Day 24...Daily Gratitudes and A Happy List Update...

I've spoken of my best friend's version  of 1000 gifts and gratitude pages earlier in this post series aptly titled The Happy List.   I could probably blog everyday with various entries from the ones I've journaled over the years.   I used to make a point of entering highlights from my current HL on this blog, but realized I've  gotten away from it recently.  It is has been without a doubt a vital tool in the Active Waiting journey.  Without further ado, let me remedy this situation:

• Rehearsing Christmas carols in October. 

• Attending my first ever professional football game with new friends and the Love of my Life...at Jerry's Death Star - I mean the new Cowboys stadium.  The Cowboys played (and won against! :) ) the St. Louis Rams.  A fine first it was indeed...

• Making perfectly carmelized onions in under 15 minutes.

• The process of writing everyday and the discipline it instills in me.

• Waking up to cloudy, rainy skies in Texas!

• A warm Starbucks mocha on a chilly fall afternoon.

• "I associate libraries with old churches - which only makes sense, I suppose, for in both places one finds a quiet kind of reverence and 'people of the book'."               --author Sarah Arthur

• "I am determined to practice deep listening.  I am determined to practice loving speech."                                 --Thich Nhat Hanh

• "In Me, you are never a mess - you are made new.  In Me, you are never wrecked -- you are rescued.  In Me, you are never a loser -- you are lavished in love."                                                     --GOD (paraphrase by Ann Voskamp)

• "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.         --Atticus French in "To Kill A Mockingbird"

• Morning devotions outside on my yoga mat.

• When getting my thyroid rechecked at the doctor's office, I had lost 3 pounds.

• While spending time with loved ones in Wichita, having a moment with 4 generations of my family in one room.  My grandmother, my uncle, myself & my brother, and his beautiful daughter Ella - sooo thankful!

• Deliciously fragrant dryer sheets

• Planning my upcoming Blessings Unlimited gathering this weekend!

• "I struggle to write about God and God's love, knowing that I am totally inadequate, and yet feeling called to proclaim a love so marvelous that it can only be wondered at and rejoiced in with delight."                --author Madeleine L'Engle in "Penguins & Golden Calves"

• Linking up with fellow bloggers today - Ann , Michelle and Jen in gratitude and thanksgiving amidst my 31 Days Series of Active Waiting...perhaps join us today in proclaiming thanks for grace and gifts?

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