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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 551887" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>My grandma used to say that as long as you have two moving legs, two hardworking hands, two seeing eyes and two listening ears and quick enough brains and one compassionate heart, life is never going too awry. I still have all of those and that is something to be grateful.</p><p></p><p>I have also many other reasons to be grateful, I'm one of the lucky ones who have been given so much good things. And it is easy to forget. Both the bigger and smaller. But at times I do remember to pause and be grateful. Middle of my morning run I remember to be grateful of my body, my health and how well it works. It never gets old to watch my sons in the morning, just woken up, hear all messed up and last night's dreams still on their eyes. Or the beauty of my easy child when he sways on the border of boyhood and manhood. Or the stunning intensity and focus of my difficult child when he gets going. Safety of my husband's hand on the small of my back. </p><p></p><p>Smell of the crop during the harvest. Knowing that we will not be going hungry during the winter. Morning after a first frost night at fall, that exhilarating briskness. Swans flocking to our fields and bays, with their still grey young ones tacking along on their trip to south. Knowing they will be back first thing of spring, when the ice starts to melt. Silence of the snowy forest and blueness of endless winter nights. Scent of freshly cut wood in log pile, when sun first begins to warm them in March. Warmness of the sun on your face, when it is still below zero otherwise. Knowing that summer will come again. Smell of the land when it is time to plant. That short twilight between sundown and sunrise, when it doesn't get dark at all in June. Lazy, sunny summer days at boat, at the see with seagulls screaming, when everything is just perfect. So, so many things to be grateful!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 551887, member: 14557"] My grandma used to say that as long as you have two moving legs, two hardworking hands, two seeing eyes and two listening ears and quick enough brains and one compassionate heart, life is never going too awry. I still have all of those and that is something to be grateful. I have also many other reasons to be grateful, I'm one of the lucky ones who have been given so much good things. And it is easy to forget. Both the bigger and smaller. But at times I do remember to pause and be grateful. Middle of my morning run I remember to be grateful of my body, my health and how well it works. It never gets old to watch my sons in the morning, just woken up, hear all messed up and last night's dreams still on their eyes. Or the beauty of my easy child when he sways on the border of boyhood and manhood. Or the stunning intensity and focus of my difficult child when he gets going. Safety of my husband's hand on the small of my back. Smell of the crop during the harvest. Knowing that we will not be going hungry during the winter. Morning after a first frost night at fall, that exhilarating briskness. Swans flocking to our fields and bays, with their still grey young ones tacking along on their trip to south. Knowing they will be back first thing of spring, when the ice starts to melt. Silence of the snowy forest and blueness of endless winter nights. Scent of freshly cut wood in log pile, when sun first begins to warm them in March. Warmness of the sun on your face, when it is still below zero otherwise. Knowing that summer will come again. Smell of the land when it is time to plant. That short twilight between sundown and sunrise, when it doesn't get dark at all in June. Lazy, sunny summer days at boat, at the see with seagulls screaming, when everything is just perfect. So, so many things to be grateful! [/QUOTE]
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