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Daily Gratitude: So today there isn’t a quote but there is a ton of gratitude in this post.

7 years ago this week I began my attempt to walk across the United States.

This was the most significant turning point in my life for so many reasons. I only made it 716 miles but every day and every mile taught me more about life than any other in all my decades.

I was exposed to more kindness than one person could ever expect. More people came out of the woodwork to offer assistance – and often it was assistance I didn’t even know I needed.

I still have a burning desire to complete my trek but it would take more people and more coordination than I’m capable of.

I learned how to accept help and that I might actually be worthy of that assistance.

I also learned that it’s not a sign of weakness to ask for help.

I learned that the majority of people are good and kind and that your attitude and mindset can attract those good and kind people into your life.

I leaned that it’s ok to stumble and fall as long as you get back up again.

I learned not to wait 30 years to live out your goal. Do it as soon as you can

I learned to start slow and build up. Had I started more slowly, perhaps i wouldn’t have gotten the stress fracture that took me out of the game.

Most of all I learned that it’s ok and perhaps I deserve to have a good time and follow my dreams.

Thanks to the people I remember (and all those who helped and I either forgot or didn’t remember (or ever know) your names.

There was the guy who owned the bike shop in Arizona who outfitted my wheels for me.

There was the Arizona state trooper who stopped and gave me a card to show other officers in case I needed anything.

Diane Durden
Marie Boyd
Brian Khepri
Alice Martinson
Michelle and Rich Kudlicki
Robert Andrulis
Tracy and Sally Thomas
Jan Walker
John price
The team terrie members that supported me from work and via Facebook
My neighbors who watched over my home while I was gone
Philip Dizon

Randall Feenette

The fire department that escorted me into Arizona

The lady I met on the train who later found me on the road

I am so blessed.

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Daily Gratitude: So much of what haunts us is monsters from the past. From when we were children and were helpless. Adults were gigantic and some of them remain just as large in our minds today.

It was “miles” just to get from the house to the sidewalk. And who knew was hiding in the bushes along the way.

The loud voices might not have been aimed at you but you didn’t know that then. The whole world seemed to revolve around you so, of course, they were yelling at you. Any raising of voices now makes you cringe, thinking someone is mad at you. You did something wrong.

You were told not to trust people. Now someone is being nice to you. You wonder why? What is it that they want from you?

What other thoughts, feelings and behaviors of yours can you see have come from your past? Once you can identify the source, there’s a way to correct that. It takes some work and I recommend IFS (internal family systems) as it’s the easiest way I’ve found. But there are other ways for you to respond in the present, not the past.

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Daily Gratitude: use this affirmation when to make things a bit easier when they get tough.

It’s important to remember the hard times that you have endured already. Let that give you courage and strength every day. Those past days show you that you can make it through whatever is happening right now.

You are a survivor!