Thinking about Gratefulness

I had a blog on gratefulness for a while and it disappeared into blog land . However I have not lost my interest in the power of gratefulness and picked up an article today that has some good tips on this very important spiritual discipline. The article was in Vibrant Life and had 21 tips to Nurture Your Spiritual Life.
 I liked the following

Be a river not a swamp- let things flow through your life,,its not just about accumulation
Identify blessings- each day of the week at the end of the day think about a source of blessing that came that day through a family member, or next day  a friend, a colleague, a neighbour, a child and enemy
Speak words of Blessing
Keep your Priorities straight
Use it don't lose it ,,share your unique gift.

That's just a few but they had a great list...my husband found it a the local Silver Hills bakery outlet. Great healthy food place. By the way if you have never eaten Squirrely Silver Hills bread you have missed something. Its that sprouted grains kind and once you go that route it is really hard to go back to the blah stuff we used to call bread. No not working for them ...just like their goods.  Grateful today for a warm house and hydro, food and work while so many people are still recovering from Hurricane Sandy.
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Pressing print screen is my idea of cutting edge technology

 What I learned today on my journey through developing a Portfolio for Academic Credit.

This semester I am taking a Portfolio Course for Academic Credit. I am on a huge learning curve in how to make a Porfolio look decent and how to use all kinds of technology to do that. I am a cut and paste, email, go on Skype, basic word processing ,blog and add art clips here and there kind of person. I may be able to add a hyperlink. I know about forums and online journals and where to find a lot of resources, write a report a resume and a cover letter. Sort of Life Skills and essential computer literacy to function in a  workplace. But now I have a couple of goals. I want to finish my degree in this lifetime so I am taking a Portfolio course and I would also like to write a book with some poetry content. Both require upgrading my skills ..so today I did something new. I have done it once before on an assignment but forgot about it for regular use..so I pressed Print screen...that button I never use at the top of my page.

Wow look what happened. Its the Blue Moon Reading at the library by the MSA Poetry Society.
Does it look like we are having fun,. Sure does because we are.I just pushed print screen and popped it on the page. Amazing. Obviously it was a long day at Portfolio class and small things amuse me but if I can use this to demonstrate some evidence on my portfolio here and there of activities , that have nice bright colors and are quasi -educational if not just plain enjoyable that is big star on my What I Learned Today chart.  ly. Oh yes and I forgot Assistive technology. On a big learning course for that check out
training modules on SET BC. I am doing them. IPads are now the new took of choice for communications for students who require learning supports in schools for a variety of reasons so it is train the trainers time again..So I am off to do a module on .http://www.setbc.org/setbc/curriculum/at_intro.html . Great place for learning resources . SET BC stands for Special Education Technology. It is a growing universe all of its own assistive technology in the class room..