Prayer and Daily Expression of Gratitude

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. Due to some family dynamics, we had two separate dinners. I am happily fasting today!

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for getting what feels like enough sleep.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful that my little garage group has started gaining some momentum.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful to have the rock that is martial arts in my life.

[jcordova]

Grarteful that more brothers in LE are willing to learn self defense.  And I am most grateful to teach them the little that I know.   

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful for my wife.

[Crafty_Dog]

http://www.allprodad.com/top10/inspirational/10-ways-to-find-purpose/

[Guide Dog]

Grateful to have completed a minor task.

[Kaju Dog]

Gratful for my teacher, mentor and the last 23 years he has been there for me.  Praying for anlother 23 +

[Crafty_Dog]

I see I haven't been here for nearly one month, but I am indeed grateful for so very much, beginning first with my family and then with my mad, merry adventures in martial arts.

[jcordova]

Grateful to have had two weeks vacations and spent the time with my family.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for a wonderful week of vacation in Europe with my wife. Now back to training!

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for routine.

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful for a visit yesterday from my friend Rigan Machado.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for the sense of being a member of a LARGE, multi-faceted community that comes from involvement in the martial arts.

[Kaju Dog]

Thankful to have a patient student and for his tenacity.  I have my art...once again

[Guide Dog]

Kaju,

I have my art...once again

Reading that sentence makes me very happy; I'm grateful you wrote that.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for my students, my instructors (legends), my mentors/instructors in around my age range, and an emergent set of martial arts contemporaries in my life: people who I either teach in one context and train with in another, or people I teach who know just as much as I do in other areas.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for a much better perspective than I had yesterday.

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful for a busy schedule, for some new ideas in training, for my children, for my wife.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for an uneventful day (in a good way).

[DDF]

Grateful for GM playing me a James Bond video when poking fun at me two years ago, and for people that talk behind other people's backs.  I'm still not cool.

[Guide Dog]

I'm grateful for an opportunity.

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful for a wonderful Valentine's Day with my wife, grateful for this coming weekend's Adventure at the Second Annual Canadian Gathering of the Pack.

[dan151]

Today I am grateful  for the chance to spend time with my dog Zeus.

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful for this day!

[Kaju Dog]

This day April 8, 1986, I earned my White belt.  A day I am truely grateful for. 

27 yrs     24 of those years and counting with GM Harper "Kajupit" 


Woof,
KD

[jcordova]

Grateful to have woken up to a beautiful day.

[Crafty_Dog]

A prayer for wisdom in dealing with a difficult situation.

[jcordova]

Grateful to have received the news from our family Dr that my wife is pregnant.  I'll be a daddy again

[bigdog]

Grateful for a promising professional challenge.

[Crafty_Dog]

Congrats JC! 

Grateful for the quality police work in Boston.  Well done!

[Guide Dog]

Congrats on embarking on the journey again, JC!

Grateful for the quality police work in Boston.  Well done!

I am grateful for the same.

I have been away from these boards for a while, but I would like to start posting on here a bit more regularly again.

[Crafty_Dog]

Glad to have you back GD.

Greatful for a fine weekend teaching for DBMA GL Kevin Keane.

We had several Secret Service agents in attendance and other LEOs too.

The them of the weekend was weaponry movements (Kalimba Game, Dracula Fang, Bolo Game, and Prison Sewing Machine-push and poke variation) to empty hand (Kali Tudo) to DLO.


Good times!

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for a short nap.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful to finish one of two weeks of state testing at the high school at which I teach; this week actually shaped up to be quite fun.

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful for a fine weekend here at Camp Williams UT with 19th Group.  Gratitude to Tuhon Jared Wihongi of the Pekiti Tirsia Tactical Ass'n for his part in putting it together.

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful for my wonderful mom!

[DDF]

I would like to thank everyone for the many things I have learned here, good and bad. I don't know if I will be fighting in gatherings anymore, but I want to say that many here have propelled me to the career that I am in now, one which many have no experience in. I am completely grateful for those of you that helped me make it.
DDF

[Crafty_Dog]

TAC!

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for a great last few days of training with many friends (old and new) and wth some of my instructors.

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful to be HOME!!!

[jcordova]

Grateful for the love and joy that I have for my family.   

[Guide Dog]

Grateful for two of my martial arts students who have come back recently and really poured their hearts and souls into training. They will be testing for rank next week. I am very proud of them.

[jcordova]

Grateful to God to have given me another year of life.  Turning 41 today and being blessed too that my family is in good health and spirits.   

[Guide Dog]

Grateful to have DBMA in my life.

[Guide Dog]

Grateful to have come to a place where what I perceived to be a MAJOR problem that was severely affecting my sense of self-worth can now be seen as an exciting opportunity, and that is NOT me "making lemonade" out of the lemons I felt I was being handed. TAC!

[Crafty_Dog]

Grateful for the joys of family time in summer!

[jcordova]

Grateful to have TWINKIES back. Bought two boxes to enjoy.

[Crafty_Dog]

Prayers for my mother-in-law, who goes in for minor surgery today.  All should be well, but prayers nonetheless.