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<blockquote data-quote="HeadlightsMom" data-source="post: 643260" data-attributes="member: 18284"><p>RE --- Thanks for your good thoughts. Always appreciated! Well, yes.... feeling resilient, compassionate, wise and in good humor today. But Christmas morning? My "sageness" looked more like this........ "^$^%#$$#I@#^%%@&!!!" LOL! Oh, yeah, I let it fly like a sailor! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> But, hey, a little distance helps me reclaim the higher path in whatever ways I know how. And when I struggle in the fog, I get by with a little help from my friends (she nods to The Beatles). <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Sorry to hear your story about your daughter being left out in the cold (literally). That is SO hard as a mother! I have experienced similar. But no matter how often we experience it, it's never easy. EasIER, but never easy. by the way, kudos to your daughter for figuring something better out! I think they are capable of far more than they realize........when they REALLY have to try. Sad it has to get to that sometimes, but, like you said, sometimes it's for the best (and the only way).</p><p></p><p>RE -- You and your husband are so sympatico. I love hearing how well you work as a team. And great idea choosing to read inspirational books during that time! I once read a quote by Og Mandino<em> (</em><u><em>The Greatest Salesman in the World</em>) </u> that said, "The only way to get rid of a bad habit is to replace it with a good habit." I often come back to that. You did exactly that........replaced your worry (which isn't a bad habit, just a painful emotion) with wisdom. Sometimes leaving something behind (like worry) isn't enough. To leave the void open is to invite it back. To fill it with something wonderful and positive is to shoo it away.</p><p></p><p>Again, you leave me with another wise nugget, RE!</p><p></p><p>Hey, we've gotta do what we've gotta do, right? (I know there's a Seinfeld quote in there somewhere!) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HeadlightsMom, post: 643260, member: 18284"] RE --- Thanks for your good thoughts. Always appreciated! Well, yes.... feeling resilient, compassionate, wise and in good humor today. But Christmas morning? My "sageness" looked more like this........ "^$^%#$$#I@#^%%@&!!!" LOL! Oh, yeah, I let it fly like a sailor! :D But, hey, a little distance helps me reclaim the higher path in whatever ways I know how. And when I struggle in the fog, I get by with a little help from my friends (she nods to The Beatles). :) Sorry to hear your story about your daughter being left out in the cold (literally). That is SO hard as a mother! I have experienced similar. But no matter how often we experience it, it's never easy. EasIER, but never easy. by the way, kudos to your daughter for figuring something better out! I think they are capable of far more than they realize........when they REALLY have to try. Sad it has to get to that sometimes, but, like you said, sometimes it's for the best (and the only way). RE -- You and your husband are so sympatico. I love hearing how well you work as a team. And great idea choosing to read inspirational books during that time! I once read a quote by Og Mandino[I] ([/I][U][I]The Greatest Salesman in the World[/I]) [/U] that said, "The only way to get rid of a bad habit is to replace it with a good habit." I often come back to that. You did exactly that........replaced your worry (which isn't a bad habit, just a painful emotion) with wisdom. Sometimes leaving something behind (like worry) isn't enough. To leave the void open is to invite it back. To fill it with something wonderful and positive is to shoo it away. Again, you leave me with another wise nugget, RE! Hey, we've gotta do what we've gotta do, right? (I know there's a Seinfeld quote in there somewhere!) ;) [/QUOTE]
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