Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude

[Guide Dog]

Grateful to have made it through a minor spiritual dark period this weekend. Prayers for Professor Wally Jay's family and students; may their grieving be what it needs to be.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful to have seen a friendly face from out of state in class last night.

[Crafty_Dog]

Praying for inner harmony while surrounded by strife , , ,

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for a few sustained weeks during which my practice as a martial artist, both teaching and being a student, feels like spiritual, mental, and emotional high octane fuel.

[Crafty_Dog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ybwW8jqjs

[Guide Dog]

Great vid, GC.

Grateful that the very fruitful 2010-2011 academic year is coming to close. It has been a great year.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful to have had my pink slip rescinded for my current high school teaching job, which I happen to like an awful lot. It is going to be a very different summer than I thought it was going to be in terms of stress.

[Crafty_Dog]

 

[Gong Fu Dog]

Grateful for all the brothers I met at the last Tribal Gathering   

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful for good times teaching in Memphis this weekend, and grateful to be home with my wonderful family.

[jcordova]

Grateful to have had a wonderful fathers day this past Sunday.  I was surrounded with lots of family and specially my wife and two daughters.

[Crafty_Dog]

Prayers for those of us in pain of body, soul, and spirit.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for a nice morning of watching a Pixar movie with my almost two year old daughter. Prayers for a tribe member and the wife of another tribe member.

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful for a nice day of teaching.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for a sustained sense of momentum regarding a project.

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful to have been born in America.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful to have been born in America.

I am grateful for the same thing as GC.

[jcordova]

Grateful to have celebrated my 39th B-Day at Cuyamaca camp site near Julian, CA with my wife and two daughters. I ALSO THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME ANOTHER YEAR OF LIFE.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for a wonderful Fourth with family and friends. Happy Independence Day to all who are celebrating!

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful to have three seats on the red eye flight from Philly to Zurich last night so I was able to lay down and sleep for about 4 hours.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for an opportunity that landed in my lap this morning.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful to have gotten up early with my kids to let my wife sleep in, and then to have gone back to sleep while she hung out with them.

[Gong Fu Dog]

Grateful for a strong Gathering with lots of beautiful fights!
Grateful for the teaching from Guro Crafty and all the new ideas for my 3SS Game!

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for a wonderful day of training with friends.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for a lively dinner amongst friends.

[Hello Kitty]

Grateful for the opportunity to be elevated from a pigeon to an eagle in a foreign land.

[jcordova]

Grateful to have had a wonderful evening with my sistersand nephews while doing a cook out for them.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for my children.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for many exciting possibilities coming my way this week.

[Stickgrappler]

38th anniversary of Bruce Lee's passing.

Grateful for his teachings which have had a positive impact on my thinking/training.

[Guide Dog]

The tragedies in Norway, a bullet train crash in China, and Amy Winehouse dying have me a little freaked out today.

I know many will say something like, "Is it all that shocking that she's dead?" No matter how troubled people are, I am always a little shocked when they leave us.

Prayers for those lost in Norway, China, and for Ms. Winehouse's family/friends/fans.

Preyers that there will be lots of good news tomorrow to balance this all out, no matter how naive that may make me.

I am also scared that as a country, we are going to default on our debt. I pray for a resolution.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for a clean house. Let's see how many minutes it keeps!

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful for the collective of Adventures that constitute my life.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful to be hosting a good family friend from out of town for the weekend. Sometimes (especially when you have little children), it's nice to be in the company of adults.

[jcordova]

Grateful to have my mother back safely from a trip to new jersey and for telling me that my youngest sister is doing well.

[Kaju Dog]

Praying that my name makes it to the registered fighter list, 

Gratfiul for having sent it in a week or so ago,   

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for a lasting opportunity in a list that has been consistently disappointing.

[Crafty_Dog]

Kaju:  Pretty Kitty is focused on our family vacation.

All:  Grateful for a cruise on the upper Hudson River today (Catskill area).  As a boy in NYC I remember the river as being a flowing cesspool.  In the decades since my youth, major progress has been made and Ospreys now feed on the fish in the river and people waterski and fish amongst the lily pads along the shore.  Grateful for this example that not all declines are irreversible, and grateful to those who worked to make this happen.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for seeming to be a small step away from something positive.

[DougMacG]

Grateful for another glorious summer, for a little time away for a family reunion, to continue family traditions at a 100+ year old lake place with cousins who were my buddies growing up, for the grandchildren to have extended time with their grandparents, to get to better know our relatives from further away, to see my daughter enjoying the same sports and activities we enjoy and grateful to have added a new family member to the group.   

[Hello Kitty]

Grateful to be able to have fun and enjoy life.

[jcordova]

Grateful to have a good working A/C during these 115 degree temps in Yuma. 

[Cranewings]

Grateful for my health and my new home.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful to have students.

[Hello Kitty]

Grateful to be employed.

[Kaju Dog]

Grateful for the wisdom and consistancy of our Guiding Force.

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful for a good day with a good friend and to have met some of his family.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for inspiration.

[danicasdad]

pray to be a better father for my children and a better man for my wife. pray to be a better warrior for those here.

[Hello Kitty]

Grateful to be back in the States.