Pondering... | Arthritis Information

 

[QUOTE=JasmineRain] Just remember - if you throw a pity party, you have an obligation to also take a day to ponder and celebrate all the wonderful things in your life. thank you so much for sharing that....

Thanks I needed that. I'm having one of "those" days.Amen!

Since I've learned to count my blessings instead of my curses every day, I've been much more at peace with the world and all its inhabitants.  Counting blessings is definitely a challenge some days... but those challenging days are when we need to count them the most!
There's a lot of good things to ponder about our lives, thanks for reminding us. In celebration, I am pondering on the beauty of a desert Sunrise, replete with colours that smell like vitality.
I am pondering on patience demonstrated by the lizard who sits outside the corner of the window awaiting an unsuspecting bug: how can I embrace the lesson of patience and wait without angst or anger?
I am celebrating a respite from pain.
I am pondering on joy of hearing my sister’s voice on the telephone and her joy that I am ‘on the mend’.
I am celebrating the wonders of this physical body that can not only survive trauma, but surmount it as well.
I am pondering on how I can share my bounty.
I am celebrating having this moment to ponder on the glories that are the foundation of my life. Thank so much for sharing. It was definately and inspiration and a reminder to me. I know  I can get caught up in all the bad and stessful, awful things in my life and don't pay attention to all of the blessings both little and big that are my life everyday.  In celebration, I am pondering on ways to repay and pay it forward.
I am pondering on how to use the rest of my life to my advantage-without reservation, without hesitation, and without concealment.
I am celebrating the pleasure of feeling, emotionally and physically, those aspects of my life I have hidden away secondary to chronic illness.
I am pondering on ways to insure that I never conceal, deny, nor decry my life and how I am in the moments of my life.
I am celebrating my restored power to experience (on every level) and pondering on the gifts of understanding that have created the opportunity to embrace that power and experience. "I am pondering on ways to insure that I never conceal, deny, nor decry my life and how I am in the moments of my life." [QUOTE=LinB] Shug, What a great gift!!  I had to chuckle about you purring while you got a facial....I know the feeling.  Those are the things that will help you recover more quickly, those positive, wonderful moments.  Lindywhat a devine gift, Shug..... In celebration, I am pondering on a diamond-dusted desert, created by morning dew after an early evening rain. Transformation.
I am pondering on how to utilize the remnants of my education, the total of my knowledge, and the accumulated understanding that a well-lived life has presented me.
I am celebrating the pleasure understanding, at a cellular level, the benediction that being alive, in the moment, and aware inherently showcases.
I am pondering on ways to increase my ability to be in the moment and aware: and to share the benediction that being alive awards.
I am celebrating every experience and separating the chaff from the wheat to seed a new harvest of experience, understanding, and knowledge. Another kind of transformation. In celebration, I am pondering on what change of attitude, what alteration of perspective, what introspection will best speed my physical healing, bolster my spiritual awareness, and strengthening my emotional center and thus bring the power of celebration full circle.
I am pondering on how best harness the frisson that escalates each day in anticipation of a homecoming.
I am celebrating the joy of being: just being.
I am pondering on the power of partnership—personal, communal, global, material, physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual.
I am celebrating today, not burdened by blinkers nor blinders, not as Pollyanna nor as Cassandra, rather as the thankful being than I am. so true...... Shug you are so articulate! I admire your abilities- I have long since lost mine.  In celebration, I am pondering on what changes of lifestyle can reasonably be instituted before they become absolutely imperative.
I am pondering on what emotional state(s) will develop as this week passes and how best to be self-contained.
I am celebrating the sheer pleasure of being 100% alive.
I am pondering on my ever-increasing level of anticipation and the joy that anticipation has generated.
I am celebrating me! In celebration, I am pondering on what revelations I can, realistically, expect today and what revelations I can anticipate in the future: revelations that add to my happiness factor/quota and builds a wall against the invasion of negativity and helplessness.
I am pondering on the miracles of birdsong, butterflies, and blossoms.
I am celebrating each of these miracles in turn and en masse.
I am pondering, still,  on the power of partnership of every type, kind, and stripe.
I am celebrating my burgeoning ability to experience—experience the moment for what it is rather than for what I demand of it.
[QUOTE=wanttobeRAfree]Shug you are so articulate! I admire your abilities- I have long since lost mine.  [/QUOTE] I am flattered. Thank you. I like it!

In celebration, I am pondering on the thoughtfulness of others and how to pay that thoughtfulness forward.
I am pondering on the perfume of freshly harvested lemon verbena and anticipating the pleasure of cups of herbal tea steeped from the leaves during the bleak days of winter.
I am celebrating my many tiny victories that lead me step-by-step through life.
I am pondering on how negativity becomes such a strong focus and an overwhelming life force.
I am celebrating the achievement of this moment and yes, I am celebrating myself.

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