{"id":42106,"date":"2024-04-14T06:02:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T10:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/?p=42106"},"modified":"2026-06-24T10:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:28:27","slug":"things-im-grateful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/ma-liste-de-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I'm grateful for"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A gratitude list is an expression of thanks for the people and things that make you happy. Ideally, you should create one each day, paying homage to the little moments that brighten your day. Note everything that elicits a sense of gratitude in you during the day; things that you feel thankful and lucky for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experts on the matter say that it can be a difficult exercise at first, but one that quickly becomes second nature. You can also thank life every night before you fall asleep or each morning when you wake to another day of being alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I personally have my own gratitude ritual. Each Saturday afternoon after my nap, I pour myself yet another coffee and open my pink notebook which I fill with huge THANK YOUs. I discovered gratitude during the pandemic. Instead of worrying I\u2019d die, I started to thank the universe for being alive each day. Fear faded away, and I slowly learned to recognize the good things that were happening to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each one of my writing days is different, but I can say that I\u2019m grateful for being alive every day! I always have a good reason to be grateful for a friend, a good idea and especially for the wild woman inside my head who keeps me alert and inspired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few sentences taken from my gratitude list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you, my friend! Your burly arms and enjoyable company were just what I needed to install the two new IKEA bookshelves in my living room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thanks to my children who shaped me into a courageous mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you, dear P\u00e9n\u00e9lope, your love keeps me alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you to my generous neighbour for giving me such delicious jams!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you to my friends who invite me along on outings and events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you for all the coffees I\u2019ve enjoyed with great company!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you, dear Claude, for repairing the thermostat for my heated floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you, Stephen the Irishman, who accompanied me to the annual St. Patrick\u2019s luncheon, and to my good friend who invited us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you, dear Bruce, with whom I always have deep conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you, Marie-Pierre, our circle of friends\u2019 favourite aerial host, for all the delicious privately imported chocolate she\u2019s brought back on her flights to the old world.
\u2013\u00a0Thank you for the inspiration I am gifted with from above.
\u2013\u00a0Thank you to the wild woman in my head who inspires me and governs all my thoughts.
\u2013\u00a0Thank you for my perseverance, my patience and my love of words.
\u2013\u00a0Thank you for my advanced age, and to this sublime life that keeps me strong and healthy.
\u2013\u00a0Thank you, Life, for this incredible sleigh ride.
\u2013\u00a0Thank you for the spot you\u2019re keeping warm for me up there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you for treating us to such a mild winter, with its snow so white and sky so blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you, dear life, for allowing me to recognize what\u2019s good for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you to my ex-husband for being just vile enough for me to finally decide to leave him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you to all my cherished readers, who follow me each week through my Sunday letters.
\u2013\u00a0Thank you for all the comments you leave for me week after week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you to all those who bought my book Cora l\u2019ordinaire endimanch\u00e9<\/em> and who talk to me about it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you to the sea, who\u2019s fed me all my life and continues to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you to all the handsome gents who grace my dreams and feed my hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u00a0Thank you to my 10 well-practised fingers that still allow me the pleasure of cooking for my children, grandchildren and even for my colleagues at the head office occasionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I\u2019ve started making these lists of gratitude for the universe to hear, I always look forward to tomorrow to see what I\u2019ve learned to appreciate more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VERBA VOLANT, SCRIPTA MANENT<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spoken words fly away, written words remain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cora
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A gratitude list is an expression of thanks for the people and things that make you happy. Ideally, you should create one each day, paying homage to the little moments that brighten your day. Note everything that elicits a sense of gratitude in you during the day; things that you feel thankful and lucky for. Experts on the matter say that it can be a difficult exercise at first, but one that quickly becomes second nature. You can also thank life every night before you fall asleep or each morning when you wake to another day of being alive. I personally have my own gratitude ritual. Each Saturday afternoon after my nap, I pour myself yet another coffee and open my pink notebook which I fill with huge THANK YOUs. I discovered gratitude during the pandemic. Instead of worrying I\u2019d die, I started to thank the universe for being alive each day. Fear faded away, and I slowly learned to recognize the good things that were happening to me. Each one of my writing days is different, but I can say that I\u2019m grateful for being alive every day! I always have a good reason to be grateful for a friend, a good idea and especially for the wild woman inside my head who keeps me alert and inspired. Here are a few sentences taken from my gratitude list: \u2013\u00a0Thank you, my friend! Your burly arms and enjoyable company were just what I needed to install the two new IKEA bookshelves in my living room. \u2013\u00a0Thanks to my children who shaped me into a courageous mother. \u2013\u00a0Thank you, dear P\u00e9n\u00e9lope, your love keeps me alive. \u2013\u00a0Thank you to my generous neighbour for giving me such delicious jams! \u2013\u00a0Thank you to my friends who invite me along on outings and events.\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":414,"featured_media":42107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lettre-mme-cora"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/414"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82714,"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42106\/revisions\/82714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}