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Hello, Hola, Bonjour, Guten Tag, Marhaba, Salve, Konnichiwa, etc. to all my new just over 4200 Friends!!!
anamcaranv September 6th, 2022
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Special thanks to Ami for the Warm Welcome to this community. First time in here and relatively new to 7 Cups; not sure if it's been a month yet. I should check. So far, so good; really happy about a place where there is the ability to share without being judged or diagnosed. A place to speak freely within a mindset (okay, guidelines) of kindness, respect and common courtesy. I am semi-retired, keep pretty busy working from home mostly (a phone app told me I travelled 63 miles last month) and well into the ability to utilize Senior Discounts.

I consider myself as being a mindful person. Although it is something I would like to develop more of; could we ever be too mindful? I'm not sure, but would prefer to leave that discussion for persons with initials after their names.

With that in mind.... I would like to know something you were grateful for in past week. It could be something you appreciate every single day or something that doesn't happen often; to anything in between.


I'll start... Every morning I let the dogs (Zorro, Marley & Simon) out even though we have a doggie door. Our oldest, 17 y.o. Jack Russell - Zorro, started to have difficulty using the dog door several months ago. Our temperatures here this time of year range from about 105 to 110 F; but my wife likes a temp much cooler than that inside. We have southern exposure here, so for the few minutes I stand outside our back door to assist Zorro; I relish the warmth of that time of the day with the sun upon my face. Dogs take care of business and we come back inside so I can make my morning cup of Earl Grey......

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Happy900 September 6th, 2022
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@anamcaranv Welcome to 7cups.

I happen to love Earl Grey...

I have been at 7cups since 2019.

I love being here.

I am in leadership.

I am currently on the needs reply team here at 7cups.

At some point I hope to be a mentor here at 7cups.

I also hope to be on the operations team, and maybe become an operations mentor at some point.

I am fully retired.

I am on disability retirement.

Been retired since 1996.

anamcaranv OP September 6th, 2022
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@Happy900

Sweet!!!!!! Not on the disability part; but the rest of it sounds fantastic! I retired from Operating
Engineers about 6 years ago; but I've been doing real estate stuff for over 20 years. I think it's awesome that you have your eyes on some great goals on such a much needed platform. In my short time here I have met some pretty cool people. A few people have reached out to me because of my bio; and that has been a very nice thing for me. Keep up the great work and you will reach those goals; just keep your eyes on the prize...... Feel free to reach out to me anytime; my participation isn't really set. Sometimes I have time during the day; other times I cannot sleep so I hop on to take care of this or that in the wee hours. Pacific time zone here and thanks for reaching out.

amiablePeace77 September 9th, 2022
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@anamcaranv

Thank you for your kind words. Nice to have you in our sub-community! I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do.

Something I was grateful for in past week was being able to stay calm and centered in a challenging situation something that mindfulness taught me.

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