The Gratitude Thread

[Andrew R]

I am thankful for being part of a family that cares so genuinely about my health and progress!

Drew

[Joan]

Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family and Friends,

Today I am grateful to be able to walk, run, jump and play and to see the joy in each new day.

Smile from the Heart,
Joan

[8nsteen8]

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Hi,

Today i am grateful for me keeping on my daily training despite bumps on the way.

[barrys]

I am grateful for persevering when things felt very black

[Erica]

PB and J

I'm grateful to be able to buy peanut butter!

(For two years in Kagoshima, Japan, I couldn't find any peanut butter)

Gratefully eating a peanut butter jelly sandwich,
Erica

[Martin Do]

Gratefully eating a peanut butter jelly sandwich,

Making me feel very hungry

[ryanberg]

Today I'm grateful for...

--> Having loving parents who have always supported me

--> The friends that have always stayed by my side

--> Being an entrepreneur

--> Living in a relatively peaceful society

--> Having a roof over my head and food to put in my belly

--> My friend that always cooks delicious things for me

--> The internet and all the wonderful information and connectivity it brings to my life (like this forum)

--> Having a tool like chi kung to overcome my physical, mental, and spiritual blockages... in a way that feels so good

--> My Shaolin Wahnam family around the world, and my Sifu for bringing us all together


Ryan

[Erica]

Today I'm grateful for...

I'm grateful for electric blankets, keeping me nice and cozy on chilly nights.

Smiling,
Erica

[Joan]

Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family and Friends,

I have had a wonderful day in my garden getting everything ready for winter and planting some beautiful shrubs for spring. I am deeply grateful for flowers and colour and to have the eyes to see it.

Smile from the Heart
Joan

[Emiko H]

Dear Shaolin family and friends,

Today, I am grateful for my body and how it always tells me the truth of what is best for me in any given situation.

I am also grateful for my family and friends, who always show me "where" I am in my Shaolin training.

I am grateful for Sifu, who "walks his talk" and is a clear example to us all of what benefits we can receive from practicing the Shaolin arts.

Joy and freedom,

Emiko

[8nsteen8]

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Today am I grateful for always having a choice.

[Joan]

Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family and Friends,

Today I am very grateful for my phone, where I can connect so easily and quickly with my wonderful friends

I am also grateful for the wonderful Indian Summer we are experiencing here in Ireland. How wonderful, more gardening

I am also grateful to be practising an Art that helps me make each day a success.

Smile from the Heart,
Joan

[Martin Do]

Over the weekend I was taking my kids food shopping and while walking to the supermarket I spotted a chap similar age to me in a poor state on the floor begging for money. I walked pass him to a bakery a couple of shops away and got him a couple of drinks, a hot steak and kidney pie and a vegetarian baguet (just in case he was a vegetarian ). I gave the chap his food and a smile and in my mind wished him well. I did not care to think too much about how and why he got in the position he is in but felt it could really happen to any of us and so was very grateful for my position and sad for his and many like him.

As I walked away I thought about one of the story my mum had told me in the past of when she (5 feet tall woman) had to spend a few years pulling carts full of bricks for construction sites in the baking sun in Vietnam for a living to get food for us as there was no other work around. I also had a brief thought of all the many disabled people in the world. My thought then turned back to my own position and that of many around me and felt we really are very lucky and blessed that it is another day in paradise for most of us.

[Joan]

Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family and Friends,



Thank you Martin for sharing that wonderful heartwarming story.

we really are very lucky and blessed that it is another day in paradise for most of us.

Very true!

Today I am grateful for the continuous help of Guan Yin.

Namo Guan Yin Shi Pu Sa.

Smile from the Heart,
Joan

[Erica]

Greetings everyone,

Martin, thank you for the story of your mother. It's good to be reminded of the blessings that we often forget.

Today I am grateful to have a wonderful little bread bakery near my house, and I'm thankful for all the creativity and care that the baker puts into making the bread.

I'm also grateful for the store clerk who always makes a little friendly conversation with me.

Smiling,
Erica