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Living A Life Of Gratitude — Thankful for the Early Years (Part 5 of a Series)

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Happy Autumn Days!

It is a gorgeous Autumn day as I sit here to write this morning. Leaves on my neighbor’s ash tree turned a bright shade of yellow this week. In bright sunlight this morning, the yellow leaves are sparkling like jewels as they twist, turn, and spiral thru the air on brisk Autumn breezes.

And I am feeling grateful for not only the beautiful display of leaves but also for another spectacular Autumn day.

From my open window, I can hear a bird whose call I do not recognize, signaling migration is well underway. At this time of year, he may be the rear guard for his flock. Or perhaps simply late. I hope he catches up.

When not busy chasing acorns, squirrels are busy raiding my neighbor’s bird feeder for sunflower seeds. The delightful aroma of baking pumpkin muffins wafts down the hallway from another neighbor’s kitchen.

The smells, sights, and sounds of Autumn, my most favorite time of year. And I am grateful. All of them small, insignificant things, perhaps. But when you are mindful and consciously aware of the little blessings and living a life of gratitude, your awareness and world are open to so much more.

And do you know what else I am grateful for?

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Developing An Attitude of Gratitude (Part 1 of a Series)

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Well, look at that!

Here we are at the end of September already. How did that happen? It many ways, it appeared Summer with its record-setting heat would go on forever this year. And now the month of September is about to close out the books. Wow!

Soon, leaves will change colors and be falling to the ground, the days will be cool and the evenings downright chilly, pumpkin spice will flavor every other thing we pick up, apple pies will bake in the oven, and . . . .

Oh, wait a minute. Those are all good things, aren’t they?!?

Of course they are! Everyone who knows anything about me knows that my favorite time of the year is Autumn, and it has finally arrived. October will open the door to the beautiful season of Autumn and following that the joyous Holiday Season. Oh, yes. My favorite time of the year is here.

Let us rejoice and be glad! 🤠 🐻 🍂 🧡 🍎 🌻 🍁 🎃 🌻 🍏 🍂 🍁

But, returning to the present for just a moment, some folks say that they have “eyes like a hawk.” In my case, that may be true.

The vision of hawks, like all predators, is deficient in discerning fine details. And that’s why zebras have stripes, by the way. If they remain motionless, standing still, lions cannot pick them out from the surrounding tall grasses.

But, the vision of predators is astounding in their ability to detect the slightest motion from great distances, and it is that ability which is key to predators detecting and locating their prey.

Now, please don’t get me wrong. Not meaning to imply that I am a ‘predator’ in any way, shape, or form. Think of me more like a lounging deer beneath the shade of a large oak tree while slowly munching on a chocolate bar, than a tiger stalking its prey thru the tall grass. But, I seem to be blessed with vision that can detect and key in on the slightest movement around me.

To the point, simply gazing out my window just now, I spotted a little chipmunk scampering along the top of the curb across the parking lot entrance beneath my third-floor window. He (she?) raced along, darted beneath a large pine tree, and then into where I suspect a chipmunk nest is among a pile of rocks at the side of my neighbor’s house. I frequently see them around that area.

After observing the little guy for merely a few seconds as he dashed along, I uttered a silent “Thank You!” prayer, feeling blessed to see and enjoy such a sight. Thankful for my eyes to have been gazing in that direction, and for the ability to have detected and zeroed in on the movement. Like a hawk. At precisely the right moment in time. Luck? Coincidence? Blessing?

I consider such little things as that to be a blessing. And if we cultivate a mindset of gratitude and thankfulness, we can discover a whole new world of wonderment, magic, and perhaps even miracles that surround us throughout the day. All day. Every day.

Blessings — A little chipmunk dashing along the curbside. A squirrel sitting on a branch just over our head, busily gnawing on an acorn. A chickadee “dee-dee-deeing” its song as we pass by. The beautiful, full-throated song of a Cardinal in springtime. A stranger opening a door for us when loaded down with grocery bags. An unexpected call, message, or visit from a friend on a day when we may be feeling down or under the weather. A compliment from a stranger. And so many more little occurrences in our daily lives. In my mind, they are all little blessings.

A roof over our heads and a warm bed to sleep in. The ability to shop and have a pantry full of food to benefit from regular meals. The safety and health of not only ourselves, but of our family, friends, and loved ones as well. Bigger blessings.

Are you thankful for all the blessings, big and small, in your life? If we think about it, there is always something to be thankful for, no matter how small. I encourage you to live a life of gratitude today.

We are living in stressful times these days, no doubt about it. I won’t even list all the reasons. You know why. We live it every day in the news at night. But did you know that living a life a gratitude can actually help with that?

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” — Eckhart Tolle

We are going to be talking about gratitude more in the coming weeks as we approach the Thanksgiving Holiday here in the U.S., but the principles apply to everyone, everywhere. Join us next Monday when we explore the Mental Health Benefits to be derived from living a life of gratitude.

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Today, what are you grateful for? What are your thoughts about living a life of gratitude? Please share and let us know in the Comments.

And please join us every Monday morning leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday as we explore the different aspects of living a life of gratitude, along with seasonal Autumn and Holiday Season features along the way.

Thanks always for visiting with us! Best Wishes & Blessings! — Jim (and Red!)

Continue with the Living A Life Of Gratitude series with Part 2 — “Living A Life Of Gratitude — Mental Health Benefits”

(Featured image credit — Artwork by John Sloane, “I Remember When”)

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  “The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.”   —Zig Ziglar

“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” — Cynthia Ozick

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Happy June! Happy Summer! A New Month and Another New Beginning! We’re Back and Going – Again!

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Happy June and Happy Summer, y’all —

Here in the Midwest, on the outskirts of St. Louis, Missouri, June is the “Early Introduction to Summer” month. This is when all of the new summer activities are still exciting and fun before the inevitable heat and humidity of August wear you down. But we won’t go on about that stuff yet.

Right now, it is an exciting time, with June unquestionably the month of baby deer.

Birds begin to raise their young; baby squirrels and bunnies venture out of nests for the first time; there are summer barbeques, trips to the beach, water balloons, toasting marshmallows over a campfire, charging down the backyard slippy slide, visits to the park, and so much more.

But now, changing the topic to address the obvious for those who follow along here regularly— it has been a minute, as they say. Once again, I have been a few months away from writing following yet another extensive spinal surgery, for which I sincerely apologize to faithful followers. This surgery was extensive, from top to bottom, with the resultant recovery and rehab a much longer and slower hill to climb back up to get going again.

But more about that in a minute.  We have a lot of catching up to do.

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Hooray for Autumn! We Are Back, Thinking About Fall and All The Great New Features And Things Ahead!

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Well folks, here we are — back again. As they say, it’s been a minute, hasn’t it? It’s almost like starting over. Again.

I am just now resuming work and writing after a much-too-long, lengthy absence due to personal health issues. This time, another four-level spinal fusion surgery, followed by a complication and another major surgery a month later to remedy that. Anemic leaving the hospital, the last six months have been a period of slowly recovering and rebuilding strength, complete with two oral surgeries a month ago. For someone who is normally a fast healer impatient to get things going again, this has been a lesson in patience, accepting what is, and allowing everything to unfold and heal on its own schedule.

But — while not yet fully recovered, I am back to about 80%, it is my very favorite season of Autumn now with the holiday season soon to follow, and my story character friend Little Red Bear is back from his extended vacation and fishing trips during my absence, and we are both fit and raring to go again! We can talk more about my surgeries and personal health at a later time. So for now, let’s talk about Autumn, what is ahead here, and get back to it, shall we?

As stated above, this is unquestionably my favorite time of year. Days are getting cooler, the air is crisp and refreshing for early morning walks, and the leaves are beginning to change colors here.

Vivid Autumn memories begin to color my mind — the arrival of sweater weather –fall trips to my uncle’s farm when a youngster, hitching mules to the wagon and helping to bring in the last harvests of the season, scarecrows in the fields — raking leaves and jumping over and into piles — the fall smell of burning leaves and woodsmoke in the air — playing football after school and weekends, bonfires and hayrides, taking the kids to the Pumpkin Patch every year — carving Jack O’ Lanterns, creating Halloween costumes and Trick or Treating — hot chocolate, fresh apple cider, candied caramel apples, pumpkin pies, and so much, much more!

Autumn — don’t you love it?

After such a long (for me) downtime and so much to do to begin catching up now, I have the overwhelming urge to get busy working on everything all at once but at the same time find my desires and personal expectations exceed my ability to do that.

As my writing character, Little Red Bear, always reminds me — “Being busy is not the same as being productive, Jim. It only counts if you truly accomplish something.”

Yeah, that bear can be a real task master sometimes when it comes to getting down to working on and writing his stories. “Focus” and “Produce” are the keywords of the day around here now.

So, nevertheless relentlessly intrepid and sometimes overreaching perhaps, Little Red Bear has outfitted me with a ridiculously large, bear-sized pencil, and here is a rundown of what I am working on right now or will be soon, along with new posts and features coming soon thru the Autumn and coming Holiday Seasons . . . .

  • Resuming Regular Posting Here On The Writing Pages
  • Completing the “Animal Alphabet” Coloring Pages for Young Children
  • Adding New Pages and Educational Videos on Nature, Wildlife, the Environment, and Conservation, with accompanying Coloring Pages for Young Children
  • Creating a New Added Premium Bonus for Patreon Supporters
  • Finishing, Editing, and Publishing “The Ozarks Ostrich Crisis” Serialized Story
  • Adding a Large Print version of “The Adventures of Little Red Bear: The First Holler!” available for Seniors and other vision issues
  • Making the “Pine Holler Christmas” Kindle book available in Regular and Large Print Versions for the coming holiday season
  • Creating More New Little Red Bear Video Features
  • Adding New Poetry to the Writing Pages
  • Adding More Positive & Inspirational Permanent Pages
  • Adding a Page for my Favorite & Guiding Life Quotes
  • Creating New Christmas Feature Pages for the Holiday Season
  • Continuing Work On The Next Little Red Bear Adventure Stories Collection — “The Second Holler Over!” for a Targeted Spring 2024 Release
  • Writing stories to begin the process of publishing a new series of illustrated Little Red Bear Storybooks for beginning young readers

So, that’s a lot, isn’t it? Will it all happen according to plan? Given my personal history where unknown issues and unplanned surgeries can pop up at any time — we’ll see.

That is simply the reality. Once again, I have learned that not everything is within my control, to not issue promises or guarantees anymore, but rather merely to keep a steady writing pace and do my very best while allowing things to progress as they will.

Relax, Breathe, and Allow the Universe to unfold according to plan. As Disney fans of “The Mandalorian” have been reminded — “This is the Way.”

Thank you so much for your patience and for visiting with us today!

We (that would be my story character friend Little Red Bear and me) hope you stay in touch and visit again soon!

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In closing, Little Red Bear and I are back and hard at work again. New story ideas and features for this site are pouring into my brain faster than I can write them down now. We have a great deal of catching up to do, and are SO happy to be back with you here!

Thanks again and always for stopping by!

Until next time — Best Wishes & Blessings! — Jim  (and Red!)  🤠   🐻   ❤️

In A World Where You Can Be Anything — Be Kind. Because Kindness Matters!

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                “Mindfulness isn’t difficult. We just need to remember to do it.”  – Sharon Saltzberg

(Artwork by John Sloane — “I Remember When”)

“Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never watched them dancing on a windy day.” – Shira Tamir 

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        “And the sun took a step back, the leaves lulled themselves to sleep and Autumn was awakened.” – Raquel Franco

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It’s Summer, It’s August, and “It’s Hot!” (Poem by Shel Silverstein)

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As this is written here on the outskirts of St. Louis, Missouri, it is late August, the “Dog Days of Summer”, 103F degrees outside in the full afternoon sunshine, and a withering heat index of 117.

Whoa. That’s hot, by any stretch of the imagination or thermometer.

Squirrels are flared out flat as a pancake, cooling their bellies on shaded concrete. Birds are eerily silent and panting in the trees.

It is simply “Hot!”, and the August heat wave we are experiencing reminded me of a poem by Shel Silverstein, from his book of poems and drawings —  “A Light in the Attic.”

The poem appropriately titled — “It’s Hot”, is reprinted below.

“IT’S HOT”
by Shel Silverstein

It’s hot!
I can’t get cool,
I’ve drunk a quart of lemonade.
I think I’ll take my shoes off
And sit around in the shade.

It’s hot!
My back is sticky.
The sweat rolls down my chin.
I think I’ll take my clothes off
And sit around in my skin.

It’s hot!
I’ve tried with ’lectric fans,
And pools and ice cream cones.
I think I’ll take my skin off
And sit around in my bones.

It’s still hot!

Humor aside, many areas of the country are and have been experiencing dangerous heat levels this summer. This stretch of combined excessively high heat and humidity is unprecedented for this area, especially given the duration. Please take the necessary steps to keep yourself, your family, your loved ones, and your pets safe.

If you must work or be outside for any length of time, please remember to wear loose-fitting, lightweight clothing, take frequent cooling breaks, drink plenty of water and other clear liquids to stay hydrated, and avoid prolonged, direct sun exposure as much as possible in the afternoons.

The duration of this extreme heat means that conditions become progressively more dangerous each day for everyone, especially for the elderly, the very young, pets, and those exposed to the heat for extended periods outdoors, or even indoors without proper cooling. Again, Children, Seniors, and Pets are especially vulnerable to high heat. It is important to remember that in times such as this, the impacts of excessive heat can be CUMULATIVE, making it all more insufferable and dangerous the longer it goes on.

Heat Stroke is a life-threatening emergency with possible life-long, and life-threatening effects.  Be smart, know the signs of Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke, be careful, and stay safe.

As anyone who knows me well is aware, I do love the change of seasons here in the Midwest on the outskirts of St. Louis, Missouri, and try my best to appreciate each season and its unique beauty. But, for various health reasons, I do not handle the heat and humidity of Summer very well anymore.

So, taking liberties and having a little fun with William Shakespeare, I offer the following little ditty, inspired by the William Shakespeare page on Facebook several years ago —

“Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day? Okay, fine then. Since thou asketh — Thou art a sticky, bug-infested, sweat-stained, and uncomfortable mess that seemest to go on insufferably without end. Art thou happy now?”

“Thank You!” for dropping by to visit! Please take care of yourself, your loved ones, and your pets during these prolonged summer heat waves. Hang in there with me — Autumn is coming soon! And as always, please remember — Kindness Matters!

Best Wishes & Blessings! — Jim  (and Red!)  🤠 🐻

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“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” – Sam Keen

(It’s Hot – Poem & Drawing by Shel Silverstein)

“Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me, those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” – Henry James

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         “I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.”          – Kellie Elmore

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“Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the tree house; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape…” — Harper Lee
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Happy “National Good Neighbor Day!”

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Happy “National Good Neighbor Day!”

Do you remember the days when someone new would move into the neighborhood and folks would bring them warm casseroles for dinners or a basket of things to welcome them into the neighborhood?

Or, the tradition of bringing a loaf of bread and a bottle of wine as a blessing to ensure everyone would have enough to eat in the home? Some would bring salt and a new broom along, too.

Good Neighbor Day celebrates the importance of both having and being a good neighbor, and provides an opportunity to go out and get to know our neighbors a little better.

It is a blessing to have a good neighbor, and even more important to BE one. Oftentimes, neighbors become friends and help to look out for each other, especially if one or the other happens to be elderly or somehow impaired or challenged in any way.

Being a good neighbor helps to make good neighbors. Like so many things in life, it is simply all about kindness, isn’t it? A kind word, gesture, and a helping hand. Being there for someone and them being there for you in times of need.

I encourage you to call or take the time to visit with a neighbor today. We never know where it may lead, perhaps to a wonderful new friendship.

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Best Wishes and Blessings!  — Jim  (and Red!)  🤠 🐻

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“You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.” – John Wooden

“Definition of a good neighbor: someone to be trusted; a courteous, friendly source of help when help is needed; someone you can count on; someone who cares.”    Edward B. Rust, Jr.

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“And good neighbors make a huge difference in the quality of life. I agree.”    Robert Fulghum

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“Being a good neighbor is an art which makes life richer.” — Gladys Taber
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