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| Re: The Pollyanna Game [message #8654 is a reply to message #8635 ] |
Mon, 22 December 2008 12:39   |
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i am grateful that my kids and grandkids and other family members are healthy and that we got a dog and cat to love and plenty to eat and share for the holidays.
Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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| Re: The Pollyanna Game [message #8664 is a reply to message #8635 ] |
Mon, 22 December 2008 15:08 |
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I'm grateful for my husband, the sweetest man, and my children. I'm grateful for all the wonderful memories of my dad. I'm grateful for my dog, Mesquite, who keeps me laughing everyday. I'm grateful for the smell of vanilla. I'm grateful that my foot and leg are healing. I'm grateful that it's snowing right now. I'm grateful for eggnog. I'm grateful for Levi, the kid who lives with us--he just asked for some eggnog--who is wonderful. I'm grateful my son is finally getting well! I'm grateful for Lara, Tom's wife, who is wonderful. I'm grateful for my grandkids. I'm grateful for people who think up things like grateful lists, because I see how blessed I am. I'm grateful for all my online family.
I could keep going but I'll stop there. Oh! I'm grateful for turkey gravy.
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: The Pollyanna Game [message #8675 is a reply to message #8635 ] |
Mon, 22 December 2008 17:55 |
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 Lianne
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Registered: October 2008
Location: San Diego, California USA |
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What a nice idea. 
Things that are good in my life:
-- my wonderful loving cats who let me know they love me every day (and who are surrounding me right now, keeping near their human).
-- my wonderful loving boyfriend and the best relationship I have ever had. I think he's The One. We've been living together more than a year now and it's still good. I never thought things could work out this well. Hurray for mutual friends and random circumstances! He cooks, too, which is fantastic since I, well... don't. (And bonus: he's got a great family that has made me feel very welcome.)
-- my mom, healthy and going strong, and now with a plan to move near me when she retires, which is very reassuring. And I'll be flying out to see her in two days!
-- my grandparents, though now deceased, whose inheritance gave me the opportunity to dig myself out of a bad rut, move cross-country, and start life anew in California.
-- my house in the perfect location. I love living in the west. I love the desert, I love the ocean, I love a temperate climate with minimal winter, I love the lizards that scurry around, the birds that swarm my feeders, the hummingbirds that wake me up in the morning and get grumpy when I go into my own back yard, the mountains that greet me every day, the roses that grow despite my still-learning way of gardening... I love where I live, I love it so much.
And right now, since it is winter, even in southern California, I am exceedingly grateful for my space heater, fuzzy blankets, hot chocolate, my boyfriend's homemade soup, the down comforter, exceptionally cuddly cats, and central heating.
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| Re: The Pollyanna Game [message #8677 is a reply to message #8635 ] |
Mon, 22 December 2008 18:12 |
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Susan from Athens
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Athens, Greece |
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How right you are guys. We need to be throwing more positive energy out there! I didn't put something up immediately because I wanted the thought to mature in me and to just enjoy the fact that there is so much in my life that is wonderful.
I was born in a country that is free and I am free to enjoy my life. My parents wanted me and loved me and my siblings from the moment I was born and loved each other. A loving home is a wonderful thing. They encouraged me to be myself, to read books, to love learning and to laugh at life. My mother is a woman who has interests and enthusiasms and didn't let my father's death defeat her vibrant spirit.
I have my health and those I love have theirs. We enjoy life without the constance presence of pain and have the luxury of being well. I have two jobs, that balance each other out and help balance me: one surrounded by people, social, talkative, helpful, that brings out my social side and helps me escape from the painful shyness I used to have. The other fascinating, analytical, intellectual, uses my brain and keeps making me learn more. They both provide me with shelter, food and material comforts.
I have friends who support and challenge me, listen to me, talk to me have fun with me. Hobbies and interests to entertain me. Books to enjoy and enlighten, music to move me, dancing to groove to, cooking to experiment with. I have this forum that has given me so much pleasure and so many new voices out of the void, from all over the world, who have come into focus as people I enjoy talking to. Thanks guys, and thanks Robin.
I'm so lucky.
“I have always imagined heaven to be a kind of library.” –Jorge Luis Borges
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| Re: The Pollyanna Game [message #8705 is a reply to message #8635 ] |
Tue, 23 December 2008 02:16 |
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Ive been working so hard this year, I have hardly had time to think, so this is a good thing to remind me what I work so hard for!
- I am grateful to have my own house and garden space
- I am lucky to have a job that provides for the above
- I am lucky to have found a good affordable plumber (who calls!)
- my two gorgeous cats who are endlessly affectionate and entertaining
- friends who love and support me even tho they have hardly seen me lately
and most of all this forum, that gives me new insight into one of my favourite authors, and has introduced me to many new and delightful people
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| Re: The Pollyanna Game [message #8738 is a reply to message #8635 ] |
Tue, 23 December 2008 19:55 |
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Black Bear
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Registered: September 2008
Location: Indianapolis, IN USA |
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I will abandon my Official Forum Cynic Hat for just a moment to say...
I'm grateful I have a small, tightly knit and supportive family; while they don't understand everything in my life, and I don't understand everything in theirs, they do understand what's most important.
I'm grateful I have friends near and far who tell me things I need to hear, and listen when I need to talk.
I'm grateful to be who I am, where I am, doing what I'm doing. I stand, as they say, on the shoulders of giants, and I never forget this.
And I'm grateful that I can laugh at even the most awful things that come down the pipe--nearly everything has some measure of funny in it, and being able to see that is a blessing. Which is why the forum cynic hat comes in so handy, and now I can put it back on with a good concience.
Happy holidays, all.
"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.
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| Re: The Pollyanna Game [message #8745 is a reply to message #8635 ] |
Tue, 23 December 2008 22:47 |
Maya
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Michigan |
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I'm grateful for fresh sheets (nothing like settling in to a freshly-made bed), public libraries, and friends. Also I'm grateful for the preponderance of geeks in medical school, which makes it easy to find friends, and for coupons that give me an excuse to go to Borders (bookstore). And I'm grateful to live in a place with seasons. (Anyone who knows about the weather in Michigan right now, I'm serious. I love ALL weather.)
And right this minute I'm grateful for the obscure (American) football conversations my dad and sister have, which make me laugh because I don't understand football.
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| Re: The Pollyanna Game [message #8995 is a reply to message #8635 ] |
Sat, 27 December 2008 23:29 |
R and B
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Texas |
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well, I had to think about this for a while but I could second everyone who has already posted here- I love my little house with its garden, my dogs who keep me company, my horse (for so many reasons), my friends and family, I am so happy there are people out there who write wonderful books for me to read and I live in a country where I can read them, and I am grateful I can walk , run, dance!
I could go on and on- I love to cook, i love flannel sheets on a cold winter night with a down comforter , etc.
to quote someone ...."It's a wonderful life".
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| Re: The Pollyanna Game [message #9256 is a reply to message #8635 ] |
Thu, 01 January 2009 00:34 |
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I've taken my time in replying to this thread as well.
I'm glad for my boyfriend, and that I had the courage to move up here two years ago. I love him more than ever, and think I'm incredibly lucky.
I'm glad that my relationship with my parents has gotten so much better over the past couple years as well.
I feel like I've matured a lot, in all the best senses of that. I like who I am and who I am becoming.
I'm glad for old friends and new. I'm glad of my job when they're so hard to come by, and that I'm finally 'living up to my potential' in school. It feels really good.
I'm glad of my cats, both those here and in LA.
I'm glad to be back into knitting and embroidery and all the various other handicrafty things. I'd gotten away from doing them, and missed them more than I realized.
I, too, am glad of this forum. There's such a wonderful energy here, so many good people.
I'm glad of the new year, may that which was good get better, and that which was not diminish.
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| Re: The Pollyanna Game [message #9273 is a reply to message #8635 ] |
Thu, 01 January 2009 09:25 |
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L.R.K.
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Sweden |
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I'm glad for a lot of things: my husband (with whom I can be myself - as silly and childish as I wish!); Sassi - a cosy, squeezable, moody, bossy, delightful creature (cat); my cosy little home and a lot of good books waiting to be read (or re-read) and a lot of good things to watch (my husband and I enjoy - mostly - the same things, which is also something I'm glad for!)
About myself - I'm glad I can enjoy and know how to value the little things, the moments as they pass and my sense of humour.
Family, friends and forum!
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: The Pollyanna Game [message #9338 is a reply to message #8635 ] |
Fri, 02 January 2009 19:58 |
skating librarian
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Vermont |
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I am grateful for many of the things others have mentioned, and also sunrises and sunsets, the night sky, wild flowers one doesn't expect to see, snow on pine branches, and the ocean on a hot summer day.
A ripe tomato warmed by the August sun, berries straight from the bush or plant, fragrant flowers be they lilacs. roses, bee balm, day lilies, and even cut flowers in a vase.
Public Radio for educating, informing, inspiring, and keeping me company, in addition to books, the Internet, and travel which do the same.
Animals domestic and wild.
Living in the US's most rural, most liberal state, where committed individuals can make a difference.
Figure skating for being so difficult and so engrossing, and such a release when the ice is hard and smooth.
Good shrinks, counselors, and social workers for leading me to greater sanity.
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| Re: The Pollyanna Game [message #9399 is a reply to message #9398 ] |
Sat, 03 January 2009 20:05 |
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blondviolinist
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Midwestern United States |
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That's great! That hedgehog looks incredibly cute! And any kid who works for three years to get a law changed definitely deserves a hedgehog for Christmas.
"Purity of heart is to will one thing." Kirkegaard
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