Day: January 26, 2026

Daily Gratitude 1-26-26

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January 26th, 2026

  • “I am grateful I had sick leave in order to take off today as ai prepared mentally for my biopsy.” (Heather Houston 1-26-26)
  • “I am thankful to be able to meditate twice today.” (Heather Houston 1-26-26)
  • “ I am thankful my husband drove me to my appointment.”❤️ (Heather Houston 1-26-26)
  • “I am grateful that the medical team was thoughtful and kind as I asked my many confirming questions at my appointment.” (Heather Houston 1-26-26)
  • “I am blessed to have a husband who cares for me and made a lovely pazole for dinner.” (Heather Houston 1-26-26)
  • “I appreciate getting nearly 8-hours of sleep to start my day (7-hours & 41-minutes). When I am rested, everything is better in my day and how I experience it.” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)
  • “I am thankful that my food hankerings align with my partner.  He mentioned having loaded hot dogs for dinner and I was all in!” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)
  • “I am grateful my employer allows teleworking from time to time.” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)
  • “I love having an afternoon delight moment with my love before dinner.  HOT!!!” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)
  • “I am blessed to have a dog who loves me enough to try to be a parrot.  He will perch himself on the back of the couch looking over my shoulder to be as close as possible to his #1 playmate.” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)

My Musical Life 1-26-26

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January 26th, 2026

#10 Tighten Up (Archie Bell & The Drells) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Hi everybody
I’m Archie Bell of the Drells, from Houston, Texas
We don’t only sing
But we dance just as good as we walk
In Houston, we just started a new dance
Called the Tighten Up
This is the music we tighten up with🪄
First tighten up on the drums
Come on now, drummer
I want you to tighten it up for me now, oh, yeah
Tighten up on that bass now
Tighten it up, ha, ha, yeah
Now let that guitar fall in
Oh, yeah
Tighten up on that organ now
Yeah, you do the tighten up, yeah, now🪄
I said, if you can do it now
It sure would be tough
Now look here, come on now
Now make it mellow🪄
Let’s tighten it up now
Do the tighten up
Everybody can do it now
So get to it
We’re gonna tighten up
Let’s do the tighten up
You can do it now
So baby, get to it🪄
Look to your left now
Look to your right
Everybody can do it
But don’t you get too tight
Come on and tighten up
Let’s tighten it up now
Let’s tighten it up now
Tighten it up
Oh, do the tighten up
Come on and tighten it up
Tighten it up now, come on now, Billy🪄
Tighten it up, oh, yeah
Sock it to me now, tighten it up
Come on and tighten up that bass, oh, yeah
Now look here, I want that guitar to fall in on there
Tighten it up now
Oh, yeah
Now tighten it up, organ🪄
Yeah, now everybody tighten it up now
Now look here, we gonna make it mellow for you now
We gonna make it mellow now🪄
Oh, tighten it up
You can get it
Move to your left, move to your right
Tighten it up now
Everything will be outta sight
Come on and tighten it up
Tighten it up now
You can do it

My Abundant Life 1-26-26

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January 26th, 2026

Simple Abundance: The Basic Tools

“Take the gentle path.”

George Herbert (Poet, Orator, and Priest of the Church of England; April 3rd, 1593 ~ March 1st, 1633)

“There is no companion so companionable as Solitude.”

Henry David Thoreau (American Naturalist, Essayist, Poet, and Philosopher; July 12th, 1817 ~ May 6th, 1862)

“See if you can’t give yourself the gift of one hour a day to journey within.”

“This much I know: if you go deep enough, often enough, something good is bound to come back to you.”

“I have committed to daily journaling and reflection. I don’t make it a hard fast start stop as I add doses of it throughout my day instead of a concentrated hour. This enables me to feel like I am addressing and being attentive to my own self-care on an ongoing basis throughout my day vs. being a task to check off my list.” (Heather Houston 1-26-26)

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 26-27 of 501.

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