My transition from cluttered to simple living.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Questions 7. 8. and 9.

Question 7... Why do you blog? Blogging has filled a huge gap in my life. Since moving to this neighborhood, I have longed for a buddy. Now I have many. Lately, I have longed to read "good" news. Now, I do... several times a day...when I visit your blogs. It lifts my spirits.

Question 8.... Do you get regular exercise? No...but I have all the good intention in the world. Unfortunately, I have poor follow-through. I am working on that.

Question 9..Are you happy? If not, I should be. I have everything to be thankful for. At times, however, I am prone to feeling melancholy. It isn't truly sadness and is difficult to describe. (I think I may have inherited this state of mind from someone I love very much.) My best self-cure is to focus on the present, because the future terrifies me at times. When all else fails, the following words I find comforting...

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.






4 comments:

  1. Great post Wendy.
    Love the quote. I'm enjoying learning more about you.

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  2. I agree with Lori, I so enjoyed learning more about you. Have a great weekend....:-) Hugs

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  3. I think sometimes that melancholy is inherited. I see it in some people who, like you, don't quite understand why they have it. And I have LOVED learning more about who you are. Isn't blogging fun? I'm going skydiving today, so I won't get a post up until late.

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  4. Sometimes I think getting into blogging was a bad decision because there are times when blogging really bogs me down. Note, there is a difference between being bogged down and feeling bad and with blogging, when that happens to me and I'm a bit overwhelmed with all kinds of things to do but I know, if I don't get moving and work on reading the blogs I follow or subscribe to, I will get even more bogged down. That's probably caused because I subscribe and follow a whole lot of bloggers so it's my fault entirely that I don't pay more attention to keeping up with things. But once I get rolling, reading, the bogged down feeling lifts mainly due to reading the words of so many others and the sharing that takes place in that. I started blogging as a bit of an outlet for myself not thinking then how much I would and could learn -and love and laugh too -while reading posts from others.

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