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Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser Weekly Roundup September 24-30 Love Opens Up: A Gratitude Conversation With Col. Liesl Carter Colonel Liesl Carter is currently first officer at United Postal Service (UPS) in Anchorage, Alaska. In 2001, Carter was working in the Pentagon when terrorists attacked the building. As an initial responder, she aided in the recovery efforts and in subsequent days assisted with the development of the Grand Military Strategy for the Global War on Terrorism. She also served as a KC-135 air refueling tanker pilot and logged more than 2,800 flying hours with combat tours supporting operations in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In her role at UPS, Carter flies B-747-400 cargo missions worldwide. CONTINUE READING NEAARESt and Dearest: Fall I love Fall. Having grown up in a place where there are seasons, I am used to hot Summers and cold Winters. I am used to Springs where the natural world wakes up. I am used to Falls where the world takes a long inhale full of color and abundance and chill, then softly exhales her leaves and fruit and warmth to prepare for the slumber of the natural world during the Winter. I now live in a place where seasons don't happen in the same way. Things don't radically change every few months. I don't have to rotate clothes from one closet to the other. I don't get to kiss snowflakes. Ice never forms on iris petals. The sun feels the same all year round. People say you don't appreciate things until they are gone. I think that is true. I miss all the seasons, but I particularly miss Fall.. CONTINUE READING 1000 Miles: Whole Life Challenge Week 2 This is my first time doing the Whole Life Challenge. That means, I just finished the first few miles of a mindfulness marathon. The first week was about finding success on the Challenge during our anniversary trip to Washington, DC. The second week can be summed up as finding a new normal at home before heading to Key West this weekend to celebrate my birthday. A central question of the Challenge for me thus far is, "How do you live mindfully in a real life filled with anniversaries and birthdays and events and weekends and weekdays?" (I will probably think about that question and write about it in next week's reflection.) CONTINUE READING

Gratitude and TED

• Nature. Beauty. Gratitude. Louis Schwartzberg



• Want to be happy? Be grateful. Brother David Steindl-Rast



• Remember to say thank you. Laura Trice



• Meditation 365 Grateful Project. Hailey Bartholomew



I am a seeker, thinker, and writer. I have trekked the Abel Tasman, bathed in the healing waters of Tirta Empul, and run a marathon in search of the "why." As a woman living with Turner syndrome, I believe every day is a miracle. I have published a memoir and an award-winning essay in the Washingtonian. I have explored the intersection of the arts and sciences in writing for both Blue Man Group, NASA, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and others. I received a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. I blog about wide-awakeness at www.katiesteedly.com





