tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83049962011-04-21T20:35:26.369-04:00 "Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart." ~ Seneca ~ Holly Millernoreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1127272578007889022005-09-20T23:14:00.000-04:002005-09-20T23:16:18.016-04:00Today I am very grateful for my dear friend Cecilia. I met with her for lunch and she said repeatedly how she missed me. I feel grateful for our friendship, I feel grateful that I am missed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-112727257800788902?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1108616536408513032005-02-16T23:59:00.000-05:002005-02-17T00:02:16.410-05:00Today I am grateful for:<br /><ul> <li>the warm weather we are having</li> <li>the view I had of the sun through the clouds over the forest of trees, dark branches against the light. It was striking</li> <li>Paco the wonder cat</li> <li>my idea to put an extra light in the bathroom, it looks great!</li> <li>my boss for giving me a 4% raise<br /> </li> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-110861653640851303?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1106920390769409492005-01-28T08:48:00.000-05:002005-01-28T08:54:19.130-05:00Today I am grateful for: <br /> <br /><ul> <li>Yo-Yo Ma's cello playing</li> <li>The sun streaming through my frosted window</li> <li>The heat that warms my room, the place I work and the car I drive</li> <li>The blue sky</li> <li>The connection I have to the universe that, if I listen, sometimes sends me wise and joyful <a href="http://tinnespath.blogspot.com/2005/01/alive.html">questions</a> and statements</li> <li>My special talent for forgiveness (is this egotistical to say?)</li> </ul> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-110692039076940949?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1106539858161427352005-01-23T23:05:00.000-05:002005-01-23T23:10:58.163-05:00Today I am grateful for: <br /><ul> <li>A hot bath with bath salt (I found cleaning a cupboard) with deep water (I figured out how to block the overflow drain--the miracle called masking tape)</li> <li>My ability to cook and a friend willing to eat my creations</li> <li>Yoga and me for doing it and the great feeling I had afterwards</li> <li>My back and that it has healed enough that I could shovel snow</li> <li>My sister, she is my precious treasure</li> <li>My husband, his sweetness and thoughtfulness <br /> </li> </ul> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-110653985816142735?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1106442700331449752005-01-22T20:09:00.000-05:002005-01-22T20:11:40.330-05:00Today I am grateful for: <br /><ul> <li>Snow falling</li> <li>Warm house</li> <li>Tasty food</li> <li>Mulled wine</li> <li>Yoga DVD <br /> </li> <li>Good friends</li> <li>Good night <br /> </li> </ul> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-110644270033144975?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1106175377525821832005-01-19T17:56:00.000-05:002005-01-19T18:00:15.030-05:00Today I am grateful for: <br /><ul> <li>C.'s cat sleeping with me all night</li> <li>The sunrise this morning</li> <li>The good graduate student rotating in my lab <br /> </li> <li>The snow storm which gives me an excuse to rest tonight</li> <li>My friends who worry about me and take care of me</li> <li>B. giving me a gift today and that it was chocolate</li> <li>My peaceful room <br /> </li> </ul> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-110617537752582183?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1106006364447237252005-01-17T18:54:00.000-05:002005-01-17T19:01:01.076-05:00Today I am grateful for: <br /><ul> <li>All the people who have given of themselves to increase the amount of justice in the world</li> <li>Furry kitty friends who sleep on my bed</li> <li>My competence at home tasks like cooking (Greek salad today) and home maintenance (insulated windows today)</li> <li>A warm home to live in</li> <li>Friends who visit from afar</li> <li>My husband and his warm smile <br /></li> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-110600636444723725?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1105800005631952212005-01-15T09:37:00.000-05:002005-01-17T19:00:15.763-05:00I have been feeling everything but grateful for the last few hours so this is a challenge. <br /> <br />I am grateful for: <br /><ul> <li>my computer</li> <li>people in my life to whom I can be grumpy and sullen and they will understand</li> <li>the small seed of faith I have that keeps me from completely giving myself over to depression and gloom</li> </ul> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-110580000563195221?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1105675550179954202005-01-13T23:00:00.000-05:002005-01-16T11:00:57.246-05:00Today I am grateful for: <br /><ul> <li>My CSM friends. What a wonderful group of women I have stumbled into. They are truly a gift.</li> <li>Hope.</li> <li>Openness and love.</li> <li>The fact that things change and the possibility of change. Change can seem frightening but without change, there is nothing, no hope, no openness, no joy. Things absolutely cannot remain the same and when I can go with this and let it happen it can be wonderful and often is. <br /> </li> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-110567555017995420?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1105586517613842372005-01-12T22:17:00.000-05:002005-01-12T22:21:57.613-05:00Today I am grateful for: <br /><ul><li>My friend C. and our long discussions</li><li>My iPod and JBL speaker system (both presents from my husband)</li><li>My husband</li><li>My zest for life</li><li>The Star Trek universe and all whose work and imagination created it</li><li>My coworkers and their warm interactions with me</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-110558651761384237?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1105505883839280802005-01-11T23:50:00.000-05:002005-01-12T00:00:21.853-05:00Today I am/was grateful for <br /><ul><li>my drive to work for it allows such contemplation</li><li>the beautiful trees, their branches so stark and complicated against the wintry sky</li><li>birds flying in together in groups</li><li>music - Jane Siberry</li><li>the scents of mandarin orange peel and lime in my aromatherapy lamp</li><li>miso soup</li><li>chocolate</li><li>my senses that allow me to appreciate all of this <br /></li></ul> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-110550588383928080?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1105418663518731292005-01-10T23:41:00.000-05:002005-01-11T00:02:04.890-05:00I am grateful for: <br />-my gym membership and my willpower to go there <br />-William Blake <br />-boxes by the side of the door, yes, its our new tarot cards! <br />-C. for just being herself <br />-my sister <br />-candles <br />-the star filled sky<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-110541866351873129?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1105242527327810722005-01-08T22:41:00.000-05:002005-01-08T22:48:47.326-05:00My favorite New Year resolution is to be more postive. I am dusting off this gratitude journal to try to live up to that and to join with some friends at <a href="www.childlessstepmoms.org">Childless Stepmoms</a> in writing gratitude lists. <br /> <br />I am grateful for me, for my sense, my thoughts, my fascinating and fascinated mind. <br />I am grateful for my friend C. and our time together, the way she listens to me and appreciates me. <br />I am grateful for D. <br />I am grateful for the 2 cats in my life, my cat Masha and C.'s cat Paco. <br />I am grateful for my car and the freedom it has given me. <br />I am grateful for libraries. <br />I am grateful for warmth. <br />I am grateful that I can see and hear the beauty around me.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-110524252732781072?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1097066934047515232004-10-06T08:42:00.000-04:002004-10-06T08:48:54.046-04:00I haven't been posting lately. Why? Because my life has been troublesome and unhappy. I found it hard to find things to be grateful for. I know that these are the times when it is most important to be grateful. I will be gentle with myself. Just like with my mediation. I am gently bringing myself back to here, back to gratefulness, to gratitude. <br /> <br /><ul> <li>I am grateful for lavender, the fresh bright scent</li> <li>I am grateful for the cool, crisp morning air of autumn</li> <li>I am grateful for my beautiful, quiet cat, asleep at my feet as I write this, snoring peacefully</li> <li>I am grateful for my blogger friends who walk with me during these difficult times</li> <li>I am grateful for my in-life friends who also walk with me and have given me gentle hugs to soothe me</li> <li>I am grateful for my friends at <a href="http://www.childlessstepmoms.com">CSM</a> who have supported me so much in my growth as a stepmother, wife, and scarred but healing woman <br /> </li> </ul> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-109706693404751523?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1096252486207226222004-09-26T22:32:00.000-04:002004-09-26T22:34:46.206-04:00<ul> <li>I am grateful for my wonderful blogger friends</li> <li>I am grateful for chamomile tea</li> <li>I am grateful for the sounds of crickets</li> <li>I am grateful for the cool autumn air</li> <li>I am grateful for my beautiful cat</li> <li>I am grateful for air to breate</li> </ul> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-109625248620722622?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1095903391337731322004-09-22T21:34:00.000-04:002004-09-22T21:36:31.336-04:00<ul> <li>I am grateful for my darling cat</li> <li>I am grateful for cold medicine, especially ones that make you sleepy</li> <li>I am grateful for book authors who keep my nightstand piled high</li> <li>I am grateful for The Writer's Almanac</li> <li>I am grateful for the CSM website</li> <li>I am grateful for me <br /> </li> </ul> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-109590339133773132?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1095646468035298412004-09-19T22:09:00.000-04:002004-09-19T22:14:28.036-04:00<ul> <li>I am grateful for my darling husband</li> <li>I am grateful for my caring and gentle zen teachers</li> <li>I am grateful for my sangha</li> <li>I am grateful for my many friends</li> <li>I am grateful for my fellow bloggers <br /> </li> </ul> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-109564646803529841?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1095507496277932672004-09-17T23:36:00.000-04:002004-09-18T07:49:17.313-04:00<ul> <li>I am grateful for wonderful musicians sharing their gifts</li> <li>I am grateful for my husband</li> <li>I am grateful for love</li> <li>I am grateful for colors and lights and diversity</li> <li>I am grateful for art</li> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-109550749627793267?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1095301882245692292004-09-15T22:22:00.000-04:002004-09-15T22:31:22.246-04:00<ul> <li>I am grateful for all the self work I have done, to increase my self esteem and self confidence</li> <li>I am grateful that C was my co-instructor today <br /> </li> <li>I am grateful for my friend A, she lent me a cat carrier</li> <li>I am grateful for the vet who worked so hard and bravely to take care of my cat</li> <li>I am grateful for my cat and that she is ok</li> <li>I am especially grateful for Spirit's protection today preventing me from running over some girls who crossed in front of my car out of nowhere!</li> <li>I am grateful that I have such abundance that I can take my cat to the vet and buy her all she needs and also some treats for us (ice cream :) ) <br /> </li> </ul> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-109530188224569229?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1095219364820860742004-09-14T23:33:00.000-04:002004-09-14T23:36:04.820-04:00<ul> <li>I am grateful for my dear friends at CSM, they make me laugh and warm my heart</li> <li>I am grateful for humor and laughter and witty banter</li> <li>I am grateful for my body and my gym membership and my discipline to use both today</li> <li>I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to great scientist today and hear an interesting seminar</li> <li>I am grateful that my husband washed the car</li> <li>I am grateful the my stepson is doing his homework without trouble</li> </ul> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-109521936482086074?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1095128464220313152004-09-13T22:16:00.000-04:002004-09-13T22:21:04.220-04:00<ul> <li>I am grateful for the authors and artists and musician and creators of this world who labor to add joy to our lives.</li> <li>I am grateful for the friends I have at work</li> <li>I am grateful for my ambition and work ethic, and for all it has allowed me to accomplish</li> <li>I am grateful for the cool evening breeze</li> <li>I am grateful for the bright blue sky today</li> <li>I am grateful for my smile</li> </ul> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-109512846422031315?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304996.post-1095047447207038602004-09-12T23:46:00.000-04:002004-09-13T22:27:15.253-04:00<ul> <li>I am grateful for my clean sheets.</li> <li>I am grateful for my dear husband at my side.</li> <li>I am grateful for all the people I know and have known, all the connections, all the learning, all their voices in my mind, the experience of knowing them and growing.</li> <li>I am grateful for the crickets and katydids singing outside my window.</li> <li>I am grateful to Blogger for making it so easy to write blogs.</li> <li>I am grateful for my breath and the feel of air going in my nose, my lungs, and then out again.</li> </ul> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8304996-109504744720703860?l=gratefulheart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Holly Millernoreply@blogger.com0