u/MyLifeJourneyRose

I have just had breakfast with an old friend. There is something very special about spending time with someone without judgement, gossip, envy or boastfulness. It’s a rare treasure. One that I will never take for granted. I hope that many of you on this platform have the privilege of sharing the same joy 🌹

I have just had breakfast with an old friend. There is something very special about spending time with someone without judgement, gossip, envy or boastfulness. It’s a rare treasure. One that I will never take for granted. I hope that many of you on this platform have the privilege of sharing the same joy 🌹

Ladies, this one is specifically for you today…do enjoy.

I try to be kind to people, and therefore I am devastated when someone is unkind to me. I’ve been told I’m hypersensitive, but maybe that’s why I wouldn’t do anything to anyone that I wouldn’t want done to me. This morning a “friend” commented unkindly to a post of mine on Facebook for all to see. Am I overreacting for feeling hurt and betrayed?

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I went out with a big group of friends and pulled on the pair of jeans that I’d worn the day before. During the gathering someone asked me if there was something wrong with my shoe. I looked down and thought the sole of my shoe was coming off, but I was very wrong. I pulled on it and it just kept coming because it was the tights that I’d had on the day before. They were not on my body but still inside my jeans. I had no option but to keep pulling and pulling and pulling until I had my tights completely out from under my jeans. Probably the most embarrassed I’ve ever been. At least I made them laugh 🌹

As I sit here this morning I think about how the universe gives and takes constantly. The sun that is shining on me is giving me the energy I need, but too much of it can sap me of my energy. The plants around me in my garden are constantly giving and taking. The money in my life is coming in and going out. I’m giving love and I’m taking love. I’m offering comfort to others and others are comforting me. The food that I put into my body I’m taking the nutrients from it and the food is giving to me. Are we giving more than we’re taking or are we taking more than we’re giving? What are your thoughts on this subject?

Yesterday I had a very bad mental health day. I cried, I slept, I sat in my garden staring into space, I cried some more, and somehow I got through the day. Was it pleasant? No it wasn’t. But this morning I have woken up feeling so much better. And the appreciation I have for today is so much more than it would’ve been if I hadn’t experienced yesterday. I don’t wish those days on myself or on anyone, but my reason for sharing is, if you’re having a bad day today, hang in there, tomorrow will be better. Sending comfort and understanding with love. 💕🌹

Today I realized something about myself - I’m a counselor and a Clinical Hypnotherapist, a lot of friends ask if they can chat to me when they are feeling low, and I’m never short of some comforting words. But today I had a really bad mental health day and I spent the whole day reprimanding myself for being lazy, not doing anything productive, and telling myself to snap out of it. I would never say that to a friend, but I didn’t hesitate to say it to myself.

My husbands ex-wife and I became friends after we met. A year ago she was diagnosed with dementia. Most of her friends have deserted her, so I made a personal commitment to stick with her through this. Friends and family think it’s weird that I’m friends with my husbands ex. What is your opinion?