned to be quiet.  I learned to be silent.  I learned to listen.  I learned to be an individual.  I learned to be independent.  I learned to make decisions carefully. I learned to move forward.  I learned not to fill up the air with conversation.  I learned that there are disturbed people in this world who want only to set me up for failure so that I could be as miserable as they are.

Having learned all this,  I slowly learned to enjoy my life.  I learned to honor myself.  I learned to celebrate my successes, accomplishments and eventual retirement.  I learned to be perceptive. I learned to be intimate with myself so that  I could better understand my needs.

I learned to be comfortable at home.  I can appreciate the frigid temperatures outside and the beautiful home that I have.  I can do my projects happily.

I am grateful to the Almighty for the incident that occurred on July 31, 2012.

It has helped me to grow and for this I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT AUTHENTIC MEANS

I am grateful to the Almighty because I started to attend yoga classes and I learned what being authentic means.

I peel down the layers of myself.  I am intimate with myself and am able to understand who I am and what I need in order to be happy.

Being authentic allows me to understand that I am one and the things that I do must make me happy otherwise I should not do them.

This allows me to have a sense of inner peace and for this I am grateful.

Thank you, Almighty for allowing me to be authentic. 

I am grateful!!!!

GRATEFUL FOR A BEAUTIFUL SABBATH

I am grateful to the Almighty for this beautiful Sabbath.

Thank you!!!!

GRATEFUL FOR MY NEW LIFE

I am grateful to the Almighty for my new retired life.

I love not having to go to work and to have time for myself to do wonderful and interesting things.

I find this to be amazing after all the years of work that I did.

I have finally learned to put myself first.  I tried to help everyone and now its time for me.

Thank you, Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR BEING IN THE MOMENT

I m grateful to the Almighty for helping me to make the decision to retire so that I could attend yoga classes.

I am so grateful to the Almighty because it is from yoga that I learned about being in the moment and to celebrate it. 

I work hard not to look at the past or plan the future.

Thank you Almighty for showing me the way to live in the moment. 

It is these moments that make up my life.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR A NEW DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for a healthy and happy new day.

It is cold.  Snow is on the ground.  

However, I am healthy, retired and happy.

Thank you, Almighty.

I am grateful to you for this.

GRATEFUL FOR PERCEPTION

I am grateful to the Almighty because now that I am retired, it is very important to have perception so that I can understand people and have a wonderful life.

It has been snowing a lot and I must say that he has driven me where I had to go.  The other side of this is that he doesn't miss an opportunity to banter and see if he can get a reaction from me.   HE HAS FAILED!!!!  How sad!!!!!   Everything he would like to upset me with has fallen flat because the Almighty has gifted me with perception and I'm using it.

Thank you, Almighty for the gift of perception.

It has been a beautifully quiet and serene day.  I took a wonderful yoga class.  I do chores.  I listen to music with a candle lit in the music room while I read. I play with the dog.  Tonight I made chicken for me for dinner.  We are going to the library to a book discussion.  I have invited him because the book was MANHUNT: THE STORY OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH and he knows something about Abraham Lincoln having been to Washington DC with me.

Th day has been lovely because I am quiet, serene and using perception.

Thank you, Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR ANOTHER SNOWY DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for yet another snowy day.

It is amazing to be retired in this weather.

Everything is closed except for crazy BOCES.  I would have been driving to work in an ice storm!!!!

I am gratful.

Thank you, Almighty!!!!!

GRATEFUL FOR MY NEW LIFE

I am grateful to the Almighty for my new life.

I am grateful to the Almighty for my new attitude too.  This has allowed me to accept and appreciate all the good in my life as well as to see misery in perspective. 

Once you see misery in perspective you can accept and be content with the way life has turned out.

I am grateful for this.

Thank you, Almighty for my new life.

GRATEFUL FOR A YOGA WORKSHOP

I am grateful today to the Almighty for the wonderful yoga workshop that I will attend later in the day.

It is a really snowy and frigid winter.  

I am happy to be able find one amazing thing that I can do each day.  Each day gets me closer to Spring and to compete independence.  He can't start a confrontation with me because I am so quiet BUT the dog is driving him nuts because he wants to go out in the snow.  Matzah gets yelled at, NOT ME!!!!

Thank you, Almighty for this wonderful day.

I am grateful.

HONESTY AND INTEGRITY

I am grateful to the Almighty because I was able to attend not one but two yoga classes today.

I learned about HONESTY AND INTEGRITY.  Honesty is what we feel on the outside when we are truthful.  Integrity is what we feel on the inside.

Through PERCEPTION,  I have learned that so many people were not HONEST with me because they had no INTEGRITY.

I am glad that I learned this because moving forward, I won't make the same mistakes that I once did.

Thank you, Almighty.

I am grateful!!!!

GRATEFUL FOR A FRIGID AND SNOWY DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for the snowy and cold days that we are now getting.

I am retired and I don't have to go to work.

I am healthy and can go out in the snow.

I am loving yoga, reading new books, talking to friends and completing all the projects that I have set out for myself.

I am grateful for the quiet that a snowy day brings.

Tonight is the beginning of the Sabbath.

Tomorrow I will pray at home.

I have a Restorative Workshop in the afternoon.

Thank you, Almighty for these days.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR FEELING SUCCESS

I am grateful to the Almighty for the feeling of success that is inside me.

I love being retired.  I have to admit that I wondered how I would be able to survive retirement with him during a difficult icy and snowy winter.

Here we are in that icy and snowy winter.  I am a success.  I have activities, although limited because he must drive me because of my leg.  I have friends to chat with, books to read and yoga classes and workshops. I know how not to respond if he tries to take me down a path that I would rather not go.  I ignore and let go of what is not necessary to comment on.  

I feel happy and successful.

Thank you, Almighty.

GRATEFUL FOR A NEW DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for a new day.

I am healthy, happy and in charge of my own life. I know how to let go comments that would take me down the wrong path.  I do this without even thinking about it and then I'm amazed that I have done this.   I appreciate my successes and accomplishments.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this.

Thank you!!!!

GRATEFUL FOR THE NEW ME

I am grateful to the Almighty because a new me has emerged.

I have been in the house because of these amazing snow storms.  

Yesterday I discovered that I did not need strategies in order to survive.  I knew exactly what to do and it was comfortable doing it.   I was extremely proud of myself because I have succeeded!!!

I had thought of projects to do in the winter and so far I have accomplished them.  Files have been organized.  A website book has been created.  Long term insurance has been looked into. Drawers have been cleaned.

Along with this, I have been reading, cooking, talking to friends and doing yoga.

I am proud of myself.

I thank the Almighty for the new me.

I am grateful!!!!

GRATEFUL FOR A SNOW DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty because today is a SNOW DAY and I am RETIRED!!!!!

My intention is to have a peaceful day.

I am grateful to you, Almighty, for this.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR THE GOOD IN MY LIFE

I am grateful to the Almighty for all the good in my life.

Using perception, I am able to understand all kinds of situations and not comment on them.  I am able to take a quick look at the past and to appreciate the present.  I able to see into myself because the Almighty has sent me yoga.

This has allowed me to work on one of my intentions for 2015.  I accept, appreciate and am content with my life.

I am so grateful to the Almighty for this.

My heart swells with joy.

Thank you Almighty for the good in my life.

I am grateful!!!!