Day: January 25, 2026

Daily Gratitude 1-25-26

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January 25th, 2026

  • “I am grateful my husband muddled through my sourdough pancakes even though I messed up on the amount of flour.” (Heather Houston 1-25-26)
  • “I am blessed to spend the day relaxing with my love.” ❤️ (Heather Houston 1-25-26)
  • “I appreciate our strategy for achieving the perfect grocery shop. Creating a weekly menu, categorizing the needed items and shopping at the stores which offer the best ingredients.” (Heather Houston 1-25-26)
  • “I am thankful for my husband’s inspiration to create an Agog Pizza tonight.” 🍕(Heather Houston 1-25-26)
  • “I am thankful for our nightly getting ready for sleep routine each night to express our gratitude for the day and set our bodies up for a restful sleep. Go Sleep Hygiene!” Heather Houston 1-25-26)
  • “I am thankful for the deep love of my partner.  He surprised me this morning with a commissioned work of digital art.  It is of a sexual context and an image rendition of me, so I will keep it to myself.  However, not in a million years would I have ever thought some would commission a piece of art just for me.  It is beautiful and a fabulous expression of our love.  I love you Neil!”💖 (Heather Houston 1-25-22)
  • “I am blessed to work with Dave Iuli with our field athletes today.  We both have gifts to offer these athletes and we compliment one another’s coaching style.  Thanks Dave!” (Heather Houston 1-25-22)
  • “I am grateful to have swimming athletes who are so coachable.  I asked them to do an interval outside of their normal mode and they both had a break through in their swimming form and pacing.  Excellent job Dustin and Stacey!” (Heather Houston 1-25-22)
  • “I am thankful that my partner and I made our favorite meal for dinner…breaded pan fried fillet of sole.  It is what we affectionately call “crack.”  It is addictive like a drug it is so delectable.” (Heather Houston 1-25-22) 1-25-22 Breaded Pan Fried Fillet of Sole
  • “I appreciate the pre sleep cuddle moments with my love each night as I drift to sleep safe, secure and loved.” (Heather Houston 1-25-22)

My Musical Life 1-25-26

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January 25th, 2026

#9 Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
And here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know
Whoa, whoa, whoa
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey🪄
We’d like to know a little bit about you for our files
We’d like to help you learn to help yourself
Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home🪄
And here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know
Whoa, whoa, whoa
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey🪄
Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
It’s a little secret, just the Robinson’s affair
Most of all, you’ve got to hide it from the kids🪄
Coo, coo, ca-choo, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know
Whoa, whoa, whoa
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey🪄
Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon
Going to the candidates debate
Laugh about it, shout about it
When you’ve got to choose
Every way you look at this, you lose🪄
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you
Woo, woo, woo
What’s that you say, Mrs. Robinson?
Joltin’ Joe has left and gone away
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey

My Abundant Life 1-25-26

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January 25th, 2026

Working With What You’ve Got

“If your everyday life seems poor, don’t blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth it’s riches; Because of the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.”

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (known as: Rainer Maria Rilke) (Austrian Poet and Novelist; December 4th, 1875 ~ December 29th, 1926)

“Up until now many of us have secretly believed that we had to wait until things calmed down a bit before we started to get our acts together. Tomorrow we’ll begin discovering authentic pleasures. Tomorrow we’ll treat ourselves better. Tomorrow we’ll take time to enjoy ourselves. Tomorrow, when everything calms down. This I can report from the front lines: life never calms down long enough for us to wait until tomorrow to start living the lives we deserve. Life is always movement, always change, always unforeseen circumstances.”

“So what are we going to do about it? We can stop waiting for life to become perfect and start working with what we’ve got to make it as satisfying as we can. We can accept, bless, give thanks, and get going. Today, we can begin to call forth the riches from our everyday life. Today we can move from lack to abundance.”

“Think of one thing that would give you a genuine moment of pleasure today and do it.”

“Today, my partner asked what I would like for dinner. I replied, “Crack!” We make a breaded pan fried sole that is to die for. Dinner and pleasure in one go. WINNING!!!”🏆 (Heather Houston 1-25-22)

“Life never calms down enough for us to feel like we are ready to start. Starting in the face of no agreement is being in action in an intentional way. New actions lead to unexpected outcomes. So get out there and do what needs to be done…stop waiting!” (Heather Houston 1-25-26)

“Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that we become rich.”

Sarah Bernhardt (French Stage Actress; 1844 ~ March 26th, 1923)

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 25-26 of 501.

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