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Things in nature surprise me and fill me with joy, like the woodpigeon that wandered into through the patio doors yesterday and had a good nosey round! I put food out every day so it must have assumed it would be safe to wander indoors not realising that I have a cat!! Fortunately she was asleep upstairs on the spare bed. And the joy I feel when I am able to realise the spaciousness of Being is wonderful. Blessings to you all 💜
I was feeling too ill and tired to write anything on here earlier today but I have come back to read everyone’s comments and there is a big smile on my face 😊 All of your comments have brought me joy today. Thankyou ❤️
My deeply held value is to show, as far as possible, loving kindness to everyone and everything. I had an opportunity today to show that towards a carer who is leaving the agency that provides my care because of an upset with the management. She came in in a bad mood, complaining about the hours she has to work today and said that she didn’t care about saying goodbye to everyone, just wants to leave as soon as she can. I got her to sit down and we had a heart to heart. I gave her a hug ...
My deeply held value is to show, as far as possible, loving kindness to everyone and everything. I had an opportunity today to show that towards a carer who is leaving the agency that provides my care because of an upset with the management. She came in in a bad mood, complaining about the hours she has to work today and said that she didn’t care about saying goodbye to everyone, just wants to leave as soon as she can. I got her to sit down and we had a heart to heart. I gave her a hug and told her how much I appreciated all she had done for me. I hope it made her day better.
It was my carer’s last day with me today. She has been coming to help me for the last 3 years and is a wonderful cook. I will really miss her but I know it is time for her to move on and I wish her well. We intend to keep in touch. I hope whoever takes her place will be as kind, competent and caring as she is. And I hope I will be able to build the same kind of relationship with the new person.
Looking out of my patio doors just now there were, not one, but three jackdaws scooping up mealworms as fast as they could! I haven’t seen jackdaws for years and here were three of them right outside the window. I put out sunflower seeds and dried mealworms every day and get so much pleasure from seeing “my” birds coming down to grab what they can while it’s there. It’s my special connection with nature as I can no longer get out into the garden and get my hands ...
Looking out of my patio doors just now there were, not one, but three jackdaws scooping up mealworms as fast as they could! I haven’t seen jackdaws for years and here were three of them right outside the window. I put out sunflower seeds and dried mealworms every day and get so much pleasure from seeing “my” birds coming down to grab what they can while it’s there. It’s my special connection with nature as I can no longer get out into the garden and get my hands properly dirty.
Life is consciousness experiencing itself in myriads upon myriads of ways. How amazing it is to be one of those ways.
Moments of awe fill me with so much joy and, as others have said, we need to look out for them, keep our eyes open. At the moment I am filled with awe by a white climbing rose that is covering an archway in my garden. 17 blooms were counted on just one branch of it and when the sky is blue the white flowers against the blue background is a stunning sight. Another awe-inspiring sight for me at the moment is all the young birds being brought to my garden by their parents. New life is always awe...
Moments of awe fill me with so much joy and, as others have said, we need to look out for them, keep our eyes open. At the moment I am filled with awe by a white climbing rose that is covering an archway in my garden. 17 blooms were counted on just one branch of it and when the sky is blue the white flowers against the blue background is a stunning sight. Another awe-inspiring sight for me at the moment is all the young birds being brought to my garden by their parents. New life is always awe-inspiring and I am looking forward to welcoming my second grand-daughter into the world this weekend. That is really awesome 😊
I love the stunning, amazing beauty of everything on this Earth, it’s complexity and inter-dependentness is mind-blowing and fills me with joy.
Ha ha! I had no problem with this question (for once!) This is what came to my mind: Through gratitude I find myself connecting more deeply with my true Self – that which is connected to all and everything. This, in turn, helps me to connect more deeply to everyone in my life as they are also part of that All and Everything, so there is no real separation between any of us. Gratitude helps that Self to flower in me and keeps my ego in check.
Thank you for sharing, Ose. It always amazes me how things come to light and we learn valuable lessons from the most unexpected sources. From then on we are able to see things more clearly.
Oh my goodness, Christine, how exciting! My father used to play the piano and the organ. Have a great time! xx
Thank you so much for sharing that, Carol. Just brilliant! If Baruch de Spinoza could see this in the 17th century why isn’t this understood more today 🤔
I found this difficult too, Drew. It eventually accepted my answer of .10 but looks like it was wrong anyway! Hey ho.
It’s a huge adjustment for you to have to make, Samuel. I hope, in time, you will be able to find peace in solitude rather than loneliness ❤️
I know your pain, Michele. Sending you a heart-felt hug 🤗💜
Dear Carol, sounds like you could do with a hug today 🤗🦋
I love that, Malag, I’m going to try that! Thanks for sharing 🤗
I find listening to Ram Dass a great support to me too, Mary Pat xx
Oh, Carol, I know that need to control only too well, and it wastes such a lot of energy 😂 Learning to go with the flow is a work in progress.
I can relate to your post, Pilgrim. ❤️
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