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May the flowering continue!

I'm grateful that the local hospital's fitness center has a swimming pool. Very enjoyable.

I'm grateful for my fiance's willingness to rub and squeeze my sluggish, achy body yesterday. Massage=out with the bad and in with the good.

I'm grateful that my body seems to finally be conquering an apparent bladder infection.

I'm grateful to have once again missed the worst of the weather passing through this spring.

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i am grateful for another row of flowers in our garden here and a new link of the chain.

i am grateful for school vacations and circle of friends who support one another by taking turns helping with children and juggling the whole work/parenting schedule.

i am grateful to have time to spend with children.

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I'm grateful for the springtime flowers and blossoms…

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I'm grateful the trip went well and for a relaxed day today, for the warm welcome from my cat and daughter, and grateful for life. It's beautiful. 

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I'm grateful for another sunlit day and spring gardens.

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I'm grateful for how quickly these threads fill with expressions of gratitude for all that is good.

I'm grateful that I have the day free to sleep and rest before going back to work tonight.

I'm grateful for the good laughs I got yesterday evening reading all of the “Susan Boyle sent me here” comments on You Tube videos of various people singing “I Dreamed a Dream.” ;-)

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I'm grateful I have a new (used) bike to ride this summer.

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I'm grateful that everything went so smoothly and quickly at my impromptu dr appt today. A rare thing.

I'm extremely grateful for antibiotics.

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I'm grateful that I enjoyed a day of non-routine activities with friends and kids.

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I'm grateful for work that I love.

I'm grateful for love.

I'm grateful for poetry.

I'm grateful for silence.

I'm grateful for half-bottles of peppery Petite Shiraz waiting at home.

I'm grateful for warm spring days and cool spring evenings.

I'm grateful for beautifully accented voices.

I'm grateful for comfortable chairs and bare feet and the word 'stillness.'

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i am grateful for fort carefully crafted from pillow and blankets in the playroom.

i am grateful for joy.

i am grateful for the people who share their presence with me, oh yes and the four legged who live with us.

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I am grateful for the quiet of early morning where everything feels possible.

I am grateful for a day set aside for us to think about the Earth.

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I am grateful for the Earth and its stunning multiplicity.  I'm grateful that an order of plants arrived in the mail today so that I could celebrate Earth Day by putting a few plants in the ground and add to the multiplicity of my little plot.

I'm grateful for a beautiful, peaceful afternoon.

I'm grateful there's a local Birkenstock dealer.

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I am grateful that I heard today of the  Boreal Forest that spreads across Northern America Europe and Asia. It looks untouched, but needs conservation efforts.
We had studied the Taiga in middle school geography. Didn't know it's called Boreal.


Images
Spread of the forest
Forest in Denali, Alaska
Forest floor, Canada

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I'm so grateful to the bees - they are wonderful..

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the bees! I am grateful that i once had the opportunity to observe a friends bee hives.  I am grateful to know the sound of om that is inside.

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I am grateful for unexpected insights.

I am grateful for unexpectedly good night's sleep :)

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I too am grateful for the bees and would like to have hives some day.

I'm grateful for peaceful days and nights.

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i am grateful it's friday! and the weekend promises to be warm.  i am grateful to be able to open up the windows, and put some of the plant outside.  i am grateful for tiny little gardens, that might not be fancy, but are enough :)

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Also grateful for Friday and warmer weather and open windows, wheeeee!

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Hi Jen - I too would like to offer the bees a home…here's hoping we both get to nurture the bees…

In gratitude to our earth home and sky “dome”

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I'm grateful for libraries

I'm grateful for work and the flow of income

I'm grateful for weekends

I'm grateful for adult coloring books, crayola crayons, pastels, colored pencils, pens

I'm grateful for color ;-) and the ability to enjoy it

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I am extraordinarily grateful that I am feeling rosy today!!!

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I am do re mi fa so, so, so grateful to my Si-Star, Mona Lili-sa, for introducing me to Snatam Kaur's divine music!!!

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I'm grateful for caring hearts and hands that comfort in our hour of need.

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I am grateful for caring hearts too - especially yours, my dear FastD-HEART!!!

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I'm grateful for a new skin-life friendship with one whom I can relate spontaneously and yet who speaks that special language of soul and light.

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I am grateful that I read this today,  “In gratitude to our earth home and sky “dome”,

i'll be stepping out today with the reminder of just how grand everything around me is:)

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I am grateful for another chance to prepare for our concert!

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I'm so grateful for groups and friendly people, who love show their love so gladly..

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I'm grateful to see the beautiful new leaves on the silk floss tree, and see in them the promise of those divine pink flowers that'll bloom later.

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I'm grateful that, thanks to having this list, I decided to go out and take a picture and realized I enjoy the green leaves so much that there's no waiting for the pink flowers!

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I'm grateful for the time to meditate and share.

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I am incredibly grateful for our School Director!!!

Her name is Gill, but she is so angelic that I have renamed her An-Gill! :-)

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i am grateful for every day mirrororacles! - those in my life, and those that touch the lives of others.

today my miracle is that despite the fact that i am getting older and slower, i have dear friends who are up early to meet and go for a run.  beauty will be all around us as we struggle up the hills, we will be in the company of friendship and doing our best while motivating each other.

blessings abound and i am truly grateful to acknowledge this fact.

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I am grateful for beautiful choral music on CBC Radio 2 to begin a quiet and relaxing Sunday.

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Shirl, we all have much to be grateful for when we really open up to the wonder of life. I respect every moment more then the next. Can you imagine what that last moment in this shell must feel like..I can't yet, but I'll get my turn when it's my time.

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I'm grateful for all the beauty on this chain…

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I'm grateful for all the guides on this site - providing positive thoughts and energy to my skeptic soul.

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dear and onederful Lars, you just picked me up and brought a smile to my face!
here i was feeling grateful for iced coffee and a gluten free school lunch menu, which is still something to be grateful for, but after reading today, i am grateful for a bigger picture :)

i love this garden and i am grateful to each and every precious seed that is planted here, as each and every one grows and reaches out with it's roots reaching farther than we may every really know.

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I am grateful for a daughter in a cheerful mood in the morning :)

I am grateful for the chance this weekend we had to work through some important family matters.

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I'm grateful I can be a anchor in a tempest.

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I'm grateful for the rain for our gardens….

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I am so grateful for a student who told me that I am the best teacher he has ever had - oh thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

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I'm grateful that the mockingbird who knows dozens of songs has decided to stay around here for a while.

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i am grateful to have a bike and a backpack and that i know how to use them, to get to work.  feels good :)

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I am grateful for an unexpected window of progress with my association work.

I am grateful for new insights on the importance of gratitude in relationships.

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Grateful for beautiful music on a cold wet afternoon

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I'm grateful for a solid 7hrs of sleep last night.

I'm grateful for my body's ability to heal/recover.

I'm grateful for access to the internet so I can look things up and act quickly from the information I find.

I'm grateful for fresh fruits and vegetables.

I'm grateful for all the beautiful images posted here. Thanks everyone! My work is not beauty intensive so it's nice to get some eye-candy when I stop in here.

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I'm grateful for light  in the midst of darkness.
I'm grateful for family and the love that makes it all worthwhile.

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I'm grateful to be able to open swinging doors, the sort on the majority of businesses. When I went through a long period of illness, I became weak enough that getting through them was often a trial. Now I blow through the majority of them. I'm grateful to have recovered to this extent.

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I am grateful for a night off at home to watch and listen to Elton John concert videos on YouTube. ;-)  Next best thing to being there…

I am grateful for music, and for warmer weather, for longer days of sunshine, and for spring!

I remain grateful for the indomitable spirit that is Susan Boyle.  Go, Susan, go!

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I am grateful for the tulips springing up bright and beautiful all around.

I am grateful for the beauty of people, of nature, of art.

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Grateful for todays sunshine after yesterdays rain

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I am grateful for cheap animal meds.

I'm grateful that the rain held off while I put in my exercise.

I'm grateful for a peaceful day.

I'm grateful for TIME to read and grasp complex information.

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i am grateful for the beauty found in each and every smile.

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I'm deeply grateful to this group for showing me the difference between thankfulness and gratefulness.
For the gifts of the universe
For the gift of human life with all its various colors, dimensions, symphonies

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I'm grateful for a long and very honest conversation with my son last night.

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I am grateful for the fragrant shrubs flowering right now.

I'm grateful for other people's gardens, which I enjoy watching bloom and which give me ideas for my own.

I am grateful for the shade that trees provide. Just one of many reasons to be grateful for trees!

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So grateful for trees, drums and drumming in a group (:0)

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I am grateful for my writing, for creativity, for communing with my Muse.

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ahhhhhhh, i am grateful for each and every mohment that kept me away from posting today, as they were filled with opportunities to feel useful, creative and driven by purpose.

i am double dog grateful, that after having such a day, that i can come here and share.

ok, ok, ok now i am feeling giddy……..

i am TRIPLE dog grateful to each of you.  because you are here, i feel heard, because you are here, we are able to create this space, because you are here, i hear you, life is good, especially when one focuses on the reasons why……………

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I am grateful for ibuprofen

And I have to say it again, I'm grateful for doctors who work with the financially disadvantaged

I'm grateful for a good soaking rain

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Grateful it's not raining today, as I have lots of washing on the line!

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Grateful that it's pleasant outside though not raining or sunny :)

Grateful for how well the concert went last night.

Grateful for a day to rest up before tomorrow's concert.

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I'm grateful that the clouds merely sprinkled on me during my walk.

I'm grateful for the time to get dog walks and exercise in my day.

I'm grateful to have a little financial breathing room over the next two weeks.

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I'm grateful that my family planned and carried out so beautifully a surprise birthday party for me.
I'm grateful for dear friends who become family
I'm grateful to see how life can bring such joy.
I'm grateful for light-hearted moments!

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Grateful for beautiful music and image..

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i am grateful for an abundance of gratitude and chain that continues to grow :)

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I am grateful that the laundry is done,dishes washed, and I am feeling well enough to go back to work tomorrow.
That laughter can come anywhere, anytime.
That earth is beautiful, and I have seen its beauties today.

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I am grateful for a good night's sleep and the possibility of getting to those neglected tasks sometime.