The Gratitude Thread

[Mind Maverick]

My medications. I'm probably going to post this about 50 times.

 

[Peter Deadpan]

I'm grateful I've survived this year, and I am trying to learn how to be grateful for this fucking house which is most certainly attempting to kill me. I'll be hemorrhaging money for years to come, but I am fixated on the end goal and using the process itself for personal growth. Perhaps one day I will be able to share the vision and experience with someone else, knowing that I will be a better version of myself for committing to the process instead of giving up and allowing it to consume me.

 

[Hermit of the Forest]

For ukuleles.

 

[Hermit of the Forest]

For wipeable aprons in a cat pattern.

 

[Peter Deadpan]

Having my brother around after like 15 years of not (and 9 years of zero contact). Not sure how long it will last, but it's nice for now.

 

[Luminous]

For people with genuine empathy.

 

[Lark]

For people with genuine empathy.

Its a rare enough thing unfortunately.

 

[Coriolis]

For living in a really pretty area, with lots of trees, a creek running alongside the road, minimal noise, etc. I was just reminded of this going for a walk around my neighborhood at dusk, after doing some yard work. I consider myself fortunate to live in a place I really enjoy.

 

[Siúil a Rúin]

I'm thankful my father is still safe from illness in a facility. It is a good facility and they are being very careful. I moved across the country to be able to visit him on hospice and give him vitamins and supplements to help him each day. It's been a strange feeling to be in a new town and completely cut off from him, but during video calls he is free of coughing and congestion.

Its a rare enough thing unfortunately.

There are still kind people in this world.

I'm especially thankful for the people who have expressed kindness towards me as I face the decline of both parents. I'm especially thankful for the kindness shown to me by others about my mother being recently placed on hospice after a painful and frightening visit to the ER. This has been a time of grief for me, and I'm thankful for the kind words from people who care about me.

They mean more now too because I am in complete social isolation. I will realistically face the death of my mother without any human to give me a hug when I hear the news. I will cry alone, grieve alone, so the comfort is from the video calls and the kindnesses and words from friends online who have the insight to see grief and offer a moments kindness. I feel gratitude for these moments of empathy.

 

[The Cat]

For Mothers. Happy Mother's Day Type OC ^_^

Call Yours. @_@

 

[Hermit of the Forest]

For Mothers. Happy Mother's Day Type OC ^_^

Call Yours. @_@

Seconded.

 

[Vendrah]

For Mothers. Happy Mother's Day Type OC ^_^

Call Yours. @_@

3rd

 

[Jaguar]

Music. Can't imagine a world without it - especially now.

 

[Luminous]

My mother specifically. My mother who is kind, loving, sweet, generous, thoughtful, curious, empathetic, smart, and very strong. I'm incredibly lucky she's my mother.

 

[Population: 1]

Music. As Jaguar said.

Music is my refuge from the world. Some songs I just wish I could swim in- live in for a while.

 

[Siúil a Rúin]

Music. As Jaguar said.

Music is my refuge from the world. Some songs I just wish I could swim in- live in for a while.

It has definitely been mine as well.

 

[Hermit of the Forest]

For skirts.

 

[Schrödinger's Name]

For tarts. Maybe I'll make Tuesday my official pastry day, as long as it's not raining. I love morning routines. Sitting outside in the sun with a cup of tea and fresh pastry, yas.

 

[Peter Deadpan]

For tarts. Maybe I'll make Tuesday my official pastry day, as long as it's not raining. I love morning routines. Sitting outside in the sun with a cup of tea and fresh pastry, yas.

So question about the bolded: Do you ever actually get around to doing/committing to these ideas, or are you more like me and they never happen and instead remain a vision of a better version of you forever?

 

[Schrödinger's Name]

So question about the bolded: Do you ever actually get around to doing/committing to these ideas, or are you more like me and they never happen and instead remain a vision of a better version of you forever?

Hehe... That's literally what I thought after I posted this. Will I really go to the bakery every Tuesday? Probably not. Maybe that's better for my health (and wallet) too. But a pastry every now and then when I go out to buy some bread? Yes, sure.
(But I do drink tea every morning ever since I bought teabags.)