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Post a gratitude

Post by pretty » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:20 pm

What it says on the tin :) Post one thing you're grateful for; one thing which makes you feel lucky. When things are really hard and look like they'll never be ok again, it can really help to just find one thing to be grateful for. And I sort of thought that if we post them all together in one thread it might help us to see the things which we're lucky to have when it seems like there's nothing. So, what makes you feel lucky?

:redstar: I'm grateful for my job. I was so lucky to be sent here as a temp; there have been opportunities over the past two and a half years to learn an awful lot and gain skills which mean I can get a pretty good permanent job, and move towards where I want to be long term. I could so easily have been sent to a horrible office admin job, but I came here. I’m also paid more than I deserve, and more than I would be if my job wasn’t so specialised.
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Post by Callisto » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:27 pm

one thing i'm grateful for (well its more a person im grateful for but oh well)

:pinkstar: Daz, for sticking by me for the last 20months, for listening, for advising, for not being afraid to give me reality checks when i need it, for opening my eyes to different sides of life, for loving me. i could so easily have not given you the chance you deserved and just used you to get a free ride and if i had i would've missed out on so much. thank you.

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Post by JadaKiss » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:08 pm

I'm grateful for having 2 boys to come home to everyday. No matter how rambunctious they are or how chaotic things get, they remind me that my life is so much more than "all about me" and that living is always worth living when I have them in my life.
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Post by Silentdancer » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:28 pm

I am grateful for my ability to be resilient and for my friends who help me through.

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Post by morning-glory » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:00 am

I'm grateful that I get the opportunity to go to college and live with two of my good friends soon. I'm also grateful for finally getting a job, for the loving people around me, my pets and that we finally got rain.
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Post by Spidey » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:22 am

i'm grateful for good music. because without that i could not have gotten through the last 5 days of my life.

and i'm grateful for my mom. because, she, like good music, was instrumental in getting me through the last 5 days.

and hey, pretty, i stickied this :)
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Post by ComfortablyNumb » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:24 am

I'm thankful for my friends and music.
Together those are my rock, the things that I can always count on.

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Post by pretty » Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:50 am

:)

:redstar: I'm grateful for bus, for the friends I've made here and the things I've learnt.

:redstar: I'm grateful for music, because last night it made me believe the world is a place I want to be and that I can pick myself up again.
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Post by cant-take-it » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:33 pm

I am grateful that I have BUS to turn to when Im feeling like shit.
I am grateful that I have friends and family who love me.
I am grateful to music for sharing my pain, but helping me feel stronger.
I am grateful that this 'experience' has not made me a horrible person.
I am grateful that I can still hope :star:
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All I want to do is lie on the floor and stare into space, and you put your arms around me and say its ok, don't get up, you don't have to do anything anymore. You say the things I want to hear, I know you are the only one who understands that I am worthless, meaningless, that I am nothing.
You stroke my hair and face, and you say yes, it is that bad.
And it is never going to get any better.

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Post by DecemberLivy » Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:15 am

I'm greatful for my mother, who is my closest friend and always there to pick me up and comfort me.
I'm greatful for my education, I know it can't be easy to pay for.
I'm greatful for my father. yes I know he left me and my mother when I was ten, but he doesn't abuse me or hit me and I know that on some level he cares for me.
I'm greatful for my house in Kew, which is my safe place, my haven. returning here is like being wrapped in a warm blanket.
I'm greatful for my brothers, Aidan, with his dry wit and new found ambition, and Aneurin, for his eternal kindness to everyone.
I'm greatful for living in London, many people travel from all over the world to see what we see everyday and we just don't appreciate it. I'm greatful for all the pret a manger's where I get my breakfast, I'm greatful for oxford street where I shop, I'm greatful for ealing broadway where I spend most of my time, I'm greatful for all the many bookshops, I'm greatful for all the galleries and the london eye, and I'm greatful for the millions of people who live here with me, facing the same struggles and joys we all do. I'm greatful for a city so full of life.
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Post by Quiet little Angel » Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:27 pm

:purpstar: i'm grateful that the canadian guys put me to bed last night... they're good people...
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Post by Neviah » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:01 am

Im greatfull for my boyfriend who is the best thing ive ever had. I love him so much and i never knew how it felt to feel so safe in someone else's arms.

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Post by Never Again » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:02 am

i'm grateful for my pdoc... for always staying by my side no matter what. for saving my life. for showing me how to live. how i want to live.
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Post by pretty » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:01 pm

I'm grateful for my friends.
And for the people I have to see regularly and interact with who think I'm strange, but still like me.
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Post by Binayshee » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:22 pm

im thankful for this statement:

"Actually you'll be freeing yourself to stop wasting
time on someone who has major issues with basic
courtesy and maturity." i'm thankful for the mothers
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Post by 5th section » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:42 pm

I'm grateful that I got to spend a few days with my sister before she died, so there weren't hundreds of things I wished I'd said to her but couldn't.
...then one day I realised that the people you see in waiting rooms and car parks and on trains are really far more interesting. That they all have whole novels inside them, a fabric of scar tissues, photos and memories. They are comedies and tragedies and - more often - both at the same time.
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Post by VNPixie » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:25 am

I am grateful to be alive and have my friends and family by my side
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Post by Licentia Poetica » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:40 am

I'm grateful for my shrink. As much as sometimes things don't go well and we argue, and as much as I am convinced she doesn't care.. She doesn't have to do what she does for me, she doesn't get a lot out of it financially, and yet she does it anyway.

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Post by Spidey » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:26 am

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Post by Skyeler » Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:37 am

I'm grateful for my wife I wouldn't have a family without her.


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