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Today I am thankful for... ver. 2: thankful for all the darksiders!

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i am thankful thankful that my body has not been destroyed by angry dogs gnawing at my feet and tearing out my eyes. i live/
 
My crazy co-workers because they make me laugh. One told me how her cat got out last night so her husband started chasing after it and even hopped on someones bike that was outside. Then she reenacted how the cat was walking and then said her husband caught their cat but the cat was mad at him... Lol wtf wow but that shit cracked me the fuck up.
 
Reading over this whole page, I am so thankful that so many of my TDS friends are feeling thankful. I am thankful for all the things in their lives that they feel good about and appreciate--from the simple fact that there is sun, to families pulling together in a crisis, to humor at work. The older I get the more obvious it is to me that happiness is made of grateful moments. The more we learn to mark them, to stop and pay attention and honor them, the more they present themselves. Many of us here have been caught in the trap of confusing pleasure with happiness and losing both in the process of the chase. The amazing thing to me is that letting happiness simply happen, feeling it when it does and breathing it in, is a pleasure that rivals any substance-induced euphoria.

So once again, I have to say that what I am most thankful for today is my army of courageous Darksiders. It is a big deal to feel in this paradigm we find ourselves in, where consumption is supposed to replace feeling. It does my heart so much good to see that no matter how hard it gets, people will find a way continue to feel the beauty that is all around. This is one of the best threads anyone ever came up with. <3
 
Herb I would write it every post in this thread if I could (if it wouldn't get old). I am so thankful for the happiness TDS brings me. For the ability to have something that makes me happy and able to relate to my boyfriend. I was a sad introverted person who spent a lot of my days inside my own head. Bluelight and TDS has given me a way to take my internal thoughts and put them out into the open. I am able to talk and relate to my boyfriend instead of being consumed by other thoughts. I now talk about things that we both have an interest in (even if it be a simple internet forum).

I wish I could say it simply in every post in this thread how thankful I am for what friendship and support has given me here in TDS. But not to be repetitive I will say it this once and try and keep my TDS love posts to once per month.

I am thankful for TDS and the support and feeling of genuine love and acceptance I find here. <3
 
The yoga & meditation retreat I'm going to in 5 hours.

I have been a part of the community for 8 years, on and off. My relationships with each person goes deep and wide. They have seen me at my best and worst.

Today I will show up again, humbled, as usual.

Love!!! is about to happen.
 
mami said:
The yoga & meditation retreat I'm going to in 5 hours.

I have been a part of the community for 8 years, on and off. My relationships with each person goes deep and wide. They have seen me at my best and worst.

Today I will show up again, humbled, as usual.

Love!!! is about to happen.
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How positively wonderful! Sounds like a meaningful and valuable use of your time. Enjoy!

Me, I'm thankful for what at times feels like inordinate unwavering support from my family, and I am thankful for an array of friends who all want to see me come back to who I once was. And to throw my lot in, to all you outstanding darksiders! Such a deep and long well of support!
 
^thankful for you and your appreciation, Moe!<3

today I am thankful that as the date of my son's birthday (May 7th), and that of his deathday (May 30th), approach, I am still functioning, if in a very liquid state in every sense of the word. I have had 332 days to learn how to live with/within this and I don't know how many I have left, but however many it is, I know one thing: I will still be learning, he will still be teaching. To all of you who struggle with guilt and shame over what your own trials with addiction put your families through, please know that you give so much more than you take. Addiction is not a weakness or a failing. You are the same beloved sons and daughters that you were on the day your mother looked into your eyes for the first time and felt her whole body flood with joy. So much suffering surrounds addiction--the betrayals and the fears and the deep wells of sadness that every person affected knows so well. But despite all of the suffering, we are all still full of the potential to come back to ourselves, to reach out to each other and to say, "no matter what happens in this life, I will love you forever."<3
 
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