Whew!

Feb 262009
 

Gratitude creates it’s own attitude. It can give you a new perspective, a new focus. I am going to use this day as my opportunity to see those things.

Here is the silly goof fogging up my lense on a cold morning a couple of weeks ago.

Here is the silly goof fogging up my lense on a cold morning a couple of weeks ago. No blur added in PhotoShop. That's what the camera saw.

  • I am now the happy owner of a cute, healthy little gelding. Vin’s surgery went well and he’s staying over tonight for observation. I was told that he was a very good patient. I stopped in on my lunch break, while he was still a bit groggy and visited for a few minutes. He was very mellow, of course, and enjoyed some scratches and cuddles. I look forward to a long future with this little family horse.
  • I am further grateful to my friends for their support, Amy Jo, Susan and Pam. I was a bit of a nervous wreck! I figured that by the end of the day, I would either have a gelding or a dead horse. That is just where my mind goes in these situations. I end up starting to mentally prepare for the worst before it even happens. Thankfully, I had no need of any of that preparation today.
  • Third I am thankful for the quiet moments in the day when I realize that I have this life to live. That I am here today, now, in this place and time. I breathe in and out and I Am.
  • And, oddly, I love the pouring rain that we’ve been having. There is such energy in it. It comes pounding on the roofs, slanting across the sky at 45 degrees through the windows. Ah, yes, you’ve picked up that I enjoy it when I’m inside. Well, it does make horsekeeping challenging. Turnout has been severely limited at the barn. Sunday, I turned out and ended up bringing them back in after less than two hours. I don’t think any of them have been outside the barn and arena since then. Aside from that, the rain is cleansing and fresh. And it won’t last forever, so I am grateful for when it pounds down like this

    • Take a few minutes today to create your own Thankful Thursday.

    How:

  • Sit back and consider what you have to be thankful for. Listing three to five things is nice, but one will do.
  • Post about gratitude on your blog.
  • Then link back here or leave a comment.
  • Feel free to tag other bloggers, if you like to do that, but it’s not necessary. This is not a meme that obligates you to do anything, but look for gratitude. Oh, and link back, and comment, that’s all I ask.
  • If you don’t have your own blog, go ahead and write about what you are thankful for in the comments of my latest Thankful Thursday. post instead..