Gratitude on the go! 1-15-13

Today I am grateful for:
-This hilariousness:

-My therapist. She laid out the tough shit today and as much as I didn't want to hear it, it was good for me. It gave me a bit of a wake up call. 

-Seeing Christine. We laughed and caught up and cheered each other on in our journey of self love and happiness. It was pretty great.

-Laughter
-Belly laughing
-getting a call from Lydia that she got the job at Target she interviewed for. I am sooo thrilled for her. I'm thankful and grateful that she called to share her moment of joy with me.

-Ladies night. Ruth and Amanda came over and we ate Thai food and finally watched the Golden Globes. We laughed and laughed and laughed. I love those gals.
-This belated Christmas gift from Ruth:

It's a necklace with a tiny heart and Minnesota on it.
It's probably the greatest necklace I've ever received.
I love it and I'm probably going to be wearing it every day. 

-The term Gratituesday. I don't know who came up with that word, so I can't properly credit them, but they are awesome. Well done whoever you are! 

-Coming up with my word of the year. Looking back on last year I want to say my word was Gratitude. It only seems fitting. :) It was a bit of a struggle to figure out what my new word was going to be. I looked though my notes on what patters arose. Quite a few came up, but at the top of my list was self care. Whenever I take care of myself I feel the best. (A no brainer. Duh) However, self care wasn't the word(s) I was looking for. I started to think about what I am still striving for. A few more themes came to mind. Working out, reaching out, and being heard. Looking at those words a final word came into my mind and that word is STRONG. (Or maybe Strength. Strength is a noun and Strong is an adjective. Do I want to be described as strong or embody strength. Is there a difference? For now I'm going to stick with strong.) I would like to be strong in ever aspect. I would like to be strong physically, emotionally, and soulfully. I want to work out to get my body strong in a healthy way. If I'm in struggle and I need help, I'm going to call upon my strength to reach out and ask for it. If I feel like I'm not being heard, I'm going to work on being strong and saying what I need until I get it. These are all going to be really hard things for me, but I know I can do it because I know I am Strong.
-The moon shining in through my dining room window. It looks like a yellowy cradle or a hammock tonight. It's very beautiful.
-Getting a lovely text from bffl.
-The basics
-Breathing
-As always, my friends.