I'm grateful that I chose to go to bed last night when I felt exhausted. This helped meet my needs to attend to immediate needs and to prepare for embracing the beauty of the next day, which is now beginning.

I'm grateful for the fresh air this morning, which feels "like rain." The air feels wonderful and the possibility of rain appeals to me as I reflect on how it will help the plants grow and as I consider how fresh and alive the air will seem to me after the rain. The fresh air - and how I'm interpreting it -contributes to the fulfillment of needs of mine for respiration and vitality. [Update: after all, there is no rain in the forecast. :-) ]

I'm grateful that my father is alive, conscious and communicative. This helps contribute to my needs for interaction with others whom I love and for their well being.

I'm grateful that I visited my father at the hospital yesterday. This helped contribute to my need for interaction with others whom I love.

I'm grateful for my recent discovery of the Integral approach (as articulated in the one, Ken Wilber book I've so far read, The Integral Vision, and in audio recordings available via subscription on the Integral Naked website). I'm likewise grateful for the Beta launch of the Integral Life website. All these resources have contributed to my needs for spiritual and worldview development.

I'm grateful I fed Zen'r [our cat] this morning. Doing so contributes to the well-being of a pet I love.

I'm grateful for Aliana's well being. Her well being contributes to my well being.

I'm grateful for this moment's relative quiet. This contributes to my need for peace.

I'm grateful for completing my head weighting exercise this morning. This helps me cultivate a strong and healthy posture.

I'm grateful for performing this gratitude expression process. It's helping me to focus on the vitality and wonder of my living needs.

I'm grateful that my heart is beating, that I'm breathing, and that so far as I can tell, I'm poised to boost my health, strength and wellness to new heights. My body's healthy functioning contributes mightily to my well being.

I'm grateful for Cherita's efforts yesterday to help me meet my need for support.

I'm grateful for my plan to set some goals for today. This helps meet my need for order in my life.

I'm grateful to my dad's friend, Mark, for visiting Dad so frequently while Dad experiences his current journey through life.

I'm grateful to myself for completing my body weight exercises yesterday. Completing them helps meet my need for progress in my fitness efforts.

I'm grateful for my plan to set some goals for today. This helps meet my need for order in my life.

I'm grateful to my dad's friend, Mark, for visiting Dad so frequently while Dad experiences his current journey through life.

I'm grateful to myself for completing my body weight exercises yesterday. Completing them helps meet my need for progress in my fitness efforts.

I'm grateful for all the sanding of weight plates I did yesterday. This helped support my needs for progress with my fitness, in this case, with the strategy of restoring our fitness equipment.

I'm grateful to my brother, Mark, for making it a priority to call and talk with Dad on the phone each day.

I'm grateful to myself for having completed and posted Tuesday's and today's gratitude exercises. Completing them has helped me nourish needs for celebration and for focus on what's beautiful in (my) life. Posting them helps nourish needs for self-expression and sharing.

I'm grateful for indoor plumbing, which helps nourish my needs for care of my physical body and for ease.

I'm grateful for getting to bed last night before reaching an hour so late that I would have regretted it this morning. This helped meet my need for sleep.

I'm grateful to myself for engaging in the postural training facilitated by head weighting. This helps nourish my needs for health and wellness.

I'm grateful to myself for doing body weight and walking activity Monday. This helped meet my needs for strength, health and wellness, and for progress toward a fuller, more vibrant fitness strategy.

I'm grateful to myself for painting, removing sickly shrubs and visiting Dad with Aliana, eating foods that meet my standards, and for my sexual function/health.

I'm grateful for the fresh feel, scent and coolness of today's morning air, and for the sunlight.

I'm grateful for the library.

I'm grateful for books.

I'm grateful for the body weight training I've already done today.

I'm grateful to Cherita for giving me an mp3 player for my birthday.

I'm grateful to Cherita for doing the housecleaning she's done the past, two days. This has helped nourish my needs for progress, trust, coordination, order and beauty.

I'm grateful to Cherita for earning money through Axel Designs.

I'm grateful to Cherita and myself for our dialogues and brainstorming the past, two days.

I'm grateful to two friends who listened to me pour my heart out to them when days ago I felt upset, shocked and sad. That really helped meet my need for support.

I'm grateful to myself for walking yesterday, helping nourish my needs for physical activity, respiration of clean air, exploration, reflection and alone time.

I'm grateful to myself for stacking the weight stack plates yesterday after completing the long, complex task over weeks of sanding, cleaning, priming, painting and labeling (by painting) them.

When I choose to consider that I'm now breathing, I feel grateful. I feel grateful for my need for respiration and for my feeding of that need.