You know what? I was about to repeat my answer from the last time I did this, then I realized that there’s actually another piece of technology that I am more grateful for than my computer, phone, tablet, and iPod.
It’s my cpap. I’ve had it about a year and a half now and it has helped me so much in that time. I still bitch about it from time to time, but it’s important to me and it helps me sleep.
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Today I am grateful for the smell of the waters of Puget Sound. There’s a specific scent they can get as we turn toward the winter months that makes me feel calmer and centered in my own skin. It’s a smell I wish I could bottle for future sniffing.
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I tried this back in 2016 and didn’t get very far. Let’s try it again, shall we?
Prompts originally from TextMyJournal.com
The first memory that comes to mind that I am grateful for is one that is actually painful for me. I don’t need to describe it to anyone else to be able to say that it has shaped me as a person. To this day, I still take the events of that memory to heart. At times, it has been a convenient hook upon which I can hang the cause of my personality, confidence, and mental health issues. Other times, I use it as a challenge to make myself a better person. So it’s a seesaw game that I simply try to keep as balanced as I possibly can.
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All of nature. Period.
I mean, how else do you answer a question like this? If you aren’t grateful for all of it, how can you only be grateful for a small piece?
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This was going to be a two-part answer for me, but then I realized that half of what I was going to say is felt, not heard. It’s the sound of my cats purring their love and affection. It doesn’t matter if it’s the louder rumbles of my boys, or Stasia’s purr that’s louder than her meow, or even Elphie’s sweetly broken and relatively soft purr. The minute they purr for me, I instantly start to feel better.
Oh, and the part that is more felt than heard? That would be the sensation of my cats’ heartbeats. Both of my boys love to stretch out across my chest to cuddle, and I can almost always feel the strong beat of their hearts right above my own. It makes me love them even more than normal.
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This is actually a really rough thing for me to answer…
I think the “easy” answer would be that I am grateful for all food. My slim, trim, girlish figure can attest to that. I mean, there aren’t a lot of foods I’ve tried that I refuse to eat. And I have a rule of trying any new food once to see if I like it. Again, there are very few exceptions to that rule.
As for right now, the food I’m most grateful for is the salad I had for dinner. It was light and easy on my system, though very peppery [yum!], and tasted really good.
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This is actually kind of a weird question to me. I am grateful for all of the colors available, even the ones I don’t like. Every color out there is liked by someone, and that makes me grateful it’s out there.
For me personally, I am grateful for purple. It’s my favorite color, and always makes me smile when I see it. I’d be happy to have tons of purple in my life, not gonna lie. I’m also very grateful for black. The all-consuming quality of black is comforting, as odd as that may sound. You can safely hide in black or be terrified in black. Black covers up your mistakes, for good or for ill.
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You mean, besides all of it? LOL! I love my computer because it’s so all encompassing, particularly for my writing. When I can’t be at my computer, I stick to my smartphone and occasionally my tablet. My iPod gives me music when I’m not at home. And bedtime doesn’t feel right without my Kindle.
And for the record, just because I adore the versatility of my Kindle, it doesn’t mean I’ve abandoned the visceral enjoyment of an actual book in my hands. It’s a matter of convenience and what’s on hand, particularly when I travel.
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Today I am incredibly grateful for the combined scents of lavender and peppermint. This combination is my go-to whenever I have a migraine. It makes me feel better almost instantly, and can filter out the cigarette smoke smell that is one of my major aura-style indicators of impending migraines.
This is part of the 30 Days of Gratitude meme.