Wendy James

Day #323 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Sitting in the warm winter sun as it beams it's beautiful rays into my house, I feel grateful. Thankful for so many of Winter's gifts. The anticipation of an upcoming Spring always adds to the excitement of the second half of this season. The days are getting longer and longer, the birds are already starting to sing and chirp their classic Spring sounds. We are in the home stretch of the final turn of the Year's Wheel. I am feeling nostalgic and peaceful. I hope you are having a wonderful day too. #wendys365

Day #322 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Do you get excited thinking about your life in the future? Let yourself visualize good health, lots of love and happiness ahead of you. Plan for joy. Be prepared to be comfortable and happy. The future can look however you choose to perceive it. Play with images in your minds eye and lock in on the really feel-good ones you find. #wendys365

Day #321 of 365 Daily Gratitude. It's Monday & my day off! Enjoying being peaceful and mindful today. I enjoy projects that take my mind out of thinking mode and go into singular focus. Will it be a puzzle or an art project? Both will be just the right medicine I need for feeling harmonious. #wendys365

Day #320 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Yes I did! I played like a child today and it felt good. Look back to learn, laugh and appreciate. No bad memories, just lessons that hurt. Lessons that taught and still do. Don't let your past bring you pain. Learn to play again. Stronger and care free. Bring your inner child forward. She/he has never left you... only waits patiently for you to come and play once again. #wendys365

Day #319 of 365 Daily Gratitude. I can say what ever I want. I am taking full advantage of this in day #319. I hold great gratitude for my ability to say this. If you are offended by how I or anyone else choose to express themselves I believe you have a serious problem. That is not my problem so keep it to your therapist, your support network and yourself please. While others embrace diversity you will always be chasing contentment looking for it's patterns outside of you versus inside of you. #wendys365

Day #318 of 365 Daily Gratitude. I lost today... yes I did. Not once but twice! Lost to a 6 year old and I was really trying! This is the stuff of great gratitude. I has been a long day, a fun day, a non stop go go go day and I loved it! My goals for tonight... take a long bath and sleep like a baby bear! This awesome guy rises with the sun bouncing, laughing and ready for adventure! You know you are getting old when... playing like a kid all day makes your eyelids heavy and your brain mush at 8 pm... hahahaha I hope all of you had a great day. #wendys365

Day #317 of 365 Daily Gratitude. I wonder what eyes you perceive other's joy with? I am very conscious of how I celebrate people's happiness, success and abundance. I want everyone to love their life and feel great amounts of purpose. When you do well and are feeling fantastic I get to feel some of that too. So, thank you for being peaceful, playful, excited and engaged in your story. It has truly made my life better and I am grateful for that. #wendys365

Day #316 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Being silly brings me so much joy. I am not alone with that feeling. Sometimes it only takes a small spark of silliness to get have a domino affect of others around feeling goofy and fun as well. I hope all of you are finding yourself smiling and laughing today. Take all of that one step further and feel a heap of gratitude for this good stuff in our lives. Share it, spread it around and brighten others moods! #wendys365

Day #315 of 365 Daily Gratitude. I ponder not waking up sometimes. I think it has been really helpful to practice this type of contemplation. Facing our mortality helps us live. It's true. Thinking this way has helped build my ability to be compassionate, love better, give more and feel happy. There are many who fear these types of thoughts or conversations. Giving yourself safe permission to meditate on these thoughts can make your daily life feel more meaningful. Have a wonderful day! #wendys

Day #314 of 365 Daily Gratitude. We are all never ending works of art. We learn as we go. If we are able to be very honest with ourselves we can identify the roots of our unhappiness or discontent. How we are inwardly to ourselves radiates outwardly in our shadow self. It is ours to learn to manage and love. Change begins from within. Don't be afraid to wander into the limitless truth of your self. This is where we create permanent transformation in our lives. #wendys365

Day #313 of 365 Daily Gratitude. I love flying over a mountain range or hiking on a mountain. I love looking at them in real life and in images. I find them majestic and comforting. They represent stability, challenges, strength & time. Do you have symbolic mountains in your life? Is your perception of them a positive one or a negative one? #wendys365

Day #312 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Just leaving a really neat spot, The Scone Witch, visiting and nibbling on tasty food with my friend of almost 2 decades, Tashi. I love finding new and interesting things to study and stimulate my mind with. Seeing and hearing amazing life changing things others in my life are doing always excites me. I love to learn and I love seeing my friends growing and expanding as well. Exchanging ideas is one of my most favorite things! #wendys365

Day #311 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Are you motivated and thinking ahead to goals and projects? I sure am! I love plotting out my next big business adventures. I plan to help AND entertain in my upcoming year. Today is a goal setting and future planning day, after getting some fresh air and walking my dog of course. #wendys365

Day #310 of 365 Daily Gratitude. I am feeling very loved and supported today after such a strong outpouring of love from all of you over the loss of my dear friend. Thank you. I am also grateful for knowing what I need when I am grieving. Not feeling guilty for turning down offers of people visiting or calling me. It's a delicate balance between need and want when we are going through tough times. I am thankful for knowing myself well enough to say "no" in honour of my needs. #wendys365

Day #309 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Today my dear friend of several decades passed away after fighting a long battle with many health complications. I am mourning and grateful combined. I am a stranger woman due to Wanda's influence in my life. She helped my grow and become more honest with myself over the years. I can feel her love all around me and I know this would make her happy to know. Life will be very different without her here. I will think of her and be reminded of her through out my daily life so often. There are no words to heal the pain of loss. No words. #wendys365

Day #308 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Would you consider yourself as a good driver? Are you patient behind the wheel? These are really healthy questions to as yourself once or twice a year. If either question has any hesitation to it be brave and ask yourself why plus sort out ways to improve. We can all always learn new and better ways to do many different things in our lives. Driving to me is one of the most important things to master not only for ourselves but for our families and communities as well. #wendys365

Day #307 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Speaking up even if your voice shakes, against the odds and when you feel it is what is right is an important lesson to learn. It is sometimes a lesson learned through trial and error. Never let it be a place of self criticism or judgement. This can be a huge moment of self expansion whatever the outcome always. Advocate for others. Speak when you are witnessing cruelty, gross ignorance at other's expense or when wrongs are committed. It is lonely speaking when others don't. Often those who hesitate will stand up and speak after someone breaks the uncomfortable ice. Be that someone. #wendys365

Day #306 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Learning self love does not hurt at all! One little step at a time. Think of things about you that you love and are grateful for... then just watch self acceptance grow from there. Go ahead... give it a try! No one is looking. #wendys365

Day #305 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Watched 2 beautiful fox today right behind my house for a long time. They were 2 red fox, muscular and healthy with beautiful thick fur. We got out our cameras and were able to capture some incredible photographs. This is just one of a huge list of wild animals that live in our area and we sure did feel grateful for today's experience. #wendys365

Day #304 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Are you someone who feels that there is not enough abundance to go around? I hope not. That's an uncomfortable perspective and the source of suffering. Remembering some lessons learned from 2000 & 2001 that are still relevant today. Grateful for knowing that which is for my highest good will and does flow to me with ease. I can support others in their success without diminishing my own potential. #wendys365

Day #303 of 365 Daily Gratitude. What a great day so far! I realize how much joy I get from watching love. Truly it fills me to the top with gratitude. Love extends far outside of ourselves and influences those who witness it the same as hate or anger would. Vibe up your quantity of outwardly expressed love! You never know who will receive it just by being near it and positively alter their internal climate. Have a great day every one! #wendys365

Day #302 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Up at 2:30 am rummaging around in the refrigerator. Time to make quick use of dinner's leftovers. Grateful to waddle down to the kitchen and feed our tummies. We will happily chomp on our late night munchies and then drift back to dreamland well fed. My opinion: snacks are best in the middle of the night with someone you love. Lots of great stuff all in one. Nighty night everyone! #wendys365

Day #301 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Taking a slow peaceful time getting ready for my work day today. Resting both my body and my mind. Feeling really grateful for being able to quiet my mind and listen to what my inner voice and my body are saying to me. I hope all of you take a moment today to set your mind and your body to a peaceful space. Go within and turn the endless hum of the exterior world off... even if only for a moment. #wendys365

Day #300 of 365 Daily Gratitude Hello and good evening! Do you become defensive when you encounter someone correcting you? I appreciate someone correcting me, especially in a public forum, if I had spoke or wrote inaccurately. It is very different than somone arguing an opposing view. Open up people. Not every angular encounter is war. Many of them can be deep learning experiences you may end up feeling grateful for if you can listen without becoming defensive. #wendys365

Day #299 of 365 Daily Gratitude. Admitting to some passive aggressive tendencies I have developed as I age today with no shame. Yes, this is what the aging Wendy is getting more and more like. Moving through life at my pace and not sweating the small stuff. Even feeding my sense of humor when I experience others who maybe are struggling to tame the "need to control monster" inside themselves. I am that person who might make you even more upset if you show that pushy ugly side of yourself to me. Of course in a way that hopefully will help you grow a touch too. Cheers my friends! #wendys365