I've learned to stop planning and just let things come as they will. This summer, I've told many many people that "I don't make plans, I make ideas." Life will happen regardless, and oftentimes it's much more fun to simply allow it to happen.
So I guess that means I'm grateful for fate.

THAT is cool, steen!! it's a scary thought though. leaving things to fate. you have aLOT of faith, girl!!

i am grateful for my own good sense this morning

I am so grateful for my artistic ability... not that I am a Picasso mind you. However, I do so love to be creative. Right now, I'm working on lots of drawings and quilting. I love this form of meditation. I tend to draw a lot of my own pictures for my writings.

i'm really grateful for the power of my imagination. it gets me into alot of trouble, but it also solves all the trouble. it's such a wonderful gift that we all have.....

I am grateful today for a new generation of children who are brilliant, bright and beautiful beings. I am also grateful for the parents who are navigating and guiding this new brilliance.

good morning, susan! this is a gratitude i recognize, because it comes from a teacher......if people take the time to get up close to children in the process of learning, there is hope galore!!!! i'm grateful for young people this morning too. i got a visit from one! :-) it brightened it all up!

I am grateful for my Swedish daughter coming to visit tomorrow. I'm grateful for sending a happy, healthy Senior into his final year of school tomorrow (although it's a mixed grateful, because the journey has been such fun and I don't want it to end). I'm grateful for this great site!

and i, for one, am grateful you're part of us, jen! welcome!

I'm grateful for life's reminders of its value, even when it scrapes you up a bit. :)

Sometimes, Steen, I think life can be sweeter for some of the scrapes.

i'm so grateful for super duper friends today. they make ALL the difference!!!

So grateful for my faith, my life, the two loves of my life-Bart & Veronica, my family and my friends!! Everyday is a gift!

thank you, MaryRose...i'm grateful for you! :-)

I'm grateful for Trevor the kitten - only man I need ;)
Also for independence. I fixed my own dryer and internet router yesterday and felt pretty accomplished afterward. :)

good for you, steen!!! woo hooo! and trevor is so cute.take some arty pics of him for us!

Today, I am grateful for not getting a migraine. I've had a lot lately, so it's a noticeable improvement!

Helen - I know that feeling all too well... glad you're having a good day!

I am grateful for fun times with new friends.

hey helen! me too. and i'm grateful for helpful kind people...!!

Thanks to being Medivaced via helicoptor to a great cardiac hospital with at least a dozen doctors and staff waiting for me and springing into action, they was able to stop a fatal heart attack for me. Full story will be on my blog soon! Grateful doesn't begin to describe it

oh my GOD, sherry!!!!!! I"M SO GRATEFUL you are ok and with us!!!!!! sending you love and peace and health!!!!!

I'm grateful for feeling happy for no reason.

I'm grateful that I get to see my brother in two weeks... for the first time since July 7!

AND that my earth-daughter, Addisyn, is my date to my company picnic tomorrow!

I am so grateful for the vacation home to Pa and NJ. It was wonderful to see so many friends and family. Some people, we hadn't seen for a very long time, we simply picked up where we left off. Nice to enjoy the foods of "home", we miss them here in the south. I feel extremely rich for not only the the experience, the connection, but for the generosity of everyone that opened their homes and hearts to us. I am truly blessed to be loved by so many. My memory bank is full of wealth!!

lillian, what are the foods that you can't find in the south? curious. i'll be even more grateful for them here!

i'm so grateful for the fall i can hardly contain myself. for me summer gets very tiring...by the end i feel beat up by it. but this year was particularly brutal. this new crisp weather makes sleeping and working a completely new experience. and for that, i am grateful!

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Lisa, the main food that we miss is good Italian rolls. Chris loves Tony Lucs in Philly... good ole cheese steaks. And he really loves soft pretzels. Even our pizza is better in Philadelphia. Of course, these are not the foods we indulge in on a regular basis...so it is a treat when we come home. He also likes Tastykakes. I enjoy a really good Italian hoagie. And occasionally I like scrapple, which I have found here but it's Jone's instead of Habbersat. They freeze it cause it isn't a popular food here.

I must say I now love collards which is a southern dish I learned here. Pecans and peaches are also primo here. I can make a mean pecan pie as a result of a southern dish.

my mom was southern and made an incredible pecan pie!!! did you know you can get tastykakes and philly soft pretzels online? we used to send scrapple out to a friend in california, because he couldn't get it there. do you get amoroso rolls down there? they are a nice hoagie roll

yes, I knew about online delivery...however, it cost a small fortune. No amoroso rolls here. Publix is the only place that comes close to the rolls we are used to, which are pretty good.

I'm grateful that my brother is in the same state as me again!

i'm grateful that although i live in a country that needs to adjust its direction, that i am free to be part of guiding it in that direction.

I am grateful for the ability to choose not to get angry.

i am grateful for the ability to create and re-create and to contribute to the making of the world we live in....

And what a great ability that is to have, Lisa.

thanks, lillian. i think it's the greatest ability we all have...

i'm grateful for YOU!!!

I'm grateful for a kitty who is attached to my side, even though he is constantly tripping me up and being a hyperactive, overly creative toddler who loves to climb. <3

awwww, steeneroonie...that's so sweet! and i'm quite sure trevor is grateful for you!!!

i'm so grateful for stories...in books, in movies, from fun storytellers. stories give us the power to step out of ourselves and to see ourselves at the same time. what a true gift........

I am grateful that my laptop still works after I accidentally spilled orange juice on it last night...

oh no! but oh thank GOD! yay! helen, stop pouring sugar drinks in there, ok? ;-)

Haha! I'll try, but I can't promise anything ;)

I'm grateful that my computer let me back into the Wiffledust site. Whew! Finally!

yay, cass! you're back!!!!

i'm so incredibly grateful to REAL friends who have presented themselves in so many beautiful ways in recent days. i love you all very much. i'm grateful for the beautiful talent here. and i'm so grateful for the sensitive souls i meet who know the difference between helping people,using people, and screwing people. in the personal world and in the corporate world.

there's nothing like being loved for exactly who you are, maggie! it's the best. it's also a blessing to be able to love someone else for exactly who THEY are.....