I was never good in Math

But I sure know how to count my blessings. Ü

Everyday last week, I made sure I share with my friends one thing I was grateful for. I enjoyed doing the exercise as it allowed me to take a closer look at the everyday things I may not necessarily take a second look at. While some things are greater than the others, It's just the practice of reminding myself how blessed I am in small to huge-scale ways that assures me I'm in a good place. :)Here are the things I came up with every weekday of last week:

Monday - Today, I’m thankful for my girlfriends. Thanks for keeping every base covered. Good job girls!

Tuesday - Today I'm thankful for every little thing I have in my capacity to help save the environment.

Wednesday - Today I'm thankful for the wise, wonderful and wacky people I have the honor of working with. :)

Thursday - Today, I’m thankful for my Mom. On July 16, 1990 (exactly 19 years ago) a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Luzon where almost 2.000 people were killed. On that day, Mama was in a Parent-Teacher conference and I was at a nearby playground waiting for her to finish. I distinctly remember how my mom hurried to check up on me right after the shaking subsided. Mama was no athlete but boy, can that woman run! She was the first parent to come for her kid, beating a throng of fathers and other screeching mothers. I was 7 then. I did not know what just happened but from the look on my mom's face (and her "crossing the finish line" first), I knew champion ang nanay ko.

Friday - Today, I am thankful I can still run. Yes. RUN and not RACE. When I have been told to quit it altogether because of a bum knee, I'm just so stoked about being in the path to full recovery. Yeah baby! :)



I first posted these things on my Facebook account hoping it can create ripples of gratitude-attitude. Perhaps my friends have gotten the drift, perhaps not. Perhaps they would do a dipstick check on their own gratefulness gauge, perhaps not. Nevertheless, I ended last week with a renewed sense of happiness and contentment. And my favorite biproduct of it all is knowing I could go on and on with enumerating, without tiring nor repeating an item.Ü


Now, as my favorite blogger would ask, what are you grateful for today?

Lance Armstrong once said...

"Never forget your beginner's spirit."


And Jason Mraz concurs by saying...

"The Beginner’s mind is a great place to come from."

what made my day today

This is so hilarious, i just had to post it here!

It takes very little to make me happy

My sister forwarded to me this email after having her boss try my cookies. This definitely made my day. :-)


Subject: Aren't these the best cookies ever?

Body:
yes

seriously, yes,
fyi, i do have extensive experience in the field of choco chip cookie tasting and assessment,
my expertise is well known and my opinion drive trends (the death of the marshmallow cookie ? that was me... the rise of the no trans fat organic-choco cookie, me again)

so getting back to your sister's chef d'oeuvre... the mix of dough chewiness and peripheral crunch, the quality of the chocolate (soft enough but not melted), the development of the in-mouth flavor where you get a taste of each element before they combine into pure bliss... napakagaling !

well done the altamiras, you rule,
e.


ps can i have one more ?