That’s so weird. I attended a quantum flame healing session the other evening with a practitioner. My number that came up was 8 (abundance, synchronicity, balance, eternity). My message that came up was ‘purpose’… I felt connected to 222 today!
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I love it! Love when the universe speaks to us – YES! Beautiful number and message 
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I’m grateful for my morning hike and that I saw the eagles again. I grateful that i had a good day despite my high anxiety. I’m grateful that I could get some work done today. I’m grateful for this community you all have really helped me. I’m grateful for the new relaxations techniques I’ve been learning they have really helped me cope better with anxiety and stress. I’m grateful for my friends and neighbors. I’m grateful for good days and bad days.
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Day 4 and im greatful for forgiveness
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I’m grateful to wake up with 3 pet heads in my face this morning. Alice, neck, Benson right shoulder, Daisy right side chest 
Grateful for morning catio time.
I’m grateful for all my readings I did this morning.
ODAAT In Al-Anon
- I would not look back over my shoulder at the disappointments of the past—I would not anxiously contemplate the future. I would live just for today—as well as I can.*
Courage To Change
It takes courage to step beyond what is comfortable, predictable, and known.
“Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Living These Days
Joseph Campbell: ”We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
But to step into a new life, we have to let go of the life we are living. It’s not easy,
The sooner we can let go of how we think things should look or need to look, the sooner we may start to experience what we are called to.
Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff
Be the first one to reach out lovingly
Let Go Now
Becoming willing to live one’s experiences differently is the first necessary step to discovering the freedom promised by detaching from upheavals in the lives of others.
I’m grateful I got to, and made time for, my gratitude list this morning.
I’m grateful for my little portable speakers and Bluetooth so I can have my mantras playing out here in the catio.
I’m grateful for a little Gus time yesterday afternoon. I’m grateful his fall could have been so much worse. I’m grateful he got over it quickly.
I’m grateful I’m enjoying working on my second salon wall. I think it looks great on the first try. I’m grateful I’m following my DIL expert advice. I’m grateful I know she’ll text me back when she texts me back.
I’m grateful I got caught up with Julie in London yesterday. I’m grateful she got over that dreadful Covid and is feeling better. We were all pretty worried.
I’m grateful for Hope
I’m grateful for you all and this thread.
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I’m grateful to see @Button83 on the selfie thread. Congrats on 4 days.
Grateful that gratitude is one of my strongest tools in my sobriety and it has totally retrained my brain. I’m grateful I am not alone in this fact. I’m grateful when others here have said the same thing. I’m grateful there’s always an open chair here for more gratitude.
Gratitude
In recovery, we either learn to be grateful, or we don’t last. Gratitude is the air of recovery. Gratitude is what makes the lungs of recovery fill, the heart beat, and the life flow. The attitude of gratitude focuses on what we have rather than what we don’t. With gratitude, there is such a thing as enough. People filled with gratitude aren’t good consumers because they don’t heed the message “You need more stuff. Stuff will make you whole.” Gratitude makes us whole, not stuff. It allows us to make the abundant blessings we already have in our life not only count, but be enough. And not just enough, but more than we could have imagined. Gratitude allows us to understand that there is enough for everyone so we don’t have to hoard whatever it is we think we need. There is plenty. In a culture addicted to the belief that “I need more,” people with an attitude of gratitude stand out. They are like roses growing out of cracks in a ghetto neighborhood. People watch. They see. And in being seen, we give some small measure of the bread of life to the world.
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So glad that Gus is okay and bounced back from the fall…oh how I miss being young 
Hopefully we will get to see these when you are done 
Grateful your friend is doing better and recovering from Covid 
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Thank you! I really needed to read that. Being greatful for what i have instead of worrying about what i dont. How selfish I have been. Its not even material things im worrying about its my happiness in the future, instead of being greatful for the happy moments i have now.
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Today I’m grateful of being healthy despite of decades of drinking, smoking pot and popping pills. I feel like this sobriety has made me a new man although I’m still on early recovery (day 29). I’m grateful I have a flat, food and water. I’m just grateful of being alive and letting God guide me through difficult times. I’m grateful of this community, you all are really so awesome that I don’t have enough words to express my gratitude. I’m grateful of all little things in this wonderful life that I didn’t notice them while being wasted. Thank you, God. Thank you everyone.
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Tuesday gratitude.
Today I’m grateful living at my pace is NOT being lazy. I’m grateful I shook that off.
I’m grateful I was up on time and I don’t remember how I spent the morning. Laundry, cat & plant chores, and 2 call were involved as well as 2 huge cups of tea. I’m grateful a new modem will arrive within 2 days. Hopefully.
I’m grateful for yummi salad for lunch and not so grateful I got the runs afterwards. My gut is very sensitive these days, I have to take more care. I’m grateful I noticed it before it gets severe.
I’m grateful for catlove, for a nice chat on the phone, for a nap, for journalling, for paying bills, for harvesting plums & mirabelles and making jam. I’m grateful for cooked potatoes to neutralize the sweet taste. I’m grateful the kitchen is clean again. Off to bed. ODAAT
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This is so very true… Thank you for sharing this message.
@acromouse So grateful you have shared your travels with us.
@Cjp I love CJP 4.0
@Dazercat a bit envious of beach meetings… enjoy
@Button83 4 days!! Congratulations
@MrMoustache Way to go day 29. Just a suggestion…get a potato or even a sweet potato/yam slice it thin … season and bake it oven… Much healthier than store bought chips/crisps…Find a seasoning you like…
My gratitude today includes
AA Meeting, Meeting with sponsor, catching up on bookkeeping work, Husbands LACK OF disapproval and dissatisfaction.
Grateful I get pool time soon and can catch up on August Challenge.
Grateful I was available to watch Daughter’s kitten for a few days and was able to hand him back. Grateful I didn’t have to be woke up at 6:30am by crying Baby.
Grateful to all who come here…This wisdom bestowed on me is priceless but don’t send me a bill…then I would have to feel guilty for taking advantage of you. haha
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Wow, thanks for the tip of making my own chips! Never thought about that. Thank you, my friend.
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Thanks for the chuckle friend – you are priceless
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I am grateful for the loud voice of… to be honest I dont know what it is. My higher self? God? Captain of the Aliens? All I know is it keeps saving me.
When it yelled “You need to get a bone scan.” I literally said out loud, out my mouth to nobody, “I, do?” then I sat there and realized what i had heard and said, “I guess I need bonescan.”
I am grateful that being an addict in active addiction for 33 years with an eating disorder is enough weight to prompt a bonescan with our medical system. I am grateful it was paid for.
I am grateful that I dont have osteoporosis, and that hopefully the osteoperia that I do have will not get worse. I am grateful I found out before i had to take bone builders and shitty meds. I have hope I can do this with food and exercise.
We can only abuse our bodies so much before they give us a big fuck you.
I am just grateful I still have a body.
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Day 829, feeling peaceful
Im so very greatful for…
My recovery
My health, mind, body, spirit
Got my ass to the gym this am
Feeling hopeful for work
Sober friends
My marriage and our growth (individually and collectively)
Boscoes furry face
Hot showers whenever i want…what a luxury!!
Good coffee
Good sponsorship
AA and not having to travel this path alone
Vitamins
Mental health meds
Therapy
Love
Hope
Happiness
Peace
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I’m grateful for having lower anxiety today and feeling in a good mood. I’m grateful for being able to spend time at the orphanage today and having fun with the kids/teens. I’m grateful that I felt good after. I’m grateful for having a productive work time after and making good progress on new translations. I’m grateful for my neighbors who are grieving after a death in the family and am glad I could visit for tea. I’m grateful for feeling peaceful and hopeful today. I’m grateful for laying down having a cuddle with my girls who are extea soft today after their baths.
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Today I’m grateful for
- psychiatrist appointment was good
- fetched more stuff from the townhouse, I need it for preserving produce
- notice that the new modem is on the way
- machinery chaos, one not starting, another constantly having problems, the third one lost its airfilter
More than enough signs to move my ass inside, order spare parts and read manuals. Mowing in homeopathic doses. - amazon next day delivery
- found the bill for the broken PC to hand in to the insurance. I’m grateful I’m organized and find the things I need. Mostly.
- catlove
- water
- as many showers as I like, today: 3
- i’m grateful I never stop learning and stay curious
- bedtime with the old boy beside me
ODAAT
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Things I am especially grateful for today.
In the morning I went with my aunt to her exercise class. It was so much fun exercising in this group, such great vibes, so welcoming. Whenever I get to this place I am welcomed with open arms by the ladies’ community.
I went into town later and took a hike over the hills here. All the trails I used to walk as a kid.
On the way back I chanced upon an artist’s workshop. The guy came out and we had
such a great chat about what it means to be an artist. My soul sang. Meeting another soul like mine.
Now I’m back with family. Just home. Relaxing. Knowing where I belong.
Sleep tight sober friends 
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I am so grateful for this thread. Truly my safe space and a calming, lovely place to be.
Grateful for Peacocks Olympic coverage. It’s been a lovely way to spend these past hot August evenings.
Grateful for firefighters. We have some raging wildfires here in Northern CA, in over 100 degree heat for weeks. Bless them all.
ODAAT, my grateful friends 
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Early Thursday morning gratitude. I am grateful to see another day sober. Grateful that the headache I have is not a hangover…though it needs to be checked as it has gone on for a bit too long. I am grateful that I am learning to love myself and that has involved doing things that have a net positive effect on my body and mind.
I am grateful for my new therapist. He really does see through my bullshit…which is what we need as alcoholics. I’m grateful that he asked me to be more proactive in doing my daily gratitudes.
I am grateful for my trainer. He’s got my body in pain, but I am also grateful for the pain. It does happen when going back to they gym after SO long.
I’m grateful for not smoking. My chest feels great. Cardio workouts are much easier. My office doesn’t smell like an ashtray.
I’m grateful for the jobs I do and the many people I interact with. Even the not so nice ones. I am grateful that I ask for and get the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.
I’m grateful for.short weeks! It’s a public holiday in South Africa tomorrow. National Women’s Day. I will be celebrating all the women in my life including those on here. Grateful that I will also be attending a social event tomorrow at the home of one of the members of my home group. Grateful for more sober days.
I am grateful for all of you. x
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