Whew!

Today I worked my patootie off! Seems everyone in the office needed me to do a job for them and they needed it yesterday! I suppose the gratitude I should feel is that they trust my abilities and knowledge enough to do the job right. I appreciate the acknowledgement, but by the same token, someone else needs to take a turn or old Kat-Daddy is gonna burn up in a flash of spontaneous combustion! At least I have a couple of days to stress about other things. I don't like to "bring my job home with me", so at least I won't be dwelling on that...I'll just dwell on something else! Like...pardon the redundancy, but it's my new mantra....gratitude...

Gratitude - Family and Friends

Today I start naming things that I am grateful for; to show gratitude for the people and moments that occur each day.

Today I feel gratitude for my 2 brothers and 6 sisters. Some of them I am spiritually closer to and some I have yet to know well because of time and distance. I have other "brothers" and "sisters" who are friends and will be for life. I am grateful for them, too: for not judging me and yet, letting me know when I am out-of-line (a delicate balance!). I don't get to see all these sweet souls as often as I would like, but we always start over where we left off....that is my gratitude subject today...

Learning to be at Peace

This is one of my favorite nature photos ever...It is of three birds, but I call it a smile from God....

I open my blog with this picture because it represents peacefulness...something I so desperately desire. My mind stays so busy and worried and preoccupied that I need to remind myself to be peaceful. Just step back, loosen up, close my eyes, relax my shoulders and breathe deeply....hmmmmm...