Thanksgiving Grats 2014
Thanksgiving Grats.
Every now and then it's good to make a gratitude list. The most helpful times I have found to do this are when 1) you hate everything 2) you wish you had a different _____ (fill in the blank). or 3) you can't find a reason to get out of bed/don't believe in God/think life is meaningless.
But then once a year we gather to overeat and hug distant relatives and focus a bit on the insane abundance we have in our lives. I think this is a pretty practical tradition. Because gratitude is like harvesting happiness. It's gathering all the reasons you have to be thankful up together in one little cornucopia of goodness and realizing you are insanely blessed, after all!!
In a world of MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE, BIGGER BETTER FASTER STRONGER, it's good form to slow down for a second and realize that everything you need, you actually already have.
So here are my Grats for Thanksgiving 2014!
I am thankful for...
the first snow of the year...today
my sexy wrap dress with the red stripes that I'm wearing to dinner
my new face cream that smells so good I want to put it all over my body
my sleeping dog
my boyfriend, who took apart a table, drove it to the theatre, and put it back together after the show with a screw gun
my brother and sister in law who are in town - and the fact that they actually want to hang out with me
the beautiful show I was just honored to direct
the relationships I have made through theatre
my amazing, flexible, interesting, creative, life-affirming job
my google chrome that makes it super easy to stream all the funny shows I watch
my parents who love me unconditionally
my step parents who love me unconditionally too
my grandparents, who also love me unconditionally (how did I get so lucky?)
my best friends, who ALSO love me unconditionally!
the fact that I've been sober for 5 freaking years. miracle.
the creative pulse inside me - that drives me to connect and make art and push myself to greater challenges
my voice
music, music, music
theatre, theatre, theatre
FOOD FOOD FOOD
Especially toast with peanut butter and banannas
coffee coffee coffee
the beautiful and astounding universe we live in!
nature and all it's creatures
God - love - connection
traveling
ambition
compassion
dear friends who give me loving, honest advice, who have my best interest at heart
really good movies and buttery popcorn
amazing outfits
the feeling of getting a hug after a fantastic performance from one of my kids
my Body. all of the little bits that make it unique and human and alive and healthy.
infinite possibilities
hope
a warm, cozy house to live in
enough money in my bank account to pay the bills, and more to come
living in New England
the fact that I"m about to go eat oysters with two of my favorite people.
SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR!
I feel like a million bucks! I sincerely suggest this activity to anyone feeling like Thanksgiving is a crock of poop. This is what it's all about.
xo
Every now and then it's good to make a gratitude list. The most helpful times I have found to do this are when 1) you hate everything 2) you wish you had a different _____ (fill in the blank). or 3) you can't find a reason to get out of bed/don't believe in God/think life is meaningless.
But then once a year we gather to overeat and hug distant relatives and focus a bit on the insane abundance we have in our lives. I think this is a pretty practical tradition. Because gratitude is like harvesting happiness. It's gathering all the reasons you have to be thankful up together in one little cornucopia of goodness and realizing you are insanely blessed, after all!!
In a world of MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE, BIGGER BETTER FASTER STRONGER, it's good form to slow down for a second and realize that everything you need, you actually already have.
So here are my Grats for Thanksgiving 2014!
I am thankful for...
the first snow of the year...today
my sexy wrap dress with the red stripes that I'm wearing to dinner
my new face cream that smells so good I want to put it all over my body
my sleeping dog
my boyfriend, who took apart a table, drove it to the theatre, and put it back together after the show with a screw gun
my brother and sister in law who are in town - and the fact that they actually want to hang out with me
the beautiful show I was just honored to direct
the relationships I have made through theatre
my amazing, flexible, interesting, creative, life-affirming job
my google chrome that makes it super easy to stream all the funny shows I watch
my parents who love me unconditionally
my step parents who love me unconditionally too
my grandparents, who also love me unconditionally (how did I get so lucky?)
my best friends, who ALSO love me unconditionally!
the fact that I've been sober for 5 freaking years. miracle.
the creative pulse inside me - that drives me to connect and make art and push myself to greater challenges
my voice
music, music, music
theatre, theatre, theatre
FOOD FOOD FOOD
Especially toast with peanut butter and banannas
coffee coffee coffee
the beautiful and astounding universe we live in!
nature and all it's creatures
God - love - connection
traveling
ambition
compassion
dear friends who give me loving, honest advice, who have my best interest at heart
really good movies and buttery popcorn
amazing outfits
the feeling of getting a hug after a fantastic performance from one of my kids
my Body. all of the little bits that make it unique and human and alive and healthy.
infinite possibilities
hope
a warm, cozy house to live in
enough money in my bank account to pay the bills, and more to come
living in New England
the fact that I"m about to go eat oysters with two of my favorite people.
SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR!
I feel like a million bucks! I sincerely suggest this activity to anyone feeling like Thanksgiving is a crock of poop. This is what it's all about.
xo
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