The Gratitude List

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TODAY'S LEARNING
The Gratitude List

Here are sixty things to be grateful for in our lives:

1. Your parents – for giving birth to you. Because if there is no them, there will not be you.

2. Your family – for being your closest kin in the world.

3. Your friends – for being your companions in life.

4. Sense of sight – for letting you see the colors of life.

5. Sense of hearing – for letting you hear trickle of rain, the voices of your loved ones, and the harmonious chords of music.

6. Sense of touch – for letting you feel the texture of your clothes, the breeze of the wind, the hands of your loved ones.

7. Sense of smell – for letting you smell scented candles, perfumes, and beautiful flowers in your garden.

8. Sense of taste – for letting you savor the sweetness of fruits, the saltiness of seawater, the sourness of pickles, the bitterness of bitter gourd, and the spiciness of chili.

9. Your speech – for giving you the outlet to express yourself.

10. Your heart – for pumping blood to all the parts of your body every second since you were born; for giving you the ability to feel.

11. Your lungs – for letting you breathe so you can live.

12. Your immune system – for fighting viruses that enter your body. For keeping you in the pink of your health so you can do the things you love.

13. Your hands – so you can type on your computer, flip the pages of books, and hold the hands of your loved ones.

14. Your legs – for letting you walk, run, swim, play the sports you love, and curl up in the comfort of your seat.

15. Your mind – for the ability to think, to store memories, and to create new solutions.

16. Your good health – for enabling you to do what you want to do and for what you’re about to do in the future.

17. Your school – for providing a environment conducive to learning and growing.

18. Your teachers – for their dedication and for passing down knowledge to you.

19. Tears – for helping you express your deepest emotions.

20. Disappointment – so you know the things that matter to you most.

21. Fears – so you know your opportunities for growth.

22. Pain – for you to become a stronger person.

23. Sadness – for you to appreciate the spectrum of human emotions.

24. Happiness – for you to soak in the beauty of life.

25. The Sun – for bringing in light and beauty to this world.

26. Sunset – for a beautiful sight to end the day.

27. Moon and Stars – for brightening up our night sky.

28. Sunrise – for a beautiful sight to start the morning.

29. Rain – for cooling you when it gets too warm and for making it comfy to sleep in on weekends.

30. Snow – for making winter even more beautiful.

31. Rainbows – for a beautiful sight to look forward to after rain.

32. Oxygen – for making life possible.

33. The earth – for creating the environment for life to begin.

34. Mother nature – for covering our world in beauty.

35. Animals – for adding to the diversity of life.

36. Internet – for connecting you and others despite the physical space between you.

37. Transport – for making it easier to commute from one place to another.

38. Mobile phones – for making it easy to stay in touch with others.

39. Computers – for making our lives more effective and efficient.

40. Technology – for making impossible things possible.

41. Movies – for providing a source of entertainment.

42. Books – for adding wisdom into your life.

43. Blogs – for connecting you with other like-minded people.

44. Shoes – for protecting your feet when you are out.

45. Time – for a system to organize yourself and keep track of activities.

46. Your job – for giving you a source of living and for being a medium where you can add value to the world.

47. Music – for lifting your spirits when you’re down and for filling your life with more love.

48. Your bed – for you to sleep comfortably in every night.

49. Your home – for a place you can call home.

50. Your soul mate – for being the one who understands everything you’re going through.

51. Your best friends – for being there for you whenever you need them.

52. Your enemies – for helping you uncover your blind spots so you can become a better person.

53. Kind strangers – for brightening up your days when you least expect it.

54. Your mistakes – for helping you to improve and become better.

55. Heartbreaks – for helping you mature and become a better person.

56. Laughter – for serenading your life with joy.

57. Love – for letting you feel what it means to truly be alive.

58. Life’s challenges – for helping you grow and become who you are.

59. Life – for giving you the chance to experience all that you’re experiencing, and will be experiencing in time to come.

And last but not least… #60:

You.

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TODAY'S POSITIVE NEWS

A flightless prehistoric bird previously thought extinct is once again strutting among the tussocks of New Zealand’s South Island following a decades-long conservation effort.

Takahē vanished from New Zealand in the late-19th century, hunted to extinction by predators, including cats and ferrets, which arrived with European settlers.

They were rediscovered in South Island’s Murchison Mountains in 1948. Captive breeding led by New Zealand’s Department of Conservation boosted numbers to around 500, and an additional wild population has now been established with the release of 18 breeding pairs on Indigenous lands close to Lake Whakatipu Waimāori.

Members of the Indigenous Ngāi Tahu have been fighting for their return for years. Ngāi Tahu leader Tā Tipene O’Regan said: “I have been enraptured by takahē since I was a boy, so it is very satisfying to release our taonga [treasure] on our own whenua [land].”

ZEN STORY
MIND STUCK IN THE PAST

Tanzan Hara was a famous Zen monk of the Meiji Period. He was also a Buddhist scholar and became the first lecturer in Indian philosophy at Tokyo University and was elected a member of the Japan Academy. He died in 1892 at the age of seventy-four, and he knew the day before that he was going to die. Twenty minutes before his eyes closed for the last time he wrote postcards to his close friends which said, “I will soon die. At this time I would like to inform you to that effect.” And even though he is famous for having died while sitting in the meditation posture, he had shown unusual qualities from his youth.

As a young pilgrim monk he traveled country roads with a close friend, and one day the two of them came to a shallow and narrow river. But there was no bridge, and they were going to have to wade across. By chance they saw a beautiful young lady who was hesitating to wade through the stream, and Tanzan offered, “Here, I’ll carry you across. Hold on to my shoulders tightly. All right?” and lightly holding the girl he carried her across.

The girl blushingly thanked Tanzan, but he, in his haste to catch up with his friend, did not hear her. The two monks walked about a mile in silence, and Tanzan’s friend appeared to be displeased. Suddenly the friend could contain himself no longer and bluntly said, “You’re a disgrace. Do you think monks should embrace girls?” He looked angry.

Tanzan, pretending not to understand, looked round about him and said, “What? Where is a girl?”

“Don’t go on pretending. You held a beautiful girl just a short while ago.”

“Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ― you mean that girl. I carried her across the river and put her down. Have you been carrying her in your mind all this way?”

Hearing this, the friend was at a loss for words.

In photography, if you snap the shutter, the next step is to wind the film. Otherwise, you will get a double exposure. Neither should we forget to wind the film of our minds as our surroundings change moment by moment.

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YOGAPEDIA
Crescent Moon Pose (Anjaneyasana)

What is Crescent Moon Pose?

Crescent moon pose, or anjaneyasana in Sanskrit, is a low lunge pose. Similar to warrior I pose, the back knee stays on the floor with the toes untucked. The pose stretches and strengthens the legs and opens the chest and lungs.

Instructions

• Begin in downward-facing dog pose.

• Exhale and step the right foot between the hands.

• Lower the back knee to the floor and untuck the toes.

• Be sure that the right knee is directly above the right ankle. Inhale and reach the hands toward the sky.

• Lift the chest and gaze diagonally upward.

• Breathe while holding the pose.

• Exhale and lower, returning to downward-facing dog pose. Change sides.

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