The Transparent Hypnotist

Photograph by tradica

Ah, there is water that comes forth out of the tap today. Life is good. Long ago I learned I could do without a lot of creature comforts (you know my love for hiking), but the one thing I never I forget is the joy of the advent of hot water. A perfectly wonderful camping trip can be in motion, but if I find only cold water in the showers, there is always a moment of feeling miffed. It is one thing to be at a back country site that offers no facilities (or a glorified out house) but a totally different thing to be in one that purports to have amenities. But I digress.

Wait.

Maybe I do not digress. Maybe this should be the theme of this post. I had another in mind, but perhaps it is not quite time for that one. Maybe since having water at all was a bit of an issue yesterday and today I am feeling such gratitude for being able to enjoy a hot shower and an easy pot of coffee, I will stay on that theme. Perhaps it is a bit off topic from hypnosis, but that which is tangent to my life (as in hot water) is part of living and breathing hypnosis.

If you are at all keeping up with my progress with a few goals for 2009 on theundwinginpath.com (via 43things.com), you might have read my post about meditating and finding deep understanding about the loss of a recent grant. My meditation practice is much like self-hypnosis. I set an intent for it and allow my subconscious mind to provide answers that I seek. I have found relief from that disappointment and learned quite a lot. I have become grateful for the lesson. I know have more time in my life than I thought I would have, for the grant would have meant a fair amount of work in a schedule that seems intimidating at times.

In the end I am grateful for time - time spent well, time spent enjoying the feel of a hot shower, grateful to get back 200 hours in my life, creating a new potential for something more wonderful.

Now on this contemplative day, my question to you is: what things do you feel a sense of gratitude for that you might not have thought you would feel grateful for in the past?