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I got this idea from a livejournal community. Hope it isn't too repetitious of the best day ever thread, but that is really Grant's thread that I have hijacked. :)

The idea is every day you write here 5 things you are grateful for that day. I think this sort of thing has a very powerful impact of helping you shift thoughts to positive and constructive ones, help lift you up out of a rut
Maybe it can be actual things... maybe it can be things you desire to happen.
Maybe it can be things you want for someone else.
It can be big or small. Smaller can even be better because you notice the little things you sometimes take for granted.

Today I am grateful for:

1. My kitten, Angilie. As a siamese, she has a LOT to say and sometimes that drives me a bit crazy in the mornings when I'm rushing around getting ready. But she is so loyal to me and will not even eat her dinner until I have given her cuddles and she curls up by my side every night and we hug each other and she is my truest friend

2. That I am so wealthy and able to afford to do things I want such as yoga, massages, facials, shopping

3. That my literacy levels are so high and I have the opportunity to become immersed in the incomparable pleasures of a good book (I am reading The Lovely Bones right now. It's amazing but very sad)

4. For those sweet, beautiful, juicy persimmons, tamarillos and mango I ate this morning and got everywhere

5. That I was able to share green smoothies with someone who has found them a benefit to their lives

What a great thread Peebs.

1. I'm grateful for every morsel of food that I'm lucky to eat. Even when I fall off the wagon I'm better off than many in the world.

2. I'm grateful for two healthy children.

3. I'm very very grateful to my husband who supports me in everything that I do including raw.

4. That I have a computer that is high quality with high speed broadband so I can keep up with you all.

5. To Sheryl and Piers for starting this forum and the shop too.

xoxoxox

Oh where to start....

1. I am grateful for being alive....
2.  I am grateful for my two beautiful children (who yes, can sometimes drive me crazy...lol)
3.  I am exceptionally grateful for all the love that has been shown to me by all the beautiful people here...
4.  I am grateful for my mandarin tree having branches absolutely full of the most sweetest fruit ever!!!!
5.  And finally, I am grateful for every day of my life getting better, and better....
xxxx

I have a lot to be grateful for, Thanks for starting the thread PB!

I also write this in my journal every day, makes me appreciate the day, and makes me appreciate the little things :laugh:

what I am greateful for today:

1. I did well on my exam

2. I ate lots of greens today (not usually so good at that :S)

3. I went for a walk in the forest with my cousine, and the smell and the atmosphere was so great.

4. that my family is happy and healthy

5. that I found this way of living (or it found me  :rolleyes:) and this forum!! you guys are amazing (yes, I've said it many times before and I'll say it again!:)) 

yesterday, I was greatfull for :

1-it was raining
2-it was raining
3-it was raining
4-it was raining
5-it was raining

this morning I am gratefull, that :

1-it is going to rain
2-it is going to rain
3-it is going to rain
4-it is going to rain
5-it is going to rain

I am greatful for:

1. I am going to a dancing class tonight
2. I will get internet at my new home today
3. I live in Australia where the sky is so blue and the air is so fresh
4. I am finally awake after 30 years of dreaming
5. I find the power within myself and live everyday of my life expecting wonders

I am grateful for:

-my beautiful mother and wonderful father who love me unwaveringly and do so much to make my life incredible
-the fact that I am able to learn more and more every day
-the fact that I was fortunate enough to be born into a family and a place where I have the ability to always help others less fortunate than me
-the non-human animals who share my home and are there for me everyday
-a world where I can be who I am without being sent to gaol or abused, as I would be in some less-developed countries, or I would have been 60 years ago in this country

Today I'm grateful for

1. All the things I was grateful for yesterday.

2. The opportunities that come my way

3. that when I lose my faith in myself I can borrow it from others

4. That all my five senses work to some extent

5. That I have a full and blessed life. Which must come from a change in attitude because a year ago I thought life sucked!

xoxoxo

Today I am grateful for:

1. The fact that my life path has led me to engage and interact with so many wonderful individuals who have taught me what it means to be truly alive

2. For my wooly white and pink hat with ears that keeps me warm each morning as I walk to yoga at 5.00am!

3. For discovering a savoury green smoothie recipe to squish those salt cravings!

4. For advancing a little further in some of my yoga postures today

5. For the colour pink which illuminates my life each and every second

1. That I work in a job surrounded by raw staff, raw food, raw products, and have lots of raw customers come in daily.

2. That I am sleeping better lately and finding a better routine.

3. That I have the knowledge of how to heal my body so that I never have to fear 'getting sick' again.

4. That I have a great mum and dad who are always there for support.

5. That I am going to Bali in July!

x   x

Today I am grateful for...

1. The beautiful people on this forum who have so touched my life with their knowledge, wisdom, skills, energy, beliefs, joy and love

2. That tonight my organisation is hosting an awesome sex worker movie night featuring international films made by sex workers on sex worker rights!

3. For my gorgeous new-old vintage 1940s pale pink straw beret with the tuft of pink and black feathers and the full pink face veil! That I get to wear for the first time tonight!

4. That I am able to afford fresh fruit and vegetables whenever I want to and can enjoy more exotic fruits regularly without having to break the budget or stick only to 'cheap' options and know that I'll always have enough money and always enough support from my partner and family if I'm ever in trouble.

5. For a beautiful crisp clear day with a dazzling blue sky and crispy cold air that makes the day feel brand new

 :yahh:

Today i'm grateful:

1. For the beautiful blue sky and sweet winter sun, the green hills of the Atherton Tablelands, the cold and refreshing air, the smell of the earth and elements in Nature, the birds and animals...

2. For this Life and journey that have brought me in amazing places, always so lucky to meet beautiful and interesting people, like all the beautiful-shining people in this Forum, and enjoy the richness of time in quality, freedom, poetry, love and oneness...

3. For every human being and person on Earth, may it a good or less good person in our eyes, in the knowledge that everyone of us deep inside is looking for love and acceptance... may it be so for everyone...

4. For my dear Dad in Italy, who today the 31 of May has its birthday and walks towards his 56 years with sweet eyes of a grandfather, much love to you dearly...

5. For the Great Spirit above, who always looks after my feeth and leads my path towards Beauty and Eternal Love...

 
Great Love to everyone - in every heart,
Iv

I'm grateful today for

Ivan and his everlovely wordage

John for his support and honesty today both on the forum and behind the scenes.

All my raw friends who have helped me on my journey.

My kids and hubby for their patience

My dog for her love....

xoxoxo

Nice idea Princess.

I love spending a bit of time regularly concentrating on things im grateful for. I find that if you think of a thing/person/whatever and then concentrate on the feelings of gratitude you have surrounding that particular thing for a couple of minutes it really seems to shift you into a wonderful mindset for the rest of the day.

what are you grateful for?

1. that i get a choice to live a life of fun.
2. i get to be on a forum with people like you.
3. i get to choose whom i want to be.
4. i get to eat worldwide raw.
5. im alive!

1. Nature (especially  Sunshine  :yahh:)
2. The beauty of people (even when they don't know they have it)
3. Being alive in the most fascinating period of all time. Heck, even "just" being ALIVE!
4. Love & Laughter
5. The choice to learn from the past, grow towards the future and contribute to the greater good now.

Today I am grateful for:

1. Being able to listen to the stories of Carmen, one of Australia's most famous drag queens and prostitutes from the 50s - 70s, about the Kings Cross of that period, a world of opium dens, black magic, mafia, celebrities liek Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, burlesque, drag and more money for sex workers than you can possibly imagine, last night.

2. For the growing strength in my body, the new muscle development and tone I can see emerging.

3. That I have such kind, friendly, generous and pleasant regular clients and that they always book long amounts of time with me which helps me pay for my bills, rent, and luxuries that I so love and I can enjoy the time I spend with them!

4. For my freedom and considerable liberties.

5. THAT IT'S FRIDAY!

Today I am greatful for:

1. the beautiful view I had from my bedroom when I get up at 6:30 today
2. the posts on this threat that warmed my heart
3. all my previous life experience which make me who I am today
4. the book I am reading "diet for new American"? from Gay.  The stories about animals are so amazing
5. that my parents are alive

Hello my beauties!

1. The lesson I learned from my cranky neighbour last night.
2. The lesson's I learned from our guests last night.
3. I'm grateful to myself for putting in the effort to be a better me so I can enjoy life more
4. For these wonderful organic dates that I'm munching on now.
5. I can breath in/breath out!

xoxoxo

What a great Idea!

I will try to think of five things I'm great full for every night from now on.

Today:
1.        To have ridden my bike with 20kg weight (my daughter) up those hills
2.         for my friend to have fixed the brakes on my bike
3.         for realising,  I am a good mother, and believing it!!!!   That'a real big one!!!
4.        for having the plan of going to Thailand next year
5.        for withstanding plenty of temptations today


Daniela

1.  We found a new friend for my daughter in our neighbourhood

2.  This thread made me think a lot last night

3.  for going to Thailand next year

4.  how much I am enjoying fruit

5.  the passion fruit growing in my garden

Today I'm grateful for:

-The wonderful, supportive and friendly people who frequent this forum and are so open with love and kindness
-The sweet, gloopy, amazing deliciousness of ripe persimmons
-Sheryl, quite possibly the most amazing woman in Australia, who is sending me durian by overnight express post in a freezer box!!
-My own inner strength and the total turnaround the my mental state has undergone in the past year
-All the wonderful things I said last time: my parents, the animals who share my home and the fact that I am fortunate enough to live in a home with running water, heating etc

Okay, I know it's meant to be five but I'm extra grateful today, so here's another one:
-The fact that I had enough money to buy myself a laptop on ebay and that i was lucky enough that it was being sold by someone who lived near to me so I didn't have to pay postage!

1. For my daughter, Morgaine. The love of my life.
2. For my partner, Ifan. The other love of my life.
3. For the ability to express myself.
4. For being wealthy enough to be able to sponsor a Tibetan monk ( if you are interested www.njp.org.au )
5. For finding the " Miessence " website through a poster on this forum and finding aluminium free armpit de-stinker !

1) For having one of my brothers tell me recently during a discussion...that no matter what...he was/is gratefull for the opportunity (of being given life) by our parents...regardless of any negatives and hurt and bad memories related to our upbringing.

2) For being given the shock of (1)

3) For then being given the insight to swallow and then digest the wisdom of my brothers words.

4) For then understanding what true forgiveness actually entails when it is tested. Being given the opportunity to reverse a potentially negative situation by the power of positive words alone, towards someone who never expected them, to the extent they actually physically moved as if they had been hit.

5) For the love of my lady

Today I'm grateful for:

The person who gave me a dehydrator so that I could turn greens into chips! (Recipe forthcoming)

My wonderful hubby for working like a madman to build me an office.

For the person who gave me this link http://www.raw-pleasure.com.au/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,71/topic,3701.new/topicseen,topicseen#new  (http://www.raw-pleasure.com.au/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,71/topic,3701.new/topicseen,topicseen#new)when I was feeling unpretty with no cosmetics and greasy hair!

For a beautiful sunny day.

For the people at the markets who are so wonderfully happy to see me each week.

xoxoxo

I am grateful for:

 - The most amazing sunset this year to date.
 - My daughter, who taught me something new today.
 - The boost in my creativity over the last few days.
 - My aunty, who is really the only family I have, but is such a presence that I don't need any more.
 - My beautiful cat, who followed me on my walk today, made it all the way and then fell asleep on my lap when we got home.  

Jen,  you look amazingly healthy and fresh and natural in your new pic!...


1. For spending time with great friends last night

2. For Gary being home, finally!  Yay, two weeks together! Then he goes to Mongolia soon...

3. For a great job, surrounded by raw food, raw people, and raw support

4. That I had the guts to quit my lecturing job for the next 6 months (1 semester), to focus more on my raw business and the workshops

5. That the weather in Perth is nice and sunny at the moment, with a bright blue sky, and clean crisp air!

x  x

I'm grateful for

1. Not being sick (pete is in bed throwing up and I am as healthy as healthy everyone else has had this except me Yippee)

2. The sunshine (it rained all day yesterday)

3. My two beautiful children that bring fun and laughter into my life every day

4. My drivers licence so I can do the things that I have to do each day (expecially with Connor's health)

5. Connors Chiro cause without her my little prince would not be the same.

1.  improving my coco nut de husking and grating skills

2.  making my friend feel good with an awesome juice

3.  my daughters development

4.  this "exsercise" , seeing things in a positive way

5.  my organic delivery today

I'm grateful:

1. for the beautiful May or 'Veggie Makes me Smile' as she is a beautiful soul with a beautiful warm-hearted character and sensitive personality and wrote me a beautiful PM today... much love to you dearly...

2. for this great Forum, for every person with whom i can share this amazing time, for the sincronicity of our life, for the positivity of our dreams and for all our aspirations in future... much love to you all..

3. For my dear brother Alex who is working and living in China as restaurant manager after having being in Vietnam for a while and is looking to live its life in freedom and serenity...

4. for this Raw Food Diet, who always brings me in the best places to meet the best people, like the beautiful waterfalls i saw today and the ripe and yummy Bananas i could get another once more for only 99cent at kilo  :laugh:...

5. for every moment i stop to think and look in the horizon to admire the beauty of our pure Mother Earth...

Today I am grateful for:

1. the life I create, the people I attracted to my life and the simple fact that I can keep creating whatever I want
2. the realisation that part of me is living simutaneous in a non-physical form and is guiding me all the time
3. That I have a wonderful day ahead of me full of miracles
4. That I am fasting today
5. The daily meditation I have

1. raw cacao, made into the best chocolate tuffles yesterday!!

2. Pure Synergy green powder, wow that stuff is good! (and now my alternative to the irradiated Vitmineral Green)

3. organic persimmons

4. organic guava's

5. watching a few hours of shazzie's and david wolfe's video's on youtube last night, it got me inspired!!

Jen the Vitamineral Green sold at Raw Pleasure has never been irradiated; we take the utmost in care to keep everything raw, unfumigated and pure. The way you say that makes it sounds as if it was and that's never been the case.

1. Those bubbles of happy excited energy that seem to come with being raw
2. Sunshine
3. Sunlight sparkling on water
4. The feeling of crisp air when you breath deep on a magical cool morning
5. Family and friend that I love

1.  having come this far on my journey to raw

2.  for a day with lots of socialising

3.  for discovering a bunch of bananas and picking them in our creek

4.  going to Thailand next year

5.  that my daughter is getting more and more into it too, without much pain and complaining

1.  rain!!!

2.  a calm and relaxed day

3.  calling a friend when I needed it

4.  having a laugh and fun with my daughter

5.  that she is finally brushing her teeth with no resistance

Today I am greatful for.....

1. Having the heart of my husband bound to mine in eternal love, he is my lover, best friend and confident, I am so blessed and stand amazed each day...to have him in my life.

2. Each and everyday looking down into the big wide eyes of my children, who are looking up at me with tender hearts and such faith and trust...I hope to be the best I can for them.

3. Greatful to the great power who created our mother earth, to live in Australia....to have so much sweet fresh fruit, so many varieties....gosh

4. For the perfect balance of nature...I think of the little seeds I planted the other day, they are now seedlings...the energy from the sun...the life from water...man knows nothing of such perfection.

5...just being alive in this time and this place...I was meant to be here.

I am grateful for friends who want to be with me for NOT how I look but who I am

I am greatful for gentle honest opinions that are to build me up not knock me down

I am greatful for just being

greatful to be surrounded by love

greatful to know who I am

BB
XXXX

I am grateful for:

my very patient and loving husband.

friends who are not afraid to let me know when I am off track in the most loving way!

having a warm bed at night

having everything I need for right NOW

books

Today I am grateful for:

My raw sister Jen!

My skills as a writer!

Finding a fellow adult industry working, kinky, politically active geek right here in the office I work in!

Always able to find amazing and inspirational people around me

The colour pink!!!

I am profoundly grateful to my husband who is more than I could ever ask for!
To my children I give thanks for their forgiveness of my mistakes
I give thanks for the answers I receive without fail when I ask questions
I thank the universe for all that I have
I am so extremely grateful that I got to rest today.

Today I am deeply and profoundly grateful for:

My husband who can now laugh at my mistakes and loves me loads!
My children who teach me to laugh and smile often
My Doggy who is so happy to see me every time!
Myself for always striving to become better as a person to myself and others.
the perfection of nature and all of it's offerings.

xoxoxo

Today I am grateful for:

My non raw friends who are patiently waiting in the wings to see me again!
My raw friends for helping me on my raw path
Myself for learning to be my own friend
For clean water
For the ability to buy good organic food.

xoxooxox

Today,   this moment,   right now  I am greatful for...

1. Reading over everyone's appreciation to what means so much to THEM that made me feel so real, emotional, and loving, all at once with giggles, tears and understanding! Thank you to each and everyone of you and for the rest who shall share themself in future postings.

2. That I still have my brother after so many close family passings, that one could not imagine while still having their close ones nearby. Bro, for the laughs, chats and rekindling we are now making, when a decade ago it seemed impossible but now magical thank you and blessings.

3. For my kitty cat, Tessa who is smart being that she has learnt english to help us both understand each other more, and that she is ultimately beautiful plus without fail that she is going on 12 and still can act and be 3 yrs old again and again and again! x

4. That I was able to be aware enough at the age of 17-18 to realise that basic nutrition was and is the answer to all of life's answers. Well at least to begin the journey to realise this and to now learn who I am now as a person, and find myself here amongst some of the strongest and most inspiring people I have ever heard from.. Again thank you all. In return I hope to improve myself further to help you all if need be and anyone else who is willing to listen to constructive communication towards bettering themselves in their own life journey.

5. For being me!

1. For discovering raw. It has been the most empowering, 'right', and peace creating thing i have ever come across. And the internet, without which i would never of been able to access it.

2. Raw-pleasure. the site i visit most by far. The community here is so informative, loving and supportive.

3. My partner. A new suprise in my life, and i love him more deeply every day I get to be with him.

4. To be an Australian in 2008. I dont think there is a more privelaged position to be in - to be born without chains or any obstruction of basic human rights, to take for granted freedom, running water, healthcare and information - every need or want i could ask for. And to have access to and the ability to do/have anything i want - a pretty piece of fruit, travel to anywhere in the world, culture, etc - all at my fingertips. The freedom to decide who/how/what i want to be in life - has there ever been a time in history that a 35 year old girl can do that?

5. My body. The millions of injustices that i throw at it every day, and it just keeps going and going, repairing and continuing on. what an amazing creature. Nature is a miracle.  :ph34r: