Daily 5 - Day 332

Today's Daily 5 (for the introduction to the daily 5, click here):

1. starting the morning slowly
2. dreams that need prayer and pondering
3. a friendly and helpful government EI agent on the phone this morning
4. Mom called downstairs around 1:00 and said "I'm making you lunch, okay?"  so lovely to not only be mooching food, but have the treat of having a plate of food prepared for me
5. birds singing after a thunderstorm this afternoon
6. laughing as I pondered the singing birds and remembered a childhood song "worms after the rain - I guess they just love rainbows... I love each one of those sweet little worms after the rain..."
7. I finished reading another lovely book "Digging In" by Robert Benson this evening
8. I actually marked off everything on my list for the day - personal stuff and school stuff
9. listening to rain hitting the ground outside the window above my desk, and thunder in the background
10. a yoga workout and nice long shower
11. An evening with nothing on the schedule but reading, writing, prayer, and rest
12. rhythms and routines
13. brightly colored pens
14. talking about dreams
15. pondering memories and the way God works as I worked on some upcoming blog posts

Loved these...

I really want this and this.  How cool is that?  a daily, weekly etc. checklist for self-care.  and a deck of cards with the same sort of idea.  Things to brighten the day.  When I have income again, I'm totally going to order at least one, if not both of these.  And, for the list, read the blurb about how she came up with it.  So similar in concept to the reason I make a daily 5 list every day.

And, I totally identified with Susan in this post.  A couple years back, a dear friend of mine gave me some homework.  The job was to make a list of 25 things I loved about myself.  It took me nearly 10 months, and I finally finished it in part because she told me that every birthday that passed before I gave her the list would add an item to the list, and I was already finding it extremely difficult and couldn't imagine having to add extras to my list.  In any case, I loved what Susan had to say, and I loved the thing she likes about herself.  I think it's really cool when we get to see tangible growth in ourselves, since it's so often so intangible, and that's what Susan's words made me think of tonight.