Hi all...
Well...welcome to having to learn more technology re blogging! Several of you have responded to my first entry...thank you.
And.
Most of those responses were to my personal email. Might you be willing to send those responses to this blog? So we can share 'with each other' these great mind/heart expanding thoughts/feelings.
One goes to the bottom of my page and recent blog to where there is a small blue 'comment' and hits on that. Write in the 'post comment' box. Then hit 'post comment'. Now the trickier part that I am currently trying to get answers about: where it asks which PROFILE...others have just hit 'google account' and it worked??? Please give it a try. I will let you know when I find out more. Thanks for your patience.
Would really love to have fun playing with all this.
Plus: A short entry....
Unconscious Care Taking:
My daughter recently wrote and asked me if there was something special I might like for Christmas. Trying to figure out what to get me.
I have been trying way cutting back on gift giving at Christmas...just gifts for the grand girls...and focusing more on birthdays.
I searched my mind trying to think of 'something' to tell my daughter. Finally thought....well, maybe a carbonating machine...I am trying to drink more water and buy mineral water often. So I told her that. She started using her precious time researching them.
In the meantime...I woke up with an epiphany! Omg....I don't really want one of those! I am trying to simplify my life! Not use my time maintaining one more gadget....ordering refill canisters or what ever!
What I got was: I am trying to take care of 'her.' So she won't have the stress of finding something, of fulfilling some kind of obligatory habit.
And, yes, I can hear some of your thoughts already: but what about just the love of giving, the spirit of the season?
I get that, too. I really do.
My point is I caught 'my' unconscious need to 'take care' of my children....no matter what form that takes.
In my case, overriding the fact that I really don't want more stuff.
Saying 'yes' when I really mean 'no thanks.' (again)
Ah, chagrin.
I am still just an ordinary human.
Bonnie< thanks for having the courage and insight to share your thoughts. I'm right there with you in so many ways. Looking forward to more and to seeing you soon.
ReplyDeleteAfter looking through my sister-in-law's home of 30-some years that we will be cleaning out soon, I, too, have taken a hard look at the "stuff" we have accumulated. This year for Christmas, I hope for phone calls, photo calendars with pictures of our little people, and visits.
I hope to learn along with you as we comment.
c.
Good news about the water carbonator experience - the research helped to convince me to get one for myself! ;)
ReplyDeleteShannon...EXCELLENT! The saying: 'Only good comes' comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteThe other thing I remembered about carbonators is that you want to 'like' the taste of your tap or filtered water. I actually 'like' the minerals in mineral water I've discovered.
Carole...thanks so much for 'your' self revealing comments also. Cleaning out 'stuff', in my experience, like rearranging furniture or plants, really does shift one's perspective, awaken it until we get used to all of it again down the line and don't notice.
Was realizing the other day that I don't 'see' my hanging photos or paintings very often.