To new beginnings. To the pursuit of...somethingness.

MrsMoo2U

niccatw wrote: »

Are you going to tap dance up and down the aisles of the train? :rotfl: I think you should!

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

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:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Hmm.......5.20 am not sure that I will have the energy but I will be dancing in my head:)

Seconded :rotfl:

Hugs angel, want to cheer you up dunno how.

Would the image of me standing on the upstairs windowsill one one leg, hanging out the window, hitting a sky dish with a pink flowery sweeping bush, trying to readjust the dish after the gales help?

It did work.....

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

It did cheer me up. Thanks.

Sorry everybody just a little melancholy I guess.

Just found a poem by my favourite poet of the moment. Not come across this before but liked it when I read it.

I AM RESTLESS

by: Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

AM restless. I am athirst for far-away things.
My soul goes out in a longing to touch the skirt of the dim distance.
O Great Beyond, O the keen call of thy flute!
I forget, I ever forget, that I have no wings to fly, that I am bound in this spot evermore.

I am eager and wakeful, I am a stranger in a strange land.
Thy breath comes to me whispering an impossible hope.
Thy tongue is known to my heart as its very own.
O Far-to-seek, O the keen call of thy flute!
I forget, I ever forget, that I know not the way, that I have not the winged horse.

I am listless, I am a wanderer in my heart.
In the sunny haze of the languid hours, what vast vision of thine takes shape in the blue of the sky!
O Farthest end, O the keen call of thy flute!
I forget, I ever forget, that the gates are shut everywhere in the house where I dwell alone!

Ellidee

Mrs Moo please don't forget that you have many 'virtual' friends who love and support you :kisses3:

The *list* :eek:
Lets just say birds of a feather.........

lionheartedgirl

Hi, sorry to hear you are a bit glum. Life is so short as you say, glad you have had a nice walk with OH and Moo.

I bought a beautiful cushion today, I am furious with Kirstie Allsopp as I don't do cushions in the bedroom. It has a lovely grey dog on to match the bedding I bought. I'm not ready for another pooch just yet but this is a small step in the mean time - thought it might make you smile (*justifies to self* - it was in the sale). My dog never slept on the bed but this one will

http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Kirstie+Allsopp+Mallory+cushion+in+wedgewood/152561859,default,pd.html

Pippi I love that image! glad your Skybox is working now! sometimes a low-tech approach is the best.

PS - youareallhelping me, I'm so sad to hear about your dog.

youareallhelpingme

It was that booked we talked about a long time ago, he is an incredible speaker, and he makes great sense. I was in the car when I heard him talk, parked up and walked into the nearest bookshop. My DH has been ill for a very long time and this really made sense and he adjusted his life to start making the necessary changes. It is a long haul but the book is worth every penny.

My sister recently showed me a new series of books about depression and stress, I bought the depression one from Amazon with my freebie vouchers and then when I broke down on her a couple of weeks ago she turned up the next day with the stress one. I will have to find out the titles as they were written in a very different way, but made me look again at myself and the point I had reached which was closer to the edge than I had realised, but I had just been "keeping going".

Food along with me time is very important. I just wish I was more adventurous with cooking food, and my kitchen was a better layout for prepping from scratch with fresh stuff as I have very little useful working space. Plus I must avoid Mr T when he has Xmas choccies half price . I'm even eating the orange creme's and I don't like orange chocolate :eek:.

I am getting organised for a fresh start from September so I'll join you, if you don't mind :kisses3:. x

youareallhelpingme

Thanks Lionheratedgirl, we were doing OK but then our other doggy has had a few days of being very cuddly, stressy etc, I think he has now realised his old friend isn't coming back.

Some very funny traits coming through that he never saw from the old one, little bits of personality, so I guess he is still here. My mum is going to help me make a collage of pics at some point to go on the wall.

MrsMoo2U

Aww Me I hadn't realised that you had gotten that low I am sorry. I do think that Me time is important and eating well too.

Funny how animals personalities shine through when they are suddenly on their own so to speak. I used to have 2 cats together and when the first died the second became all loving and cuddly. We used to call him bully bifter because he picked on the old one.

You take care of yourself and yes, we can egg each other on through Sept. If I remember rightly didnt you start your new year in Sept last year?

Lula-Hula

MrsM,

glad to see you've had lots of lovely visitors this afternoon, no mention of tea or cakes though ?

All the posts re depression & it affecting the supposed strong certainly rang true for me. When my mum passed on 4 years ago, the rest of my family fell apart & I found myself supporting the rest of them & had no time to assess my own feelings of grief. I slowly unravelled until 8 months later I completely lost myself & had to resort to anti-depressants for a few months until I was levelled out.

Around that time I came across a book by David Hines called Beating Depression & it certainly helped me then.


Hugs to all

xx

youareallhelpingme

MrsMoo2U wrote: »

Aww Me I hadn't realised that you had gotten that low I am sorry. I do think that Me time is important and eating well too.

I hadn't realised either!

Funny how animals personalities shine through when they are suddenly on their own so to speak.

He is very funny and cuddly, but has suddenly adopted the same step on the stairs the old one had when he was younger!

You take care of yourself and yes, we can egg each other on through Sept. If I remember rightly didnt you start your new year in Sept last year?

I tried, but this time its new school for DS, new work for us, etc etc, so hopefully this time it will work ((((((could do with a fingers crossed smiley)))))))

The support on here is just fantastic and it is great that we can be open without being judged or someone else panicking that if we can't cope how will they, x

Pippilongstocking

Lobs a scone in - hope you're good today x

Butti

MrsMoo2U wrote: »

I promise you all I will not Ping if I can help it. I have been a bit selfish this last couple of weeks. I feel bad but there is a certain friend that I am avoiding speaking to as there are so many "problems" there that are always going to be there until some responsibility is taken. I am done with being the sounding board for now. It wears me down, I worry about too many people so I am now worrying about me for once.

I promised Nic notes from a course that I went on, notes that I still haven't found. It was called 'Dealing with Difficult People'. Basically said that if you found someone difficult you could try approaching them in manner a, manner b, manner c. Try x number of approaches till you found a way to cope with them. After trying A-Z you might have to accept that this person is the equivalent of a happiness black hole i.e. They are going to suck all the joy and positivity out of you with their 'woah is me' attitude. Like a black hole these are best avoided and provided they are not family they can be filtered out to the very edge of your life / universe.

Don't know if that is the case with you, but worth a thought.

B x

p.s. I that how you spell woah?
p.p.s. It is somewhere in the garage/ study Nic and I will find it eventually, probably 6 months after someone has put your black hole under a patio somewhere!