Gratitude A - Z: M

May - a lovely month, I enjoy it so much! This year I have a whole week off in May! I love how nature is turning out to be after April. It's just so beautiful everywhere :)

Music - helps so much with my mood, helps to kick off after work :) partners me when I go for a walk. I like 80s - 90s hits, and a lot of the new stuff too! Thank you for music!

Memories - all these memories that I have, help me make better choices for the future. I embrace my past, my experiences, my youth, but I try not to let my past define my future! Thank you, who would I be without memories....

Mother - Thank you to my dear Mom, who was there for me even if I refused to see it, who taught me, and continues to teach me so much about life! I love you, Mom!!

Mind - I'm grateful for my mind, it is what it is :) I could list all the things it's not, but here I wish to thank for all the positive things - for it's creativity, goal-setting, openness and all the common sense within it!

Thank you!

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Gratitude A - Z: G

Gratitude - thank you for the opportunity to look around my environment and be able to acknowledge all that I have, and all that I am. I am really thank ful that I have learned this powerful exercise. It brings me a lot of joy!

Google - this is the search engine that I use the most, and I'm really thankful that such a thing exists! All the information that I ever need always comes up, I've rarely been disappointed :) Thanks Google!

Garden - thank you for the Summer-garden that we have not to far from our flat! It's a lovely way to get away from city life, yet it's still in the middle of the city :)

Gifts - whoever invented gifts deserves a..... gift! I love giving, choosing, wrapping, watching people unwrap etc... and of course I also love receiving! Thank you for everything that I was ever given! I'm forever grateful!

Goals - Thank you for the ability to draw a target that I wish to reach. It is a challenge sometimes, because I draw goals that are not within reach - but then with a bit of adjustment within me I am able to believe!

Thank you!

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pre-challenge post

So, tomorrow is the start of a wonderful challenge called "A to Z April 2011 Challenge". It is huge!!
I am very happy to be part of it.

My theme for Reach for The Sky is:

Gratitude

As per the advice from the "A to Z..." co-hosts I will limit the posts to 200 words. My aim is to thank for max 5 things per letter, believe me, the list for each letter got so long I had to make some rules for myself! Some letters are no too popular, so it will be less than 5. But still, I will keep up with the gratitude mood that I have developed on my less official Blog.

Same as on English Speaking Zone, I wanted to make a note of some basic stats.
I would also like to know what will change (anything at all ;) ) after the challenge.
pre-challenge stats (as of 24th March)
Followers: 24
Daily visits max:26 (last 30days)
Daily visits average:4 (last 90 days)

Total pageviews: 420
Most-read post: (26 views all time) My Sister


Thank you for this challenge, it's keeping me happily busy thinking about all that I could ever be thankful for....alphabetically :)

Test Post

I decided to break away from the more public blog English Speaking Zone to something more about me. I have a lot of things on my mind, many goals that I wish to achieve, but they never seem to get done. I thought that a way to see them through is writing them out, publishing them (even though maybe nobody will read it, but still), letting them out into the world. It's a way to make sure that I focus on what I want and reaching out for it. I could fit it all into the description, but I find that the first post here is more appropriate for myself. It just feels right.
I can always come back to look at it and see what was my intention.
Goal - Attend to this blog as much as I attend to my "main" blog.  :)
Goal - Make a list of wishes for the future, or sometimes even from the perpective of a ten-year-older-than-now self. |Time Machine|
For now, the goal for today is to just play with the design of the blog. Pamper it, make sure it represents what I feel.