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10 things I’m thankful for today: 10-10-10 at 10:10 AM

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one’s husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

It is a blessed Sunday morning as I take breakfast with my husband. These days, I don’t read newspapers unless I want to collect that issue, Our netbooks are with us as we sip our coffee. This time around, I am taking warm calamansi-lemon drink to soothe my sore throat. It is an old folks home remedy that always works.

calamansi-juiceThe house seems quieter without my other daughter’s booming voice at home. (I will write about this more). Lauren is fast asleep so it is just Butch and me. I am just grateful about today. The quiet moments with my husband at breakfast. Gazing at the two Siamese kitties lounging nearby makes me smile. I think I will be bonding more with my pet cat Missy.

I believe that happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast even if it is just once a week on a Sunday.

Andy Rooney best explains this bit of happiness.

For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.

Today is something special too. It is 10-10-10 and this entry will be published at 10:10 in the morning. ““The row of ‘perfect tens’ symbolises not just a once in a 100 years quirk of the calendar, but a ‘powerful moment of rebirth'” according to a Delhi-based numbers expert. The number 10 contains powerful properties – made all the more potent by repetition. Sonia Dulce, a numerologist says that ““Ten is the number for wisdom, because it contains the essence of all the numbers of one to nine within it”. She added ““And the number one, which features three times in [the] date, is all about focus, new direction, raw energy and rebirth.”

The number ten gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling because I have 10 reasons to be thankful for:

1. I am thankful for second chances and a new normal.

2. I am thankful for the laughter that rings true in my home. There’s nothing like a family who laughs together.

3. I am thankful for financial challenges because it taught us discipline that money can be budgeted wisely for basic necessities.

4. I am thankful for a loving husband that never gave up on me.

5. I am thankful for the pain brought about by my son’s death because it transformed me into a more compassionate person.

6. I am thankful for my two girls, that despite the turbulent teen years due to their sibling’s death, they never resorted to drugs or alcohol. They are smart and down-to-earth girls.

7. I am thankful of new and old friendships ,a comfortable place to be myself.

8. I am thankful for negative feedback as I can make an honest assessment of myself without jeopardizing my identity.

9. I am thankful for the internet, blogging and all of YOU, the lurkers and readers of my blog as you help me fulfill my mission in life.

10. I am thankful to God who I thought abandoned me but never really left me after all.

I have a lot to be thankful for today and everyday of my life.

What does 10/10/10 mean for you?

8 thoughts on “10 things I’m thankful for today: 10-10-10 at 10:10 AM”

  1. a few minutes ago, I was in the bathroom and I thought to myself that maybe I should rekindle my daily gratitude journal posts. then i sat back in front of my pc and saw your post about what you are thankful for…i suppose thats a sign, huh? maybe i should just do that…. 🙂 inspired by your post I will take the time to think about what i am grateful for today…and maybe set a deadline of 10:10 pm? hehe.

    one thing i know i am grateful for, for sure, is the fact that i discovered the blogging community which allowed me to meet such wonderful people, you included 🙂

    happy sunday, noemi. and i wish you well as you continue inspiring others despite your own twists and turns on the way.
    .-= ria´s last blog ..On Plans- Changes- Growth and Progress =-.

    1. oh wow, Ria but we all know how things interplay together. In fact, when I wrote this post, I was just thinking of breakfast and happiness. Then my post evolved to 10 things to be grateful for today. Life works in mysterious ways. Now go for it…write those 10 things too.

  2. I really don’t know how to say it, but reading about you makes everything that is wrong with my life even more glaring. Sometimes I wonder why I’m still married when it’s obvious that everything is a lie.

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