Okay WP, I have given this DP some thought and have decided to change the word Understand for Remember.
I think maybe peeps really don’t often remember that they have no idea what may be coming around the corner. How their lives can totally change in a split second. Perhaps it’s a positive thing that they forget sometimes, else they may exist in a constant state of dread or hope. Neither a healthy option.
But around that corner could be many things. Are you ready?
Who needs a device to doom scroll? Not me, I can do it all in my head.
As Patch ages, he needs to go out more. So there are times I find myself awake, maybe 20 minutes or so, before sun up lying in bed in the dark, too alert to go back to sleep.
And so it begins..I think about animals caught up in war zones, I think about how our amazing planet is getting hammered inside out. The insane few fighting between themselves, but involving millions. I see the oceans, the waterways, and airways constantly polluted.
Our country is currently at the in-between stage of a cash and cashless society. A beggar asks if you have any spare change, and you realise you’ve not held any coins, or notes for that matter, for sometime, let alone it being spare. The situation must be causing numerous, widespread issues.
I see the kids with their faces, their heads, completely inside their phones. I don’t judge them, it’s what they do, how they live. But I do fear they are not connecting with anything else.
There are more online newspaper articles now by journalists as they watch their craft being replaced by A1.
The students with massive debts are hardly able to pay off the Interest on their loans. How are they supposed to get on the property ladder starting their young lives like this?
There are endless thoughts like these, keeping me company, first thing. And then a robin awakes and let’s me know of his existence with a beautiful song.
As it becomes light, he is joined by the chorus. And I thank the gods for that. Reminding me there is a beautiful world out there and not to forget that.
Since joining the WP community, I’ve received some lovely comments. Compliments that have warmed my heart and encouraged me to keep doing what I’m doing. I can’t thank you guys enough for your time and kind words.
WP you asking bloggers about which activities they lose themselves in. Mmm, now then, I wonder what one of them may be?
Is being out in nature an activity per se? Walking is obvs, but I am talking about immersing myself in nature. Being mindful of every single moment, movement, sound. The smell of the woods, hearing the stream race along. The sun shining through the trees or rain dropping from the sodden leaves. The crunch underfoot or the slosh of puddles of mud. The birds.
I’m wondering. Maybe I lose myself in everything I do now that I have the time and space to do so?
Messaging with friends, making coffee, listening to the radio, looking out of the window-watching the squirrels, reading the posts of my fellow/favourite bloggers, driving everything, and anything i can think of. even chilling. Yep, they all have my undivided attention, thesdays.
Oh WP! You are soo funny. Another trick DP. Tomorrow never comes does it? So what now?
OK, I’ll play along.
To stay breathing, that’s the priority, surely?
For Patches n me to not be in be involved in any dangerous incidents or accidents. Or become unwell.
I feel like writing lots today WP, but there are things I need to do first off.
Look, put it this way. If the worst thing that happens to me tomorrow…or any day is that I get soaking wet walking with the hound, then I’ve got off lightly.
Life can change in a second.
Best not to forget that.
Edit. There is something I will be doing today, and that is removing any gremlins from my subscribers list. I am so very grateful, humbled by your interest in anything I may have to write about….however when multiple ‘ subscribers’ arrive at once, then I know something is off. Also…There is now a propaganda person (?) who I will not tolerate turning up as soon as they can after I have deleted them. Thanks again to you all, once again, for sharing my trip on WP and especially our DP fun and games….but to the rest? Nah, not having it!
I re-engaged with WordPress on February 1st this year. Steadily I have posted a little each day.
Today, 50 of you gorgeous peeps have
subscribed. Special thanks as always to June, from Fancying France, for being the first.
In truth it could have been lots more, but I got the feeling 20+ accounts added in one swoop and often were probably Bots and not a whole swathe of peeps who thought what I had to say was the best! So I got rid. WordPress has since taken away my capacity to bin subscribers, I think.
So that’s all I want to say, really. I love the folk I have subscribed to.What an interesting crew you are. Eric Foltin, Serial Killer Chic? Omg, it’s going to take a while for that chuckle to disappitate.
Occasionally, with your permission, I’d like to write about you guys. How I perceive the lives you live and what you’ve got to say. I will ask permission beforehand. But what an amazing mix you are. Absolutely Fabulous!
In the meantime, please add a few words in the comment box if something stirs your soul.
Thanks. Laters x
Yes, I am aware there are plenty of you guys out there with hundreds if not thousands of subscribers, and you may have been posting since time began, but in the words of LJ ‘ I am me and you are you’. Best wishes
Early this morning, I whispered ‘thank you’ into the ether. A cool breeze had crossed my face and at my side lay my dog peacefully. This heatwave we had was a lovely surprise, quite exciting, but I hated seeing my boy suffer.
Yesterday, I gave thanks to St Anthony. The patron saint of lost/stolen items. My keys had gone AWOL. I asked him for help and voila, there they were. That makes people smile, but hey!
The day before that alone in my car, I sang to the Parking Faries and managed to pull into a space not far from where I wanted. I then thanked them out loud 😆
Worldwide, Harvest Festivals are observed by diverse customs and traditions. All giving thanks. It was by far my most favourite of assemblies at school. It naturally resonated with me as a child.
Gratitude can be expressed in many ways, in whatever may be appropriate at the time. As long as it is done in an authentic manner and the gesture heart felt.
A powerful tool is gratitude.
Last but not least- thank you for reading this far x
Love and tolerance seems to me to be two of the strong foundations for any religion and yet differences manage to spark unease.
My parents were agnostic ( on the fence 😂 just -in-case kind of people) So that left me plenty of wriggle room.
In a former life I was a hippie which pretty much screams pacifist from the off. ‘ Give peace a chance’. Who could possibly disagree with that?
Jehovah Witnesses constantly get a bad press, but to give them their due they flatly refuse to join the armed forces. Staying neutral in world conflicts.
Today I embrace Paganism ( with a slice of the promoted compassion of Buddhism, thrown in for good measure)
No, I don’t practice witchy things or have an altar in my home, but out in the wild I fully recognise the power of nature. I appreciate and respect the strength of the elements and believe every creature has the right to live here safely. If we can assist them in any way the better the world would be for them. Coexistence is a wonderful thing.
Gratitude and respect for planet Earth is surely non-negotiable?
And tell me…..If you don’t believe in anything, where do your thanks go?
IN THE BOOMER PIGEON HOLE? 
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