A bit thanks to @Sybil Hall for this one: HAD to share it here. We have lots of pet parents here. Your pet (or fave animal if you don't have a pet) has taken over your business and is now CEO.. Ask Chatgpt or your favorite image generator that knows you to create a portrait of them. Here's the prompt: Use the pet in this photo as inspiration and imagine they just took over as CEO of my business. Based on what you know about my business, give them an executive title, one hilariously unnecessary CEO perk, and the surprising skill that makes them perfect for the job. Then create a polished CEO-style portrait of them. Keep it playful and specific to my business.” 🤣 Then come back and introduce your new boss in the comments. 😂 Share their: 🐾 CEO portrait 💼 Official title 😂 Ridiculous perk ✨ Special business skill ___________________ Here's mine: I could do this 3 times over but Galli seems like the likely one to take me over. SHe's the mighty huntress and pirate kitty from the September 19th birthday post. 👇𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡! 👇

Some communities are all about whatever you learn from the classroom etc. This place is about community and playful discovery. Enjoy connecting with people. Enjoy playing with the toys. Enjoy poking about and discovering things There's nothing you have to do first.

@Stephanie Frank & @Debbie Throckmorton - WOO HOO - you're HERE! Welcome @Cheryl Smith ! @Janice McKnight @Rachael Jean @Carrie Crews @Shelia Clark @Laura Sutherland @Vanessa Sowell Skeeter @Teresa Pradd @Erin Boykin @Jennifer R. Cohen, Ph.D @Anna McLain @Shelia Farmer @Simon X I see that Stephanie referred you, so a warm welcome istake you for a bot😂 @Charisse Neal-Coleman @La Shanda Lowe @Lynda Lowe Empath Haven is a soft place to land and a welcoming sanctuary. When you're ready, check out the welcome post here - it's like your "you are here" map.

So naturally, someone somewhere is about to tell you to make a gratitude list and raise your vibration. 😆 And hey—we LOVE gratitude around here. But let's talk about the kind of gratitude we practice in Haven. Not the: ✨ “Just think positive!” ✨ “Everything happens for a reason!” ✨ “Other people have it worse!” ✨ “Good vibes only!” Nope. Because gratitude should never require you to pretend something doesn't hurt. You can be grateful for your life **and** be having a really hard day. You can love someone **and** need boundaries. You can recognize your blessings **and** grieve what you've lost. You can be proud of how far you've come **and** be exhausted from the journey. You can believe that life contains incredible beauty **and** acknowledge that sometimes it is spectacularly unfair. **Both things can be true.** Maybe real gratitude isn't about convincing ourselves that everything is wonderful. Maybe it's about noticing the little bits of wonderful that exist **alongside everything else.** The friend who checked in. The animal who somehow knew you needed them. The first sip of coffee. A ridiculous meme arriving at exactly the right moment. The song that understands you. The person who lets you be completely, gloriously weird. The tiny moment when you suddenly realize: *I'm okay right now.* Those things don't erase the hard stuff. They don't need to. They're simply little lights we notice along the way. So for World Gratitude Day, we're not asking you to make everything beautiful. We're just inviting you to notice **one thing that already is.** 💜 **What's one tiny, ordinary, wonderfully real thing you're grateful for today?** Big answers are welcome. But around here, “my dog did something ridiculous and made me laugh” absolutely counts. Actually... That might count twice. 🐾😂 Happy World Gratitude Day, Haven. May we always have enough light to notice the good—and enough compassion to make room for the hard things, too. ✨ 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗪 𝗔 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗿 & share yours here in the Haven!

What does having enough feel like for you today? Today I am grateful for… Warm and safe indoors on a rainy, blustery day!