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Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday !

I am finally feeling like my normal self, or almost, after 4-5 days of terrible intestinal pain. I have no clue what happened last Monday but I was plagued with horrific spasms that left me crying and wondering when it would pass. But I am still here, and I have even more compassion for people living with conditions bringing this kind of pain on a daily basis…

This week, I am thankful for:

• “Beautiful Trauma“, P!nk’s new album. I waited for 5 years and it is just as beautiful and powerful as I hoped it would be
• The ability to push my creative edges and how this Munny project turned up
• The choice to workout regularly and control my food intake
• The job my best friend has recently started at the other side of the planet
• My daughter finding interest in Magic and paganism
• Books (I am currently reading a series by Cate Tiernan about Wicca. It’s for middle grade I think but it’s pretty good)
• People speaking up when words escape me but feelings drown me alive

Today’s jam is my older daughter and I’s favorite song from Kesha’s album (yes, I am still listening to it on repeat too):

Want to be held in my Gratitude bubble ? Leave me a few things you are grateful for in the comments and I will send you lots of love.

Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday !

I am happy that today is Friday, even though it seems there won’t be much rest during the coming weekend. It still means more time as a family unit, no stress to have both girls ready on time in the morning (one now has the school bus, the other bikes to middle school on her own).

Know your limits ? Try pushing them just that tiny little bit.

I know where my comfort lays when it comes to my creative processes. This is how I know where I am going outside my own edge. And with time, I learned to love venturing outside the walls I have built.

I invite you to explore outside your comfort zone, see what wonders you can create when you think it will simply end up in the bullshit pile. If only you knew how big my own pile is ! But that’s okay: you can always start over. You can always cover it up to make something else.

And there is no shame in going back inside the pretty bubble of what we know works for us, by the way.

This week, I am thankful for:

❇︎ Signing myself up for a fitness program for the days I am not going to Orange Theory with my husband
❇︎ Fall is here but the sky is still blue
❇︎ My best friend, Cocotte
❇︎ Exploring my creative edge and doing what scares me.
❇︎ The visit of my brother-in-law from France
❇︎ Words and Music and Texture and Colors
❇︎ Inspiration
❇︎ Possibilities and opportunities

Have you taken the time to reflect on your week and what goodness brightened it ? I would love to hold the joy for you if you share it in the comments. Let’s build a huge joy and gratitude bubble together.

Some Friday Musing:

I really hope my habit will stick and that I will share my Gratitude Friday here again, weekly.

First, I want to thank all the people who took the time to comment either here or on the social media. It brings me so much joy to read your own list. Everytime I read one, I take a few minutes to send you a little gentle energy.

This week is my birthday week, which I love. Even though my body decided to go against me and to put me in full fibro flare-up. A flare up means I can’t focus, I can’t function, I become bitchy (even more than my usual regular self).

This week, I am thankful for:

✼ The love I receive
✼ The good teacher my 7th grader has this year and her studying hard paying off
✼ Pain meds
✼ My Sister, Mindy, and her online classes (feeling witchy anyone ?)
✼ Getting messy in my Art Cave, the freedom I have to create
✼ This piece of writing by Carrie-Anne Moss that resonates so well with my own epiphany
✼ Hot Epsom salt baths in the middle of the day
✼ Family coming from far away to spend time with us
✼ Canning food
✼ The new album from Macklemore
✼ The trust invested in me to create beautiful meaningful videos.

And you, what comes into your mind when you start the sentence “today, I am thankful for……” ?

Share in the comments and let me hold your joy with you.

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If you are a long-time reader of my blog, you know I used to share with you, every Friday, a list of what I am grateful for. I also was inviting you to spend some time in reflection and comment about your own gratitude list. I did it for 7 years.

But because I was getting tired and frustrated of inviting readers without getting any response, I stopped the blog series (I am still doing daily gratitude list in my journals, though). I know, I know…..

You can read more my thoughts and why I started this ritual right there.

But today… today I feel the weight of the World. And when in pain, when it all feels too much, I take some time to go inward and look at the bright side. Seeing the glass half full does not mean burying your head in the sand, it is essential to know where you actually direct your energy (and your thoughts are energy, Loves. Truly).

This week, I am grateful for:

✮ The return of the Sun
✮ The day spent with my Mom and my Brother-In-Law in Montréal yesterday
✮ The love of my Husband
✮ The new tattoo I will have inked in October. Another story on my body.
✮ Getting back on track with my nutrition.
✮ Going to Orange Theory fitness 3+ times week with my Husband.
✮ Looking into going back to University.
✮ The daily Reiki I receive from my friend Alli.
✮ My friend Angélique who gets me so well and share my tattoo obsession.
✮ Our Rami nights.

What about you ? I am curious: do you have a Gratitude List ritual as well ? Is it a daily, weekly thing ? Right now, what are you thankful for ?

Welcome on a new edition of my weekly ritual, Gratitude Friday (if you are not familiar with it, please go read how it came up and what it is about).

I am emotionally tired, I would lie to you if I was saying otherwise. Trying to figure things out, both around my career and in my personal life. I know I am not the only one feeling helpless, scared for the future of my children, and what else. And I don’t want to make less of it than it is because tomorrow IS scary.

But our reactions to it is what matters now. And as I was telling you last week, deep deep Gratitude is for me the best coping mechanism. What’s yours ?

This week, I am thankful for:

☆ The escape offered by books
☆ Long hot baths with incense, music, a candle and a book
☆ The effort my daughter puts into making her school year better
☆ My Mom
☆ Planning my Mom’s immigration to be in Canada with us
☆ Art making
☆ Going back to my Spiritual practice a little bit more each day
☆ Gifts shopping

What are you thankful for today ? <3