Hello and Thanks for your visit. I have some news today that after my (February 28 post) I'll be taking a break for awhile. After 13 years, 2 Books and over 750 posts I want to Thank Everyone for your visits & shares that helped us send Wellness around the World. You can still view all past posts in the archives and I'll pop in occasionally to say Hi. Have a great Spring & Summer ahead and keep Moving Forward with kindness, compassion and Peace. Thank you and Take Care.
We all go through feelings of loss, depression, loneliness at various times in our lives.
What we do with those feelings is up to us.
Have a look at this video and her story.
Dr. Edith Eva Eger
Holocaust Survivor.
Dona Anderson
I don't know how she had her tremendous strength to go through what she did and then go into a profession helping others to heal from their loss and traumas.
As an older person now I've lost grandparents, parents, aunts & uncles, friends, and many pets.
As I think of what to write my eyes are full of tears.
We don't get through life with a free pass to not have those losses.
She had so much to endure from a young age and thankfully she found ways to cope and shield herself from the many dark places that could have taken her in an opposite direction.
I've gotten to experience the many gifts of being part of a family, having a mix of friends from different times and places and hear their stories to tell.
Our differences can often be opportunities for
learning and sharing..
Our time here on earth is not known,
lets not waste it.
PS. there are many great comments on You tube for her books as well.
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Over the years and ages waking up has been quite different from those days of going to school and having to walk there, then to working, having kids and getting lunches for all of us and out the door to getting the bus.
Now being retired and older it has changed again. Much more relaxing.
I usually don't wake up too energized because I don't sleep well and if I sleep through the night once a year I wake up startled and wonder what happened.
Lucy & Kelsie
But within a few minutes our Westie dog Kelsie is up on the bed for her morning kisses and rubdown.
Our Scottie dog Lucy who claims most of the bed finally moves over and is taking her time to get up then they both head to the kitchen to wait for their morning cookie.
I hear the kettle on for my tea and in comes my hubby to get me moving or close the door and let me rest for a bit longer.
We all probably need some help at times to put that smile on our face to go out into the world - or to pull the covers over our heads for a while longer.
Tonight lets make a plan to wake up happy tomorrow saying 3 things we're grateful for.
We could try it for a few more days even if the 3 things are the same everyday.
Let's wake up happy and make those daily choices to pause, smile, and make the changes you need to support your day and life or whatever it is.
We have to make our lives healthy for us and the world.
I thought this might be a good ending for this post.
It's a few lines from the meditation Living in Wellness from my book Moving Forward from the Heart on page 133.
My wellness is determined by my awareness, my acceptance of change, my relationships, my internal and outward communication, and my knowing that love is all around me and it is there for me to both give and receive.
I celebrate my success.
I guess my 3 things are already above that puts a smile on my
face and in my heart.
PS. Soften your whole body, and invite a smile
to fill your face and your heart.
Have a great day and week ahead 😀
I really appreciate your shares that help to send wellness out into the world.
Sometimes when you start a collection others want to help and it then it can quickly grow and grow.
That's what happened, I'm sure ... (?)
Then a friend was getting rid of this holder of treasures and asked it we wanted it.
YES YES!!! and that was over 40 years and several homes ago.
It's still loved. A few things have fallen and broken but most are still small treasures from near and far away places.
For many years we've been trying to downsize and wonder what's next on the list to let go of.
Boxes and boxes of stuff has left over the years and more still to go. I'm happy to pass things on.
And I love to go with my daughter to thrift stores and others places who support local families, animals and more looking for bargains It's our few hours together when we go to visit.
That's where I got this music jewelry box for $5 and it plays an Elvis song!
It will become another holder of treasures.
PS. what do we do with all this stuff that the younger family doesn't want?
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