Comments on Dizzy Rumkit: My 30 Days of Gratitude

@Annie, I do admire your courage and strength to r...

2010-12-14T18:29:20.440+02:00

@Annie, I do admire your courage and strength to rise above the hardships. And you're right, when I think about it, if there's anything I'm grateful for in 2010 it's that I survived it. Hopefully, this acknowledgment will be the stepping stone to better things. Thanks for your kind words. I wish you all the best in 2011.

Dear Annie, Thank you very much for your comments...

2010-12-13T04:17:58.981+02:00

Dear Annie,

Thank you very much for your comments and your wonderful project. Your courage and outlook on life have inspired me. I wish you a great 2011.

Peace, love and happiness.

@Joelle - I understand how hard gratitude can be, ...

2010-12-13T03:55:48.876+02:00

@Joelle - I understand how hard gratitude can be, especially if your life doesn't make it easy. And I am also not afraid of not feeling grateful for a while, but I don't want to stay there because it doesn't help me.

In my book I talk about stages of gratitude. The fourth one is Hard Gratitude - which is when life is hard and the choice is down to despair or gratitude. As the mother of a son who is severely disabled this was the gratitude I had to learn.

It took a while and it doesn't always come but it has really saved me too.

Obviously I don't know your troubles, so I hope this doesn't come across as dismissive of your pain but I hope that you look back on 2010 as a year that you are grateful to have survived and that reminded you of your strength and courage.

And I hope that your 2011 is a much easier year to be grateful for as well.

Peace - Annie

Dear Dizzy Rumkit, This is such an impressive col...

2010-12-13T03:39:34.115+02:00

Dear Dizzy Rumkit,

This is such an impressive collection of contemplations. What a nice way to put all your gratitudes together.

And I am so glad that you added your presence to our project. It really was each person who took the time to participate that made it the awesome experience that it was.

Thanks for posting this and for sharing it with me.
I do hope that your 2011 is an easier year to be grateful for.

Peace- Annie

My dear Joelle, Thank you for your comment. You ...

2010-12-12T18:49:15.463+02:00

My dear Joelle,

Thank you for your comment. You definitely have not rained on my parade. I fully understand what you said about 2010,as it was a tough one for me too. Its hard to be grateful and happy when you're in that place, and everything seems grey. That's why I mentioned that I didn't feel that grateful, though the exercise was a reminder. It took me four months of work on my self to get out of that negative bubble, and its a daily struggle. Also, asking is not enough, action is a must. It has also been my experience that when I was feeling negative, it was tough to attract positive things. I wish you all the luck in the world and I hope you don't lose hope.

While I understand how important it is to be grate...

2010-12-12T16:09:10.452+02:00

While I understand how important it is to be grateful for what we have, I'm having a hard time pinpointing this at the moment. And I wonder what good it does any way. I've grown to be very wary of this new age philosophy that encourages us to ask while the Universe just giveth. It seems to me that the Universe takes more than it gives, if it giveth anything at all. It just works in such mysterious ways that I've lost hope in it. I can't wait for 2010 to be over because it was a year full of disappointments. And I don't know what to expect from 2011. Am I being ungrateful by stating this? Maybe I am. I just feel that I've to be honest about how disillusioned I am with all this positivity. Maybe I'll eventually come around. But for now, I'm in a state of mourning until I find that silver lining.
Dizzy Di, I apologize if I seem to have rained on your parade.

Thanks Mich. :D I'm very flattered and humbled...

2010-12-12T14:34:07.190+02:00

Thanks Mich. :D I'm very flattered and humbled by your comment. I am grateful for you. You are truly a giant force of positivity. Hope to meet you soon. :)

What a great project! Writing our gratitude down m...

2010-12-12T14:30:11.740+02:00

What a great project! Writing our gratitude down makes it more real and makes us realize all the things we have. And I'm grateful for knowing you :-)