What feeds your soul?

EJFan said:
it's about 7 degrees in my office room right now... and there's frost on the windows (inside). i LOVE this weather!!!!!

Well I don't - burrrr. Thursday we had 85 degrees with wonderful sunshine. Yesterday was bitter cold with a horrible north wind with a high of 33 and today we have had sleet off and on during the day...urghhhhhh.

I am so ready for our sunshine to come back.
 
33? 33 is not COLD. Try minus 2...

sassy_girl1963 said:
Well I don't - burrrr. Thursday we had 85 degrees with wonderful sunshine. Yesterday was bitter cold with a horrible north wind with a high of 33 and today we have had sleet off and on during the day...urghhhhhh.

I am so ready for our sunshine to come back.
 
time to myself. Others think it makes me lonely or something to spend time by myself. But it helps me connect or reconnect to my heart in ways I can't express - or do any other way.
 
jacuzzigal said:
time to myself. Others think it makes me lonely or something to spend time by myself. But it helps me connect or reconnect to my heart in ways I can't express - or do any other way.


Good for you JG! Don't let others convince you what is or is not good for you. Only you know what makes you happy. And sometimes, we need some time alone to be able to hear ourselves.

I have had the wondeful pleasure of a great friend that has taught me to slow down, if just for a moment to absorb all that is around me, to reflect on where I am and where I am going. It has been wonderful counsel tha I nearly dismissed at the time. But thankfully, they were consistent in the advice without being pushy. Since that time, I have had 2 extended periods of private 'me' time. Once nearly a year ago that might have been the most cleansing time of my life. And once recently. In both instances, I have come away with a greater sense of peace and comfort with who I am and where I am going. And just as importantly, who I am going with. At the risk of sounding presumptuous, I think I understand...
 
WFMS...

A dear friend who has helped me more than she knows by listening to me rant and cry and worry. She is a blessing. :rose:
 
bobsgirl said:
WFMS...

A dear friend who has helped me more than she knows by listening to me rant and cry and worry. She is a blessing. :rose:

Glad she's there for you. Hope each day's getting a bit easier. (((bg)))
 
WFMS today? It's Bobsgirl - and her willingness to be a listening friend - and saying it as it well needs to be said. Thank you ! :rose:
 
WFMS...

An email telling me that my friends' little girl came through heart surgery with flying colors. :rose: :heart:
 
pleasteasme said:
WFMS...

An email telling me that my friends' little girl came through heart surgery with flying colors. :rose: :heart:

Now that's the best kind of e-mail to receive!
 
bobsgirl said:
Now that's the best kind of e-mail to receive!

Thanks bg ~

It is quite a relief. I thought about her all day in surgery today. She seems to be doing just fine! :)
 
Two things...
These words
I also saw many other things. People who were hurting, angry, scared, ashamed, unsure. And people offering comfort, calmness, protection, hope, understanding, unconditional love and caring, ideas, resources, advice, a new outlook, confidance and prayer. I saw people come here with no hope and no reason to go on and leave with a new hold on life and a future to look forward to. I saw people put aside their own pain to help someone they didn't even know to cope with their pain. I saw people looking for help, not for themselves but for people in their lives that they cared for. I saw people come here timid and trembling and leave ready to take on the world like a tigar. I saw tears and laughter, despair and dreams, sorrow and joy, hate and love, hopelessness and hope. I saw the worst side of mankind and the best side of mankind. Above all I saw the one thing this world needs more then anything, people caring.

The person who wrote them, I don't know her, except from here, but she is an inspiration to me and a constant reminder that we can prevail. :rose: :rose: :rose:
 
I learnt to ski last weekend. And well, I had tried to learn it once before, ten years ago, on a very easy slope, and it was a disaster, because I was just too scared and mainly stood up there, looking down and not daring to start skiing.

This time it was a much bigger slope yet it worked quite well. In big part it is due to that one of the friends I went there with was really good at teaching me. But I think it also has to do with how much I changed in these last ten years - I have become much more self confident in general attitude to life, and I think this also reflects in the more small things, like in this case skiing - I have just in general learnt to overcome any type of fears better... which makes me quite happy...
 
When people are uncharacteristically kind for no reason.
Someone lets you in before them in traffic on a Friday.
You're loaded down with laptop, briefcase and someone holds the door or the elevator.
People that actually still make eye contact, smile and say hello to a stranger.
Kindness without expectations makes my soul smile.
 
cloakedlover said:
When people are uncharacteristically kind for no reason.
Someone lets you in before them in traffic on a Friday.
You're loaded down with laptop, briefcase and someone holds the door or the elevator.
People that actually still make eye contact, smile and say hello to a stranger.
Kindness without expectations makes my soul smile.

Ain't that the truth. :)
 
when I checked my e-mail today, I found an e-mail that wasn't junkmail. Imagine that! E-mails from friends make me happy. :)
 
bobsgirl said:
when I checked my e-mail today, I found an e-mail that wasn't junkmail. Imagine that! E-mails from friends make me happy. :)


Nice change of pace, huh bobsgirl? Kind of like when I get a card in the real mail instead of ads or bills!

Hearing from friends fills my soul too.
 
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