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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1000 on: February 15, 2011, 06:24:58 AM »
Grateful for a walk on the beach with my son, a wonderful Valentine's Day dinner with my family prepared by my wife, and grateful that my wife married me  :-)

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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1001 on: February 15, 2011, 08:16:25 AM »
Grateful to have a wonderful wife and we had a wonderful V Day.

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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1002 on: February 17, 2011, 09:30:16 AM »
Grateful for support from a variety of different directions and arenas.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1003 on: February 18, 2011, 01:52:41 PM »
Grateful for a nice work week that was extremely positive.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1004 on: February 21, 2011, 02:28:13 PM »
Praying for insight into a pattern , , ,

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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1005 on: February 22, 2011, 04:55:52 PM »
Felt terrible yesterday. Took today off from work and felt terrible for most of the day. I have a minor headache at this point, but I think I need to down some more water. Grateful to be feeling better.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1006 on: February 23, 2011, 08:33:24 PM »
I'm grateful that my life is what it is.

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« Reply #1007 on: February 23, 2011, 09:45:22 PM »
Grateful finally to have written a difficult letter today.

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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1008 on: February 25, 2011, 01:25:05 AM »
Grateful for a mentor to have taken the time this evening to communicate in an honest and open manner.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1009 on: February 26, 2011, 01:17:48 AM »
Grateful to have a great training space coming together.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1010 on: February 27, 2011, 03:38:56 PM »
Grateful for a fine day of training amongst nice people.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1011 on: March 02, 2011, 11:40:00 AM »
Grateful to have the martial arts in my life.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1012 on: March 03, 2011, 07:18:15 AM »
My wife is sick, so I am staying home to see that she gets some rest and gets better. Grateful to have seen my son off to school a few minutes ago.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1013 on: March 04, 2011, 11:47:10 AM »
Grateful for the hope of some stillness this weekend.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1014 on: March 05, 2011, 12:58:38 PM »
Grateful for a good first week of the next phase in the continuing adventure.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1015 on: March 06, 2011, 06:09:48 AM »
My wife has set our TV to record the 1950s show "I love Lucy".  We watched two episodes last night with our children.  I am grateful for their laughter and for the family values of the show.

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« Reply #1016 on: March 06, 2011, 07:32:25 AM »
Grateful to be back to the states for a minute and grateful for a good talk with the Mexican Federal Police yesterday morning as well as a productive trip in Mexico.

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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1017 on: March 06, 2011, 09:00:42 AM »
Grateful to have waken to a beautiful day and to be alive :-D

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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1018 on: March 06, 2011, 11:57:55 AM »
Grateful my wife is so good with our children.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1019 on: March 07, 2011, 12:04:02 PM »
Grateful for confusion having become clarity on some work issues.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1020 on: March 08, 2011, 08:32:30 AM »
Grateful to have received the electronic and second-to-final-draft version of one of the most important documents of my life today.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1021 on: March 08, 2011, 09:36:32 AM »
Grateful for the centering words of a friend.

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« Reply #1022 on: March 08, 2011, 12:14:13 PM »
Grateful for the persistence I was raised with. The only easy day was yesterday... This is as it should be.

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« Reply #1023 on: March 09, 2011, 11:26:11 AM »
Grateful to be setting up a night club in Mexico. That ought to bring some interesting people around.

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« Reply #1024 on: March 10, 2011, 12:27:52 PM »
Is grateful that some of my employees seek their own enlightenment, not what I think, but seek their own truth. I love it when that happens.
I steer them to Miyomoto Mushashi's "Way of Walking Alone," and let them determine for themselves their own course of action. It is nice to see the "lights come on."

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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1025 on: March 10, 2011, 02:01:34 PM »
Zen G, you inspire me to post wisdom I took from my tenant's bathroom wall yesterday:

In a world where you can be ANYTHING ..............  be yourself.

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« Reply #1026 on: March 10, 2011, 02:17:13 PM »
Thanks Doug.

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« Reply #1027 on: March 10, 2011, 11:27:36 PM »
I am defending my doctoral dissertation two weeks from tomorrow. I am grateful to have received the spiral bound copy for the defense in the mail today from my editor. I am also grateful for a day of excellent training amongst good friends.
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« Reply #1028 on: March 11, 2011, 06:39:58 AM »
Prayers for those in Japan and Hawaii.

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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1029 on: March 11, 2011, 09:49:45 PM »
Grateful for a fun dinner with friends. Prayers for those lost and injured in Japan.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1030 on: March 13, 2011, 08:27:59 AM »
Prayers for the people of Japan.

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« Reply #1031 on: March 13, 2011, 09:38:43 AM »
Grateful to have had a wonderful party for my sister last night and prayers for the people in Japan.

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« Reply #1032 on: March 13, 2011, 08:39:12 PM »
Grateful for four days of wonderful training that went by in a flash.
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« Reply #1033 on: March 14, 2011, 12:09:01 PM »
Hoping things go well this weekend in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1034 on: March 14, 2011, 01:21:47 PM »
Prayers for the people of Japan.

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« Reply #1035 on: March 14, 2011, 01:38:44 PM »
Grateful to have a positive outlook on a current challenge.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1036 on: March 15, 2011, 08:41:10 AM »
Grateful for today, a prep day for tomorrow: a very important day in regards to my work.
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« Reply #1037 on: March 15, 2011, 11:38:31 AM »
We believe in you GD  :-)

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« Reply #1038 on: March 15, 2011, 02:08:22 PM »
Thank you, Guro.

The high school at which I teach is up for California Distinguished School recognition. Tomorrow is our validation visitation.

My dissertation defense is next Friday, which is..."surreal" is the only word that fits right now.
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« Reply #1039 on: March 16, 2011, 12:11:33 PM »
Praying for a safe week in Mexico.
Hoping for a response in the affirmative in regard to a letter that I sent yesterday to Somalia.
Grateful for the Martial Arts, The Dog Brothers, and Sensei Gene and Sensei Gokor.
My life is fantastic in every way. I got that from you.

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« Reply #1040 on: March 16, 2011, 01:20:26 PM »
Grateful that the stressful part of my work day is over.
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« Reply #1041 on: March 17, 2011, 12:49:21 PM »
Just grateful. Everything is a matter of perspective.
Goals, if one is working towards them diligently, are only a matter of time and inevitability.
I have excellent teachers and brothers.
My life could not be any better.

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« Reply #1042 on: March 17, 2011, 12:55:55 PM »
Grateful to be in a better frame of mind than I was an hour ago.
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« Reply #1043 on: March 18, 2011, 09:14:44 PM »
Grateful to actually have students.
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« Reply #1044 on: March 19, 2011, 06:04:23 AM »
Grateful to have two different missions take important steps forward.

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« Reply #1045 on: March 19, 2011, 04:01:50 PM »
Grateful to have a supportive wife who let me take class this morning and then teach for 3 hours, all while watching our two (crazy) children.
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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1046 on: March 20, 2011, 01:11:45 AM »
Grateful to have celebrated my wifes birthday in company of her friends and family.  Also grateful that God had granted her another year of life with good health and a family that loves her (Myself and two daughters). :-)

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« Reply #1047 on: March 20, 2011, 03:18:55 AM »
Gratful to be working along side my teacher and like minded Brothers again. 

Gratful for no serious injuries and an entertaining crowd at the club.  I quit drinking a bit over a week ago and seeing a lot of drunks definately encourages me to leave the booze alone. 

If any of my Brotheren end up in Fresno for whatever reason, visit Club Rome and say hello...  I got your back.

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« Reply #1048 on: March 20, 2011, 04:26:47 PM »
Grateful for the straight up jungles of Southern Mexico. Grateful for the Martial Arts and all of the Dog Brothers.

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Re: Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude
« Reply #1049 on: March 21, 2011, 08:12:37 AM »
Where in southern Mexico?  Back in the spring of 1978 I spend three days in the prison of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas due to a fight between four locals and a friend and me; we were defending the two girls under our protection from being dragged off and when we ran to the police station the only policeman on duty ran away when the four of them arrived.  Funny story in retrospect, but to this day I remain grateful that it ended well. :lol: