“I am thankful to give myself grace to put off cleaning the kitchen and instead running out to McDonald’s to get breakfast for us on an Arsenal game day.” (Heather Houston 3-1-26)
“I am grateful Arsenal played a pretty good game against Chelsea and WON!” ⚽🥅🏆(Heather Houston 3-1-26)
“I am blessed to have a husband who cooks such yummy food. Tonight we had Korean Wings and they were the bomb!”💣(Heather Houston 3-1-26)
“I appreciate my husband is so adventurous. I sprung on him my birthday month exploration and he was immediately game!” (Heather Houston 3-1-26)
“I love that my dog chooses to sleep at my feet. He keeps my feet warm all night!” (Heather Houston 3-1-26)
“I am thankful to have had the opportunity to get s college education.” (Heather Houston 3-1-22)
“I am grateful at second…third chances at life and mistakes I repeat.” (Heather Houston 3-1-22)
“I am thankful it is my birthday month. One more trip around the sun!” (Heather Houston 3-1-22)
“I appreciate a soft warm towel after exiting the shower on a cool morning.” (Heather Houston 3-1-22)
“I am thankful to my dog always looking for his morning pet and chat before I leave for work in the morning.” (Heather Houston 3-1-22)
#46 Sweet Sweet Baby Since You’ve Been Gone (Aretha Franklin) 👍🏼
Lyrics: Baby baby, sweet baby There’s something that I just got to say Baby baby, sweet baby You left me hurtin’ in a real cold way Speak your name Ooh and I feel a thrill You said I do Hey, and I said I will I told you to just be true And give me just a little time Wait on me, baby, I want you to be all mine I just get so blue Since you’ve been gone, baby (Why’d you do it? Why’d you have to do it?) Since you’ve been gone (Why’d you do it? Why’d you have to do it?) Baby baby, sweet baby I didn’t mean to run you away It was pride on my lips but not in my heart To say the things that led you to stray But ah, me Hear me now I don’t know what I’m gonna do Got to get you back somehow I’m praying, take me back Consider me please If you walk in that door, I can get up off my knees I’ve just been so blue Since you’ve been gone, oh baby (Why’d you do it? Why’d you have to do it?) Since you’ve been gone (Why’d you do it? Why’d you have to do it?) Well I’ve been so lonely (Sweet sweet, sweet sweet baby Baby, since you’ve been gone (Sweet sweet, sweet sweet baby) I’ve been so lonely (Why’d you do it? Why’d you have to do it?) Since you’ve been gone (Why’d you do it? Why’d you have to do it?) Baby baby baby been so lonely (Sweet sweet, sweet sweet baby)
William Wordsworth (English Romantic Poet; April 7th, 1770 ~ April 23rd, 1850)
Restoring Serenity to Your Daily Endeavors
“God give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed;
Courage to change the things that should be changed;
And the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.”
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (American Reformed Theologian, Ethicist, Commentator on Politics and Public Affairs, and Professor at Union Theological Seminary; June 21st, 1892 ~ June 1st, 1971)
“…the time has come for us to stop associating serenity with things that cannot be changed. For we can dramatically change the quality of our lives when we consciously seek to restore serenity to our daily endeavors.”
“Sidetracked women, who scatter their energies to the four winds, never achieve serenity.”
“What we will gain from this exercise is the inner peace that comes from living fully in the present moment.”
Iceland’s Kirkjufell Mountain and waterfall at sunset.
“Before my story began…” (Heather Houston 3-1-22)
1972 Me…at my Aunt Carrie’s Baby Shower
“I am usually a six-trick pony. However, I am learning to focus on 1-task at a time to create more ease, efficiency, pleasure, and satisfaction when my mind, body and spirit is focused on one task at a time.” (Heather Houston 3-1-22)
“Happy month of my birth! I am embracing to be in less frenzy and more in flow.” (Heather Houston 3-1-26)
–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 67-68 of 501.
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