tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26013265932235752542012-02-16T00:22:44.053-08:00Future Grown-Uphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387381290668454597noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601326593223575254.post-33495867411336561562012-01-05T18:48:00.000-08:002012-01-05T18:48:26.710-08:00Ten Things I am grateful for today<br /><br /><ol><li>Not attacking the caramel corn when someone bought leftovers to work</li><li>Feeling alert and high functioning at work despite being exahausted</li><li>My neighbor being respectful about the noise levels from his tv after I mentioned it to him</li><li>Choosing assertiveness over agressiveness when dealing with a area outside of my comfort zone</li><li>One of my neighbors holding a door open for me while I got my mail</li><li>Getting out of work on time</li><li>Being able to make an appointment with an acupunturist to deal with my ongoing sinus issues</li><li>My cat, Katie</li><li>Having a working elevator</li><li>Wonderful walking weather </li></ol>\<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2601326593223575254-3349586741133656156?l=randomramblesfrommycorneroftheworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Future Grown-Uphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387381290668454597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601326593223575254.post-90947538453286090822012-01-02T15:39:00.000-08:002012-01-02T15:39:50.011-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;">I have a fondness for starting diets on the first of the month,&nbsp;&nbsp;or on a&nbsp;sunday, as if there's some magical&nbsp;portal to the land of successful weight loss that can only be found on those days. Naturally, when&nbsp;you add the beginning&nbsp;of a new year into those lucky dates, it's as if I've won the&nbsp;ultimate grand prize.&nbsp; Yet by the end of the day yesterday, I had blown the fresh start and had ordered Chinese delivery before 4:00 pm. Somewhere between starting out the day with an idealistic starry eyed optimism and the end of the day when I was full to overflowing with food, I had completely missed seeing that&nbsp;&nbsp;special dates have a tendency to open the door to disaster more than success. In essence, I'm telling myself that I have only one day out of week, or a month or a year to do something right. Maybe it's time to accept that every day is a new&nbsp;opportunity to do something right, to leave the past behind and to make a fresh start.&nbsp; A bad day doesn't have to mean a bad week or a bad month. It's one day out of 365. That's the kind of new beginning that I need in my life as I move forward into a new year. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today I am grateful for the ability to let go of the past and start anew every day of the year -&nbsp;as long as I'm willing to do so. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2601326593223575254-9094753845328609082?l=randomramblesfrommycorneroftheworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Future Grown-Uphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387381290668454597noreply@blogger.com0