Public Thnx4 Journal

Beening with family

Swimming every day this week (good distances too)

To spend less money on a surgery procedure.

An opportunity to apply to day shift at the hospital I’m hoping to work at.

Maintaining our home

Sunday coffee shop time and clearing my mind

to be able to do my exercise routine

I once was a fairly prolific thnx4 contributor … it was part of my regular weekly practice I called “Mental Health Friday” where I reflected on life and reviewed my own personal gratitude journals from years past.

I’ve said it here before, and I’ll say it again, that all you dear souls that share your moments of gratitude here have helped me so much! I’ve learned that one of the tenants of self-compassion is the realization and understanding that “other people feel this way.” It is so true, and although we all certainly have different life arcs, we all share in the 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows of being human. Nothing causes this to be so true to me than the thnx4 community.

For those who post here, know that I am here cheering your victories and empathically sharing in your inevitable life challenges. I love you.

Grateful for a moment of satisfaction this morning when applying something I’d recently learned to the reading skills I want to improve. Moreover, I recognized that I was having a positive experience and took time to “take it in” using the HEAL technique I’d learned many years ago from the book “Hardwiring Happiness.” I’d recently been bemoaning that I hadn’t been cognizant of many positive experiences, no matter how small or fleeting, lately, so this was most welcome.

Finally, a sense of comradeship
Faith has found friends
Walker helped someone else today
Doug went to the doc and was jovial with Walker

Im grateful for my job.

Sometimes nothing beats a great cup of coffee on a rainy day.