Right now; extremely grateful to be right next to my pillow.
Too late to bed last night. Woke up a thousand times. Early morning. Home late. Early day tomorrow.
Right now; extremely grateful to be right next to my pillow.
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Tonight when I was saying goodnight to my 12 year old son, and we had our little goodnight chat, we came across a topic that made him spontaneously exclaim; "we all have to remember to appreciate our health every single day, and also that we can walk, and run, and see, and hear...." and then he joked; "...and well maybe the appreciation does not include the ability to smell, when you're in my room at least" ;-)
Sometimes I honestly think that he is the one teaching me, not the other way around. And at least today he got my focus on the gratitude of health. I also realized that this Winter I actually haven't brought home a flu or a cold. Or more accurate; I did actually have a sore throat once, which earlier years would have lasted for one maybe two days followed by a cold. This year that sore throat lasted less than one hour. I have no idea if these small pills in the picture; the magic D-vitamins, actually have made all the difference, and I don't know if they'll take me through the entire Winter. But isn't that the same with our good health in general. None of us know for how long it will remain. But while we are at good health we might as well be grateful, and appreciate every single day where we can get out of bed with no major health problem - and free of the flu and the Winter cold. Thanx son. I love you BIG!!! Half a year ago my father was diagnosed with abdominal aortic aneurysm - a swelling of the the main blood vessel that leads away from the heart, down through the abdomen to the rest of the body. This can be a very serious condition.
The first doctor told him that the size of the bulge was at a critical level, and he probably would be operated within a very few weeks. He was therefore send to the hospital where the operation, in that case, would take place. Here he was met by a doctor, who hardly expressed interest nor time available for his patient. My father was told that the first doctor was wrong, and he wasn't yet ready for an operation. "We'll call you in half a year". And that was it. Left with no explanation, and a lot of insecurity. Luckily he didn't settle for that, and asked for a second opinion. It took however 4 month to succeed with that, but that aside this consultation was totally different. The answer was more or less the same. The first doctor did actually make a mistake, and my father isn't ready for an operation yet. The message was however delivered in a totally different manner - and by a different doctor with a different mindset and set of skills. Patient, carefully explanatory, fully present and empathetic. It was two very happy and grateful parents I spoke to on the phone this afternoon. The message was more or less the same but the was it was delivered made a world of difference. I found the last doctor's e-mail on Google, and wrote him an email right away. He has just return my mail. I am truly grateful for intelligent people in our health care system, especially when that also includes social intelligence! Gratitude today is related to every single word, thought, action or attempt to bringing us closer, rather than driving us apart.
Gratitude of today; Walking in the forest with my dad.
On our way back home we're passing the small local grocery store facing the sea. While my dad is buying bread for lunch, I capture these sweet signs of change. My parents arrived today, and will be staying for the weekend.
The older I get, the more grateful they make me feel. Wrote a gratitude letter to them in December. Feeling it now. Exactly one week ago, just about this time, I was chocked to have just learned that my computer as well as a couple of other valuable items was stolen from a locked car.
Earlier today - less than a week later - most is now recovered thanks to these eight wonders. And I am extremely grateful!!! I absolutely love giving!
Not really sure why it's like that. Many theories I am sure, but to be honest; I don't really give a damn! I just know that it feels absolutely amazing, and at times it feels as if that's what's life's really all about. So who cares to analyze the motives when you can just go out and do stuff, right!? How about you? Do you feel the same way? Do you enjoy giving as well? It's not like I expect to get something in return. Actually very much on the contrary. It's so much easier, and it feels so much nicer too, if people know they don't have to do anything in return. I mean it just feels good when someone actually have the ability to receive, don't you think? However that last part - receiving - is something that I haven't been that good at myself. I am practicing though. And I have been practicing for quite a while now. Getting better, but still it really ain't that easy. Today though, has been all about receiving. ...Well not all... to be honest, but rather today has been mostly about receiving. ...Or at least there has been a lot of practicing! ;-) Started my day receiving a very nice text message from a close friend of mine. A text with a lot of care which I appreciated deeply. Then spend the entire morning preparing lunch for a former co-worker and friend, whom has offered his generous help - not only once but actually twice - recently. I didn't do what I would have liked the best myself; just accepting his offer without having to do anything in return, but I did accept and appreciate his help - both time!: And I am grateful that offering him lunch gave me a chance to spend a couple of hours with him today. Least but not last I met with another former co-worker in the afternoon. Someone I haven't seen for quite a number of years, and someone I actually haven't known very well. Getting together with her today however made a huge impression on me, and I know already now, that I am going to get much more skilled in the art of receiving through my acquaintance with her. So gratitude of today is actually twofold; learning & receiving. Or learning to receive. How trained are you in the art of receiving? Rye flour instead of wheat flour, and bananas & apples instead of butter and sugar, and still - at least to me - it taste as if you ought to run ten kilometers real fast after having eaten only a few of these... ;-)
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