I found this on Jamie Ridler’s blog and asked if she minded if I shared it as well. It’s about 5 minutes, it will change your day and if you watch it often it will change your life. Sit back, relax and be grateful! I am blessed by all of my readers and value you the imput you give me. I want to tell you thank you!
Check out Jamie, you’ll like what you find!
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August 25, 2009, 12:40 pm
August 25, 2009, 1:32 pm
When you talked about length, I thought it was going to be an hour or something. That was 5 minutes well spent. Thank you so much for sharing.
August 25, 2009, 2:50 pm
Patricia,
It did mine too. I’m so used to being grateful for the same stuff. This shows me how unaware I really am!
Caity,
I think I’ll go edit that statement, it may keep people away!
August 25, 2009, 2:51 pm
Tess,
What a wonderful gift to receive here today. I am blessed to know you. And it is such an honor to be here today, and to soak up this beautiful message. Thank you, my friend, for being YOU, for giving so freely, and for loving and honoring life.
August 25, 2009, 3:30 pm
Lance,
I’ve been so blessed in my life that I only want to give back. I love spreading love and happiness and boldness throughout the blogosphere.
August 25, 2009, 4:24 pm
Hi there Tess.
Thank you so much for this gift; the opportunity to stop and observe every gift given to me on this day.
Thanks for your generosity in sharing this.
Your attitude of gratitude is alive and well.
August 25, 2009, 5:25 pm
That was such a beautiful video. I played it full-screen and found myself watching it in awe, smiling, and let it fill my heart. The crocuses in early spring, the johnny jump-ups, the gorgeous faces… I loved every second of that video. Thank you!
And I’m bookmarking Jamie’s blog because any friend or recommendation of yours, Tess, is one of mine.
August 25, 2009, 6:50 pm
This video is totally awesome, and I can relate to it so well. I consciously work to be AWARE each day, to notice all the little things that in the end, are the really important things. I love all the beautiful pictures of nature in this video. Being out in nature like that..well, to me it is like my church.
Thanks Tess, for this wonderful reminder of how much we have to be truly grateful for. I am certainly grateful to have “met” you and am more blessed because of it.
August 25, 2009, 6:58 pm
Tess,
This gives inner peice to all that view it ! I made my husband watch it and he loved it ! This should be used when your at work and stressed out !
It makes the entire world seem brighter . And reinforces ones faith.
There is so much in life everyone takes forgranted . This makes you stop and
enjoy the little things the world has to offer !
Mary B
August 25, 2009, 8:53 pm
LOVED:
“If you learn to respond as if it was the first day in your life, and the last day, then you would have spent this day well.”
And we DO rarely look at the sky!
August 26, 2009, 12:20 am
This is awesome Tess.
I am grateful to you posting this.
I know that since I started http://whatamigratefulfortoday.com and post everyday have become so much more grateful and blessed by the small things like my eyes and the patterns in the sky that the clouds make.
I will share this tonight on my gratitude blog- hope that’s okay with you
Namaste
Suzie
August 26, 2009, 12:33 am
Hi Tess,
Thank you for the gift. You are a blessing to all of us.
I love the message… everyday is THE ONE DAY! In fact all that we really have is the day we are living.
Thanks for the wonderful reminder.
Many blessing to you.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
August 26, 2009, 6:15 am
Hi Tess – a very beautful film. Gratitude is certainly a very powerful thing!
PS – I look at the sky often.
August 26, 2009, 8:15 am
Ann-Marie
Your welcome, your welcome and your welcome! Thanks for stopping by.
Megan,
You’re so kind. I admire you as well and love johnny jump ups and all flowers in the world.
Keith,
That’s why we found each other. We’re on the same path and look at life the same way.
You’re the best!
Mary,
Yes we have so much and sometimes we forget that. It’s a beautiful thing…my life and yours.
Vared,
So simple isn’t it? I’m all for making the extra effort to remember to do this.
Happy first and last day!
Suzie,
Yes I’m all in to sharing. Thanks for sharing Suzie!
Gio,
Any time it’s the only way I want to go through life…shining and thanking:)
Robin,
How did I know that about you! Me too…
August 26, 2009, 8:46 am
Oh Tess that was so beautiful!
I loved how calm he spoke and just the atmosphere that was presented in this video. Gratefulness is indeed such a powerful gift that we can give ourselves all the time.
So I thank you too for being the wonderful person you are and may lots of love and light always shine on your path
August 26, 2009, 9:44 am
This is such a beautiful video – simply awesome! Love that he keeps asking us to open our eyes and our hearts …. to soak in the beauty and love that is all around us. Looking at the video, I truly feel the wonder and the abundance which is all around us. Kind of makes me feel like bowing down my head to thank god and raising it to take in and experience everything at the same time. Thank you for sharing it.
August 26, 2009, 9:51 am
I need to aquire a non-stressful manner like him! You’re correct … gratitude is a gift we give ourselves! Thanks Evita. Honored to have you here:)
August 26, 2009, 1:26 pm
Thank you for sharing this. It was wonderful!
August 26, 2009, 4:44 pm
Oh Tess, how on earth have we forgotten how beautiful life is and how incredible that we have to be reminded to see the wonders of the world.
This video show every day things and yet how extraordinary beautiful they are.
I am so relearning how to live and I so appreciating all these reminders and I am so appreciative of noticing that there are quite a few of us starting to realize there is another way to live, one that let us enjoy these gifts.
Tess, thanks so very much for these minutes of beauty.
August 27, 2009, 12:38 am
Tess, what a gift you have given us with this incredible video. How blessed we are to have running water. I know millions do not, yet I take this for granted. When I look at my life, I am surrounded by beauty and people that love me. I have a nice car and home. Yet what is the meaning of “things”? This video makes me pause. This tells me to stop being so concerned with the “must haves.” Life is short…and it about sharing gratitude, love, light and compassion with our fellow spirits on this earth. Thank you for this today…I really needed to watch this.
Namaste
August 27, 2009, 7:23 am
Yep, a great day cooking here. Me with so many dishes to do will be grateful for my fawcet and for the clear clean water running from it.
Thank you!
August 27, 2009, 9:27 am
Hi Tess… that was brilliant – I left it til I had time to watch and have just loved it – so peaceful and calm, but so true are the words, today is today .. be blessed with all the blessings we have, realise all those around us, live life to the full ..
Jamie’s workshop is lovely – looks great and I’d love to have a look around one day ..
Thanks for the inspiration and reminders ..
Hilary Melton-Butcher
Positive Letters Inspirational Stories
August 27, 2009, 1:21 pm
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful reminder of how precious this day truly is.
I look at the sky morning, noon, and night. It’s very reassuring….
August 27, 2009, 3:51 pm
I enjoyed the line .. “like a life giving water if you only open your heart and drink.” Thanks for who you are and what you do. Namaste
August 27, 2009, 11:07 pm
My Day Off has been emotional n contemplative, but I appreciated all of it, because I chose what I was to do. It’s interesting I recently posted in “Filed Sky” : “Sometimes, you just need to look up…”
(Great minds think alike?)
Today I watched sunset at my fav place in the world again. For me, it IS a Good Day-
August 27, 2009, 11:18 pm
Hi Tess,
I’m so happy you stressed we watch this video. It was indeed an eyeopener. Not only were the photographs gorgeous, but the message is clear. Today is definitely a gift. A gift we unwrap from the moment we open our eyes. And if we’re lucky, tomorrow we’ll receive a new gift.
This is a great reminder how living in the moment and enjoying all we are truly blessed with is what’s important.
Thank you Tess for this beautiful gift. I know I’ll be back to watch it again.
August 28, 2009, 9:51 am
Avanti,
I’m bowing with you my friend.
Wilma,
I think I relearn how to live each day a little better than the day before.
Caroline,
I agree material things don’t matter yet I still get hooked sometimes. And our values are the same only love matters.
Jannie,
did you say food? i’ll be right over:)
Hillary,
You’re the best and I know you appreciate life and all that goes with it. How’s your mother doing?
Joy,
Yes it’s a beautiful reminder the sun and sky!
Tom,
Thanks to you as well and thanks for stopping by.
Snaggle Tooth,
A great day and great minds indeed!
Barbara,
A gift the minute we open our eyes. Isn’t that the truth! I need to remember it more.
August 28, 2009, 6:26 pm
Wow, I visited this post via Simply Stephen but I never dreamed I was in for such a wonderful treat. I love the message and am truly grateful for receiving it. Thank you.
August 29, 2009, 12:01 pm
Tess, you invite revelations from each person who is in the process of reconnecting with a timeless, inner spirit. Blessing to you through every experience. I sense you grow more conscious and joyful every instant. Advantages are always to be found right where you perceive the self to be.
August 31, 2009, 9:33 am
Michelle,
I appreciate your visit and compliments. You’re the best!
Liara,
I respect your opinion and am honored each time you come by. Thanks friend!
September 1, 2009, 6:56 am
ohmygosh, I didn’t get past minute 1:01 before the emotion spilled over… This message is *exactly* how I feel! …and I feel it most when looking at Nature’s beauty as these images show us to do. Then, when we carry that full-of-love feeling into our views of other people, other lives, other ways… We are giving the gift of love and receiving it at the same time. We all are SO blessed!! Thank you for sharing this, Tess. It’s like drinking cool water from a fountain in the middle of a desert. I will revisit.
September 15, 2009, 3:58 am
Beautiful! My favourite part? – that wee girl’s bright brown eyes. So many of us in the west have so much, yet find it so difficult to radiate as much joy as that girl does in a single glance.
The advice “Live every day as if it is the first.” puts every relationship problem into perspective. We’d be so much kinder about our loved ones’ behaviour if it didn’t act like a wick that taps into deep underground wells of rising frustration, resentment or anxiety.
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