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Title: What are you grateful for?
Post by: Hadrian on 09/01/2007 11:12:38: I thought that if I got the flu jab this year that I would be safe. Have you ever felt as if you’ve been trampled over by a few thousand Wilderbeasts on migrations? No, well lucky you. I’m still feeling battered despite it being number of weeks since got this bug. Being a Life Coach you would think it would be easy for me to find the positive side of being flattened. In fact it’s been a real challenge. Staying positive when you are feeling (and I desperately want to use a word here that gives a more organic flavour) unwell is a test.

I bet it is payback for all the times I said cheerfully to others as I quickly stepped sideways to avoid being hit “find the positive side”. I can still see the wicked smile on my wife’s face as she said to me as I lay helplessly in bed “But Hadrian it’s all in your reality”!! To weak to even retort all I could do was to suffer on. I have to say it’s my own fault for being habitually positive at the wrong time which is a real art form in itself. Now that I am starting to feel less unwell I have been thinking “What can I take from this that’s positive?” Well first of all, how about how lucky I am that I was not really sick at all. Not sick like some, who have to endure pain everyday of their lives. How lucky I am that I have people around me who care for me enough not to put a plastic bag over my head despite all my complaining. Not like the many isolated and lonely people all around us who live alone and hidden. How lucky I am to know that soon I will be feeling well and good again, and that I have the awareness inside to feel of this sense of wellbeing coming back. Not like those who are cut off from their positive feelings due to depression and other mental health issues. They are largely invisible people who live out their lives in unhappiness and sadness all around us.

Yes there are many things I can take from having the Wilderbeast flu that are positive. I have even learnt a new daily ritual for myself. If like me you listen to the RTE 1 Radio then you know that twice day every day they ring out The Angelus. I have to admit for many years I did not pay much attention to the bells. Then one day while I was sick I began to think about all the things I should be for be grateful for. Between each toll of the bell I would think of something good I have in my life. Things like my family, or my eyes to see with and all the other thousands things that make up my world. So twice a day for a few moments I now devote myself to being grateful. In that privet space I choose not to be negative or cynical, for just a few moments. I am even grateful for Wilderbeasts bugs and all.
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Post by: Carolyn on 09/01/2007 14:23:02: I am grateful.....

In a time that is so negative for me, I am grateful that someone comes along and says/writes exactly what I need to hear/read at exactly the precise time I need to hear/read it. Thanks for the reminder Hadrian!
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Post by: thayo on 09/01/2007 16:31:13: I am undoubtedly grateful to the creator of the creatures, GOD. also to those of you whose contributions had challenge me to put up my heads straight. Love you all, my new year hug for uuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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Post by: thayo on 09/01/2007 16:41:23: what i m grateful for are the challenges i received from couples of associates to shock the world
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Post by: moonfire on 10/01/2007 06:29:04: ditto
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Post by: Hadrian on 11/01/2007 16:46:00: Thanks everyone
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Post by: Karen W. on 11/01/2007 16:54:20: Hadrian, I am grateful that you are feeling better and that your heart is filled with love and compassion for others even when you are feeling badly.. I am grateful for people like you everyday! Thank you..
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Post by: Hadrian on 11/01/2007 17:49:26: that's a very nice thing to say to me Karen bless you.
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Post by: Karen W. on 11/01/2007 18:02:55: YOU too Hadrian.. You too!
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Post by: elegantlywasted on 12/01/2007 04:04:55: This may be minuscule in comparison, but I am grateful for the people who post the happenings of Coronation Street on wikipedia, as the shows I see are 10 months behind... small things :)
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Post by: Hadrian on 13/01/2007 16:28:39: Quote from: elegantlywasted on 12/01/2007 04:04:55
This may be minuscule in comparison, but I am grateful for the people who post the happenings of Coronation Street on wikipedia, as the shows I see are 10 months behind... small things :)

whatever rings your bell........
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Post by: Karen W. on 13/01/2007 17:44:39: Good day Hadrian.. How are you today? I am agrateful that I slept for while and woke up again today.
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Post by: Hadrian on 14/01/2007 15:11:53: Quote from: Karen W. on 13/01/2007 17:44:39
Good day Hadrian.. How are you today? I am agrateful that I slept for while and woke up again today.

me too!!!!
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Post by: Karen W. on 14/01/2007 15:24:33: How are you feeling today?
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Post by: Hadrian on 14/01/2007 17:29:08: i am still a bit weak but i am happy all the same
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Post by: Karen W. on 14/01/2007 18:39:38: I am glad about that Hadrian..prayers for your continued recovery!
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Post by: thayo on 14/01/2007 18:43:57: Hadrian, you are healed, get up and be strong
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Post by: Hadrian on 14/01/2007 19:04:41: thanks thayo
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Post by: Karen W. on 15/01/2007 02:30:23: I am Grateful For my true friends Old friends and friends I have yet to meet! I am also gratful for Technology for without it I could not be on here now with friends far away!
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Post by: moonfire on 15/01/2007 03:20:07: Get well and be healed...think well!
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Post by: Karen W. on 15/01/2007 03:32:38: I would if I were sick! I always try to think well! even at my worse!
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Post by: moonfire on 15/01/2007 04:23:05: oh no...i meant that for hadrian since he was sick...sorry...good for you thinking well though
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Post by: Karen W. on 15/01/2007 04:26:35: No problem easy mistake!!
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Post by: moonfire on 15/01/2007 05:02:49: its okay....LOL
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Post by: Hadrian on 15/01/2007 22:11:07: yea lets start a mass think well movement!
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Post by: Karen W. on 15/01/2007 22:20:56: Yes we can all use some of those thoughts!!! Splendid idea!!
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Post by: moonfire on 16/01/2007 05:10:55: I love the idea!!!
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Post by: Karen W. on 16/01/2007 05:30:34: Wasn't it your idea, or was it Hadrians? I can't remember. LO are your posts posting right on first shot.. I have had several post with things missing and then refreshed to find all is ok then after the refresh!
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Post by: moonfire on 16/01/2007 05:35:27: Hmmm, that is a good question...You have me curious a bit now...I have found it difficult to post sometimes in the same area after the 2nd post I have made at times...
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Post by: Karen W. on 16/01/2007 05:40:17: My problem comes when the page turns, I wish it would bring the quote from bottom of previous page to new one!
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Post by: moonfire on 16/01/2007 05:45:32: Hmmmm, that is a good idea...I wonder if dave could do that? Software may not be able to do that....
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Post by: Karen W. on 16/01/2007 05:48:26: Maybe not but I guess I could go back and look except mine is so slow opening it takes forever.
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Post by: moonfire on 16/01/2007 05:50:43: don't worry about it then...about to take a break before son leaves for the night...
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Post by: Karen W. on 16/01/2007 06:01:46: have a nice break!
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Post by: moonfire on 16/01/2007 06:03:29: Thanks I will try!
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Post by: Karen W. on 16/01/2007 07:09:17: your break was alful fast earlier or I am aweful slow posting.. LOL don't even say it! I know I am slow dial up sucks!
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Post by: Hadrian on 19/01/2007 23:54:04: that i have such good friends.... thanks every one
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Post by: Karen W. on 20/01/2007 02:04:49: It's looking great Hadrian! We like you too!!
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Post by: Hadrian on 20/01/2007 15:41:35: Thanks K [;D]
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Post by: Karen W. on 20/01/2007 17:34:23: Your welcome Hadrian.. Have a good day!
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Post by: Karen W. on 21/01/2007 01:31:15: Today I am grateful for having had love in my life, for the sunshine and the blue sky, for the clouds when it rains, for the rain, for the snow,for the wind in my face. I am grateful for the air that I breathe, and for the people I meet. Grateful for a babies cry, a child's laughter, a smile from a friend. I am grateful for pain, for sorrow, for Joy, and for all my yesterdays. I will be joyful and elated for all of my tomorrows. I am grateful for time however long or short it may be. I am grateful for my children and what they have given to me.. My husband and the friendship and tolerance he shows me, I am grateful for my friends here in the forum, and grateful for life, and the time I have had to enjoy them. I am grateful for mistakes I have made as well as accomplishments, as I have learned from both.. I am grateful I have had the opportunity in my life to experience emotions I did not know I had and to feel things I thought I would never feel in my life.. I am grateful from where I have come, to where I am now. I wish for all of you that you hold your life as precious as a new born baby, and guard and take care of yourselves. Love yourselves, and others, and treasure every moment, every second, and every breath you take in, and savour the flavor that is life, and hold it close to you always, least you forget how precious each one of you as Individuals are. How you treat yourself has such an impact on what you leave behind you when your gone. I am grateful For enlightenment Insight and Knowledge.. and wish that for all of you here also.. You all have a wonderful.. day and enjoy your time...today and savour every second you have always.......
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Post by: moonfire on 21/01/2007 09:52:27: beautiful
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Post by: Hadrian on 21/01/2007 11:00:56: Very inspiring, lovely. You’re a strong brave individual who spreads hope in the lives of all who have the good luck to hear and read your words.
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Post by: Karen W. on 21/01/2007 11:09:24: Oh Hadrian and Lo, those are very nice things to say.. Thank you .. you now I feel the same about all of you... Have a great day...
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Post by: Karen W. on 22/01/2007 05:49:00: I am grateful. that no matter how many times life slapped me in the face that some how I have been able to turn the other cheek and try to get up and start over.
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Post by: Hadrian on 23/01/2007 16:34:21: Quote from: Karen W. on 22/01/2007 05:49:00
I am grateful. that no matter how many times life slapped me in the face that some how I have been able to turn the other cheek and try to get up and start over.

well just as well we all have 4 of them to turn LOL
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Post by: Karen W. on 23/01/2007 16:53:29: LOL! Indeed we do!! LOL