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Gratitude is an Attitude
The flying mouse
Gratitude -like it or not, has a lot to do with determining our future. When we have "real" or "spiritualistic" like gratitude, our lives can change immensely.
You see, there is a true freedom that comes from true gratitude. Gratitude provides a sense of stability -of well being. Gratitude is well underrated in my opinion. Just to be able to be thankful for a small insignificant event in one's life can be life changing. Well, enough of this talk for me. I just want to challenge myself to write something that I am grateful for -for each of the next 30 days. I have to start small today because that is where I am -but I hope to improve.
Please, any others just add your gratitude thought. It helps each of us to learn to be more grateful. Thank you for helping.
Day 1: I am grateful to be vertical and know where I am. I am grateful to have another day where I don't want to drink again.
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The flying mouse
It was both a small challenge and a kinda opening of my mind in a little more way in writing these gratitude every morning, It kept me calm in a few work related instances just by reading back over in what I put here, glad I did it.
Here's a few more gratitude quotes just to leave it at that .
"I truly believe we can either see the connections, celebrate them, and express gratitude for our blessings, or we can see life as a string of coincidences that have no meaning or connection. For me, I'm going to believe in miracles, celebrate life, rejoice in the views of eternity, and hope my choices will create a positive ripple effect in the lives of others. This is my choice." Mike Ericksen
"Gratitude also opens your eyes to the limitless potential of the universe, while dissatisfaction closes your eyes to it." Stephen Richards
"Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices." Robert Braathe
"They both seemed to understand that describing it was beyond their powers, the gratitude that spreads through your body when a burden gets lifted, and the sense of homecoming that follows, when you suddenly remember what it feels like to be yourself." Tom Perrotta
"Gratitude is more of a compliment to yourself than someone else." Raheel Farooq
"In life, one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day--or to celebrate each special day." Rasheed
"This a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before." Maya Angelou
The flying mouse
Day 30
In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich." Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Day 29
You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Two more days ...
The flying mouse
Day 28
Grateful I was able to remind myself these sad feelings won't last forever, it will pass.
It comes from me and nowhere else.
I will survive & lots of people have it much worse.
The flying mouse
Day 27
I am grateful to know that I have a choice to change my perception and my thoughts -any time that I choose. It is in the choosing that I sometimes struggle -but I am still grateful.
Alcohol never allowed this choice -regardless.
The flying mouse
Day 26, nearly there :-)
Been feeling weak the last couple days, both physically and emotionally. I'm grateful that today is another chance, another 24 hours, in which to practice the tools I've learned to get a tiny bit stronger.
The flying mouse
Day 25
Today I am grateful just to be alive in this world, and doing the best I can to make the days count.
The flying mouse
Day 24
Today is Monday. I'm grateful for having a clear head for my long day at work,its a great feeling as i remember only to well the horrors of previous mondays....
The flying mouse
Day 23
Today I am grateful for the fact that my body and mind are capable of healing themselves from the years of abuse, as long as I live healthy and ingest no more poison. We are resilient creatures indeed.
The flying mouse
Day 22
Grateful for being over seven years sober.
Even grateful for those difficult days. Made me who I am today.
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Good to see you are still flying mouse.
The flying mouse
Day 21
I am grateful for the 'real' peace that comes as a result of listening, learning, and sobriety.
The flying mouse
Day 20
I'm grateful for not drinking today.
The flying mouse
Day 19
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."
~ Lou Holtz
The flying mouse
day 18
I'm grateful for last night. Nice conversation, good food, and good friends, being present so I could be a part of the conversation, and not a sloppy drunk trying to pretend I knew what was being said.
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The flying mouse
day 17
I am grateful that I wake up on Monday mornings and no longer spend my entire morning worrying about what damage I may have caused on the weekend relative to drinking. No, this does not always mean that I am looking forward to the potential hassles of beginning a new week, but it does mean that I can focus on what the day and week might bring -in positive ways. I also do not have to spend thoughts about what the earliest time of the day that I can begin drinking in an effort to not 'feel'.
The flying mouse
day 16
I am grateful I i have this forum to help give me support while I work on being AF, I'm also grateful for the feeling of being sober and still wanting to take a Sunday nap, instead of feeling hungover and needing one because I feel so lousy. happy Easter everyone.
The flying mouse
Day 15
Today I am grateful to be looking at something new and exciting for my work. I am honestly not sure if I would have had the courage if I was still drinking.
The flying mouse
Day 14
Today, I am grateful to know that there is a group of us that share the similar paths to rebuilding our own better lives - all as a result of alcohol.
The flying mouse
Day 13
Whenever I get completely sick of the internet and being so connected, I stop and think about how I likely wouldn't have the life I have today if this technology hadn't been developed and become so widely accessible when it did. The old WWW actually is high up on my gratitude list.
The flying mouse
Day 12
Give yourself some gratitude, Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself."
The flying mouse
Day 11
Today I'm grateful that I'm able to ENJOY my sobriety. Instead of feeling sorry that I had to "give up" something, I'm able to think of so many things I've gotten in my life. I'm not sure if it's strength, or fear that keeps me sober. But I know I can never go back to how my life was before. Each day is as wonderful in how I make it, instead of something to just drag myself through. No drug can replace that. No drug can make me feel the way I feel now.
The flying mouse
Day 10
Grateful to be able to drive to work this morning not worrying about being pulled over and breathalysed, not worrying whether colleagues or friends would smell the drink off me.
The flying mouse
Day 9
Today I'm grateful that I'm no longer overcome by my emotions, I deal with them head-on now and not let them anger or depress me...
The flying mouse
Day 8
I am grateful that I know I don't need to engage in unnecessary conflict, and I am far happier and peaceful acknowledging it, then working out whether I need to deal with it, or is it so trivial that really, I can just skateboard around it.
The flying mouse
Day 7
Today I am grateful for freedom, to make choices that aren't affected by worrying where the next drink will be.
The flying mouse
Day 6
Today I am grateful for the stress level in my life declining,and especially how I am dealing with it, no more running to hide my problems through the fog of alcohol.
The flying mouse
Day 5
I'm grateful that, after years in an alcoholic fog, I still have some good friends in my life. I'm planning today to reach out to them and take steps to strengthen bonds.
