Hi Mark, We are forever learning,Mark…I am now a nonagenarian and still curious about life and people. We are often told that we, as human beings, are alike, but oh how different we are too!
We have three sons and each one is different. Fortunately, all have good hearts and I love each one deeply. I was lucky enough to have had good,loving parents, and have tried passing on their example. I was also very fortunate to have met my wonderful husband (now 96) who has been so caring and loving for 71 years. Not everyone is so lucky!!
I too was shy and unsure when young, but soon realized how blessed I was. My love of words has also given me much pleasure. I have no illusions and wasn’t at the front of the queue when brains were handed out, but I have at least tried…
All the very best Mark.
Sincerely
Joy
Indeed we are ever learning Joy, changing inside and out, simply because we dare to go beyond what we are. And I love the age bracket, my mom is 94 and brought up in the old school way of being…but I have to ask her how to operate her very technical television tuner box…go figure 🤣 And in fact, she had her knee’s replaced back in her 80’s and I asked her to keep using her legs and knee’s because it is a ‘use it or lose it’ type situation. So she did some light 20 minutes on an exercise bike a day for at least the next couple of months. I came back many times but it wasn’t until a couple of years ago I saw her on the exercise bike again and asked her what was wrong. She said nothing…you had told me to do some light exercise…so she had been doing it for the next few years. I don’t even get that much exercise, and at her age I was impressed 🤗🤣
And as for your journey kind lady, I have listened to your comments and you have indeed come from a very loving environment. Which has obviously been passed on to those around you. There are many, many different directions we take and they all have their beauty in those paths. I know I ‘focus’ on those hardships we go through to understand that love within us…but not all are the same. Some are more gentle, even if with their own difficulties. The easiest way I can explain this journey is…if I get ten people to hit a golf ball…2 or 3 will be almost a ‘natural’ in hitting it…2 or 3 will vary between good shots and bad…but the last ones I take the golf clubs off them so they don’t hurt themselves…and suggest they play cards 🤣
This world has a zillion paths we can take, and they will ask us to face ourselves in whatever way is best. My path just wanted me to hit the golf ball without a golf club…like one of those crazy work meetings where they give you three pieces of rope, a glass of water, and a flag…and ask you to build a bridge 🤣 Man oh man, there was some doozy concoctions in that one 😂
Anyway Joy, I think you have faced you and quite profoundly. You have passed on what you found and healed many a thing in finding that love within you. For that, take a bow. That love knows no bounds. And thank you for sharing it here 🤗😀❤️🙏
Hey Linda, good to hear your heart kind lady…and I can see a post, I shall be over. And yes, very profound words my friend. It is in finally understanding and accepting ourselves that we can then see us in others, no more profound are those words. It is like anything we experience, only then do we understand. This journey is teaching much love, even in those things that it doesn’t appear to be in. Empathy and compassion is in it all. Thank you for sharing yours Linda, I look forward to hearing it in those words you create 😀❤️🙏
Oh yes Michele, an appreciation of exactly who we are regardless of where we are within that journey. It is in going through our ‘bits’, even if just seemingly small things, that show us truly who we are within. Dare to even open to someone, give up a habit or even just do ‘us’ in some way…is opening that love within us. All steps lead to love…even if seemingly bad…because they give us a feeling inside, each one leading to that truth within. Thank you for the lovely share kind lady, may the beauty of your words be exactly what others need to see…and go another step into that understanding within 😀❤️🙏
It can sometimes take us to get lost first… Before we find ourselves… Only then can we face ourselves to really SEE ourselves…
Not all are wanting to discover themselves… for they are afraid of what they may find.. Looking in the mirror is the hardest part… ❤️ xx
It is indeed Sue, those long doubts and fears are ever daring us to look but those very things keep us at bay. It is that long time period of so many years that do though, eventually, give us such a profound appreciation when we finally do face ourselves. Find that freedom within from understanding them, and become something so beautiful.
And yes, those mirrors truly ask us to look. So many reflect us back and dare us to look. We don’t like them, but it is through them that we do finally find the truth of our love. Great share kind lady, may we all go beyond those things and set our love free 😀❤️🙏
I think many now are facing their reflections, Mark. As too we are seeing the world’s reflection being exposed. It’s not pretty, but a necessary task, in order we truly discover who we are.. ❤️😊🥰🙏
I used to fear facing myself when I still believed all the lies I had internalized, but when I finally faced myself, I didn’t see a monster, just a hurt, damaged person. I knew I could like her! I grew to love her! I learned to be kind to her, and she grew, healed, then helped others!
And beautifully said Tamara. It is about daring to look within and realize we are not those things branded in us from others, but what we find in daring to go beyond them and find that inner truth glowing beneath it all. It is all perfectly created this journey, hard though it may be. But in that very act of going through, we understand all those experiences and break free to become that incredible love waiting within. Great share kind lady, it does take a long time…but will be appreciated so much more because of that 😀❤️🙏
That it is kind lady, given doubts so that we will look inside and dare to go beyond those very doubts. It looks a horror, but that love is asking us to find it beyond those things that hold us and find the beauty that has always been there. Thank you for the share MM, may your heart ever give that glow and light your way home 😀❤️🙏
I treat people as I like to be treated; dislike hypocrites, despots and liars, and try to be as kind as I know how…Love, peace and hope are all. Sincerely Joy Lennick
This life and the experience of all its adventures is showing us who we are. And you are reaching that place well Joy, I hear it every day. And it ever asks us to stand in that love and give from that place. Mind you, I do remember as the silver in my hair appears and the wisdom of those experiences show me ‘me’, I realize I was only ever ‘giving’ of what I had been shown, and shaped by, from others that I loved. And I wasn’t happy with that, because I also realized I was giving ‘their’ version of love and how I reacted to it, and those around me also reacted to me accordingly.
I had to find mine first behind that fear I had learned from those others. And on the day I dared look into that fear and understood it…there was nothing to twist my love. And for the first time I understood that all our love is held by our fears. With mine finally understood and let go…I realized I could now love myself…truly, without that twist that was ever there in my anger and hurt that was a part of my previous love. Now without it…it is clear, open, and given from that place.
I had finally faced myself, found the truth of who I was and now give from that place. We will all face ourselves, many times over…and slowly find that clearness as we experience it all. Thank you for your kind words dear lady, may that beauty inside ever become clearer and shared as you ever do 😀❤️🙏
Hi Mark, We are forever learning,Mark…I am now a nonagenarian and still curious about life and people. We are often told that we, as human beings, are alike, but oh how different we are too!
We have three sons and each one is different. Fortunately, all have good hearts and I love each one deeply. I was lucky enough to have had good,loving parents, and have tried passing on their example. I was also very fortunate to have met my wonderful husband (now 96) who has been so caring and loving for 71 years. Not everyone is so lucky!!
I too was shy and unsure when young, but soon realized how blessed I was. My love of words has also given me much pleasure. I have no illusions and wasn’t at the front of the queue when brains were handed out, but I have at least tried…
All the very best Mark.
Sincerely
Joy
Indeed we are ever learning Joy, changing inside and out, simply because we dare to go beyond what we are. And I love the age bracket, my mom is 94 and brought up in the old school way of being…but I have to ask her how to operate her very technical television tuner box…go figure 🤣 And in fact, she had her knee’s replaced back in her 80’s and I asked her to keep using her legs and knee’s because it is a ‘use it or lose it’ type situation. So she did some light 20 minutes on an exercise bike a day for at least the next couple of months. I came back many times but it wasn’t until a couple of years ago I saw her on the exercise bike again and asked her what was wrong. She said nothing…you had told me to do some light exercise…so she had been doing it for the next few years. I don’t even get that much exercise, and at her age I was impressed 🤗🤣
And as for your journey kind lady, I have listened to your comments and you have indeed come from a very loving environment. Which has obviously been passed on to those around you. There are many, many different directions we take and they all have their beauty in those paths. I know I ‘focus’ on those hardships we go through to understand that love within us…but not all are the same. Some are more gentle, even if with their own difficulties. The easiest way I can explain this journey is…if I get ten people to hit a golf ball…2 or 3 will be almost a ‘natural’ in hitting it…2 or 3 will vary between good shots and bad…but the last ones I take the golf clubs off them so they don’t hurt themselves…and suggest they play cards 🤣
This world has a zillion paths we can take, and they will ask us to face ourselves in whatever way is best. My path just wanted me to hit the golf ball without a golf club…like one of those crazy work meetings where they give you three pieces of rope, a glass of water, and a flag…and ask you to build a bridge 🤣 Man oh man, there was some doozy concoctions in that one 😂
Anyway Joy, I think you have faced you and quite profoundly. You have passed on what you found and healed many a thing in finding that love within you. For that, take a bow. That love knows no bounds. And thank you for sharing it here 🤗😀❤️🙏
Acceptance that I am love and I can give and receive love is something I see within me. I see myself in others~* Thank you for sharing your heart 😊
Hey Linda, good to hear your heart kind lady…and I can see a post, I shall be over. And yes, very profound words my friend. It is in finally understanding and accepting ourselves that we can then see us in others, no more profound are those words. It is like anything we experience, only then do we understand. This journey is teaching much love, even in those things that it doesn’t appear to be in. Empathy and compassion is in it all. Thank you for sharing yours Linda, I look forward to hearing it in those words you create 😀❤️🙏
Perfect! Short sweet and true ♥️🥷
That it is Danielle, and covers the truth of it all. Good luck, sending you all of that loving healing for your health kind lady. Big hugs! 🤗🥰❤️🙏
Sometimes we just need to give ourselves a big hug.
Oh yes Michele, an appreciation of exactly who we are regardless of where we are within that journey. It is in going through our ‘bits’, even if just seemingly small things, that show us truly who we are within. Dare to even open to someone, give up a habit or even just do ‘us’ in some way…is opening that love within us. All steps lead to love…even if seemingly bad…because they give us a feeling inside, each one leading to that truth within. Thank you for the lovely share kind lady, may the beauty of your words be exactly what others need to see…and go another step into that understanding within 😀❤️🙏
It can sometimes take us to get lost first… Before we find ourselves… Only then can we face ourselves to really SEE ourselves…
Not all are wanting to discover themselves… for they are afraid of what they may find.. Looking in the mirror is the hardest part… ❤️ xx
It is indeed Sue, those long doubts and fears are ever daring us to look but those very things keep us at bay. It is that long time period of so many years that do though, eventually, give us such a profound appreciation when we finally do face ourselves. Find that freedom within from understanding them, and become something so beautiful.
And yes, those mirrors truly ask us to look. So many reflect us back and dare us to look. We don’t like them, but it is through them that we do finally find the truth of our love. Great share kind lady, may we all go beyond those things and set our love free 😀❤️🙏
I think many now are facing their reflections, Mark. As too we are seeing the world’s reflection being exposed. It’s not pretty, but a necessary task, in order we truly discover who we are.. ❤️😊🥰🙏
No more profound words are there Sue. Difficult…but a necessity in understanding. Thank you for sharing it here kind lady ❤️🙏
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I feel that love found kind lady, a treasure from daring to look and stand within it. Thank you for sharing that love found 😀❤️🙏
I know you do, dear Mark!! I share it with you and thank you so much! 🤍💕💜
Hang in there Karla, there is a beauty within it all. Some even have a lovely Miss Finn to snuggle with. Big hugs to you both 🤗🥰🤣❤️🙏
You are so right, Mark! I’m hanging in faith and love! No other choice! Big hugs to you too! 💙🤍❣️💕💜
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I used to fear facing myself when I still believed all the lies I had internalized, but when I finally faced myself, I didn’t see a monster, just a hurt, damaged person. I knew I could like her! I grew to love her! I learned to be kind to her, and she grew, healed, then helped others!
And beautifully said Tamara. It is about daring to look within and realize we are not those things branded in us from others, but what we find in daring to go beyond them and find that inner truth glowing beneath it all. It is all perfectly created this journey, hard though it may be. But in that very act of going through, we understand all those experiences and break free to become that incredible love waiting within. Great share kind lady, it does take a long time…but will be appreciated so much more because of that 😀❤️🙏
Amen! Self-awareness is the key. 🙏❤️
That it is kind lady, given doubts so that we will look inside and dare to go beyond those very doubts. It looks a horror, but that love is asking us to find it beyond those things that hold us and find the beauty that has always been there. Thank you for the share MM, may your heart ever give that glow and light your way home 😀❤️🙏
I treat people as I like to be treated; dislike hypocrites, despots and liars, and try to be as kind as I know how…Love, peace and hope are all. Sincerely Joy Lennick
This life and the experience of all its adventures is showing us who we are. And you are reaching that place well Joy, I hear it every day. And it ever asks us to stand in that love and give from that place. Mind you, I do remember as the silver in my hair appears and the wisdom of those experiences show me ‘me’, I realize I was only ever ‘giving’ of what I had been shown, and shaped by, from others that I loved. And I wasn’t happy with that, because I also realized I was giving ‘their’ version of love and how I reacted to it, and those around me also reacted to me accordingly.
I had to find mine first behind that fear I had learned from those others. And on the day I dared look into that fear and understood it…there was nothing to twist my love. And for the first time I understood that all our love is held by our fears. With mine finally understood and let go…I realized I could now love myself…truly, without that twist that was ever there in my anger and hurt that was a part of my previous love. Now without it…it is clear, open, and given from that place.
I had finally faced myself, found the truth of who I was and now give from that place. We will all face ourselves, many times over…and slowly find that clearness as we experience it all. Thank you for your kind words dear lady, may that beauty inside ever become clearer and shared as you ever do 😀❤️🙏