Daily Gratitudes 2014

[Annunziata]

Old thread here

Welcome to our Gratitudes for 2014! The lovely crescentmoon started last years, and we are running out of space. So, here is our 2014 thread-for little things that go well for us each day.

Any MNer can join in! From any faith, no faith, every day, once in a while, everyone is welcome!

I am grateful for
a New Year and new starts
all my grown up DC having a good time at parties and returning home safely
a warm bath and a glass of wine

Hi, Crescent, yes I am back at BB and the complaint is going forward. it's a bit of a nightmare, though. I'm being bullied and harassed and having all sorts of false accusations and mud slung at me. There's talk of the company having to close "because of me" - failing to remember that it wasn't me, or my female colleagues who instigated the situation. Even DS3 is getting it from some of the boys, now. He went to a different company this week because he was sick of the back stabbing. He's the most senior boy in the company and he is being left out of everything

Never mind, things will work out according to God's will. I'm just finding it a bit hard just now, am also finding it hard to forgive and to pray for the people involved. I would like to believe that the reason they are behaving as they are is because they are stressed about things, so I am trying to pray for peace for them and God's help, but it's not easy and I feel like I am failing.

garlic, I hope you feel better, soon. Sometimes, just sitting peacefully in the fresh air can really help. I don't think that we spend enough time just being. We can get a bit more perspective, I think, when we take the time to stop. I hope your situation improves and I will pray for you, if you don't mind.

gratitudes
sunshine
frosty mornings
line dried washing
that my friend was there to help me up when I fell yesterday (it was my own fault, I went out without my stick)
family and friends
faith

Thank you for the kind thoughts! It is a tremendous relief, crescent - huge - and I probably should have anticipated several weeks of sickness afterwards, as the stress was so taxing. I've resolved to exercise more self-compassion.

Bullying is just awful, stressed - very undermining, which of course is the point :( I think that, when it gets to the point where you can no longer shrug it off or rise above it, the sanest thing to do is make a dignified exit. I don't know anything about how BBs work, but trust you and your DC will find better activities very soon.

Currently deciding whether to cancel today's Work Progamme appointment and go back to bed! I guess I'm grateful to have the option

Oh gosh such horrible situations on this thread for some of you :(

I pray that you all get through your testing times with a closeness to God. I know that when I'm going through a dreadful time, my prayer time shoots up and I find myself definitely getting comfort from that.

Gratitudes:
That a close friend's DM was found to have a chest infection and not a mini heart attack
For DS doing so well at school
For the wonderful smell of nature outside tonight (we live fairly rurally and I love the smell of woods!)

I am sorry that so many of us are having a hard time at the moment. I am struggling too, it is coming up to a year since my adopted DD came home.

I will say a prayer for us all and hope for a calm weekend

grateful for
little things
laughter

I will try and cheer you up, actually, today DS was trying to reverse out of the drive but there was a cat sitting behind him. He went very slowly, no, didn't move. He beeped the horn, it looked at him as if to say, 'excuse me?!' , he tried going a little nearer- no, this cat was not moving. By this point the rest of the DC are hanging out of the window laughing, so he got out of the car and shooed the cat off. By the time he had got back into the car- the cat had come back (I was in tears by this point!), lay down and just looked at him! Eventually DS2 went out and shooed it off

That's funny, Annunziata! Sorry to hear you are struggling :(

Today, grateful for
the "stray" cat who came to dinner...
the daffodils and the sunshine
my three beautiful children (as ever...)
how lovely my (hopefully "my") soon to be house is...
and how lovely the vendor was when I went round there...
food, more than enough food (after watching Sports Relief programme last night)
the Food Bank

Prayers for everyone who is having a hard time x

That made me laugh too Annunziata!

Gratitudes:
For the tolerance on this thread (I've been upset by the two threads about Christians yesterday)
For the NHS
For the (relative) good health of my parents when other close relatives are suffering from cancer

Crescent, thank you. Really wise words. I'm trying to live out the idea that it's better to carry on in the face of opposition and to show a good example but it's hard at the moment. It's easy to be kind and loving when things are going well, it's when you're faced with persecution that it becomes a test of faith. However, I shall keep struggling on trying to be an example to my wee Junior boys and to those around me that God helps us in times of trouble - even if inside I am actually sad and seething. I really need to let it go.

Annunziata, that's really funny. We live in cat central, here, one woman in the street has 7 cats! There are some of them that I can imagine doing just that - with the exception that they would probably try to eat the person who was shooing them

gratitudes
faith and the strength that it gives me
painkillers
family and friends
food, water, shelter and safety
longer days
for the medical care freely available to my parents while their health is deteriorating.

I was shocked by 7 cats at first and then I remembered how many dc I have...

God bless the NHS for sure, also education for everyone.

Gratitudes
My lovely sister
My daft DH

Crescent I have seen that! The swearing makes it funnier, and when they can't decide if it's a hare or a rabbit

My wee cat has been run over and killed

gratitudes
the life of my wee, warm, furry cat
all the blessings in my life

Oh stressed :( Poor little thing.

gratitudes
a coat with a hood
a car

Thank you, crescent and Annunziata

gratitudes today

sunshine, at the moment
birdsong
lemon and ginger tea
faith

Oh my goodness stressed that's dreadful news :( We're a cat family here too so my heart goes out to you. I pray that he/she didn't suffer.

Gosh this thread is so important when we are all going through such testing times, isn't it? My DD's not well again (I'm guessing she's going through everything she can possibly pick up at the CM's) and DH has been away all week with work so it's been a bit of s struggle TBH.

Anyway, gratitudes:
For calpol(!)
For the support of friends' prayers
For the strength that God gives me and the verse "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me".

I saw this today and thought of all of us, Christian & Muslim alike.

That's lovely wing!

It was Father's Day in Italy yesterday, because it was the festa di San Giuseppe! We made special cakes- sfinci and zeppole.

so I am grateful for my DH, being a wonderful papa, and my own papa, who I miss very much.

Oh those cakes look amazing! What's the symbolism behind the sfinci decoration Annunziata?

What are you eating to break your fast crescent? Ramadan isn't until June is it I may have googled that information but is this something else religious or for health reasons?

I don't actually know wing But that will be my challenge for the weekend- I will report back!

gratitudes
music
a voice
love