#1523, Monday, October 19: Gratitude vs. Adversity

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Post 1523, Day 292 of 2015
- 1,753 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I've been feeling old. I felt it in the days leading up to the weekend, and I felt it big-time over the weekend.

And it snowed, too. Just a little, but geez...

How lucky am I? Living long enough to feel old! And living through feeling old to write about it.

I still wake up every day (lucky!) feeling full of gratitude just for waking up. Unbelievable! Another day.

And that's a day that, forty years ago, I never thought would come for me. So now it is another day filled with promise. The potential for further adventure. Adventure because I don't know what unexpected things might happen (if any), and I know that my continued survival is not guaranteed.

Another day to celebrate that "danger". Another opportunity to make some music. Or have a conversation with a friend; or even make a new friend.

Even if I 'waste' the day (is that possible?), it is a day bringing me closer to the next time I might make some music, make a friend, or be pleasantly surprised by what comes unexpectedly my way.

My friend who inspired my Daily Comment from last Thursday ("Good and bad people and things"), who had painful back surgery, followed by the news that his parents had been in a car crash, and his father had to be hospitalized, had more trauma: He had to put down his dog, his loyal companion for over eleven years, since a puppy.

Even in his physical and emotional pain, we discussed the things he has to be grateful for, to keep him going. Yes, that doesn't mean he doesn't hurt, doesn't grieve, but it means that he hasn't given up on life.

I was very grateful to him for setting such a good example of gratitude overcoming adversity. It's really no contest. Gratitude defeats adversity always.

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   208.0 lbs

Previous Weight (10/16):          209.8 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:                - 1.8 lbs

Diet Comment

Some progress over the weekend, but I have to do more and better.

Food Log

Breakfast
A Quest bar.

Lunch

Omelet with peppers, onion, greens, cheese and bacon.

Snack
Celery and home-made mayonnaise.

Dinner 
Roast beef and cole slaw.

Snack
Quest bars.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 2;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 72+ oz. 

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