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Gratitude Journal
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1/1/2001
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My Loving Hubby
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My husband is very supportive and has helped me in so many ways. He always wants to help me and tries and understands what I am feeling when I am depressed. I just don't know what I would do without him (or our little boy Justin).
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1/1/2001
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Whoever sent me the link for this site.
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I have no idea who sent me the info about this group.....it arrived in my email today. But the invite hit home, this is indeed the hardest time of year to get
through. I'm a rapid cycing bipolar.....rapid enough that I can go up and down within days...sometimes hours, but have found I seem to spend most of the holidays in the depressed state. Now I have found a group of ppl that go through the same thing, and understand it. Thank you to the guardian angel that sent me this.
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![]() miah
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1/1/2001
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I'm gratefull for God healing me and restoring me from the inside out. I'm gratefull that I've seen how terrible a state we can get ourselves in (or become due to circumstances), been picked out of the mess and darkness I was in, and given a new life in Jesus. I'm gratefull for being SET FREE from the downward spiral of depresion, GUILT self hate, anxiety, eating disorders, drugs, sleeplessness, fear, mistrust, self harm, lies, isolation and loneliness. That God's love and comfort was strong enough to both pull me out of those traps while comfortingly giving me strength to face each stage of hurt and fear i needed to get past (and that you're still doing it!). Thankyou Jesus that now my life is worth living and you've given me a new identity, where I'm not a scared failure but a confident, joyfull winner with you! Thankyou for dying to take away all the results of all the mistakes I'd made, filled me with your Holy Spirit and overwhelmed me with YOUR love, peace and answers to prayer. Thankyou that my destination isn't a hope of death, but a certain hope of amazing life after death with YOU in Heaven (after a life well lived with you on earth). THANKYOU LORD THAT YOU MADE EACH OF US IN OUR MOTHER'S WOMB And KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT US - LOVING US ALL THE SAME!!  I pray that everyone who enters this site would come to know the amazing healing power, love, patience, understanding and acceptance of Jesus Christ - the WONDERFULL COUNSILLOR!!!
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![]() Meg34
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8/24/2002
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Harmony within...
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I am grateful for the fact that I have found this site and am able to share things with other people who might be interested in sharing their responses with us...I am grateful for having all 5 of my children, despite their shortcomings and they are grateful for me despite my shortcomings...
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9/23/2002
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This Group's Site...
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...because I learned about a kind of therapy for my condition, BPD, that I'd never heard about before, and that I think would work very well forme. Purrpussful
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9/23/2002
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The realization I was doing wrong.....
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Not legally, or morally but to the detriment of my own being. When I realized I would be able to go back to work & updated my resume',It occurred to me that every job I had was VERY high in stress. I was making pretty good money, and had a secure position with the federal government, but I didn't really have time for my family or hobbies. Now, I lost almost all I owned, but am remarried & have a much better outlook for the future. My bride joins me in my hobbies, camping cycling etc. A lot healthier than all the stress I put myself into.
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9/24/2002
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so many things- to start with - me
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I am gratitful that my car is paid for- it is old but it runs good, that I have a good doctor, my health insurance, that i have money to pay the bills,my pellet stoves, glass's that will correct my vision, learning to live alone and having peace with it, this group, food in the house and 2 furry friends to wake me in the morning, my home.
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9/24/2002
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I am soooo greatful....for my kids health, and mine, and my little dog...and friends, and the sun and rain, and rainbows.
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I love to laugh, and see the sun shining and run thru the rain, and watch for rainbows...and see friends, and hug my dog...and and and I have a job, and a place to live...and sooo much to be thankful and greatful for. Love Serenity.
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9/25/2002
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Alex
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Whatever happens in my life, whether it is good or bad, I know that I always have a reason to go on. I have someone who loves me and someone who I love very much. That is all I need to make my life worthwhile. Thank you for being in my life Alex :0)
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9/25/2002
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Being Alive
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I am so gratitful for where my spirit is at today. Once it was full of self and being self centered to the point I could see no one but myself. TodayI can see a larger picture and no longer need to carry anger and resentment or be full of the negative. Today I have choices. I am also gratitful for my love of music and the talent God has given me with my art. It was freely given to me and today I can share it with no strings attached. Having attempted suicide three times in my life, today I am sooooo gratitful to be alive. Life is not perfect but today it is good. I would have hated to miss this journey!!!!!!! I am grateful for my illness and that fact that I was DID and am now intergrated, the education is priceless. Glad I'm not a "normie", glad all of you are here and we are all so supportive of each other. Today I can feel my feelings- time was when I was totally numb and felt nothing. Today I can feel and know what it's like to feel and what feelings are. I am so gratitful to be where I am in my recovery today, even though I have a long way to go,today I am willing and I not only want to live,I choose to live. Thank you to all of you. Karen
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9/26/2002
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Choices
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Brfore I go to bed and review my day I am greatful to have choices,even if I am not clear on what those choices are, at lest I have them. I am feeling an inner strenght within myself that I did not know was there and I am greatful for that. Karen
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9/29/2002
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The Ability to Question
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I am greatful for the ability to question things, whether it be my behaviour, the behaviour of others, the issues that life raises and so on. I love the way these questions raise further questions through debate and discussion, which in turn adds to our understanding and allows us to progress. Questions allow us to examine things indepth rather than accepting them at face value, something which allows us to learn, grow and live life to the full! Questioning makes life interesting  |
nicnac12001
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9/30/2002
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This evening I am grateful for having what I have. I am so glad I am not one of the Tarahuma indians that live in Mexico. They still live in caves with only the basic's of life,if that. But for the Grace of God go I. Karen
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9/30/2002
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my children most of all
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without them i don't know what i would do. so very grateful they are in my life. and that they are healthy and happy. grateful for the old friends and the new. grateful i have the free will to make my own choices. grateful for whatever is in me that keeps me going on. seeking, learning, understanding, living.
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10/1/2002
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Today
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Before I go to bed and as I review my day, I find I am greatful for all the experiences I have had in my life. As I look back over my life I can seeit has been so packed full of all different kinds of experiences and life styles. I am soooo greatful I am no longer homeless and getting my food from garbage cans! I am greatful today that I am clean and sober! Let me always remember that but for the grace of God,there go I. Night all- Karen
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