July 31, 2019
Hi from camp!
Hope this finds you well and in good spirits. My husband and I just celebrated 23 years of marriage together (WOOHOO!) and he is taking excellent care of me and my still broken, but healing thumb. ๐ Thank you, friends for all your well wishes and prayers for smooth and speedy recovery. I’ll say it again–the WP community is super cool!
Big prayers for the wild land firefighters and their leaders who risk their own lives for the sake of the rest of us. You are heroes. Thank you, and all first responders for the jobs you do. God bless ๐๐ป
Time on my hands.
As of of late, I’ve had time to read more blogs and see what folks are thinking about.
There seems to be a common theme running through the ‘collective consciousness’–do you feel it? Remember, we are ALL in this soup together…
Does it sometimes feel like we are going through some sort of global birthing process? It’s a painful, difficult birth. And yet–we want it. Enough said.
On the one hand,
we see fear and a promise
of an easy way out
directing traffic;
heading towards
a brick wall built on destruction.
Nothing here but despair.
On the other hand, limitless possibilities–beginning
inside our very selves.
This is where it all begins!
All our hopes and dreams. Our joy, sorrow, failures and disappointments. It’s all in there–life and death–all part of this horribly awesome cosmic existence! The Kingdom built on a solid-rock foundation. Eternal life. Infinity.
Which would you rather choose?
Hope.
Yes, yes the physical body must die. I know, it’s a difficult pill to swallow. All of this existence, everyone and everything we know will eventually die. In this, we have no choice. We are born and we die.
And after this?
I personally have no clue what actually happens to us after we die. But, I do have a thought. An intuition. Faith? A feeling? I read it in a book somewhere…and in another…
So folks, remember: we are all in this together. We’ve all made mistakes. Some mistakes we learn from, some unfortunately can’t be undone. Sad but true, ask me how we know. We can’t hide from them.
We can, however, learn from some pretty awesome examples throughout history!
Brave souls who never gave up on their convictions–even unto their death; because they knew the truth. And what is “The Truth”? Better we seek the truth at its source–the very core of our own being. In The Kingdom. A worthy treasure, indeed!
But, it’s dark and scary inside, you say. Remember that little light? It takes a bit of friction to make a spark, right? Don’t fear! The adventure of a lifetime is waiting…
Sad for what could have been, or never happened, or went all wrong? I get it. This I completely understand. Sigh…big deep inhale…and exhale…
Gratitude. Gratitude for this day and from this day forward. Gratitude for ALL of this existence. Joy, sorrow, pain and healing. ALL of it. Try it and see what happens…
So, that’s all today from camp. Time to go walk down to the water and breathe some fresh air. ๐ฌ
Take care and be well, dear friends. Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts. Your thoughts and comments are always welcome and put a smile on my face.๐
With love and gratitude,
Nina
Hey, congrats on year 23!!
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Thanks, Matt!
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Happy Anniversary. So sorry to hear about your thumb. I like what you are doing with the time on your hands. ๐ Is it hard to type?
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Thank you, Michelle. And yes, hard to type. Makes it hurt. So mostly I type one handed. Every day a little better. Thanks for visiting! ๐
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I thought it probably was hard to type for you! ๐ Take care ๐
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Every thing is hard! Haha! Iโm left handedโand of course itโs my left thumb. But Iโm finding my way. Doing way more now. Stitches should come out this weekend. I hope! The hardest part was at firstโit hurt so much, I couldnโt think straightโSo I couldnโt write. I missed writing. Funny. Little things. Thank you so much for the well wishes. ๐๐๐
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Aww ๐ฅฐ Iโm left handed too. Most creative people are left handed. I love that. My daughter fell and broke left hand and wrist and dislocated that shoulder. Iโm Jan of this year she had to have surgery to tighten the torn tendons. Wow ๐ฎ sheโs just now getting back to normal. Iโm the meantime she learned to scribble with her right hand. Amazing how the human body compensates. I know that pain of healing as well. Itโs not fun. I was injured and broke my L3 in my spine and literally had to lay flat for 3 weeks. I think what I learned from it all is how to rest in the healing process our bodies go through. Iโm sending healing light and prayers your way. Be gentle with yourself. I also learned that the hard way. ๐๐ผ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐๐ฅฐ
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Oh gosh! Yes, the body is amazingly resilient. And no, while itโs not exactly funโit does teach so much. Thank you for the kind words. You are so rightโrest is important. At first all I wanted to do was curl up and cocoon. SleepโI had no choice.
Three weeks flat on your backโthat is rough. How are you today? Any sense of the injury? Sending you and your daughter the sameโhealing prayers.
Yay! South paws. We are in our right minds, right? ๐๐๐ป๐
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23 years of abiding love! Congratulations!๐๐พ๐๐
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Yeah!! Cheers to abiding love! โ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ
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Congrats, my friend. He better be good to you ๐
I like how we delivered a similar message, but you did it softly whereas I did it…a bit harshly and straight forward ๐ Love the part about Hope โค We need it now more than ever
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Aw thanks. Weโve both grown upโand yes, both good to each other. ๐
Iโm glad you liked thisโinspired by our conversation. And I do endeavor to be softer these days. But thatโs just me. I like your direct approach too!
We do need hope. When people say theyโve given up hopeโitโs heartbreakingโcause I think itโs just at that momentโjust when youโre about to give upโthat real healing can take place.๐ as always, I enjoy your company, Nour. ๐
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Hope you feel better! Congratulations on your anniversary! ๐
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Aw thank you! Yes, feeling better every day. ๐
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This leaves a great big lump in my throat Nina. Collective consciousness, life and death, marriage, gratitude, faith, fire…. You have traveled the existential questions of life here…
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Oh goodness, Rachel is that a good thing? A big lump? I hope thatโs a good thing. ๐
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Yes, it’s a good thing! Your words touch me and make me feel and think deeply. I am immensely grateful for that ๐บ
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Oh good! Iโm glad for that. Your words have the same effect on me as well๐
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Happy Anniversary Nina!๐
I loved the way you talked about love, hope and gratitude. These surely are what makes life beautiful ๐๐ธ
And I wish you a speedy recovery. I hope your thumb gets healed really soon. ๐
Take care!โค
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Again this didn’t show up.
Anyhoo, congratulations!! I wish you so much happiness, and may you continue to flourish and bloom in WorsPress
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Hmmm…Iโm the invisible blogger. Thank you for the well wishes and kind words. As alwaysโitโs good to know you ๐
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I keep thinking I’ve somehow missed a new post of yours. hope you are well.
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Aw thanks for checking, Matt. Yes, I am wellโstitches are outโthumb is really ugly but healing. Reading a tonโwondering what to write next.
Always enjoying your stories and odd thoughts… ๐
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Can’t wait to meet more inspiration. ๐
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Me too! Iโve a ton of swirling thoughts right nowโthereโs so much good stuffโwaiting for some of them to land so they can be…hmmm…whatโs the word? Haha…I need to sit in a dark room for a while.
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You’re making my teeth clatter with excitement. I’m thinking that WordPress won’t tell me, but I’ll be persistent in checking in once and twice a day. Hope that’s not too clingy. ๐
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Thatโs very cuteโand now Iโm going to get performance anxiety…
Goodness, what did I write in the last post?
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If this helps, I’ve noticed that the writer is the only one who is able to find fault in his/her writings. Most of us, the readers, are only sometimes able to look past the veil that holds the piece together. So I will definitely love anything you write.
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Now that is very kind and encouragingโyes of course it helps. How many different ways can I write โeverything is Godโeven the stuff we might not like. So fear only Godโand then see what happens…โ without sounding wishy washy new age mumbly jumbly?
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Right! I’ve been missing out once and again. WordPress has something against me.
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Watt, I recently noticed that I’m unable to ‘like’ anyone posts while on my cell. I haven’t a clue why. Have you experienced anything like this? I do hope WordPress is not against you..you are talented and need to be read.
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Sometimes, yes. I click like and it sort of rejects it. Right?
And thank you for the compliment, truly means a lot. ๐
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Exactly that. ‘Rejects’ it..I noticed this roughly three days ago
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This happened to me as well. Exactly three days agoโsomeone at headquarters messing around with buttons.
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Maybe itโs got something against me? Maybe itโs a part of their social experiment?
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I hope not!
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The part about the social experiment?
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Both.
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Do you ever watch old Twilight Zone? โThe Visitors on Maple Streetโ?
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I want to. I will too. Someday soon.
P.S I feel like I have flooded your comment section.
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๐ never a worry. Always enjoy visiting with you, Watt. Always enjoy reading your stream of consciousness. You have a way with words that feels something like a roller coaster ride. Super fun! You are welcome to share your thoughts here anytime!
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Congratulations on the longevity and blessings of your marriage. I like your expression of “we are all in this together.” We most certainly are in our global connectivity.
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Thank you, Mr. B! Our marriage had to pass some hurdles, but weโve managed to come out stronger.
Even more now with our global connectionโcan we learn compassion for one another!
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Yay congrat!! Wow Iโm so happy to see you happy!! Sorry about my other loss got confused of the chronological order of time ๐๐๐๐. Iโm so happy you guys found your way and I agree about the global consciousness and awakening. Exciting times!
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Mia!!! Iโm so happy to see you here! Always you brighten my day. And thank youโyes, we are finding our way. Slowly but surely…and much stronger for it.
It is exciting times! First, it was โwake upโ now itโs โgrow upโ. Humanity is growing up. ๐
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Thatโs amazing ๐๐๐. Yea thatโs a good way to put it. Iโm really happy for you ๐
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Happy anniversary and wish you many more years to come full of joy and love ๐
Great inspirational words as well thank you for sharing them and glad your thumb is better and sorry was on vacation so Iโm trying to catch out ๐
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Hi Huguette, thank you! Glad to have you back! No need to be sorryโyou deserve a vacation too! Hope you had a great time and feel recharged! ๐
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Yes it was great thank you so much ๐ all vacations are great I believe ๐
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Agreed!
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