Friday Gratefulness

4 September

Jordan
I am grateful for patience.

Rachel

I'm grateful for patience and compromise.

Carol

I am grateful for poetry slam.

Teddy

I am grateful for all my relationships that make me happy and a better person.

Tom P. 

I'm grateful for people; even if I'm the only person that laughs at my jokes, it's funnier when other people are around me. I really love being around good people and I'm grateful for the control that I've taken over my social environment for the past year. 

Thursday Gratefulness

27 Aug

George

I am grateful for new adventures. 

Angus

I am grateful for pottery.  It keeps me centered. 

Sara M.

I'm grateful for sweat and how good it makes me feel.  Endorphins = good!

Teddy

I am grateful for seeing new things and the kindness of people.

Carol

I am grateful for the energy I get from Teddy's Grateful Family. 

Jordan

I am grateful to be reunited with my partner after her visit home.  I am also grateful for patience.

Rachel

I'm grateful for all the time with family. 

Mirian

Grateful to be able to laugh and enjoy life, even when facing these challenges.  Life is tough, cheers to those who accept these challenges with gratitude and humility. 

Monday Gratefulness

10 Aug

Lukas

I am grateful to try to pay a little more attention to my thoughts instead of letting them completely run my life.

Carol

I am grateful to paint every day.

Nick

I'm grateful for patience and for cycling.

Teddy

I am grateful for what my body does every day to keep me walking and talking. 

Wednesday Gratefulness

22 July

Teddy

I am grateful for people who I can share intimate, weird moments with and for feeling two hearts this morning.

Carol

I am grateful to be standing now waiting for my friend at MoMa.

Mirian

A true test of gratitude is when you're up against a wall and your grateful to at least be standing... the hardship brings out courage, patience, and strength...everything we all possess!  It can't always rain and if it does let's look for a rainbow!  Keep smiling everyone.

Rachel

I'm grateful for the different feelings in my heart and mind.

Jordan

I am grateful for the 4 hour workweek!

Tuesday Gratefulness

21 July

Rachel

I'm grateful for the beautiful ferry ride and for the ocean.

Nick

I am grateful to have returned home safely after an awesome trip to Mexico.​

Teddy

I am grateful for things that test my patience.

Vinny

I am grateful for puddles to wash the sand off my flip flopped feet!

Carol

I am grateful for wanting to stay on fruits all day and than for dinner have cooked food, it helps with this heat so I can have my energy when needed.

Tom P.

I am grateful for the free Chipotle that I just got! Great day to go to Chipotle!

Charlotte

My mentor.

Tuesday Gratefulness

7 July

Teddy
I am grateful to be here and for having the opportunity to make life the way I want it.

Carol
I am grateful I saw China under glass at the Met; what an amazing show can't wait to go back I am grateful I want to make plans.

Tom P.
I'm grateful for my mother and all she has done for me.  She is a wonderful woman and I'm grateful for her love and care.

Sara M. 
I'm thankful for the beautiful white birch trees of the country and welcoming waters of Lake Michigan.

Nick
I'm grateful for patience and perseverance.

Rachel
I'm grateful for so much. Water, friendship, bananas, and fresh air!

Thursday Gratefulness

18 June

Rachel

I am grateful for the positives of technology and how it helps keep me connected with my family. 

Teddy

I am grateful for understanding how lucky and blessed I am and how that feeling fuels my motivation! Today is an awesome day!!

Sara M.

I'm grateful for brevity and honesty.

Julissa

I am grateful to experience vinyasa and notice the changes in my body.  

Jordan

I am grateful for patience, evolution, and this email group.

Sara B.

I am grateful for the beautiful summer weather.

Carol

I am Grateful to be in this family today with Teddy, Gina, Rachel, George, Charlotte, Tom, Julissa, and Sara.  Your words touch me to help me want to help myself and have an open heart first.  I love the humor when you throw it in, it gives me such a ha ha ah ha ha laughing.

Tom P.

I'm so grateful for the economy that I'm a part of that makes the world work! I'm grateful for the skills that I have that the market is willing to pay for. I'm grateful for all the working people around me. 

Monday Gratefulness

8 June

Rachel

I am grateful to have found a community that appreciates the abundance of life. 

Found this blurb yesterday and made me think of our gratitude family, enjoy! 

Mirian 

Things are still gray but there will be a rainbow soon... grateful for hope and patience!!!

George

I am grateful for another day and opportunity to better myself and work towards my goals.

Carol

I am grateful to a teacher Mr Gary Null who I found on public radio over 35 years ago who taught nutrition and I am 70 and am alive and body wise healthy and when I walk I bounce.  Thank you Teddy have fun today and the universe will provide for all.  I stay doing what makes me happy and my artwork is in demand!!!!!!!!!

Teddy

I am really grateful for friends who came to support me and all of the people we had an impact on. 

Sara

I am grateful for the understanding of others.

Thursday Gratefulness

14 May

Melissa

Good morning family.....I'm grateful for a new day with love and patience towards everyone.

Gina

I am grateful for waking up and having supportive people around me. 

Teddy

I am grateful that my loved ones are healthy and the advantages that gives me.

Carol

I am grateful to beware of my thoughts and to tell them to shut up and key into my body who knows best.

Wednesday Gratefulness

13 May

Carol

I am grateful for waking up ready to greet the day with joy.

Dianna

I am grateful for opportunity.

Nick

I'm grateful for patience and teamwork.

George

I'm grateful for my health. 

Teddy

I am grateful to have everything I need to make my dreams come true!

Rachel

I'm grateful to have the ability to breathe.

Friday Gratefulness

8 May

Lukas

I am grateful to care about myself so that I can care for others and feel good. 

Nick

I'm grateful for puppies and the patience they teach us.

Teddy

I am grateful to wake up for another day happy, safe, and healthy.

Carol

I am grateful for knowing what I want right now like doing my card art business. 

Jeff

I am grateful for knowledge, to know truth despite how it may hurt.

Jordan

I am grateful for growing up.

Monday Gratefulness

2 March

Jeff

I am grateful for this moment, all there is..

Teddy

I am grateful for things that test my patience.

Mirian

Ted, I like the feeling of being alive as well!! Thankful for the love of my children this morning... it never gets old!

George

I'm grateful that I have the determination and drive to achieve my goals as well as the motivation and desire to work hard that will enable me to do so. I am also very grateful for my health!

Carol

I am grateful for everything; for one thing right now is now.

Angus

11" of fresh fluffy champing powder!!! 

Lukas

I am extremely grateful for this email and everyone's thoughts. 

Saturday Gratefulness

31 Jan

James

I am grateful for morning workouts and the way it starts my day.

Angus

I am grateful for feeling low because when I feel better it really feels better! 

Teddy

I am grateful for things that test my patience.

Erica

I am grateful to be back in school.

Desiree

I'm grateful for my job.

Wednesday Gratefulness

28 Jan

Teddy

I am grateful for feeling off because I learn what brings about these feelings and how to avoid them.

Jordan

I am grateful for motivation.

Julissa

I am grateful to learn so many new things everyday.

Jeff

I'm grateful for the generous friends who've given Nala and I a place to stay on our travels.

Nick

I'm grateful for patience, and for those who make me test mine.

Tuesday Gratefulness

30 December

Marsha

I am grateful for our peaceful visit with Jeff and Nala and to recognize the love and patience in Jeff. This warms my heart deeply.

Nick

I'm grateful for collaboration and teamwork.​

Teddy

I am grateful for the heat my body produces when I rub my hands together.

Sunday Gratefulness

28 December

Teddy

I am grateful for mistakes because they teach me how to do things the right way.

Jordan

I am grateful for grace and patience.

Dan

I am grateful for eating fresh fish

Lukas

I am grateful to enjoy a meal with my friends. 

Desiree

I'm grateful to keep moving.

Mirian

I hope I can tell the difference between the people that are here to stay or those that are here to teach me a lesson in life then leave.  I will alway be grateful for the experience... if for the moment or forever.

Angus

I'm grateful for you! For Friends, for my whole life, and for the love in my heart I feel every day! Boom Shaka Laka! 

Melissa

Happy holidays...thankful for family gathering; able to laugh and share memories together. Thankful for my loving children when I sit and enjoy all their talent.

Jeff

I am so grateful for the week I've spent in Massachusetts with my family, by far the most harmonious visit I've made home since I left 4 years ago.  I'm grateful for the warmth and love my puppy received by my family, making us all feel welcome and at home.  I'm grateful for the food that was shared with me, the shelter provided, the authentic heart wakening moments of deep truth.  I'm grateful for the old white pine tree that still stands strong enough to support my body as I climb to its crown.  I'm grateful for the spirit of the forest <3

Wednesday Gratefulness

26 November

Teddy

I am beyond lucky for my incredibly easy access to super nutritious foods which nourish my body. Most importantly, I am grateful for the time and resources to buy and cook these foods. Living in a place like NYC where I am surrounded by so much excess wealth,  I sometimes forget how blessed I am that I can go to the grocery and buy all the fruits and vegetables that I want.

George

I am extremely grateful for my parents and everything, big and small, that they do for me on a daily basis.

Marsha

I am grateful for continuing to host Thanksgiving day for most of my family for 30 years, having the health to prepare for several days on my feet.  While chopping fresh sage this morning and smelling its unique aroma, I began to count my many blessings.  I am blessed to have all of you in my life. Teddy; thank you for making this happen.  Much love to you all.

Jack

I'm thankful to have the opportunity to do what I love and try and succeed as an entrepreneur. I'm thankful for my brother who visited this weekend and I'm thankful for my supportive girlfriend. 

Julissa

I am grateful to have so many choices.

Jeff

I'm grateful for patience.

Melissa

I'm grateful for learning how to express my feelings, what a relief..have a pleasant day gratitude family.

Lukas

I am grateful to be alive and traveling through life's ups and downs.

Friday Gratefulness

14 November

Julissa

Grateful for the strength to make it through the day.

Kathy

I am grateful that I am here and sending yet another EMAIL 

Melissa

I'm thankful I'm able to cook for all my loved ones..thankful for Miriam to enter my life, she just makes my day brighter than what it has been.

Teddy

I'm grateful for all the different things I get to experience everyday; even if it's just riding the subway. If I had never been on a train before it would seem like such a cool experience, so I try to think of things from a fresh perspective.

Mirian

I'm grateful for patience.  I can wait through the bad for the good.  God hears all.

Friday Gratefulness

31 October

Teddy

I am grateful for so many things. I'm grateful for the coordination between my brain and all the nerves and muscles in my body that allow me to do all of the little things with no effort.  Like typing out this email, unlocking the door to my apartment, turning the page in the book I'm reading, chopping vegetables, and so much more.

Jordan

I am grateful for patience.  My zen of the day today: For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Julissa

I am grateful for my mother.

Nick

I'm grateful for blue skies.​

Friday Gratefulness

10 October

Teddy

I am grateful for how I feel when I dedicate myself to mind/body purification. I am also grateful for others, because without them there would be no Me.

Mirian

Through god we laugh and love together. We share the same sun and the same moon. Although we are apart, I'm grateful for that connection. Distance has nothing on us my familia.

Note to richard:

YES!! Let's all strive for love..the purity of one's heart. That beat that Ted understands and appreciates!! Let no one falter as long as love resides!!

Nick

I'm grateful for your responses to our survey; together we can develop this into something more meaningful for a larger audience.​

Melissa

Thankful for having PATIENCE in situations where it reminds me how much I have changed.