Thankful Season Gratitude Challenge

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Let's not talk about counting our blessings-- let's do it! Write a list of 100 things you are Thankful for. It sounds like it is too many. Try this:

 Write 10 physical abilities you are Grateful for:


10- Ability to walk, and walk fast! My ultimate fav. thing to do.
9-   I have strength. I've seen how loosing muscle affects you.
8-   Exercise:  *When* I do it I love it!
7-   I  love used to like to participate in  sports (although I do 'not' like competition)  I loved watching my boys play Football * among my FAV.
6-   I participated in 'a' 5K and FINISHED!
5-   I am very good at water skiing
4-   I love, love to swim
3-   I love to hike in the mountains
2-    I can push my physical limitations... when I work out. So why don't I do it more often??? ... I really need become more diligent to shed some necessary #'s
1-   I can do what I put my mind to. I think we all have more physical abilities than we realize.  I would love to get the *ambition/motivation  to put my own abilities to the test! 

Write 10 material possessions you are grateful for:

I am NOT a material girl, or high maintenance. Nails and pedicures (not for me) I am a simple person (a plain Jane)
BUT:
10- I love our  truck (although I dislike putting gas in it!)
09- I love our  small boat
08- Blessed to have a small but beautiful home.
07- My material dream: One of those retired old couple that have a huge motor home and trail a little suv behind and travel the world! On Our bucket list includes following the coast of Maine etc.
06-  The generator! (keeps us continue with the comforts of life when the power is out)
05-  I love, love Chrystal and anything that reminds me of my Grandmothers kitchen treasures  
04- I love flowers on the table for each month! (Not that it  happens every month but that is one material thing I enjoy)
03-  I love to shop but I am NOT a big spender.
02- I love dresses
01- I love  decorative pictures/ decorations 

 Write 10 deceased people you are grateful for:

10- My cousin Julie. I think that she is my guardian angel. She died young. Talking to other cousins they feel the same way.
09- My Grandpa Pike: He reminds me of a great prophet. Such an inspiring and spiritual person
08- My Grandma Pike: I can still remember watching her put up her hair with little metal clamps. She had a ceramic shop in her basement and I LOVED being around her. She loved quilting and she was an great candy maker. She was a talented lady. I miss her.
07- My Grandma Baker: She was a true lady with incredible talents. I wish I could have picked up tatting from her. She tried and tried to teach me.
06- My Grandpa Baker: I never knew him but I like to think that he was there to greet me when I had my near death experience. I feel he has always been my protector, looking out for me from heaven.
05- Relatives I discovered while living in Kansas, buried near where I live. I love to take a drive where they lived and imagine what their life must have been like.
04- My friend : She is my lifetime (I hope to be like her someday) Angel.
03- Kaye , wonderful lady. Wonderful memories. A great example to me. She made me feel like I was her own child. A second Mom
02- My Mother in Law DeAnn, who served us as family in so many ways. Her example of a wonderful mother and grandmother.  She was an example of Christ like service and love and she  is sorely MISSED
02- My own Mother.  She was an AMAZING, AMAZING women. I don't know how she accomplished the things she did in her life time. She was an AMAZING disciple of Christ. She was about servicing and loving others non-stop. She is my HERO
01- My Daddy, a true Christian who dedicated his entire life to serving in the church. He was an amazing gardener. Financial wiz! I absolutely KNEW he loved me.
PRIORITY #1 - Jesus Christ, who died for me personally, who lived a perfect example of love and selfless service to us all.  Who suffered in the Garden of Gethsemne for each one of our sins, he hung and died on the cross for us, YET ON THE THIRD DAY, HE WAS RISEN, SO HE LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!

Write 10 living people who you are grateful for

10-  WOW, I can not limit it to 10. The numbers are too vast.So I will go with my- My Blogging, and face book family. You all keep my uplifted.

09- My friend Dawn, I have learned as much from her as any other incluence I could have. I was blessed to see her in action. I have known her lifes challenges. SHE INSPIRES ME. If I am someday alone without a companion. I will remember her example. A quiet serving SAINT, A person of INTEGRITY, OF SERVICE, HARD, HARD WORKER, OF FAITH, OF SACRIFICE, OF A TRUE DISCIPLE OF CHRIST.

 08-Aunt Jeanne and My Uncle Jim, They have kept in touch with me and look out for our family since the passing of my parents.
07- Aunt Lou, We bonded when she took care of my mother during her battle with cancer. I will always treasure her service to our family at this time. All my Aunts are AMAZING people. They are such a treasure to me.
 
06- Clark's Aunts and Uncles. They also took us in as their own, I had a incredible life around them. They are GREAT, GREAT People and I am so fortunate to have been a part of their lives. They lives of service to Clark and I is insurmountable. Wow, Uncle Bob, Aunt Lorraine and Uncle Dan and Aunt Sherron are our HERO'S, along with second parents.

05- All of my dear, dear friends. Among them, My dear friend Nita, has been my HERO. She has never left my side! We are as close now being zillion miles away, as we were when we were close by each other. She inspires me in everything.  She is a PERFECT example of a GIVING, CARING, PERSON. There is no one I know that is more charitable. I am SO, So fortunate that she calls me her friend.

04- The miracle of being blessed with GREAT PEOPLE that Mr. Clark works for/with. ALL OF THEM! They are truely GOD SEND. We know where we'd be without them. They are appreciated beyond measure.

03 - A prophet living on Earth today. Thomas S. Monson. I know that I am fortunate to have this knowledge. I think of the people back in time in the scriptures etc. that didn't recognize a living prophet or Christ on the Earth. How blessed I am to have always been able to follow a prophet all my life who is a spoke person for God and Jesus Christ

02- Nieces and Nephews that I LOVE AND ADORE!

02- Cousins that have become my Best Friends

02- My Sisters in Law- Kathy, Teresa, Pam, Connie and Lola. So lucky to have had a life with them in it. I am BLESSED to have FOREVER SISTERS!

02- My Brothers.They are my amazing advocates and I am so BLESSED

02-Clark's Dad, Grumpa Mac. Although we battle NON-STOP, I know he loves me too! He has been our only living parent and he is continually there for us. He is a giving, serving person also.

02- Our kids, I feel bad that they will have to take care of me when I am old! I love that they fight over who gets to keep me! I am so blessed to have been their mother. They all have had moments when they have made me incredibly PROUD!

02- Our Grandchildren. Oh they are PRECIOUS. How did we ever, EVER get so blessed to have such angel spirits to be a part of our lives.
01- My Husband. I could go on for HOURS, DAY'S YEARS! He has some great, great attributes and I have been forever GRATEFUL that I have spent my life with him. He has taught me through his example to love everyone. The MOST, most special quality that he possesses is the ability to forgive and forget. His health is his Gethsemane and he is VALIANT in his battle. He has such a  HIGH ENDURANCE in his system. He is the BEST listener, among so many things, but most of all, He makes me feel like there is not a person in the world he could love more, ALWAYS and for this I AM GRATEFUL



Write 10 things about nature you are grateful for:

This is EASY!
10 - The color GREEN (not my favorite color but my FAVORITE color of Nature)
09-  All the Seasons
08- The Mountains
07 - Trees, especially Pine and Aspens Quakies
06- Lakes, Streams
05- Animals
04- Oceans, Oceans, Oceans
03- Meadow
02- Birds
01- This amazing UNIVERSE

Write 10 things today you are grateful for:

10- Mornings and sunrises (nights are nightmares anymore)
09- A Job that I love
08- Warmth on cold Days
07- Cold for hot flashes!
06- Transportation
05- Wonderful people in our lives
04- Friday's
03- Garbage Day! I get empowered to clean out the fridge!
02- Phones calls
01- Baking

Write 10 places on earth you are grateful for:

10- From Coast to Coast (the OCEAN BLUE)
09- UTAH ( it's is where our Family is )
08- Louisiana ( I loved, loved the diversity of plants animals and birds and  the People and the CULTURE)
TWO years living there, we had the time of our lives
07- Kansas, I love, love the rolling hills and GREEN pastures, I love being in the Bible Belt of the U.S.A and seeing other religious beliefs and Devotion to God. It has strenghtened my own.
06- Having been in Most of the United States
05- America History/Church History Sites ( I love going back in time)
04- New England , Alaska 
03- Holland, England, Den Mark, Paris, Australia -
02- Washington State, I really want to live there some day
01- The whole beautiful world

Write 20 modern inventions you are grateful for:

10- Air Conditioning
09- Gas Fireplace
08- Toilets/Toilet Paper and Sanitary stuff
07- Heat/Electricity
06- computers
05- Airplanes
04- Cars
03- Modern Technology
02- Modern Medicine
01- Cell Phones

Write 10 foods you are grateful for:

10- Fruits and Vegetables
09- Marshmallows
08- Prime Rib
07- All Sea Food
06- Ice Cream
05- Mexican/Green Chili Relano
04- Chinese/Egg foo Young ( only at Beijing)
03- Italian
02- Cookies
01-  What is there not to love???


Write 10 things about the gospel you are grateful for:

10- Scriptures
09- Temples
08- Unanswered/ Answered Prayers
07- Personal and Modern Revelation (knowledge that God is mindful of each one of us personally TODAY and I am his child)
06- Knowledge that I lived in Heaven before I came to earth and that I chose the great plan of happiness
05- Eternal Salvation: Knowledge that I return to Heaven and can be with my loved ones again
04- Prophets- Old and Present Day
03- The Holy Ghost
02- Jesus Christ/ The Atonement
01- God the Eternal Father

When we make a list like this, we discover that  a list of 100 doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of all the things God has given us.

FOR All the ABUNDANCE OF BLESSINGS,  I AM GRATEFUL