GRATEFUL FOR A WONDERFUL WEEKEND

I am grateful to the Almighty because I had a wonderful weekend.

My weekend was filled with all sorts of new adventures as well as old ones.  I walked.  I practiced yoga.  I attended a workshop on The Gita.  As is my custom after the High Holidays were over I did not attend services BUT prayed at home.  I started a new book. I practiced Mindful Meditation and Stress Reduction.  We drove out to our new co-op in Westhampton Beach to clean out the refrigerator and bring the steps for the bed.  We met some new people too.

I was filled with joy during this weekend because he was quiet and didn't banter and needle.  I lived in the moment and enjoyed it.

Today I will walk and practice yoga.  There are chores to be done.  I continue to work on changing my closet.  It is Halloween and I will be giving out pretzels to the children.

I am grateful to the Almighty for my wonderful weekend.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR THE JOY THAT THE ALMIGHTY HAS GIVEN ME

I am grateful to the Almighty for all the joy that He has given me.

My heart is soaring with gratitude and love.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR BEGINNING TO SEE THE AUTHENTIC ME

I am grateful to the Almighty because He is allowing me to begin to see the authentic me and I like what I see.

My passion is learning.  It is not shopping or chatting with people or gossip.  It is learning.

Today I am going to a 5 hour workshop on THE GITA.

I am so excited to be doing this.

Thank you Almighty for helping me to begin to see myself.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR MY INTELLIGENCE

I am grateful to the Almighty because He gave me the gift of intelligence.  I am grateful because I have learned how to use it appropriately.

It was difficult doing the holidays with him in the house.  I had to be very careful about what I said as he was looking for an issue(which he never found). Yet I knew that by the holidays end that this had made me very uncomfortable.  Don't forget that we have four weeks of holidays.

However the holidays have come and gone and I pray to the Almighty that I will have a good year for my myself and my family.  I had faith in the Almighty and He protected me against the assault. 

Wednesday night I attended my Mindfulness Workshop and last night I had dinner with a good friend from BOCES.

I am back on track and I am very happy.

I have been cleaning closets because the weather is changing.  I'm off to walk and practice yoga.  I need to get to the jewelry store to check on my Ganesh.

I am grateful to the Almighty because He had me a very intelligent woman.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR MY NEW ADVENTURES

I am grateful to the Almighty for every new adventure in my life.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL THAT THE ALMIGHTY IS WITH ME

I am so grateful to the Almighty because I believe that He walks beside me in everything that I do.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR SLEEPING LATE

I am grateful to the Almighty because He allowed me to sleep late today.

I am off to services soon.  It is the FINAL JEWISH HOLIDAY of the season.  It is SIMCHAT TORAH a holiday that I love.

I will walk today, read and practice Mindful Meditation.

I am grateful to the Almighty for my very own healthy and happy life.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR A NEW DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for this beautiful new day that He has given me.

I am off to services this morning.  I will walk, read and practice Mindful Meditation this afternoon.

I am grateful that I practiced yoga yesterday.  Our instructor spoke about one of the principles in The Gita.  She said that ONE MUST DO THE WORK AND THEN ACCEPT THE RESULTS.  I had read that in the Gita and it sounded so right to me.

I do the best that I can in everything that I do.  The failing that I have is that I constantly think: IF ONLY!!!!!!!!

I need to get beyond that and learn to accept the results.  I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESULTS.

Thank you Almighty for encouraging me to practice yoga.

Thank you for this beautiful new day.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR ANOTHER DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty because I awoke happy and healthy on another day!!

The sun is shining.  I will practice yoga this morning and do some chores.

I hope to walk in the afternoon.

The holiday of Simchat Torah is this week and that will end our four weeks of Jewish holidays. I have enjoyed each one.

I am grateful to the Almighty for my life.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR THE SABBATH

I am grateful to the Almighty because today is the Sabbath.

I will attend services at PJC.  It is a rainy day so that I don't think that there will be a Sukkoh Hop.  It is a very spiritual time for me as I think about how grateful I am to the Almighty for this wonderful week.  Everything that I enjoyed I did myself or with friends and that is a wonderful thing.

I will probably walk at The Home Depot.  I will practice my Mindful Meditation.  I will finish my book and begin another.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this Sabbath.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR BEING A LIFE-LONG LEARNER

I am grateful to the Almighty because He has made me a life long learner.

Yesterday at yoga, I learned about THE PAUSE that you can make in each conversation as you think about what, if anything, should be your response.  A response can be as simple as THAT'S INTERESTING!!!!

I had dinner with an old friend yesterday.  He and I go back many years.  It was an enjoyable evening.

Today I will walk and practice yoga.

I am getting my hair blown out too.

The Sabbath starts tonight.

I am grateful to the Almighty for BEING and THE BREATHE.

I am grateful for each healthy day that I have.

Thank you, Almighty.

GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANGES IN MYSELF

I am grateful to the Almighty because He has helped me to make so many changes in my life.  He has helped me to be aware of making changes too.

I try hard to live in the moment and appreciate it.  I catch myself each time I try to live in the past and I move forward.

I try to be calm and quiet and to give myself a sense of inner peace.

I try not to teach or explain.  That in itself is so big because teachers like me always try to adapt, teach or explain something.  Now I just listen.

All of these changes allow me to have so many new experiences or just to breathe and be. 

I am grateful to the Almighty for this.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR BEING IN THE MOMENT

I am grateful to the Almighty because He brought me to yoga.

It is here that I am learning to be in the moment.  That is no small task because I have always been in the past and the future.

I realized that the present is inside me to enjoy.  The future is out there for me to access when I get there.  However the past is with him and that's where I have to be careful when I'm around him.

Yesterday, the second day of Sukkoth was perfect.  I went to services and kiddush in the sukkah.   I walked.  I read.  I practiced Mindful Meditation.  In the evening when the holiday was over I attended a book club.

Today I will walk.  Indian Summer is still here.  I will practice yoga.  I will do some chores and in the evening I will attend my Mindful Meditation course.

Thank you Almighty for these moments.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR EACH MOMENT

I am grateful to the Almighty for each and every moment of my new retired life.

I am going to work on living in the moment and not judging it.

I am going to try to enjoy each moment of my life and appreciate that I am happy and healthy and capable of doing that which I choose to do.  I will do things without looking for their rewards.  I learned that while reading The Gita!!!!

I am grateful to the Almighty for each moment.

I'm off to services this morning for the second day of Sukkoth. Its beautiful outside and I intend to read, walk, relax, practice Mindful Meditation and just "be" during this beautiful day.

Tonight after the holiday is over I will attend my book discussion.

I am grateful to the Almighty for each moment of my new life.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR GONG TO YOGA

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

The instructor spoke of "being at ease" with yourself.  That concept is so important to me because I am constantly striving, constantly judging myself and never cutting myself some slack.

I intend to begin to be at ease with myself today.

It is the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.  I will be going to services.  However there is no reason to place myself in the past and to begin to review the old stories.  I intend to enjoy the services and return home to walk and enjoy the rest of the day.

Last night I was reading the Gita for another course I'm taking.  It spoke of doing what is right and doing your best.  However it plainly said that you are not responsible for the consequences. That was important for me to read.  If things don't go as I wish I always blame myself.  It is time to stop that.

I am grateful that the Almighty sent me to yoga.  I have learned so much.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR MEDITATION

I am grateful to the Almighty because He has helped me learn how to meditate each and every morning.

That helps me get over my morning anxiety and misery and helps me to begin the day.

I am grateful to the Almighty for learning how to meditate.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR A WONDERFUL WEEK

I am grateful to the Almighty for the wonderful week that I had.  As is my custom, I like to review the week on the Sabbath.

This week I visited my older daughter after her surgery.  The visit went well.  I did not invite either daughter for the Yom Kippur holy day.  They would not have wanted to observe it in the traditional way and that was their choice.  It was a very spiritual time for me.  I was able to stay at the synagogue and focus on prayer.  It culminated in break fast at the diner.   I went on to have my hair colored and cut and to have a manicure/pedicure at week's end.

I was also able to walk, to read, to practice my Mindful Meditation and to complete my chores.

Today is the Sabbath and I'm off to PJC to pray.  I will be able to walk and to read.  Tonight we will go out for dinner as tomorrow begins the holiday of Sukkoth. 

Thank you Almighty for an amazing week.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR EACH NEW DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for each new day.

I am happy.

I am healthy.

I am grateful to the Almighty for my new life.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR STRENGTH AND FORTITUDE

I am grateful to the Almighty because He has blessed my with strength and fortitude.

He has helped me to create new habits and behaviors which will serve me.

Yesterday was Yom Kippur.  I did not invite them as I asked if they would observe the way we did in my home and they wouldn't.  I told them that they could do it their way and they did.  This has been going on for a few years.

The day was very spiritual for me.  I spent it at PJC and break fast was at the dinner.

I was grateful to the Almighty because I have created a new habit and behavior.  The quiet and solitude of the day really allowed me to contemplate and to pray.

I prayed for a healthy and joyful new year for myself and my family.

I know that the Almighty will hear my prayers.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR GROWING

I am grateful to the Almighty for helping me to grow into the person I am.  My prayer is that He will always be by my side.

Tonight begins the Holy Day of Yom Kippur.  I pray that I will be healthy and happy in the coming year.   I wish the same for my family.

The Almighty has always been there for me.  I pray that He continues to be with me always.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR A NEW REALIZATION

I am grateful to the Almighty because He has helped me to realize something that I was not ready to see for a long time.

I now see him differently from the way that I defined the term "husband" and this has helped me to move on with my life.

I must now begin the process of letting go of the dreams of my children as they are not the people that I wanted them to be.  I need to begin to get rid of false dreams and illusions. I need to realize that I modeled appropriate behavior when it came to religion and family.  I did not give up.  It is time to give up the old dream of children.

It is now time to surrender.  It is time to accept.  It is time to acknowledge the facts.  It is time to accept that which I cannot change.It is time to accept that these are not the children that I wanted. This is not how I defined "children."  It is time to let go of that which doesn't serve me.  Slowly I know that this will make me a happier person.  I am happier now since I accepted who he was and moved on.

I know that the Almighty will help me to do this.

I am grateful.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR SEASONAL TRANSITION

I am grateful to the Almighty because He has helped me practice seasonal transitions.

Yesterday was a case in point.  It was the holiest Sabbath of the year, the one between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.  I went to services and to kiddush. I was able to have a perfectly wonderful day because I practiced being STRONG and CALM and QUIET.  I was able to really enjoy the day.  I walked after services and I read quietly.  In the evening I did some chores and then had a good night's sleep.  I answered questions with not too much information. I was proud of me.

Today I will practice yoga and walk at The Hoe Depot since it is raining.  We will visit Hilary too.  My intention today is to SURRENDER.....ACCEPT and LET IT GO and all the while be very quiet.

It's working.  He is an expert in needling and bantering BUT doesn't have the slightest idea as to what to do with quiet.  In the season with less light and less time outdoors and less energy this is definitely the way to go.

I am grateful to the Almighty because I learned about seasonal transitions.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR LEARNING ABOUT SEASONAL TRANSITION

I am grateful to the Almighty because He sent me to practice yoga.

We discussed seasonal transitions in class yesterday.  I learned that as Fall and Winter approach we have less energy because there is less sunlight.  It is at these times that we must use Language and Visualization to stay alert.

It is a great technique for me because as the weather changes I will be indoors more and he will be there.

Yesterday I chose the word Strong which helped me through the day.

My Mindfulness Meditation class is awesome.  The homework that Debbie gives helps me to re-group each day and have a peaceful great nights sleep.

I am grateful to the Almighty for all that I am learning to keep me safe.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL THAT THE ALMIGHTY WATCHES OVER ME

I am grateful to the Almighty because He watches over me.

Yesterday my older one had a polyp removed from her uterus.  All went well.  He was silent most of the day and that didn't rattle me in the least.  I did everything that I usually do and more.

He did the same thing this morning.  He even tried to start a confrontation.  In my Mindfulness Meditation and Stress Reduction class, as homework,  I was asked to choose an attitude of mindfulness to work on through the week.  I chose ACCEPTANCE.  Thru yoga, I have learned to SURRENDER, then ACCEPT that which I cannot as I acknowledge the facts, and ONLY THEN can you LET GO OF THAT WHICH DOESN'T SERVE YOU so you can heal.

That is exactly what I did.

 I  walked for two hours as usual. I practiced yoga.  A hair blowout will happened in the afternoon followed by some chores.  I completed my homework for my Mindful Meditation class.  I'm reading a good book for the Yoga Book Club.

Life is good.

I appreciate it.

I am grateful to the Almighty for my life and for watching over me.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR A NEW DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for giving me a new day.  I am healthy.  I am happy.  I am looking forward to today's adventures.

I had a wonderful day yesterday.  I walked.  I practiced yoga.  I needed to go to Solomon's, F.V. Cleaners and Fairway.  Matzah went for a grooming.  I am reading a wonderful new book. Last night I attended the third session of Mindful Meditation and Stress Reduction.  It was awesome and we got a new CD to practice Mindful Yoga to.

Today I will walk and practice yoga.  I will purchase a black cross-body bag at Michael Kors and look in LuLuLemon.

I'm getting a "senior" picture taken of me courtesy of the county.

I am grateful for another new day.

Thank you Almighty.

GRATEFUL FOR A SPIRITUAL HOLIDAY

I am grateful to the Almighty because I had a beautiful spiritual holiday and I hope that my prayers will be answered.

The weather was beautiful.  I truly enjoyed the services and mindfully paid attention to all the prayers.  I spoke to my my friends too!  The meals are prepared were eaten quietly.  I was even able to walk, to read, to just be.

He tried very hard to disrupt the holiday.  From his "fuck you" I'm leaving to his trying to discuss the Rabbi's speeches so that he could vent he continued to disrupt.  He didn't speak to anyone and no one spoke to him.  I didn't care.  They weren't invited as usual as they choose not to be respectful.  I didn't care at all.  I cut myself some slack.

There will always be waves and I was balanced.

Thank you Almighty for a wonderful spiritual holiday.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR MY MANY BLESSINGS

I am grateful to the Almighty for my many blessings.

I am grateful to the Almighty because He has always watched over me and lead me on the right path.

The Season of Awe begins tonight with the Rosh Hashona holiday.  I will be in services tomorrow and Tuesday praying.

I will thank the Almighty for all of my many blessings.

I hope and pray that this year will be a year filed with health, happiness and prosperity for myself and my family.

I am grateful for my life.

GRATEFUL FOR THE ALMIGHTY'S HELP

I am grateful to the Almighty for His help in everything that I do.

Thank you!!!!