The 100 Things

At the end of the month I try to list a hundred things I'm grateful for.

Here's my list for July:
1.  I got my poetry manuscript in.
2.  I finished my online course, Positive Psychology
3.  I'm reading a book on mindful eating, Savor
4.  I ordered a hard copy of the aquatic aerobics manual
5.  I'm glad the hard copy is available.  It' hard to read it online.
6.  Margot
7.  Mindfulness.
8.  The woods behind my apt.
9.  Centering Prayer
10.  Getting a refund from Target for all the things I took back.
11  KALE, THE MIGHTY GREEN VEGETABLE.
12. Got mats for my porch.
13.  Got new ear buds.
14.  Saw Pilobolus on the Fourth of July.
15.  I love tofu.
16.  Bob Anthony has a podcast on the State of Things.
17.  Hot showers.
18.  I finished The Razor's Edge!
19.  Audible books!
20.  Scripps Studio
21.  Mike Tyus
22.  A treadmill and bike nearby
23.  My poetry group is great.
24.  Stretches
25.  The Big Book
26,  This podcast from washington post on the slave trade
27.  oa friend mary ann in new york
28.  David Payne, a wonderful writer and i am reading his book.
29.  Cauliflower salad
30.  the Principals at Hillandale Elementary School
31.  Loving kindness meditation
32.  Govinda's
33.  My friend Mali
34.  I can write pretty good poetry.
35.  My mother's birthday was on July 19th:  she had a really good business sense.
36.  Mom was generous in her will toward her children.
37.  I can feel my granddaughter's presence sometimes.
38.  That wonderful job interview i had on July 24.
39.  Seeing cardinals on the birdfeeder
40.  Labrador retrievers
41.  Gaga movemeant.
42.  ShaLeigh
43/  Katya
44.  Getting to a movie yesterday
45.  Finding great music  to listen to
47.   ShaLeigh Fairbanks
48.  my new Birkenstocks
49.  Essence, the woman who helped me at the shoe store.
50.  Linda who was the moderator today at the meeting
51.  morgan who is like a daughter
52.  Costa Rica
53.  Hawaii
54.  This book:  Barefoot to Avalon
55.  mindful breathing
56.mindful walking
57. mindful eating
58. new movement friend, steckley
59. alex
60. my friend morgan
61.  my brilliant son
62. his health conscious wife
63.Pacifica Squash Soup
64.jaki shelton green
65.meeting nice people where ever i go
66.Tch Naht Hahn
67. FDR
68. JFK
69. the reference staff at our rocking' library
70/ Treetop Place in MA
71. a quiet and cozy apartment
72. slowing down
73. Shannon
74 Julie
75. mimi
76. our complex's gym
77.  simplicity
78. Boston, center of the universe
79.deciding not to go to ShaLeigh's class tonite -- too rainy
80.my blog -- it has 5 years of gratitude on it
81.rest
82. feet up
83.Wilson Library
84. the Silver Spot movie theatre
85.audio books
86.mindfulness of breath
87.  stillness
88. not having to drive today
89. Overstock has rugs on sale
90. reading The Razor's Edge
91. Phillip Shabazz
92. Natasha Trethaway
93. Laughter
94. Relaxation
95.the Duke Center for Integrative Medicine
96. no worries
97.Gifts of the Spirit
98.Book of Luke
99.cheap air fair
100.ShaLeigh's movement class on Saturday -- that will carry me through mid-week
101. oh yeah, Megan Yankee