- I am grateful to be surrounded by an amazing group of friends with open hearts, deep loyalty, and mad skills! These are some of the most talented, creative people I've come across. You know who you are, and I love you.
- I am grateful for my love of cooking. What started out at age 4 as a way to be with my parents after they got home from work quickly evolved into a little library of kids cookbooks and soon a 4-part French Cooking series at the New School of Cooking in Culver City and some private training with what I'm told is a killer chef. If you want a laugh, ask me sometime to tell one of my Mom's favorite stories about nearly averting a fire when I was 4. My enjoyment of cooking allows me to give love without words in feeding people.
- I am grateful for personal evolution. How hellish would it be if we were doomed to live as awkward teenagers till we die (I know, I know, some people do....and it's not required...anyone can grow and awaken into the person they always knew they were inside).
- I am grateful for the power of prayer. Whether you use words, silence, connect through nature, set intentions...all that and more falls under the heading of prayer for me, and doing it for the upliftment of others works. I see it day after day, and it never gets old...always moves me nearly to tears.
- I am grateful for my stubbornness. As my heart opens wider, the stubbornness evolves into deep unwavering commitment that yields great harvests over time. "Over Time" being the key words. Instant was great once upon a time, but more than ever, I'm captivated by the power of being committed, focused, and present over time with a process.
- I'm grateful for all of the reminders, both the ones I reach into and the ones that are reaching through me, that everything is truly whole, perfect, abundant, enough...
- I'm grateful for my love of cooking. It's a way for me to connect beyond words as love with food as the conduit.
- I'm grateful for everything unfolding for me around Patience; my interest in gardening it ever deeper, the direct ways it reveals the connection to Trust and Faith, and the opportunity it reveals for abiding in the peaceful, silent, Present.
- I'm grateful for the new gummy bears sweetened with agave (***oops! They're actually sweetened with real fruit juice...see Liane's comment below!) made by friend Liane Weintraub's brilliant green company, Tasty Baby...they specialize in organic frozen baby foods. However the awesome gummies are for kids of all ages.
- I'm grateful for all the ways these hummingbirds at my house interact with me, catch my attention, make me smile and laugh, and punctuate my intution.
- I'm grateful for the deeper spiritual strength being awakened in me, through Grace, to release all attachments to the past. I have committed to the discipline around this, and promise to keep bringing fun, imagination, and curiosity to the process.
- I'm grateful for the good friend who gifted me a French Cooking series at the New School of Cooking starting in mid-January. It's part of my Cross-Training plan, and I love to cook for friends, so this'll help me expand my range and depth.
- I'm grateful to have dropped off all the donations at the Jeff Griffith Youth Center (part of the West Hollywood Gay & Lesbian Center) which gives these clothes to homeless gay kids they're helping to build lives of full-expression. Going to the center and meeting some of the kids = huge bonus :)
- I'm grateful for all of the music in my life. It's mind-blowing how quickly a song, a note, a voice can immediately shift my experience of nearly anything and everything. Big love to all of you courageous enough to make your music and share it with anyone who'll listen. Right now, the change-makers on heavy rotation on my iPod ~ Dave Matthews, Tiesto, Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson, Michael Jackson, and Krishna Das.
- I'm grateful to David Elliott for saying "Yes" over and over again, ever deeper. Thank you for being present with every step and letting it be seen, heard, and felt. I love you...
