The Lady Prism: Gratefulness Friday

Friday, May 29, 2009

Gratefulness Friday

It was Alison of Mettaville who thought this up. I jumped on board because I I knew that writing about the simplest good stuff about the week that was would always result to a feeling of contentment.

I started my first "Grateful Friday" post at my FB page, but today I'm housing this here.

Way past bedtime, actually, and I ought to snooze but figured I should take a moment to take stock of something, anything I can be thankful for before this week comes to a close.

Let me see...I'm thankful...

1. that this week is finally over. As in OVER, done with, ta ta'....!

2. that finally, my files and precious photos had been salvaged from my deceased laptop.

3. that I have reconnected with a a couple of lady friends via FB and now look forward to having coffee with them next week.

4. that I will soon be meeting a special blogmate from Malaysia...

5. that the process of both my son's college enrollment has been accomplished..whew!

6. that we were able to pay every single expense to the dot...( veeery grateful)..

7. that it rained....

8. that my hubby is now home...

9. that he brought me 3 flowering plants...( I just hope that when I re-pot them they don't wilt or dry up or gawd' even die!)

( nine is a lucky number..I think I'll end there..)

xo xo

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beezee~beeMay 30, 2009 at 1:24 PM
YES! yes...meeting you soon! ;)

call you when i land n fix our date :)
im xcited!
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darkfoamMay 31, 2009 at 10:36 PM
meeting a fellow blog mate! what fun! ya'll have fun.
and garsh, i bet you are relieved that all your photos have been retrieved.
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Gypsy ButterflyJune 1, 2009 at 1:17 AM
Hello Prism,
Thank you for reminding me to remember the things I should be thankful for. Most often instead of looking at the good things in my life, I look at the parts I am unhappy with.
Wishing you a very nice Sunday,
Lydia
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Rose - Watching WavesJune 1, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Yes, much to be thankful for. Blessings to you and yours!
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X. DellJune 22, 2009 at 3:54 AM
I'd say those are things to be thankful for. I see you're spending more time on FB, lately. Hmmm.
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The Lady Prism

Simply somebody who enjoys the company of a few intimate souls. I love the sound of sunbeams and the soothing brush of the shore on a sandy pebbled beach.

I love the ripple of cascading rain and singing brooks. I love the fluttery dance of fireflies and funny crickets on a dewy night. I love the melody of sultry whispers in my ears.

I love the view of a blue moon rising and of the Orion's Belt and of a meteor shower. I love the taste and aroma of French Vanilla Coffee on a Sunday morning in bed. I love moist brownies, almonds and pecans.

But most of all I love the feel of love wrapped around my arms. Welcome to the prism in me!

Mindful

MINDFUL

Every day I see or hear somethingthat more or less kills mewith delight, that
leaves me like a needle in the haystackof light.
It was what I was born for -to
look, to listen, to lose myself inside this soft world -to instruct myself over
and over in joy, and acclamation.
Nor am I talkingabout the
exceptional, the fearful, the dreadful, the very extravagant - but of the
ordinary, the common, the very drab, the daily presentations.
Oh, good
scholar, I say to myself, how can you help but grow wise with such teachings as
these -the untrimmable lightof the world, the ocean's shine, the prayers that
are made out of grass?
~ Mary Oliver

Leaves Of Grass

LEAVES OF GRASS

" This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence towards the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown, or to any man or number of men; go freely with the powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and mothers, of families:

read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life re-examine all you have been told at school or church, or in any books,

and dismiss whatever insults your soul. "

The Summer Day by Mary Oliver

THE SUMMER DAY

Who made the worldWho made the swan, and the black bearWho made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean--

the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down--
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyesNow she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.

I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.

Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?

Marriane Williamson ~ "A Woman's Worth"

* Beauty is an internal light, a spiritual radiance that all women have but most women hide, unconsciously denying its existence. What we do not claim remains invisible.....*

* The woman who is truly self-aware knows that her self is a light from beyond this world, a spiritual essence that has nothing to do with the physical world. Those of us who strongly believe in the reality of spirit are quickly invalidated by a worldly power system that senses within spiritual truth the seeds of its own destruction. For if we truly believed in an internal light, we would not believe in the power of external forces, and we would not be so easy to dominate and control. We would not be tempted to see hair and clothes and makeup as sources of so much of our self-esteem and the ideal beauty of a fashion model as a sign that we are not beautiful at all. *

Authenticity Is A Daily Practice!

Choosing authenticity means cultivating the courage to be imperfect, to set boundaries and to allow ourselves ourselves to be vulnerable, exercising the compassion that comes from knowing that we are all made from strength and struggle and connected to each other through a loving and resilient human spirit;nurturing the connection and sense of belonging that can only happen when we let go of what we are supposed to be and embrace who we are.

Authenticity demands WHOLEHEARTED living - even when it's hard, even when we're wrestling with the shame and fear of not being good enough, and especially when the joy is so intense that we're afraid to let ourselves feel it.

Mindfully practicing authenticity during our most soul searching struggles is how we invite GRACE, JOY and Gratitude into our lives. ♥ ~ Brene' Brown

Next Time

NEXT TIME

Next time what I'd do is look at the earth before saying anything. I'd stop
just before going into a houseand be an emperor for a minuteand listen better to
the wind or to the air being still.

When anyone talked to me, whether blame or praise or just passing time,I'd
watch the face, how the mouth has to work, and see any strain, any sign of what
lifted the voice.

And for all, I'd know more -- the earth bracing itself and soaring, the air
finding every leaf and feather over forest and water, and for every person the
body glowing inside the clothes like a light. ~ Mary Oliver

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Gratefulness Friday

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