INTENTION # 72 HAPPY AND CONTENT WITH MY LIFE

My intention today is to be happy and content with my life.

GRATEFUL FOR SHABBOS PART II

I am grateful to the Almighty for Shabbos.

I went to services today at PJC and had a wonderful time with friends at the service and at the kiddush.

I am grateful that summer was such a success for me.  My quiet little voice was a huge success for me.   I did not get involved in issues that I felt would start a war.

I am grateful to be returning to my "winter schedule."

School begins on Tuesday!!!!

I have to download some things for school.

Rosh Hashona is Wednesday night, Thursday and Friday.  It will only be me and him.  The others really don't observe and it was time to move forward.

Today, I will walk and hopefully take Matzah to a dog park if it doesn't rain.  

It did not rain, but I walked for 2 hours and 5 minutes and it was incredibly hot.  I suggested that we go to the beach and he agreed!!  We went and it was really cool there.

I came home to make dinner and hopefully we will watch a NETFLIX film that has been sitting for weeks.

I am grateful to the Almighty for Shabbos.

GRATEFUL FOR SHABBOS

I am grateful to the Almighty that life is returning to normal.

Tonight, I lit my candles for Shabbos at home.

I made a delicious dinner.  Conversation was good.

Tomorrow, I will go to services at my synagogue.

Life is good.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this.

GRATEFUL FOR THE DAY

I am grateful to the Almighty for giving me this day.

Today,  I will walk and take, not one BUT, two yoga classes.

This is the last Friday of my summer vacation so I can do that.

I would also like to take Matzah to the dog park.

I'm reading an incredible book for the September Syosset Book Club called, THE ALCHEMIST.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this wonderful day.

Later..............After my yoga classes, he met me for breakfast.  I wish he would stay like this. But, alas, that is a dream!!!

INTENTION #71 TO ACCEPT CHANGE WITHOUT ANXIETY

The summer is rapidly coming to a close. 

It has been a wonderful summer.   Moving forward, my intention to day is to accept change without being so anxious.  I will try hard to live in the moment.   I will remember all of the   TO BE's.   I will also remember to be on guard.  

I know that a leopard doesn't change its spots.

GRATEFUL FOR TODAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2013

I am grateful to the Almighty for today.

It will be a simple day filled with things like walking, going through the mail, reading the papers and going shopping.

I am grateful to the Almighty for my summer.

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

GRATEFUL FOR MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS PAST WEEK

I am so grateful to the Almighty for all my accomplishments this past week.

We went to the condo in Westhampton.  There is no place to run there and no place to hide so one has to be very careful.  I was.  I had an incredible week.

I did not discuss what I didn't want to.   He spent a lot of time telling me about this new condo that we were going to buy.  Then he would tell me that he was going to die.  Then he would ask me if I knew how to drive to Westhampton.  Then he would ask for money. Then he would tell me that he has money...........  and on and on.

I am proud of say that I did not fall in to this trap at all.  It was tough going because there was no place to run to.

I did have one bad panic attack because it's tough to listen to all this and not respond.  I decided that in the future, I might give my opinion, but only once and then in a quiet voice that I've become so good at.

I increased my walking to close to 3 hours on some days.  I encouraged him to let Matzah go to the "beach" which was in reality, the bay side of Shore Road.  I read 2 newspapers. We went to the pool.  I finished one book and started another.  I drank wine and ate wasabi peas on the deck before dinner.  I finished taking my yoga classes at the studio that I found in town.  I shopped, not a lot, but a hat, tee shirt  from The Hampton Classic and a running jacket that said, Westhampton.  I showered and dressed for dinner, allowing him to wear the clothes that he went to the beach in because I finally realized that I'm not the clothes police.

We went to The Hampton Classic, a place with no bad memories.   I did not go to Montauk where a waiter chased us down the steps of a restaurant because his tip was either non-existent or inappropriate. 

I saw what a bully he had been because he actually had memorized all the things that I had wanted to do that he said "no" to.   I understood this, but it didn't control me.

I am grateful to the Almighty for guiding me this week and this past summer.

Thank you, Almighty for my accomplishments.