[Beverlyjoy]

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It seems that no matter where we are in the journey of life... if our food and life are in a good place OR if our food and life are not in the best place... It always helps to show gratitude. There's always something to be grateful for.

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Please feel free to share daily or weekly or whenever you like.

[Beverlyjoy]

I'll start:

I am grateful for:

- willingness to try

- that I found meditation - often it's listening to meditation tapes. Never in my life I have found such a good tool to help me thru stress or help to smooth out the "jagged edges" that life sometimes throws my way.

- that my son and DIL are looking for their "starter house" - I am so thrilled and excited for them

- my sweet hubby - he is a wonderful man (even though he swears like a sailor)

- friends, family, fsf, internet friends and connections

[Merksie]

Three times last week, I walked 5 miles through Central Park. In 2006, I walked this route almost every day that I was in NYC, and I really enjoyed the daily dose of both human diversity and the wonder of nature as the seasons changed in the park. When I restarted my fitness plan in January, I was just too out-of-shape for the distance and some of the hills, so I started out with 3 miles along the border of the park. I am amazed by and very grateful for the resiliency of our bodies - after 18 months of abuse, just 6 weeks of good treatment and my body is again fit enough to allow me the pleasure of that walk.