tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post548666333130580389..comments2023-11-05T04:23:05.050-08:00Comments on Finding My Way Home: Grace in Small Things?thailandchanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-51342068338258468162009-02-10T12:27:00.000-08:002009-02-10T12:27:00.000-08:00Sometimes I can find the grace in small things and...Sometimes I can find the grace in small things and sometimes not. I do notice, however, that my life seems more content when I can. God, I just love your honesty.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12153878171712341666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-71721359507035239352009-02-07T05:30:00.000-08:002009-02-07T05:30:00.000-08:00I was pretty sure gratitude was cool. I guess it'...I was pretty sure gratitude was cool. I guess it's time to start a whole new cool.Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-79530412986663187252009-02-06T20:50:00.000-08:002009-02-06T20:50:00.000-08:00I'm pretty much with you, Chani. I spend an inordi...I'm pretty much with you, Chani. I spend an inordinate amount of time chasing after "problem-solving, busy work and life maintenance". Today I had to return a broken faucet to Lowe's and it took the whole day---getting dressed, getting there, trying to get an exchange, making the phone calls on the warranty, etc. I was exhausted afterward and everything I had planned for the day is now backlogged. It is hard for me to stop to appreciate the small graces, although I do try. Mostly I just try to get through. However I do gain inspiration from the people online who are inspired, in the moment, and relishing their lives. <BR/><BR/>I'm just not there yet!<BR/><BR/>xxoo, <BR/><BR/>OOliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058356843151306428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-87197461132556688702009-02-06T14:16:00.000-08:002009-02-06T14:16:00.000-08:00Yay! A post about gratitude with complete sentence...Yay! A post about gratitude with complete sentences - I'm grateful for it!<BR/><BR/>I keep finding myself thinking of the fact that there is only "right now". It's helped me release my anxiety about the future and to appreciate moments when I should be grateful for my life. It sounds trite but it's true.Deodandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14252076084306247100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-12157166569673402372009-02-06T10:19:00.000-08:002009-02-06T10:19:00.000-08:00Most of my life I have done the same, Chani, but s...Most of my life I have done the same, Chani, but several life-changing events took the control out of my hands.<BR/><BR/>Now I just try to live in the moment and go where the flow of the universe takes me. <BR/><BR/>My walls have come down (for the most part--I'm a work in progress, what can I say), and I'm enjoying life a whole lot more.<BR/><BR/>On a different subject, I want to tell you how much I learn when I read your posts. Not only about you and your life, but about myself as well. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for that.<BR/><BR/>Hugs,<BR/>Lauriedmmgmfmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09872482306885344135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-23302281044303392282009-02-06T08:20:00.000-08:002009-02-06T08:20:00.000-08:00I understand what you are saying and why you feel ...I understand what you are saying and why you feel the need to control your world. I do the same thing, just not as ridgedly as you do. For the moment I exist. I am truly not living, but existing day to day waiting......for what I have no earthly idea, but waiting I am.Leannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928537274114663807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-86234728700269061732009-02-05T21:59:00.000-08:002009-02-05T21:59:00.000-08:00Girl friend, as the yuppies and hip hoppers say "...Girl friend, as the yuppies and hip hoppers say "Calm down"you are letting the word control you, or you are trying, to hard to control it, and you are thinking the way you are because you are letting it control you , and make no mistake you will never control it . Read the small pocket size book Don't Sweat the Small Stuff . And for God's and yourself, and the people around you , spend a little more time in the Hammock and a lot less time in the Office . Malcolm<BR/> Come on over to my place sometimes. I spend a lot of time in small graces ,and ,I'll show you how it's done ,and we'll waste(as you will say I'm sure ) the whole day just having funMalcolm and Ciejay Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506597733416959273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-76268724426962469612009-02-05T19:43:00.000-08:002009-02-05T19:43:00.000-08:00I am not sure there is a contradiction - some smal...I am not sure there is a contradiction - some small things ar frustrating and drudgery, some small things filled with grace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-72269795855025966072009-02-05T17:33:00.000-08:002009-02-05T17:33:00.000-08:00I had a different post in mind after reading your ...I had a different post in mind after reading your first sentence. :)<BR/><BR/>I try to remind myself often of how good life is for me. But i do need to be reminded even more often, so i am with you.menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-60568304496273085462009-02-05T16:57:00.000-08:002009-02-05T16:57:00.000-08:00I admire you for putting this out there; I think m...I admire you for putting this out there; I think many of us feel the same way more than most are willing to admit.<BR/><BR/>I try not to judge myself when I am not able to do the things I think I should be able to do.RKKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14850964219198441878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34955137.post-48112455402430089742009-02-05T14:38:00.000-08:002009-02-05T14:38:00.000-08:00Somebody once told me to "let go and let God." I w...Somebody once told me to "let go and let God." <BR/><BR/>I wasn't ready then, and I'm still not ready. When my life seems to be spinning out of control, I cling desperately to my ability to control what I can. <BR/><BR/>Yet I do find grace in small things as well as large ones. There is grace in the smile of a mother for her child, grace in a crocus bravely bursting into the world through snow, and grace in understanding at a very deep level that we are all in this together. And that is both scary and comforting.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.com