“Music fills the infinite between two souls”
- Rabindranath Tagore

I am immensely grateful for the companionship of music.
When I'm happy, when I'm sad
When I'm scared, when I'm glad
Music connects me to other souls
and fills me up.

Happy Grati-Tuesday to music makers and music lovers!

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today.
Have you used one to say "thank you?"
~William A. Ward

A gift of gratitude is a simple gift to share.

Isn't there someone that deserves your presents today?

Happy Grati-Tuesday!

Pause and Look Around

When eating bamboo sprouts,
remember the man who planted them.
~Chinese Proverb


Pause. Look around.
What do you see?
Who has gone before you
So that you may have this?
Witness the work of others
On your behalf.
Be grateful.
Give thanks.

Happy Grati-Tuesday!

It's Open Season!

Happy Grati-Tuesday and Happy Summer Solstice!

Today we celebrate the official opening of fishing season.

Fishing is about reaching out and meeting and connecting with others.

Join us on Lead Like a Girl Facebook where we will be unveiling the beauty in you meeting the beauty in others....along with a special Fishing Derby for our single friends.

Enjoy the longest day of the year!! Happy Happy Day!!

What's 60 seconds?

For every minute you are angry,
you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
-Author Unknown

Are you done yet?
Being angry about anything?
Will you get back these minutes in the end?
Nope, not happening.

Today is Grati-Tuesday.
Stop wasting seconds.
Restart the clock of happiness.

Ding! You're Done!
Happy Grati-Tuesday!

Dawn of Grati-Tuesday!

As each day comes to us refreshed and anew, so does my gratitude renew itself daily. The breaking of the sun over the horizon is my grateful heart dawning upon a blessed world.
-Terri Guillemets

On this dawn of a very special Grati-Tuesday, we want to thank all of our Facebook fans.

We now enjoy the company of over 1,000 fans.
We are humbled and grateful for your "Like"!

We like you lots!
Wishing you a renewed sense of gratitude each new dawn.

Game on! Life on! Love Strong!!

Happy Grati-Tuesday - way to Lead Like a Girl!

Dali Overdose!

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
-Salvador Dali

Happy Grati-Tuesday!
Picture your satisfaction.

Splash colors
Draw outside the lines
Innovate and Ideate

Relish in a Dali Overdose
Enjoy the art of surreal happiness!
Happy Grati-Tuesday.

What's Bloomin'?

Joy is a flower that blooms when you do.
-Author Unknown

Time to put on the big girl bloomers
And grab a cup of Grati-Tuesday.
Joy is knocking at the door.
Won't you let her in?
Let's not keep Joy waiting!
Hold the door open.
There's even more to come!

Happy Grati-Tuesday to our
Pansy Lovers and Joy Bloomers!

Happiness Travels

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
-Margaret Lee Runbeck

Pack up your troubles and stow them away. It's Happy Grati-Tuesday.

And you're on a journey to live your best life!

Looky there - this is the Happy Path you are traveling!
Everything is here for you. Everything wonderful lies ahead.
All you need to BE happy is here -- In your heart.

Open up your traveling heart and lean into the good.

Lead on my fellow traveler - Happy Grati-Tuesday!

Happiness is not created as a result of certain conditions.
Certain conditions are created as a result of happiness.
- Neale Donald Walsch

Today you create what you will be grateful for tomorrow.
Be happy.
Spread happiness.
Be grateful.
Spead Happy Grati-Tuesday

2-For Grati-Tuesday

Since last week's Grati-Tuesday passed me by!

Today is 2-For Grati-Tuesday!

Thanks for double scoops of ice cream

European "Kiss Kiss" Hello's

Chants of Hip Hip Hurray, Hip Hip Hurray

Back-to-back wins and double plays

Seconds of pie and extra seconds of sleep

Double doses of happiness

And double dates with best friends

A second time around

And a second chance to make amends

Thank You Thank You for Today!

Happy Happy Grati-Tuesday!

Grati-Tuesday Gentle Men

Happy Grati-Tuesday

We celebrate the men who support women.

Our deepest gratitude to these men and their message.

Thank you for being an example.

Thank you for being gentle men.

Embrace Grati-Tuesday!

“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” ~ Socrates

In our quest for happiness, there is sooooo much to do!

Stopping to savor in our rush to save our world....is it possible?

This is a mini-blog of gratitude. If it was a full-size blog, you'd need another two minutes.

Here's two minutes from us to you -- savor it, relish it, embrace it.

Nice start....now go on -- enjoy less and be your happiest.

Hugs from Lead Like a Girl and Women's Quest Vermont Adventure

Happy Grati-Tuesday Sisters!

A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double. -- Toni Morrison

Happy Grati-Tuesday to all of our sisters!

Sisters, whether by birth or by circumstance, give us a place to be ourselves.

Grab your sister and give her a hug, a kiss, a well wish.

Let's celebrate our sisterhood!

Special Happy Birthday wishes to my Carse sisters -- you inspire me!

~ Way to Lead Like a Girl Sista'!

Oh! The Places You Will Go!

Congratulations!

Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places! 
You’re off and away!

Happy Grati-Tuesday! 
On the journey of life,  
sometimes the road is crooked 
Or blanketed in mist or bumpy or just...well, you know. 
Pause. Breathe. Smile. Your heart GPS will find the way. 


And will you succeed?  
Yes, you will indeed! 
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

~ Dr. Suess (with a little Lead Like a Girl twist!)

A Child's Smile

It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ~ Berke Breathed

Simply attach a child's smile and sense of wonder to your day.

From those around you, you will be met with joy.

From your center, you will become alive.

Happy Grati-Tuesday from Elle Preston & Lead Like a Girl - Dubai, UAE

Change in Appetite

Happy Grati-Tuesday.

I am enough. I have enough.

You are enough. You have enough.

We are enough. Together we have all that we need.

Press pause on bloaty bogusness.

Enuf's enuf with all the stuff.

Relish in the sufficiency of what we have together!

International Women's Day

Happy Grati-Tuesday!

It's International Women's Day!

Today is the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day.

There is no world without women.  Let's celebrate women all over the world.

"And let us mark this day by finding ways to ensure women and girls' access to education, health care, jobs, and credit, and to protect their right to live free from violence."

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton:

Happy Grati-Tuesday! I am grateful for Lynne Twist - author of The Soul of Money, co-founder of The Pachamama Alliance and humanitarian extraordinaire. It was my privilege to hear Lynne speak at the Coaches Training Institute's Summit in Florida this week.

Let me tell you, this girl knows how to lead!! She educates, inspires and empowers people and organizations. She does it with grace, gratitude, humor and love. Yes, and....she needs more girl-power. She needs us.

Lynne Twist and The Packamama Alliance has provided the funding for the initial development of the FOUR YEARS. GO. campaign. View the video:

Let's work together. Make your commitment to Four Years. Go. by visiting their website www.fouryearsgo.org

Thank you Lynne Twist -- way to Lead Like a Girl!

TOOT! TOOT! Happy Grati-Tuesday!!

There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude. (Robert Brault)

Take TWO minutes to TOOT! TOOT! Show your Gratitude on Happy Grati-Tuesday. Pick TWO people and express gratitude. Give them a TOOT! TOOT! Happy Grati-Tuesday! Thank you! Thank you! for BEING YOU!

Every Tuesday if you pick two and I pick two and two more pick two and so on and so on...we will wipe out ingratitude on Happy Grati-Tuesday!

My two Happy Grati-Tuesday shout outs go to Elizabeth and Paula. Snowshoe, cross country and snow fun play pals! TOOT! TOOT! Happy Grati-Tuesday!! Thank you! Thank you! for BEING YOU!

Now to TOOT! TOOT! Happy Grati-Tuesday! Thank you! Thank you! on their Facebook walls!!

Who will you TOOT! TOOT! Today? Let's get viral and wipe out ingratitude on Happy Grati-Tuesday!!

Gratitude is the memory of the heart. ~Jean Baptiste Massieu

Hello Grati-Tuesday! Today I’m grateful for my heart. Yes, the one that loves and the one that keeps me alive. I’ve been a little lazy of late. My pants had a discussion in the closet yesterday and told my a$$ that it is getting out of control. The message was delivered via a semi-permanent button engraving on my belly. It would appear I’ve taken my heart for granted. Putting my exercise aside while I enjoyed too many calories and too many overbooked days and nights.

Enough! Tick Tock! The Heart needs to Rock!

Last night I made my heart a promise -- at first light, we play! My fuzzy brain and limbs were less than thrilled. Yet when my heart started beating out that rhythm of Joy to be Alive, my whole body went happy!

Dear Heart -- thank you for showing up for me...even when I forget.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~ Marcel Proust

Welcome to Grati-Tuesdays!

Take just a few moments to feel gratitude for those in our lives that make us happy. The ones that help us weed our garden of negative thoughts and behaviors. Our charming gardeners that push us to sow seeds of delight. The people that pop into our lives for a moment, an hour, a day, a season or a lifetime. They touch our lives and make our souls blossom. Thank you!

Did you remember to thank YOU? You are the landscape artist of your life.

Give yourself a Grati-Tuesday hug!