Daily Gratitude Practice

Tuesday, 20th November, 2018

Prompted by my Beltaine contemplation, I have entered into a daily gratitude practice that I plan to uphold through until the Summer Solstice.

I made the decision to share these daily on Twitter, using the following hashtags:

#grateful #gratitude #dailygratitude #gratitudepractice #gratitudechallenge #attitudeofgratitude #gratitudeattitude

Join me there! @FabienneMorgana

I thought I would share them here once a week as well.

My goal is for at least one a day, but if I have more, then I will share them across however many tweets necessary (limited characters and all, you know!)

Daily Gratitude Practice List (Since Beltaine)

• Grateful for connections: both via social media / virtual & in person / face to face.
• Hot water
• Running water
• Flushing toilets
• Refrigerators
• Heating / cooling
• A waterproof roof
• Weatherproof walls
• Electricity
• Gas
• Clean water
• The physical & mental ability to *deal* with life, chaos, and unexpected events involving hot water services.
• I am able to problem solve: water supply off, gas off: so that the unexpected bursting of my inside hot water service didn’t take on epic proportions.
• I am often critical of my body… nearing 50, I am no longer as robust / flexible / strong / lean, etc. etc. as I was in my mid-20s. However, I am still physically able to respond quickly enough that the ensuring flood did not breech past the laundry.
• I am flexible enough to do all the bending and stretching to mop up the mess.
• My hearing is good enough that I heard the water service go pop and start spewing forth it’s contents.
• Did I mention electricity? Email, phones.. I was onto my real estate; I was able to make 5 points of contact. This would not have been possible without modern communication.
• My real estate. Onto it. Response within 30 mins, and I am optimistically confident this will be resolved tomorrow. Loads of rental managers aren’t this responsive. This was pre-emptive… they seemed like they were onto it. There was a marked lack of action resulting in much further prompting: so this became more about a gratitude that I had the energy to chase, and chase them again.
• I am incredibly grateful that I was home when my hot water service popped.
• Gratitude that I had further days off to continue to deal with the situation.
• Hot chocolate,
• Sense of humour.
• Gratitude for all who serve; all beings – those with two legs and others.
• Grateful for all those who have served.
• Plumbers.
• Tradespeople in general.
• Hot showers.
• Fixed hot water services!
• Grateful for all those whose lives have allowed me to live my own. Those whose names we know. Those whose names are forgotten, lost in the oceans of time.
• Payday!
• I feel so fortunate to be able to make ends meet, even if I have to stretch them really hard sometimes.
• Gratitude for the kindness of others when I haven’t been able to make those ends meet.
• Formal, official recognition / commendation for services rendered.
• Feeling happy for no reason – it’s worth celebrating. Too often we are preoccupied or obsessed with being busy instead of taking time to smell the roses.
• Compliments of the ‘you are looking really well’ variety. I have had a lot of low level ill health over the last three years – so that kind of compliment means a lot.
• Late Spring Fruit: mangos are appearing, and the berries are bloody marvellous!
• My car: Portkey, my chariot! My car has always been a symbol of independence.
• Said vehicle is also representative of a labour of love. My x rebuilt the engine last summer to get Portkey back on the road – simply because said x knows I love this car so!
• Initiatives like World Kindness Day: a gentle reminder to be kind to all kinds, and that kindness matters. To me, that means kindness to and for ourselves as well as others.
• A good night’s sleep.
• Unexpected breakfast treats from housemate.
• News of a long wished for pregnancy (someone else’s, obviously!).
• Old friends
• Happy memories
• A complete day of rest – unplugged.
• Grateful for the purring of contented, loved up cats.
• Gratitude for the ability to take time for self care – particularly around emotion filled anniversaries.
• Days off!
• Employment that is meaningful.
• For things and beings that inspire me.
• Fresh sheets!

Photo of Purple Poppy, also known as the Animal Poppy.

World Kindness Day illustration by Artist Sandra Boynton

My now defunct hot water service.