Without knowing it? Hmmmm
Well, I used to own a small business and many young people were either hung out or worked there at some point. And over the years, I’ve heard from some of them, now adults, that the shop was important to them and I somehow helped them in some way. It feels good knowing that something that I was really doing for myself, also helped and had a positive effect on a few people.
I was just texting with someone that worked for me after he had retired from his career. So, not a kid😁, Apparently it played an important role for him too, at that point in his life.
And none of this was intentional, I was just looking for people that I could work with and get things done. Funny how things work out.
Many times in my past I was involved in doing many needy events. From a reflection a few days ago I decided to go back to a church that a former priest in my past is a pastor at today. It is 24 mins away but I like it there. It is upbeat and very much into helping the community. I will be signing up this week! It feel like it is exactly what I need to get back on track ☺️
Having something
I never thought I’d have . . .
a studio,
where I can create,
paint, sew,
write
or map out great visions
is a grateful joy–
the cellar is reserved for dirtier
and smellier projects,
like furniture sanding and staining,
stripping and restoring,
and potted plants are emptied, filled, and fed,
herbs cut, tied and dried,
along with canning
are all delegated to kitchen or the potting shed.
Although my studio
is technically a ‘clean room’
it also tends to be a landing place
for things that need to be transported somewhere else.
I’ve been cleaning and sorting
a little bit at a time,
trying to bring back some serenity to the space.
It’s my grateful space
and I want to honor it
as it deserves.
Yesterday
I purged eight filing cabinets
full of old tax returns,
school loan statements,
bills from decades ago,
and saved notes and cards.
In among the birthday cards
and ‘thinking of you’ notes,
I found two scribbled writings on blank paper . . .
they were both poems of appreciation and love
and they were addressed to me.
I realized that I had made at least two contributions
that I knew nothing about . . .
maybe there are more out there
floating in the ether of this Universe . . .
I’ll never know,
but I like to speculate
that I’ve touched more than two lives in my life.
Even if I haven’t,
one is enough.
Two is more than enough. ♥
Living each moment with love for self and other beings, praying, and seeing beauty in all beings with a grateful heart might be affecting the world. When I genuinely love, live a life not to do no harm to all beings and work for equity and equality, promoting the beauty in all beings with all my senses. “The more that we deeply appreciate, care for, and feel inextricably tied to the places, things and people of this world, the more we are likely to take a stand on behalf of what we value.” Kristi Nelson
A heartfelt smile to someone who feels sunken in sadness might brighten up the heart in unexpected ways; possibly things said to a person after having listened deeply might unknowingly go beautiful ways. Sometimes, this has been a feedback from some people. And more general but even important, the way of how being with water, with food, with animals small or big, with our Mother Earth is also a contribution where I do not really know the impact but hope it supports the well being of all life.
I hope you are feeling better today.
I agree with you,
dear Ose,
that it is Nature’s priority
is to support all Life.
We just don’t always understand it
in moments of tragedy. ♥
I don’t try to be funny or humorous, but apparently some people think I am and it seems to lighten their load, or the conversation, or a discussion. I do tend to take things too seriously myself, so when I can inject some humor along the way, it especially helps me. Somehow, I’m not sure that answers the question.
I don’t know if I am making a contribution to the world but I’m doing my best to contribute to my little corner of the world. Got my new monitor and computer is back up and running. Very thankful to be back on line. Just read today’s poem from Rosemerry Wahhtolla Trommer. Seems appropriate for today’s question.
The Rooms of the Heart
for Rachel
I thought my heart might need a makeover.
There are well worn paths from all the entrances
and exits. The color palette hasn’t changed
since the early seventies when the heart
was first decorated. And the four chambers,
sometimes feel a little tight. Shouldn’t I make it
a little nicer for guests? I spoke to the interior designer,
asked her to spiff it up for me. She smiled and said,
Sweetheart, there’s nothing more beautiful
than a well-loved heart. Its colors are always true.
You don’t need anything new or fancy. Every ding,
every scratch has made you who you are—
a home for love. Let it be.
I try to sow “good seeds” in all I do; my thoughts, my actions. I silently bless this one & that one as I go about my day. I try to be loving & kind to all. There is no fanfare, I just do. I do not need to announce to the world my contributions to making this broken world a better place.
🕊️🩷
I used to nurture the unhealthy thought that I was useless because I received more help than I offered to others. But now, I have not only realized that I can support people in my own unique way, I also aim to motivate those who reach out for help. I want them to know that by receiving help, we contribute to a world of kindness and generosity. If there were no receivers, where would help go? Happy Sunday to our community of wisdom and open-mindedness! 🌸
My Ngoc, with my core value steadily shifting to integrity, I find it easier to accept help from others. What I used to call babying, I see it as protection now. Both fall under the same roof. If you ever decide not to go to our extended family party tonight for our cousin, George’s, birthday out of having to work on your essays, that’s ok. You got to do what you have to do. I’ll be fine. Back to the point about babying vs protection. Integrity helps me receive different forms of care and strengthens autonomy.
Recently two different friends have told me that my perspective helped them understand aspects of their own lives. I offer a combination of listening and reflection that helps others come to a new understanding.
Based on the many answers I’ve had before in different variations, I have a way of making others feel comfortable opening up combining technique and heart but based on the ladder.
My Ngoc, I’ve been to places where I happen to be a hard one for others to understand before. It’s to be expected in the cross world of cultures and generations along with even a mild case of autism and bipolar mania. I have many who care for me, so I’m willing to step out and explain myself even if it takes more than one explanation. 10 out of every 10 issues relating to the inner world are not resolved within one conversation. It’s why therapy and counseling take up many sessions. For starters, the main techniques that help me are: religion, time, and patience. I’ve become too good at the long game. I know the old saying so well of playing chest while others play checkers.
Beautiful sharings thus far all, thank you. This is a bit of a quirky question in my view; how could you share what you don’t know. So I asked my beloved, who is sitting with me this morning, to answer this for me. And then I answered it for him.
Peter said that my ability to make all feel welcome, often through my genuine curiosity about people, is my super power. It’s an equalizer. Peace.🩷
I just came in from feeding the barn cats and Pooch. A crisp, dark, 6 degree, star filled, pre dawn sky. Up river and below river, different bunches of coyotes were singing to each other. Making plans for their fiesta, I call it. An owl was somewhere between, adding bits of his wisdom to the cacophonous event. The world has just made a contribution to my well being and I believe “. . . without even knowing it.” Namaste.
You contribute to our world here with your beautiful descriptions of your place in the world and the creatures, plants, and natural rhythms you share it with.
If I don’t know what I’m contributing, how do I know what I’m contributing? 🙃
I just simply try to follow my heart, lead with my heart, and be a good person. I know that being kind and compassionate matters. One smile, one door held open, one person let in front of me in the line at the register can make a difference in someone’s day. If I can make someone’s day brighter, I am doing my part.
I’m with you, Sunnypatti. Having been taken advantage of before over and over, I’ve had to learn to be extra protective towards different charms making me a head person on the surface. Digging deeper, I’m a heart person, because I’m all about integrity. Building my BosLoc umpire reduces many burdens making it not only easier to explore but to also trust my heart.
Sunnypatti, it goes to show how no man can go alone. I’m fortunate to have the best of both worlds. Single and alone are different. There are many singles out there with strong support systems of family members and close friends. One can be alone in a relationship, and I know that all too well based upon my answers and responses to others before.
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Without knowing it? Hmmmm
Well, I used to own a small business and many young people were either hung out or worked there at some point. And over the years, I’ve heard from some of them, now adults, that the shop was important to them and I somehow helped them in some way. It feels good knowing that something that I was really doing for myself, also helped and had a positive effect on a few people.
I was just texting with someone that worked for me after he had retired from his career. So, not a kid😁, Apparently it played an important role for him too, at that point in his life.
And none of this was intentional, I was just looking for people that I could work with and get things done. Funny how things work out.
Sometimes,
dear Charlie,
our positive contributions
come back to say thank you
and sometimes they don’t.
The are all worth something. ♥
Many times in my past I was involved in doing many needy events. From a reflection a few days ago I decided to go back to a church that a former priest in my past is a pastor at today. It is 24 mins away but I like it there. It is upbeat and very much into helping the community. I will be signing up this week! It feel like it is exactly what I need to get back on track ☺️
Having something
I never thought I’d have . . .
a studio,
where I can create,
paint, sew,
write
or map out great visions
is a grateful joy–
the cellar is reserved for dirtier
and smellier projects,
like furniture sanding and staining,
stripping and restoring,
and potted plants are emptied, filled, and fed,
herbs cut, tied and dried,
along with canning
are all delegated to kitchen or the potting shed.
Although my studio
is technically a ‘clean room’
it also tends to be a landing place
for things that need to be transported somewhere else.
I’ve been cleaning and sorting
a little bit at a time,
trying to bring back some serenity to the space.
It’s my grateful space
and I want to honor it
as it deserves.
Yesterday
I purged eight filing cabinets
full of old tax returns,
school loan statements,
bills from decades ago,
and saved notes and cards.
In among the birthday cards
and ‘thinking of you’ notes,
I found two scribbled writings on blank paper . . .
they were both poems of appreciation and love
and they were addressed to me.
I realized that I had made at least two contributions
that I knew nothing about . . .
maybe there are more out there
floating in the ether of this Universe . . .
I’ll never know,
but I like to speculate
that I’ve touched more than two lives in my life.
Even if I haven’t,
one is enough.
Two is more than enough. ♥
You have touched my life here in this space, and I imagine that I’m not the only one 💜
Same here,
dear SunnyPatti . . .
Namaste. ♥
Living each moment with love for self and other beings, praying, and seeing beauty in all beings with a grateful heart might be affecting the world. When I genuinely love, live a life not to do no harm to all beings and work for equity and equality, promoting the beauty in all beings with all my senses. “The more that we deeply appreciate, care for, and feel inextricably tied to the places, things and people of this world, the more we are likely to take a stand on behalf of what we value.” Kristi Nelson
I love Kristi Nelson’s ‘Word of the Day’,
dear Kansha . . .
thank you for posting it here. ♥
A heartfelt smile to someone who feels sunken in sadness might brighten up the heart in unexpected ways; possibly things said to a person after having listened deeply might unknowingly go beautiful ways. Sometimes, this has been a feedback from some people. And more general but even important, the way of how being with water, with food, with animals small or big, with our Mother Earth is also a contribution where I do not really know the impact but hope it supports the well being of all life.
I hope you are feeling better today.
I agree with you,
dear Ose,
that it is Nature’s priority
is to support all Life.
We just don’t always understand it
in moments of tragedy. ♥
I don’t try to be funny or humorous, but apparently some people think I am and it seems to lighten their load, or the conversation, or a discussion. I do tend to take things too seriously myself, so when I can inject some humor along the way, it especially helps me. Somehow, I’m not sure that answers the question.
I don’t know if I am making a contribution to the world but I’m doing my best to contribute to my little corner of the world. Got my new monitor and computer is back up and running. Very thankful to be back on line. Just read today’s poem from Rosemerry Wahhtolla Trommer. Seems appropriate for today’s question.
The Rooms of the Heart
for Rachel
I thought my heart might need a makeover.
There are well worn paths from all the entrances
and exits. The color palette hasn’t changed
since the early seventies when the heart
was first decorated. And the four chambers,
sometimes feel a little tight. Shouldn’t I make it
a little nicer for guests? I spoke to the interior designer,
asked her to spiff it up for me. She smiled and said,
Sweetheart, there’s nothing more beautiful
than a well-loved heart. Its colors are always true.
You don’t need anything new or fancy. Every ding,
every scratch has made you who you are—
a home for love. Let it be.
—Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Carol Ann, thank you for « Rooms of the Heart ». It made me feel full and enriched this morning. Content.🩷
Thank you for this,
dear Carol Anne . . .
I love most of what Rosemerry Trommer writes. ♥
ps. I’m happy to hear you have a new monitor,
and your computer is back home with you.
Thank you for sharing the poem. And I’m glad you got your new monitor!
I try to sow “good seeds” in all I do; my thoughts, my actions. I silently bless this one & that one as I go about my day. I try to be loving & kind to all. There is no fanfare, I just do. I do not need to announce to the world my contributions to making this broken world a better place.
🕊️🩷
I used to nurture the unhealthy thought that I was useless because I received more help than I offered to others. But now, I have not only realized that I can support people in my own unique way, I also aim to motivate those who reach out for help. I want them to know that by receiving help, we contribute to a world of kindness and generosity. If there were no receivers, where would help go? Happy Sunday to our community of wisdom and open-mindedness! 🌸
My Ngoc, with my core value steadily shifting to integrity, I find it easier to accept help from others. What I used to call babying, I see it as protection now. Both fall under the same roof. If you ever decide not to go to our extended family party tonight for our cousin, George’s, birthday out of having to work on your essays, that’s ok. You got to do what you have to do. I’ll be fine. Back to the point about babying vs protection. Integrity helps me receive different forms of care and strengthens autonomy.
Recently two different friends have told me that my perspective helped them understand aspects of their own lives. I offer a combination of listening and reflection that helps others come to a new understanding.
Based on the many answers I’ve had before in different variations, I have a way of making others feel comfortable opening up combining technique and heart but based on the ladder.
I love your patience when you’re listening, Loc. That’s the helper technique that I wanna learn from you.
My Ngoc, I’ve been to places where I happen to be a hard one for others to understand before. It’s to be expected in the cross world of cultures and generations along with even a mild case of autism and bipolar mania. I have many who care for me, so I’m willing to step out and explain myself even if it takes more than one explanation. 10 out of every 10 issues relating to the inner world are not resolved within one conversation. It’s why therapy and counseling take up many sessions. For starters, the main techniques that help me are: religion, time, and patience. I’ve become too good at the long game. I know the old saying so well of playing chest while others play checkers.
Beautiful sharings thus far all, thank you. This is a bit of a quirky question in my view; how could you share what you don’t know. So I asked my beloved, who is sitting with me this morning, to answer this for me. And then I answered it for him.
Peter said that my ability to make all feel welcome, often through my genuine curiosity about people, is my super power. It’s an equalizer. Peace.🩷
🙂
I just came in from feeding the barn cats and Pooch. A crisp, dark, 6 degree, star filled, pre dawn sky. Up river and below river, different bunches of coyotes were singing to each other. Making plans for their fiesta, I call it. An owl was somewhere between, adding bits of his wisdom to the cacophonous event. The world has just made a contribution to my well being and I believe “. . . without even knowing it.” Namaste.
I believe,
dear Joseph,
that the Universe
conspired
to contribute that moment
to your well being.
You are worthy,
and the Universe knows that. 🙂
You contribute to our world here with your beautiful descriptions of your place in the world and the creatures, plants, and natural rhythms you share it with.
💯
Kindness comes to mind
If I don’t know what I’m contributing, how do I know what I’m contributing? 🙃
I just simply try to follow my heart, lead with my heart, and be a good person. I know that being kind and compassionate matters. One smile, one door held open, one person let in front of me in the line at the register can make a difference in someone’s day. If I can make someone’s day brighter, I am doing my part.
Happy Sunday, friends!
I’m with you, Sunnypatti. Having been taken advantage of before over and over, I’ve had to learn to be extra protective towards different charms making me a head person on the surface. Digging deeper, I’m a heart person, because I’m all about integrity. Building my BosLoc umpire reduces many burdens making it not only easier to explore but to also trust my heart.
The heart knows best!
Sunnypatti, it goes to show how no man can go alone. I’m fortunate to have the best of both worlds. Single and alone are different. There are many singles out there with strong support systems of family members and close friends. One can be alone in a relationship, and I know that all too well based upon my answers and responses to others before.