Comments on: Johnny Cash sings Thanksgiving. http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/11/to-what-5-things-do-you-offer-you-thanksgiving/ daily blog, videos, e-newsletter & magazine on yoga + organics + green living + non-new agey spirituality + ecofashion + conscious consumerism=it's about the mindful life. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Trey http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/11/to-what-5-things-do-you-offer-you-thanksgiving/comment-page-1/#comment-2540182 Trey Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:23:54 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=32464#comment-2540182 1. The folks who gave me life, Mama and Daddy, and the great sacrifices they made so I could be here. 2. Folks who carry the message that life is more than the physical we endure, it's the spiritual to which we aspire, folks like Waylon Lewis, for example. 3. Work that is hard but through which I grow, despite my reluctance and whining. 4. Miracles which surround me daily and make themselves visible when I slow down and breathe. 5. The Holy Scriptures of all the great wisdom traditions, my own and those of the world, teaching each of us in our own language and in the metaphors of our own cultures, the Truth. 1. The folks who gave me life, Mama and Daddy, and the great sacrifices they made so I could be here.
2. Folks who carry the message that life is more than the physical we endure, it's the spiritual to which we aspire, folks like Waylon Lewis, for example.
3. Work that is hard but through which I grow, despite my reluctance and whining.
4. Miracles which surround me daily and make themselves visible when I slow down and breathe.
5. The Holy Scriptures of all the great wisdom traditions, my own and those of the world, teaching each of us in our own language and in the metaphors of our own cultures, the Truth.

]]> By: Kira http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/11/to-what-5-things-do-you-offer-you-thanksgiving/comment-page-1/#comment-2498496 Kira Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:12:25 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=32464#comment-2498496 1.) life in all its glorious and mundane moments. 2.) hope. that things can and will get better. 3.) simplicity. the less I "do' the more I alive I feel, and I love how that contradicts what media says. 4.) god/goddess/universe/tao. That something more is going on then just my little life here. 5.) this newsletter. reminding me of all the really cool people that are out there! 1.) life in all its glorious and mundane moments.
2.) hope. that things can and will get better.
3.) simplicity. the less I "do' the more I alive I feel, and I love how that contradicts what media says.
4.) god/goddess/universe/tao. That something more is going on then just my little life here.
5.) this newsletter. reminding me of all the really cool people that are out there!

]]> By: KateBartolotta http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/11/to-what-5-things-do-you-offer-you-thanksgiving/comment-page-1/#comment-2449381 KateBartolotta Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:58:13 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=32464#comment-2449381 You know, it's tough to stop at 5! I am thankful for an atypically quiet, relaxed Thanksgiving. I am thankful that my cat & her newborn kittens are coming home from the vet (PSA - when you adopt a stray...you may be getting more than you expected!) I am thankful for my family and friends...should probably just say "family" because that's what true friends really are. I am thankful for my health, home, and all the basics like that that we take for granted until something goes wrong. I am thankful - more than ever lately - for work that I love. Vacations are lovely. Play is necessary, but satisfying work where you are helping others be free from pain: priceless. Happy Thanksgiving - every single day! You know, it's tough to stop at 5!

I am thankful for an atypically quiet, relaxed Thanksgiving.

I am thankful that my cat & her newborn kittens are coming home from the vet (PSA – when you adopt a stray…you may be getting more than you expected!)

I am thankful for my family and friends…should probably just say "family" because that's what true friends really are.

I am thankful for my health, home, and all the basics like that that we take for granted until something goes wrong.

I am thankful – more than ever lately – for work that I love. Vacations are lovely. Play is necessary, but satisfying work where you are helping others be free from pain: priceless.

Happy Thanksgiving – every single day!

]]> By: elephantjournal http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/11/to-what-5-things-do-you-offer-you-thanksgiving/comment-page-1/#comment-2446375 elephantjournal Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:45:56 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=32464#comment-2446375 Hah: well, not to destroy the inspiration of your hope, but J & I didn't make it far...thankfully, perhaps. We're better on our own paths, I'm sure. Hah: well, not to destroy the inspiration of your hope, but J & I didn't make it far…thankfully, perhaps. We're better on our own paths, I'm sure.

]]> By: CarmeLaVegas http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/11/to-what-5-things-do-you-offer-you-thanksgiving/comment-page-1/#comment-2443183 CarmeLaVegas Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:31:31 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=32464#comment-2443183 Thankful for family, friends, freedom, faith, health. Thankful for family, friends, freedom, faith, health.

]]> By: Connie http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/11/to-what-5-things-do-you-offer-you-thanksgiving/comment-page-1/#comment-2442666 Connie Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:26:56 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=32464#comment-2442666 I am thankful for this age of technology that has made it possible for me to enlighten and expand my mind by reading the wonderful articles on this amazing compilation of good writings ! Thank you. I am thankful that in the third third of my life I am enjoying Yoga, which has transformed me and given me the path to true happiness and helping me be the best I can be. I am thankful for my loving husband, who loves me when I am not so loveable and who makes me laugh and who keeps hope and optimism most of the time. I am thankful for clean running water, indoor plumbing, electricity, a dry and clean place to live and all the trees and plants in our yard that make it a pleasure to step out the door. I am thankful for my health, especially since I do not have health insurance. Credit goes to the opportunity to practice Yoga, see my holistic chiropractor, avoid worry, toxins(when possible) and a positive outlook...my husband helps with that ! The list could go on and on, as I hope my everlasting gratitude will. Thanks again ! I am thankful for this age of technology that has made it possible for me to enlighten and expand my mind by reading the wonderful articles on this amazing compilation of good writings ! Thank you.
I am thankful that in the third third of my life I am enjoying Yoga, which has transformed me and given me the path to true happiness and helping me be the best I can be.
I am thankful for my loving husband, who loves me when I am not so loveable and who makes me laugh and who keeps hope and optimism most of the time.
I am thankful for clean running water, indoor plumbing, electricity, a dry and clean place to live and all the trees and plants in our yard that make it a pleasure to step out the door.
I am thankful for my health, especially since I do not have health insurance. Credit goes to the opportunity to practice Yoga, see my holistic chiropractor, avoid worry, toxins(when possible) and a positive outlook…my husband helps with that !
The list could go on and on, as I hope my everlasting gratitude will. Thanks again !

]]> By: catnipkiss http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/11/to-what-5-things-do-you-offer-you-thanksgiving/comment-page-1/#comment-2442192 catnipkiss Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:35:22 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=32464#comment-2442192 I am thankful for my strong and womanly body, my wonderful children, my parents, my friends, and even my enemies (just one, the ex-husband...). I am thankful for the opportunity to have this year of sabbatical to pursue my desires (writing, yoga, writing about yoga) And I'm thankful, after reading your list that includes sadness and loneliness, that you have a number SIX (assuming Juliana is your partner?) - it gives me hope that I will have a "number six" someday, too. Happy Thanksgiving Waylon and all the ele-funky people out there! Alexa Maxwell I am thankful for my strong and womanly body, my wonderful children, my parents, my friends, and even my enemies (just one, the ex-husband…). I am thankful for the opportunity to have this year of sabbatical to pursue my desires (writing, yoga, writing about yoga)

And I'm thankful, after reading your list that includes sadness and loneliness, that you have a number SIX (assuming Juliana is your partner?) – it gives me hope that I will have a "number six" someday, too.

Happy Thanksgiving Waylon and all the ele-funky people out there!

Alexa Maxwell

]]> By: elephantjournal http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/11/to-what-5-things-do-you-offer-you-thanksgiving/comment-page-1/#comment-351933 elephantjournal Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:16:54 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=32464#comment-351933 Looking at this one year later, the list would remain the same except for number five...which would remain dedicated to our President but I'd say: thank you for spending all our political capitol, and then some, trying and failing often to bring Americans together and to right our listing economic ship and to be an example to young men and women everywhere of an uplifted, strong, fun, sweet adulthood and family. And I'd add a number six, a rather obvious one: to Juliana. Looking at this one year later, the list would remain the same except for number five…which would remain dedicated to our President but I'd say: thank you for spending all our political capitol, and then some, trying and failing often to bring Americans together and to right our listing economic ship and to be an example to young men and women everywhere of an uplifted, strong, fun, sweet adulthood and family.

And I'd add a number six, a rather obvious one: to Juliana.

]]> By: Liz the aunt http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/11/to-what-5-things-do-you-offer-you-thanksgiving/comment-page-1/#comment-26244 Liz the aunt Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:23:37 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=32464#comment-26244 That man could sing the phone book....Happy Thanksgiving :0) That man could sing the phone book….Happy Thanksgiving :0)

]]> By: Bob Weisenberg http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/11/to-what-5-things-do-you-offer-you-thanksgiving/comment-page-1/#comment-26239 Bob Weisenberg Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:12:28 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=32464#comment-26239 Beautiful thoughts. Bob Weisenberg <a href="http://YogaDemystified.com" target="_blank">http://YogaDemystified.com</a> Beautiful thoughts.

Bob Weisenberg
http://YogaDemystified.com

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