I am grateful for technology.
Technology allows me to be a more effective creator, connects me to others and allows me to easily maintain or renew old friendships over time and distance. Agricultural technology feeds me. Housing technology provides shelter…
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Sporting the centennial plaid at the centennial fountain in the centennial year
I am grateful for sisters, and one in particular, Mary.
My sister taught me resilience, love and compassion. John and I often picked on our little sister, most…
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I am grateful for rivers.
One river in particular stands alone in my memory - the mighty St. Lawrence River. I grew up a quarter mile from the banks of the St. Lawrence at a point where it was seven…
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I am grateful for quiet.
Finding quiet has become so elusive. We rarely experience quiet as we are surrounded by sounds most of which are machines - computer cooling fan, furnace motor, dehumidifier, cars, trucks and airplanes. There are very…
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I am grateful for progress.
We don't always appreciate progress especially when it changes familiar places or experiences. It is easy to lose sight of the amazing progress we have experienced as a species even during our short lifetimes.
Life…
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I am grateful for oranges.
Oranges provide such a wonderful sensory experience. The sharp scent of the oils released into the air as the orange is peeled. Pulling off a segment and enjoying the explosion of sweet juice as you…
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I am grateful for nuts.
Almonds, pecans, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, macadamia, chestnuts and brazil nuts - have I missed any? The holiday season at our house always featured a bowl of mixed nuts in the shell - usually pecans…
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I am grateful for mindfulness.
The ability to be fully in the moment. Silencing the inner voice that yearns to constantly revisit the past or nervously ponder the future. Just being here now. So simple in concept yet so difficult…
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I am grateful for loss.
Loss is painful. Loss of an investment, cherished belonging, job, friend or loved one.
At first loss leaves only emptiness. But it provides contrast cultivating appreciation of what is, not what once was. Loss stimulates…
Read moreThis is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama
I am grateful for kindness.
The kindness shown to…
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