GRATEFUL FOR A NEW WEEK

I am grateful to the Almighty because it is the beginning of a new week and I am both happy and healthy.

I so enjoyed yesterday.  I went to services and to kiddish with friends.  I got some color in the backyard with my new sunscreen that contains green tea.  I listened to music outside using my "work radio."   I walked for the usual 2 hours.   I read my book.  I served dinner in the backyard.  It was a beautiful and peaceful day.

Today I got up early to walk.  I will attend my 2 Sunday yoga classes.  I will read and see how the day unfolds.

I am grateful to the Almighty for the peacefulness that I feel.

Thank you!!

GRATEFUL FOR THE SABBATH

I am grateful to the Almighty because today is Shabbos.

It is a beautiful day and I'm off to services to thank God for the wonderful week that I have had which culminated in a beautiful manicure/pedicure.

I will chat with friends at Kiddish making plans for the week.

I hope to read, walk and relax.

Maybe we will take Matzah to the dog park.

Thank you, Almighty for creating Shabbos. It is a very reflective and spiritual day for me.

I am grateful.

GRTEFUL FOR HOW FAR I HAVE COME

I am so grateful to the Almighty because He has helped create change in me and I have come so far from the person I once was.

My life is filled with joy of my own making and guided by His hand.  Every day I look at the world and have a variety of wonderful things to do.  Yesterday, for example, I walked and took my yoga class.  I went to the Syosset Library for a discussion of the Brintel Brief and then went to my Memory workshop.  I laughed a lot at these activities which is so good for the mind, body and spirit.  I met friends at these activities and exchanged stories.  

Today I will again walk and read.  I'm taking 2 yoga classes this morning.  This afternoon I am going for a mani/pedi.

Tonight it will be Shabbos.

I am so grateful to the Almighty for how far I have come.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR MY EVALUATION

I am grateful to the Almighty because He has taken me down the road to my becoming a changed person.

Yesterday I attended my yoga class where the instructor spoke of appreciating how far you have come since the first time you took a yoga class.  This is true in life also.  Look how far I've come and how much I have learned since that fateful day on July 31, 2012.   

I am grateful to the Almighty for that experience.  Without it I would not be the person that I am today.

I had a wonderful day yesterday.  I was able to walk for 2 hours.  I was able to read.  I did my errands.  I attended my yoga class.  I had dinner with Sisterhood friends.  I went to my Chabad class and I went to my Sisterhood Book Club.

Today I will walk.  I will go to my yoga class.  There is a lecture at the Syosset library that I want to see as well as my Memory Workshop.

I am delighted with this day.  

Thank you, Almighty for helping me to become the woman that I am today.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR NEW LIFE

I am grateful to the Almighty for the new life that He gave me after retirement.

I really enjoyed gong to services for Shabbos and Shavuot.

Now I'm enjoying the wonderful secular life that I have.

Today I will walk, read and do some errands.

I may even get some tanning done in the backyard.

All on a work day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will have dinner with my Sisterhood friends.

I will attend my Chabad class.

I will go to the Sisterhood Book Club.

I am grateful to the Almighty for my new life.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL TO GO BACK TO YOGA

I am grateful to the Almighty because the holiday is over and I get to attend the activities that I so enjoy.

I'm going to yoga and a book discussion.

I will walk and read and do some errands.

Life is good.

I am grateful, Almighty.

Thank you!!

GRATEFUL FOR THE NEW ME

I am grateful to the Almighty for helping me to become the person that I am today.

Sometimes I look at older posts and see such tremendous growth in me and that makes me fill up with pride.

Today is the second day of Shavuot and it's off to services I go.  There is also Yizkor.  It is with pain that I think of my mother's life.  She never realized that the life she was living could be ended and she could begin a new one.

I will actually finish my book today. 

I have been using my difusser with lavender oil.  It's been very relaxing.

I will walk.  Yesterday I took an amazing two hour walk and really enjoyed looking at the homes in this new part of town.

I hope to do the same thing today.  (Update:  I did!!!)

I am grateful for my life.

Thank you Almighty.

GRATEFUL FOR SHAVUOT

I am grateful to the Almighty because last night began the holiday of Shavuot.

I did not have to take personal days.  I did not have to explain it.  This is my holiday.

I am going to services.

I will walk.

I will read.

I will "be" and enjoy my life.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR SELF LOVE

I am grateful to the Almighty because I am finally learning to love myself.

It is the Sabbath before the Shavouth holiday.  We are not going out east because it makes no sense to do so.  Years ago, he was angry at the donation that I made to The Hampton Synagogue at the end of the season.  I stopped giving and I stopped going.   Times changed and I was accepted at PJC making it comfortable for me to stay here and enjoy services here.  This is fine with me.  It just makes his world smaller.  However, I'm not responsible for that.

He is still trying to discuss our neighbor.  I'm still letting it go on a cloud.  I wrote this to be factual.  It really matters very little to me.

I will be going to services today on this sunny day.

I will be reading.

I will be walking.

I will be learning to love myself and to be proud of me.

I am grateful that the Almighty has taught me this.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANGE IN MYSELF

I am grateful to the Almighty for the changes in myself.  It was the Almighty that sent me to yoga and the rest is history.

Yesterday I saw a most wonderful change.  I have had an incredible retirement.   Most of the fun that I have had has been without him.  Yesterday I decided to do something with him.  I told him to create a surprise.

It was to be a film and dinner.  Driving down the block, he was so busy staring at Jeff, the neighbor that he harassed that he went down the wrong block and had to turn around.  I made a comment and he was off and running.  That's the nature of this relationship.  However, I said, "let it go, like a cloud."  He wouldn't and tried for the rest of the evening to bring it up.  He failed.

I however, lived in the present.  I enjoyed the film.  I enjoyed the dinner and I even ordered dessert.

I came home and slept through the night.

This morning I will walk and take not One but Two yoga classes.

I am proud of myself.

Thank you, Almighty for allowing me to be open to your helping me.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR A NEW LIFE

I am grateful to the Almighty for the new life that I was given.

Each day is a joy.  Each day is a balance of "work" and "play."

I am thrilled with it all.

Thank you, Almighty for making this possible.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR A FUN FILLED DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty because I am going to have a fun filled day.

It's beautiful outside and I will do half of my walk in the morning and half in the afternoon. I have a yoga class today with Kerry and then the Yoga Book Club.

Yesterday at yoga, the instructor, Elyse, spoke about living a balanced life.  I worked for so many years and now I'm playing!!!!!

Tonight I will attend my Chabad class.  We will be discussing the Evolution of Oral Judaism.

I am happy that the Almighty helped me to retire.

I am grateful.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR BEING IN THE MOMENT

I am grateful to the Almighty because I have learned to live in the moment and enjoy all the wonder that surrounds me.

When I think about the past or the future, I use my mantras to bring me back to the present and that truly is a gift from the Almighty.

Thank you, Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR CHANGES

I am grateful to the Almighty for the changes in my life.

If if weren't for His help, I would not be able to grow because of all the changes in my life.

Yesterday, I was invited to a baby naming and luncheon for a grandchild of one of my friends.  I sat near the friend that he had sent Roto Rooter and Italian food to.  I realized that I had grown and was a totally different person from the woman who had almost been destroyed by his actions.  

I still have these friends in my life.  He has no one.

I was able to retire and have a wonderful life.  

Sometimes there is misery in your life.   However, you can't let it take you over.  I grew from the misery to have a wonderful independent life.

I am grateful for changes.

Thank you, Almighty for making this possible.

COMFORTABLE WITH SILENCE

I am grateful to the Almighty because I have become comfortable with silence.

My intention today is to have an amazing day.

I will with the help of the Almighty.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR THE SABBATH

I am grateful to the Almighty for the wonderful Sabbath that I am having.

I am grateful fr the amazing week that I had.

Thank you, Almighty.

GRATEFUL FOR MY LIFE

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

Yesterday was a case in point.   I did so many wonderful things.  I walked.  I went to yoga. I bought a new pair of sun glasses and made sure all my other glasses had the same prescription.   I attended an amazing Memory Workshop.  I went out to dinner with him, no less, at Bella Notte, a fabulous restaurant.  He was able to rent a Jeep while the truck is being serviced after the accident.  These are things that he knows how to do and I am grateful for it.

Today I will again walk and attend not one but two yoga classes.  I have a manicure/pedicure scheduled for this afternoon.

Tonight is the beginning of the Sabbath.

Life is good.

Thank you, Almighty!!!

NEW ADVENTURES

I am grateful to the Almighty because I am healthy and happy and that He has allowed me to have all these new adventures.

The Yoga Class in the evening with Leslie was wonderful.  The Chabad course entitled: Judaism Decoded: The Origins and Evolution of Jewish Tradition was awesome.

Today will be another amazing day consisting of yoga, walking, Memory Workshops, new glasses and dinner with friends.

I am grateful to the Almighty for my new adventures.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR NEW ADVENTURES

I am grateful to the Almighty because today I will embark on new adventures.

I will be taking a 6PM Level One Yoga class and then I will be starting a new course at Chabad on Judiasm.

I am very excited about this and grateful that the Almighty has given me this new adventure.

Thank you.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR FEELING LIKE A KID

I am grateful to the Almighty because I feel like a kid again on this beautiful sunny day!!!!

I live in the present and I have choices.

I arose early to do some chores and to walk before yoga.

I have an Apple Lesson this afternoon and tonight I have a book discussion.

I adore the yoga CD's that Izzy made for me.

I have created a new life with the help of the Almighty and I am overjoyed.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR TODAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for today.

I am healthy.

I am happy.

I had a wonderful Mother's Day because I was not rigid.  I was fluid and flexible and accepted what I have.  Izzy, Hilary and Dana loved the dog park and the wine tasting on the deck.  We went to Morrisons and that too was wonderful.  Martin as usual had a miserable time.  I had to laugh inside because he is stuck with these people and can't destroy me.

Hilary, Izzy and Dana bought me two Buddas and Izzy made me a yoga CD.

I walked early this morning and then took not one but two yoga classes.  I bought yoga clothes.

I'm off to the eye doctor soon............................

The eye doctor checkup was fine.  I now have a new prescription to fill for new cool glasses.

I was able to walk again.

I started my new book.

I am grateful for today.

Thank you Almighty

GRATEFUL FOR A WONDERFUL MOTHER'S DAY

Thanks to the Almighty for a wonderful Mother's Day.

I pulled off the West Hills Dog Park.

I pulled off wine tasting on the deck.

I pulled off Morrison's.  

I am grateful to the Almighty for this.

Thank you!!

GRATEFUL FOR MY SUCCESSES

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

I am proud of myself and my accomplishments.

Each day that I awake, I am healthy, I am happy and I am retired.

I achieved.

Thank you, Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR KNOWING MYSELF

I am grateful to the Almighty because He sent me to yoga.  As a result of this, I am learning about myself.

I have a great deal of strength and fortitude which will help me in the face of adversity.

I have a wonderful life.  I also live with an enemy who doesn't miss an opportunity to try and destroy my life.  During this past year, he has failed every time he has tried, but that won't stop someone like him.

I came home yesterday after taking two wonderful yoga classes and having a Thai massage by Leslie.  He was waiting to attack me about the cup in the sink that hadn't been washed. He is a real pig and that's why I leave items to be washed. The real issue is that tomorrow is Mother's Day. He hates Izzy and the girls.  While it is true that Dana has not contacted him since New Years Day when she yelled at him for opening her mail, Hilary doesn't contact him and Izzy will now have an "allergy attack" and carry on about the dog park, THIS IS NOT MY FAULT.   Martin spends his entire life with displaced rage.

How did I handle this outbreak??  I handled it with strength and fortitude because I know myself. I spoke but then read the papers and had DD coffee.  I walked. 

Later I prepared for the Sabbath, read my book and later watched yet another television show about dead people called, The Messenger.

I am learning about myself and becoming confident in this retirement.

Today I will attend services and have a wonderful Sabbath.

Thank you Almighty for all that you have done for me.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR A NEW DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for another wonderful day of retirement.

Today I will take not one BUT two yoga classes.  I will then be given a Thai massage by Leslie who is getting her certification as a massage therapist.

I'm picking up my summer clothes from the cleaners today.

Everyone will see the wonderful new hi-lites in my hair.

I am grateful that the Sabbath will be here tonight.

Thank you Almighty.

GRATEFUL FOR A RETIRED LIFE

I am grateful to the Almighty because He has allowed me to retire and to enjoy life to the fullest.

He has helped me to get to know myself.

I am grateful.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR WONDERFUL DAYS

I am grateful to the Almighty for my retirement.  I have never had such wonderful days.

Yesterday I went to Elyse's yoga class.  I learned that yoga is about having strength and really seeing so that you can decide for yourself what is right for you.   I went to Fresh Market, FV Cleaners and Solomon's Jewelers where I finally purchased a necklace for myself.

I walked.  I read.  I went to the Apple Store for a lesson.  After dinner there was a summer auction at Sisterhood which I attended and then the finale of Forever.

I have put myself first. It's time for that.

Thanks to the Almighty my days are filled with fun and laughter.

Today its off to yoga and to clean the condo for the summer season.

I am grateful to the Almighty for all of this.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR A FEELING OF FREEDOM

I am grateful to the Almighty for the feeling of freedom that I have.

I am free to be myself,  enjoy myself,  free to choose activities and friends and best of all I am free to be me.  I am free not to respond when he says stupid or annoying things.  I am free to be calm if he wants to start an issue.  I am free to develop a relationship with myself.

As I continue to develop this relationship with myself, I know that I will thrive.

Thank you, Almighty for this gift.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR TIME

I am grateful to the Almighty because He has given me this time in retirement to get to know who I am.

Thank you.

I am grateful.

TO APPRECIATE MYSELF

I am grateful to the Almighty because He brought me to yoga and it was there that I am learning so many valuable things that are changing me for the better.

I live in the moment and appreciate each second.

I take joy in the world around me.

Whether it be services, walking or the dog park, I take joy in each moment.

In the process I get to know and appreciate who I am.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR GETTING TO KNOW ME

I am grateful to the Almighty because I am going to begin a relationship with myself.

I am going to get to know me!!

My parents and my husband have said so many negative things to me through the years.  I tried so hard to be a person that they could be positive about and like.  That never happened.

It is time because I have the time in retirement to develop a relationship with myself.  I'm going to get to know me.  

I'm going to see what a wonderful person I am.

Thank you Almighty because I am at this stage of life.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR RELATIONSHIPS

I am grateful to the Almighty for all my relationships.

Most of all, I am grateful for the relationship that I have with myself because it has allowed me to grow and become the person that I was meant to be.

I am a work in progress.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this.

Thank you.