Yes, I saw your comment link luv and responded over at your blog.

You’re right - when we recreate an event, especially one that went very well, it forms the basis of a different way of expressing gratitude. I can’t believe I’ve been doing one gratitude post a week for the last 27 weeks!

I enjoyed meeting you too. A lot. And I’m glad we met early cos it meant we felt like compatriots through the conference.

Interesting point about the writing down of orders. Worked for me too. Some waiters and shops found it very hard to understand my accent (and I did get a few wrong orders), and I found it hard to understand them (some people speak way too fast). Writing it down was a safe way to make sure I got what I wanted in my sandwich!

Love and best wishes

Joanna

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Wow, what an ultimate compliment! Thank you so much for telling me why you like reading here. I don’t very often know why people are subscribing (not that I’m complaining!) but I just keep going, doing my best. It’s exciting to attract people like yourself to the community, especially those who participate and drop a line every so often.

My favorite times are when long-time subscribers suddenly decide to write saying, “I’ve been a lurker/watcher/observer and finally today I just had to say something.” I’ve had that happen a couple of times and it’s very gratifying. (Hint, hint for those of you reading the comments but not yet dropping in with a comment of your own - you’re all welcome here!).

p.s. I am a different person too so I sometimes wonder what NYC would feel like as I haven’t been back there in years but if my experience in Chicago is any indication, I think I’d like it even more than I did before. Who knows?

I had to break it down to two posts, to give you guys some breathing room. LOL. There was just too much to cram in one post so I decided to do a two part gratitude post for the first time since I began over 20 weeks ago.

It’s an honor to write in a way that others like you can live vicariously through my experiences. That’s the way I intended them to be. I’m grateful for God’s gift of writing. Sometimes I struggle mightily with the written words, other times they seem to flow easily and effortlessly.

I can never tell which it’ll be on any given day!

Your enthusiasm really jumps out on the page! I’m so glad to have you as part of the Adversity University community. Maybe one day I’ll have an opportunity to meet you just like I did with the others at the conference.

Thanks so much for your cheerful support - the world needs more people like you Jennifer!

I’m looking forward to this weekends events.

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I think I finally pin pointed what is so attractive reading here.

It is this fullness of your experience in all that you do. Your level of excitement just jumps off the page. It is incredible to witness.

Glad you had a good time in my home city. I think it would be hard not to, but I’m not impartial. As you experienced, it can be just as engaging as NY, the place I used to feel most at home. I haven’t been there in years so I don’t know if I’d feel the same now. I think I was a different person then.

So for today, I’ll let what I’ve expressed here be why I’m thankful.

Gratitude to me is a constant attitude of thankfulness. It is being at all times thankful for all my blessings - consciously aware of and thankful for them. It changes a person’s whole outlook on life.

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Well, let’s keep the spirit alive! We’ll continue to talk about it, continue to reach out to one another and help each other achieve our goals and dreams. Remember that we have the “dreamer’s disease” according to Terry Starbucker.

Let’s roar!