With all the focus on buying in this country and Christmas commercialism in general, I have been left feeling very unChristmassy. So to get myself back in to the true spirit of Christmas I decided to make a list of ten things I am grateful for.
1. Long walks in the woods in solitude. 2. My mother's improving health. 3. My ability to write music and poetry. 4. My good health. 5. No cavities at my last dental cleaning. 6. My $3 Charlie Brown Christmas tree I bought at Lowe's that now looks beautiful sitting by my fireplace all decorated. 7. The opportunity to give to people who have less than I do. 8. My dog, Trouble, who is 10 years old and still thinks he's 2. 9. Cold winter nights sitting by the fire. 10. Eggnog and homemade chocolate chip cookies.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Moggers! I'd love to hear what you are grateful for too! xoxo,
diana
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Thankyou Diana! Merry Christmas to you too. And Iknow a dog like that too, but his family moved to canada. :(
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We share a few.
I'm grateful for:
1. Your list 2. The smell of burning fireplaces as I walk through the neighborhood on a cold night 3. My family 4. Snowfall 5. Old Christmas songs 6. A good book 7. Health 8. The joy of writing 9. My incredible continuing good luck 10. Baking cookies from my mom's recipes
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Merry Theologically Neutral Holiday Season!!!
I loved your post.. if there's something I try to impress upon my kids, it's taking a moment, at least every week, to thank God, or Alah, or Mother Nature, or whatever, for something.. anything.. some time ago, going through a divorce and some serious emotional turmoil, I started walking.. just walking, like 3 or 4 miles every morning.. and incorporated into that a list of thank-you's.. and like magic, life got better. I think as a society, we've become so cynical and oriented towards what's missing, we ignore what we have.
So, in the spirit of Christmas, I'd like to thank God for the things I already have..
1. My beautiful children. 2. My wonderful (and beautiful) fiancee. 3. The smell of the air right after a spring rain. 4. Music. 5. Garlic. 6. The good part of the internet - like this place, where people can "connect" from all over the world. 7. Animals.. dogs, cats, bears, beavers, killer whales and weasels. 8. Mountains.. and being on them on skiis after a new snow. 9. Just holding hands. 10. All my books by Hunter S. Thompson.
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..btw, thanks for Nashville.. and country music, and Hank Sr. and Jr.. my brother lived there, went to school at Vanderbilt, and I loved visiting there when I had the chance! And I loved deep-fried corn on the cob from the Cooker, which I understand is now gone :(
My Trusted MOGs
1. Friends & family & lovers 2. Good food & new recipes 3. Living in the Maritimes 4. Good health 5. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Thank you, Mr. Trudeau) 6. Education/information 7. Being lucky enough to travel sometimes 8. The sun is shining today 9. Indoor plumbing 10. Music and everything related to it - including, of course, Mog.
Happy holidays ;)