One good thing

[uni]

Great to hear from you AJ. It sounds like you and Bella have a good thing going with the nature reserve!

There's an urban walking trail just a block away from me. It runs along a drainage ditch I call "Cattail Creek" and I walk there often. Currently there's at least one pair of ducks making their home among the cattails. And a couple of actual cats are frequent visitors.

One good thing in the last 24 hours: I spent nearly an hour walking on the trail, making a bigger loop than usual. My body and mind thanked me.

[AJ]

Our house backs on to a nature reserve. Bella & I go exploring there almost every day. It is so peaceful and certainly helps to get grounded.

[RunningKnitter]

That's great uni.

[uni]

Great to hear from you RunningKnitter. I too hope you can get a bit more nature time in, to help counteract the other stresses.

The latest good thing for me was a phone call from a family member who rarely makes them, as she has serious health issues. It did my heart good to know she's feeling better these days.

[RunningKnitter]

Hi uni,

That sounds wonderful! I am so glad you had time to recharge in nature. I have had some of that recently as well, in the midst of a lot of other stresses, and it definitely helps. I hope to get more in soon!

[uni]

Such a good thing today! Got to drive out of town with a friend and spend the afternoon in a lovely big park, walking around in the sunshine (and the gusty wind, but who cares!), enjoy a drink on a patio surrounded by tall trees, a meandering river, and good old mother nature, then a liesurely drive home via the scenic route. My soul is nourished

[uni]

A good thing in the last 24 hours was a gathering involving not just my family of origin, but a number of extended family members I get along with well and am growing to know better since many of us have retired and have more opportunity to visit.

[uni]

I appreciate seeing your post AJ, thank you!

Chickadees, aren't they lovely! How nice to have them outside your window.

I will continue to post good things, if for no other reason than it does me good

Today's good thing is that my old laptop almost died but has come back to life! I do have a new one and mostly use the old one to stream videos onto my television. I've got it all set up for that so it's nice to be able to use it.

[AJ]

Today's good thing is appreciating the morning greetings of the chickadees outside my window.

Today's other good thing is coming here and seeing you continue to post on 'one good thing'.

[uni]

Today's good thing is I had an excellent sleep last night. It really makes a difference.

[uni]

Today's good thing is I started a series of group sessions about DBT ie. dialectical behavior therapy. I think it's already helping me

[uni]

A good thing in the last 24 hours is that I got myself to sit down and get started on my income tax return. Hooray.

[uni]

My latest good thing is that I was given a very cool travel mug. I had broken my previous one. Most are too big but this one is just the right size!

[uni]

Hello RunningKnitter. I hope you get a break from the weather; it really does make a difference. We had a mild spell and are back to colder, but the daylight hours are longer and any snow from here on can only last so long before spring temperatures melt it

My good thing today is that I had a long phone call with one particular family member who really can push my buttons, and despite it lasting 90 minutes I managed not to buy into all her drama etc. and got off with my sanity relatively intact - whew!

It doesn't always go that way, so when it does I'm grateful. Unfortunately I have found it wise to reduce my exposure to her, it's too crazymaking. She is losing family and friends and doesn't have many people to talk to these days. I've often thought she has undiagnosed mental illness but she won't even entertain that possibility. She is perfectly fine and right in her own mind. She's a senior citizen and I don't expect much to change. Anyway, it was definitely a good thing that I got off the phone before being drawn into the chaos.

[RunningKnitter]

That sounds lovely uni! My one good thing is that spring is on the way! We had a two-day snow storm this week, and I am appreciating that it looks like the weather will be warmer (and less snowy) in the next couple of weeks!