GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF MY BLESSINGS

I am grateful to the Almighty for all of my blessings.

I will not forget that what I so longed for years ago, I now have.  The stillness and quiet are wonderful.  I am able easily, not to answer what he says when I choose not to.  When I share something, which is getting rarer, but if I do, and he makes a snide comment, I never answer.  It comes so easily now.  I have time to do the all the things that I want to do in peace and quiet.  I can appreciate the morning with the woodland creatures waking and making their noises. Best of all, I can make informed decisions that I do not have to explain.  

He gave me the reason for not looking for another condo.  He didn't mean to do this, but sadly for him, he did.  He said that since I don't drive on highways, why would I need a bigger one? I wouldn't be able to get to it.  THERE'S MY REASON!!!!!  I was so grateful.  It was meant to give me anxiety.  It backfired!!!!!

Did I tell you that I received a letter from school thanking me for my exceptional attendance? And I get to go to all my wonderful activities!!!!!

Plans were made yesterday to go out for dinner before the Sisterhood Book Club.  The Fashion Show is coming up.  The Yoga Book Club is meeting soon.  I have a book discussion on Tuesday at the Syosset library.  It is in the afternoon.  You can't beat that!!!!

Late yesterday afternoon after I came back from a wonderful two hour walk, we went to the dog park.  The dog really enjoyed it and I enjoyed playing with him.

I was able to read last night which was a true blessing.  He found a television show to watch and the silence was lovely.

Today I will attend another yoga class.  I will be able to again walk for two hours.  I will be able to read both my book and the newspapers.  The dog is going for a grooming.  I may be able to get some color.  I will also use my new George Foreman Grill to make a swordfish dinner.

I am also going to bring down some Passover items that I don't need upstairs anymore.  The holiday is coming to an end.

I have joy.  I have energy.  I will have a good day.

Thank you, Almighty for my blessings.

Later!!!  Because there is stillness in my life, everything gets done.  Would you believe that I also got to watch a NETFLIX film called,  THE BEAST OF THE SOUTHERN WILD in the evening???

GRATEFUL FOR THE SABBATH

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

I am a new person.  I have had a wonderful week doing wonderful things.   I was able to walk two hours every day.  I was able to read.   I went to a wonderful variety of yoga classes.  I relaxed.  I watched the finale of PARENTHOOD.  The list could go on and on...............

I let go of things that I no longer needed.  I detached from them and moved forward using flexibility and adaptability.   I am proud of myself.

Today I went to services as did my many friends.   I was so happy to see them and to chat with them.  I'm going to read The NY Times and then walk for two hours on a beautiful day.

My hope is to take the dog to the park and then to read my book.

It has been a wonderful week.  I don't react to anything that I choose not to and as a result I have so much more time.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this beautiful Sabbath.

GRATEFUL FOR HAPPINESS

I am grateful to the Almighty because I am truly happy.

He sent me yoga and through that I learned to look at my very own life and appreciate it completely.   I learned to let things go that didn't serve me.  I learned to detach.  I learned to be flexible and to adapt to make my life richer.  I learned when stillness and quiet were appropriate.

I am seeing the results as I move through this Passover week.   Every day I do something to make my heart soar.  If anyone makes a comment to upset me or does something to upset me,  I move on enjoying my own life and detach from that person.

Yesterday, I took an amazing Breathing and Meditation class.  I had only taken this once before. I shall do it again.

I was able to walk to my friend's house to deliver the money for the Sisterhood Fashion Show.  I loved walking for 2 hours.

I was able to watch the finale of Parenthood as well as to enjoy my book for the Sisterhood Book Club.

I am able to do all these things because I don't react to that which doesn't serve me nor do I discuss it.  This gives me a great deal more time in which to enjoy m life. 

Today, I will take 2 yoga classes,  Restorative and a Level 1 class.   I will walk.  I will read.  I will do some shopping.

Tonight is the Sabbath and I have a lot to be grateful for.

Thank you, Almighty.

GRATEFUL FOR A CONTINUING WONDERFUL VACATION

I am grateful to the Almighty for my wonderful Passover vacation.

I did take my LEVEL 1 Yoga class last night.  It was amazing.  We worked on strengthening our glut muscles.   Leslie spoke of using our yoga practice to become more flexible and adaptable in our poses and in the real world. 

I realized that I have been doing this and the result is a changed me.   I came home last night and made dinner.  I realized that I have truly detached from those that don't serve me.   I have no positive emotions about either daughter or him.   He has been decent enough this week,  however his behaviors in the past have destroyed anything that I ever felt about him.  It is safer that way.  He is a handy man to have around while I pursue my life.   I lived in the present and move forward.

I started the new book that I had downloaded yesterday.  Leslie and I agreed that our book was terrible, but this new one,  Z,  for the Sisterhood Book Club seems to be a great deal better.

We watched a film called,  Enough Said,  last night.  The characters in the film were sad when their daughters went off to college.  I cannot begin to explain how thrilled I was.  They had given me a miserable life and I was glad that that part was over.  That was not hitting a benchmark I realize now.

Today I will take a Gentle Yoga Class/ Meditation and do some errands.  I will read my book and the newspapers. Of course, I will walk.   I would like to get to the mall.   

The day is out there fore me to enjoy!!!

Let it begin!!

Thank you,  Almighty for my wonderful Passover vacation.

Later-   OMG!!!!  IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENING!!!!  We purchased another George Forman Grill since my Passover one died!!!!  We went to Bed and Bath in Plainview.  They didn't have one and we went to the one in Huntington.  All the while he made comments to give me anxiety and I LET IT GO!!!  We went to buy me a Mother's Day gift also.   All the while the comments flew and I LET IT GO!!!!!   I'm proud of my accomplishments.

GRATEFUL FOR THE BEGINNING OF PASSOVER VACATION

I am grateful to the Almighty because my Passover vacation has begun!!!!

THE SEDERS ARE OVER!!!  The older arrogant one came to the seder with her equally arrogant boyfriend.  I need not say more.   The younger one kissed up to the older one as I knew she would.  The younger one was quite different at this seder than at the first one.    Neither one offered to assist serving and they let their father with all his conditions assist me. The older one brought only one bottle of wine to drink and then made fun of the wine that I served!!!

What did I do with all of this???  I LET IT GO!!!!  I DETACHED!!!!

And it's over!!!!

I am not going to services today.  I didn't go yesterday.  I didn't want to discuss the seders with my synagogue friends.   I needed to LET IT GO!!!  I need to DETACH!!!!

Today, I am going to REIKI and later in the evening, I will go to a LEVEL 1 YOGA class.

I have to stop at the cleaning store as they gave me the wrong ticket price.

I will download a new book from AMAZON for the Sisterhood Book Club.

Life goes on!!!!  MY vacation begins!!!!

Thank you, Almighty!!!!

GRATEFUL FOR THE FIRST SEDER ACCOMPLISHMENT

I am grateful to the Almighty that the first seder is over.

I really enjoyed it.  It went very well.  Everyone cooperated.  My younger daughter remembers a lot that I have taught her and I am very proud.  She suggested that we sit closer and we did.  She noticed that I hadn't put salt in the salt water and motioned to me for the salt shaker.  She sang all the songs.  The dog joined in.  The dinner was delicious!!  She asked for the seder not to have as much English and I had already decided as much!!!

Tonight is the second seder.  The older one will come with her boyfriend, and the dynamic will change.  However, I have detached from this person, so it doesn't matter.  I have let it go.

I'm not attending services today or tomorrow.  I always feel that I have facilitated not one but two seders and that is al I want to do.

I will read my book for the Yoga Book Club.   I will walk at Home Depot as it is raining today.

I am grateful to the Almighty for my first seder accomplishment and I know that by tomorrow my vacation will begin.

On to the second seder.............................

GRATEFUL FOR THE DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for this wonderful day!!!!

Tonight is the first seder.  There will be three of us and the dog.  My younger daughter is coming.  The older daughter is going to the boyfriend, a family that does not observe the holiday.  

We will have a wonderful time tonight.  I have decided to LET IT GO! and become unattached from this daughter.  She has given me nothing but misery and tears for years and it is time to move on.

This morning was amazing.  I straightened up and then we burned the chamatz.  He has behaved himself so far, but that doesn't mean that I am building castles in the sky.  I am a realist.

I walked for two hours on a beautiful day.  Then I took a LEVEL 1 Yoga class with Leslie. I learned that in the face of adversity, we must DETACH OURSELVES FROM THAT WHICH DOESN'T SERVE US.  That is exactly what I am doing with the older one.

I brought coats into the cleaner to be stored until Winter and I took out my Spring jackets.  I returned a book to the library.  I read both newspapers and read my book

I set up a delicious dinner for tonight.  We are having salmon and grilled asparagus and of course a salad.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this wonderful day!!!!!