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Re: Inspirational/Good-feeling
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:52 pm
by Randi
Re: Inspirational/Good-feeling
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 6:12 pm
by Morgan
Things I am thankful for:
Most mornings I am awaken by annoying little birds tweeting at my window. (Birds I particularly planted my garden to encourage and feed- right outside my window.) I am not awaken by gunfire or bombs or invaders banging on my door.
As I head to the kitchen, and pass the big window to the back garden, I often shooo the bird in the pond that eats my goldfish. The beautiful Great Blue Heron with majestic wings and graceful neck. I will have to buy some more goldfish for her to eat.
I have coffee for breakfast. I usually don't have more than that, because I have more than I need and watch my weight (a little.) I hope I have done my research enough to know my coffee was grown sustainably by people who are fairly paid for their work. I had opportunity and education to provide for my retirement abundantly.
I sit down with my coffee and computer, look at my email. Family is all well and little one thriving, I maybe got a silly picture from one of them. Then I look at Old Weather - to catch up on the world around me from different points of view.
I have lots for which to be thankful.
Thanks.
Re: Inspirational/Good-feeling
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:48 pm
by arboggs
That's lovely, Morgan! You've inadvertently become the #1 bistro in the area for that heron, I guess. Happy to hear the little one is thriving.
I am thankful for the hour in the morning when the sun comes in the window and warms my feet under my desk. I am thankful that that if I knead some dough and then let it sit it will still rise, even if everything else is going wrong that day. I am thankful for all of the people that "live in my computer" and help me feel like less of a hermit from day to day. I am thankful for the tiny birds that frequent the bird feeder outside the window so regularly that I keep needing to top it off with seed.
Re: Inspirational/Good-feeling
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:00 pm
by Morgan
arboggs wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:48 pm
I am thankful that that if I knead some dough and then let it sit it will still rise, even if everything else is going wrong that day.
Thanks for the inspiration. I got my covid booster yesterday and find myself sitting down every 5 feet. So much for the walk I planned for today. I will make bread instead!
Re: Inspirational/Good-feeling
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:38 pm
by arboggs
Glad to inspire! If there's one good thing this pandemic gave me it's a newfound love of bread baking.
Re: Inspirational/Good-feeling
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:20 pm
by Michael
Re: Inspirational/Good-feeling
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:35 pm
by Randi
Now if you could just email me your bread....
Re: Inspirational/Good-feeling
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 3:47 pm
by Randi
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle.
-Mahatma Gandhi (2 Oct 1869-1948)
Re: Inspirational/Good-feeling
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 9:39 pm
by Michael
So very true.
Re: Inspirational/Good-feeling
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 1:36 pm
by Randi
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.
-Thomas Wolfe, novelist (3 Oct 1900-1938)
Re: Inspirational/Good-feeling
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2024 2:20 pm
by Randi
Do you wish the world were happy? / Then remember day by day, / Just to scatter seeds of kindness / As you pass along the way.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (5 Nov 1850-1919)