Days of Gratitude

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A year has passed since

I had a heart attack. I thank Ruth for spotting what was happening and the staff at the Royal Gwent and Cardiff Heath hospitals for sorting me out. My heart was not damaged and they unbunged my arteries and stented me. I watched them do it on a screen above my head. Fascinating stuff. I was going to write a blog called stents and sensibility but that was just too self-indulgent when there are others far worse off.

The year has been very stressful but my re-plumbed heart is (I think) doing fine. I have removed the stress and the people causing it and am now charting my own course, with vim and vigour as they used to say.

We move forward. Always.With purpose, and gratitude.

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Days of Gratitude – Week 5

Last week was a week of laughter, fellowship, celebration for a friends wedding-come-birthday, re-meeting a smiley old friend and some new contacts. Sometimes appreciation is about the simple things rather than for an individual act. Have a great week. Laters…..

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Days of Gratitude – Week 4

So this last week has been about appreciating teamwork and connections. These tweets are not only about thanking individuals, but also celebrating collaboration and mutual support.

Go Team GB and go-go the people mentioned below:

Union Jack

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Days of Gratitude – Week 3

It has been a very interesting week, with some things coming to an end and some surprising opportunities. Martha Beck said “When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity“. What do you think?

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Days of Gratitude – Week 2

Our project is gathering momentum, and last week I wanted to thank a number of people I have been working with and/or listening carefully to over the last little while. This resulted in a number of phone calls back to me during the course of the week. Receiving honest advice and constructive advice from people you trust is one of the joys of life. Thanks girls and guys :).

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Days of Gratitude – Week 1

So what did I tweet last week and why?

 

And how nice to get a reply 🙂

https://twitter.com/angelmarketeer/status/221635045637623809

There are people who support us, no matter what happens. I think it is incredibly important to be appreciative of this. Only 5 days since this started – the next post will be 7 days worth of tweets – let’s see what happens.

What do you think?

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Days of Gratitude

If you have read 365 Thank You’s by John Kralik you will remember that the author was at a low ebb and had an epithany, to be grateful for what he had rather than bemoan what he did not/no longer had. It was, in a way a celebration of many small victories on the road to recovery of his life and himself.

So here is the beginning of the change I spoke about in my last post:

I can’t promise but I can certainly try. Every day I will try to tweet gratitude. It may not happen every single day but I will, on a weekly basis try and blog the gratitude tweets for that week. If this works it may become something much more.

Who knows where this will take us, but please follow the journey and encourage me on the way.

The tweets will start DoG (Days of Gratitude) and will end with the hashtag #daysofgratitude