{"id":16194,"date":"2015-08-27T19:05:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T01:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=16194"},"modified":"2015-08-27T19:05:40","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T01:05:40","slug":"paying-attention-with-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2015\/08\/paying-attention-with-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Paying attention with gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is Thursday evening as I write this. It has been a good week. I haven’t had to take any medication other than the 1 teeny pill given to me in the E.R. on Sunday afternoon. And my blood pressure has stayed in the normal range.<\/p>\n

I took Monday morning “off” – a bit of time to regroup, do a few house chores that didn’t get done over the weekend: kind of mindless chores but things got put to rights. It was a decision made knowing that just kind of puttering is relaxing to me as well as getting those things done makes for a “clean slate” to start working. I think it worked.<\/p>\n

Despite a short Monday, I’ve accomplished quite a lot this week work-wise. Additionally, I’ve spent good time with Bear and Auggie, fixed myself nice meals and slept well. <\/p>\n

It is VERY smoky and despite the smoke reached to 89F yesterday and today, but that stuff: small potatoes! The weekend events turned my head back to focusing on the good stuff. And “this too, shall pass!” – that is my motto re the weather, etc. I have no control so it is silly to spend time agonizing about it.<\/p>\n

Today, I read Heather Lende\u2019s Four Good Things Post<\/font><\/a>. I highly recommend clicking over and reading the entire post. She concludes with “I don’t know exactly what prayer is, but paying attention with gratitude is a good start.”<\/p>\n

Paying attention with gratitude. I interpret that as staying in the moment and being thankful … whatever the circumstances. I had a great lesson this past weekend in how a seemingly challenging event could be something that had more good than bad. Not that I want a repeat, but I came away from the experience a changed person with new knowledge: about the E.R., about care professionals, about blood pressure and the heart and the body and the mind, about what I really want to focus on … I’m still thinking on the experience. <\/p>\n

I hope that I am paying attention with gratitude: counting my blessings … which are many!<\/p>\n

Happy Thursday, almost Friday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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