Hi there fellow bloggers.....Gommy has been doing quite a bit of reflecting lately. Gommy can see where moving can be a traumatic event in a persons' life. Just going through albums of pictures, gives you a chance to look back at where you have been, what you have done and just how much of your precious life you have used.....or in some instances 'used up'. But there are plenty of good memories in those albums as well. You have to focus on the happy times if you want those 'feel good-warm and fuzzy' feelings to envelope you.
There was a piece a friend sent Gommy in an email once that is so touching that Gommy goes back and listens and watches it often. It has so many things that ring true in my life and I bet would ring true in most peoples' lives. It says that when a door closes, a window opens but sadly, most people are so focused on the door closing that they don't recognize the wonderful things that await them if they just look out the opened window. Remember, that your future happiness sometimes depends on leaving your past behind.
That can be a hard thing to do sometimes if your past involves people you lost. You can miss them so much that it actually hurts your heart and soul. But remembering the wonderful times you had with them and celebrating the times you were fortunate enough to have had them in your life will ease the pain.
Life IS beautiful and we have to remember to encourage those who are feeling down or defeated or have just lost their way. We have all probably felt that way at least once or twice in our lives. If you can leave a mark on someones' life (in a good way) then you are on the right path of what we are expected to do in this lifetime. But you must also remember that we are all supposed to feel good. We came to this life experience to learn lessons and to FEEL GOOD. Just make sure you aren't hurting someone else while you are feeling good and things will be copacetic (okie-dokie).
Remember too, that the luckiest of people may not always have the 'best' of things.....they just appreciate and are happy for the things they do have. Don't worry if someone doesn't like what you do or have. If you try to make someone else happy instead of yourself....helloooooo....your are going down the wrong stream. You can actually make yourself sick trying to 'keep up with the Joneses'. Think about it....disease is when you are sick right? The word itself tells you volumes....DIS- ease. If you aren't feeling comfortable about something, you are not at ease......DIS-eased.....Get it????? So stop it! Gommy says.... ;)
For the special people in your lives, make sure you let them know, while they are still around, how much they mean to you. This past Christmas, Gommy got Grandpa a plaque that says it all for her...."You may be just one person to the world...but to me...you are the world." Appearances are often false, so don't assume someone or anyone has it better than you do. You don't know what is going on in their life that you may not want to trade your life experiences for.
That's it for today boys and girls.....just try to be happy and thankful for what you have and for the people in your lives and more happiness will come your way. No grump-buckets allowed!!! :( - ((*.*))
