Share Your World – 2016 Week 4

for Cee’s Share Your World

What one thing are you really glad you did yesterday?

I was able to help my dad buy a few groceries for the house, even though I won’t be eating most of them. It’s a good feeling when I have a little money left-over to help him out. He does so much for me and my brother that’s it’s nice to give him a break once in a while.

Are you generally focused on today or tomorrow?

I am focused only on today. There is no yesterday or tomorrow, there is only NOW.

Would you want a guardian angel/mentor? What would they tell you right now?

I already have a guardian angel. Her name is Charmeine, the Angel of Harmony. She has been guiding me for quite some time now. I also have a spirit guide named Catharine, who is also my muse. And I have an Andromedan guide named Fulsan. They all keep me pretty sane. They all relay various messages to me. Charmeine would tell me to let go of disharmony and embrace LOVE.

Would you rather live in a cave house or a dome house made out of glass?

I would much rather live in a dome house made out of glass. I lived in a house for 9 years that felt like a cave and rarely had any sunlight streaming inside. No thanks! I would never live like that again. Give me lots of windows and lots of light instead!

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

From last week, I am grateful that we finally got some snow and I didn’t have to go out in it. Instead, I got to see it falling from my window.

This week coming up, I am looking forward to getting back into writing. I have 29 horror stories to prepare for February. I am excited and a bit overwhelmed by the whole thing.

#joyfuljan – Day Twenty-seven

For today’s #joyfuljan, I find joy in watching a favorite science fiction show.

I am a geek over science fiction, but let’s face it, there aren’t that many great science fiction shows or even movies out there. The one thing that really pisses me off is when a great sci-fi show gets cancelled long before it should. This happened to my favorite show Firefly. Fox just never gave it a chance and the fans were pretty pissed-off about it. Thankfully Joss Whedon had the good sense to make a movie, Serenity, to wrap up the show and not leave us hanging like what happens to a lot of good shows. It’s all about the ratings and the big bucks. Not the fans.

So today, I am re-watching Firefly and Serenity for the sixth time and bringing a lot of joy into my life.

What are you joyful about today? Let me know in the comments.

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Throughout the month of January, I will be celebrating Joyful January with Satya and Kaspa over at Writing Our Way Home

A Reason to Laugh and Smile

I will admit it, my life has been hard. Maybe not as hard as some people’s lives, but hard nonetheless. I don’t laugh easily and I don’t smile much. But this quick email from a friend today, made me do both:

Hey.
When sleeping beauty
wakes up call snow white
and we’ll chat for awhile.

She knows I am on an odd sleep schedule… staying up all night and sleeping during the day. Hence the Sleeping Beauty reference. And since it is snowing outside, well that’s why the Snow White reference. It was clever and amusing. Probably why I love her so.

#joyfuljan – Day Twenty-two

For today’s #joyfuljan, I find joy in my very own Winter Wonderland.

The snow has been gently falling since around 7:30 am. It began with small flakes, barely falling and has increased to big fluffy flakes and near-blizzard conditions. I love snow and the biggest joy for me is when it is first falling and the world around me is silent, white, and at peace.

What are you joyful about today? Let me know in the comments.

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Throughout the month of January, I will be celebrating Joyful January with Satya and Kaspa over at Writing Our Way Home

#joyfuljan – Day Twenty-one

For today’s #joyfuljan, I find joy in snow.

Finally! The weatherman had been threatening us with snow for weeks and this morning I woke up to a gentle blanket of snow. What joy!

I lived in Oklahoma for nine years and all we had was ice ice ice. Too much ice that often left trees cracking all around me in the still of the night. Last winter was my first winter back home in Virginia and we had a couple modest snowfalls. No ice. It was a joy to see. Snow is silent, calm. Ice is hectic, loud, dangerous. Give me snow anytime.

The weatherman is predicting more snow this weekend, beginning tomorrow night. Up to two feet of it. I hope we get all of it. We are well-stocked here at home. Plenty of food, wood for the stove, coffee, and so long as our water doesn’t freeze, we will have water too. There will be no reason to leave the house. I can just sit comfortably and watch the snow and be filled with JOY.

What are you joyful about today? Let me know in the comments.

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Throughout the month of January, I will be celebrating Joyful January with Satya and Kaspa over at Writing Our Way Home

#joyfuljan – Day Twenty

For today’s #joyfuljan, I find joy in reading other bloggers.

I stopped blogging some time last year. I even deleted the blog that I had worked so hard on for a few months. It was stupid and silly of me, but I’d lost the trust of a blogger I’d grown close to and there was no way of getting that trust back. So I stopped everything for many months. I was just too sad and depressed. When I decided to begin blogging again, instead of creating a new blog, I just came back to my old ones. I have a modest following on all three of them, so I figured this was good enough. I was weary though of getting too close to anyone again and although I am still a bit guarded about that, I do find a lot of joy in reading others’ blogs. There are some amazing poets and fiction writers on WordPress. And there is a lot of advice on numerous topics to be found here too. I will stay in the moment of joy as I read and just not allow myself to get too close to anyone.

What are you joyful about today? Let me know in the comments.

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Throughout the month of January, I will be celebrating Joyful January with Satya and Kaspa over at Writing Our Way Home

 

Share Your World – 2016 Week 3

for Cee’s Share Your World

What is your favorite piece of art? (it doesn’t have to be famous)

art credit: Blue Dancers by Edgar Degas

I actually love all of his ballerina paintings, but this is by far my favorite

What made you smile today?

It is bitterly cold outside and yet the ravens are still hanging around. I went out this morning and tossed some bread crumbs about for them. They came. They devoured the bread. Cawed for me as a thank you. This made me smile brightly in the cold morning air.

Which place do you recommend as a Must-See? Please state which country, state or providence.

I’ve not traveled much, so I don’t really know any Must-See places. The one place that brings me joy is The Outer Banks of North Carolina, USA. It is gorgeous, serene most of the year and the beaches are beautiful. And I’ve heard that wild horses run the beach during some parts of the year. I’ve never seen this, but it is my desire to do so.

Complete this sentence: When I was younger I used to….

pretend that I was an only child. It drove my two siblings and my mother crazy.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

Last week is a blur, but this is not uncommon for me. I guess if anything bad happened, I am grateful I cannot remember it… but I honestly don’t think anything bad did happen. If it was good, well thanks! but next time send me a memory card!

This week I am looking forward to hopefully some snow. It should arrive Thurs or Fri. Please let it snow!

#joyfuljan – Day Nineteen

For today’s #joyfuljan, I find joy in my boring, uneventful life.

Yep, it’s true. From the time I get up until I go to bed, I pretty much know what is going to happen. There are relatively few surprises and for those who know me well, they know I hate surprises. It’s not that my day is all planned out or that I follow a set routine, because that is not the case. I do shake things up now and again, but on my terms and no one else’s terms.

So why would a boring life bring me joy? I once had quite an adventurous life. Always on the go. Always getting into trouble. Always searching for something and never quite knowing what IT was. This lifestyle of mine caused me a great deal of stress and anxiety. I would have manic episodes and then crash and burn into depression. I was a mess and suicidal. I took so many prescription drugs just to barely survive.

Now I live a calm, drug-free, quiet life. And this brings me more joy than any crazy adventure out there. Besides, if I want adventures, I will watch them on tv or write about them. And when they are over, I can just tuck them away and go back to my peaceful and boring existence.

What are you joyful about today? Let me know in the comments.

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Throughout the month of January, I will be celebrating Joyful January with Satya and Kaspa over at Writing Our Way Home

#joyfuljan – Day Eighteen

For today’s #joyfuljan, I find joy in my snuggy.

It is bitterly cold today, like in the 20s outside. Frost covers my windows. Even the sun is having a difficult time shinning brightly today through the clouds. Our house is heated by a wood stove that is in the middle room of the house. That room and the kitchen stay toasty warm, but my room does not. I have a small heater, but even at full blast, it is merely warm-ish in here, bordering on cool-ish. So my joy today comes from the snuggy blanket that my ex-husband sent to me in the mail. I am sure you’ve seen these little blankets. They are similar to robes, but worn backwards. But not for me today. Today I am wearing mine like a robe snugged close to my body and a heating blanket covering my legs. Still, even with both of these and the heater, I am still chilled. Today may be a snuggled down into bed kind of day.

What are you joyful about today? Let me know in the comments.

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Throughout the month of January, I will be celebrating Joyful January with Satya and Kaspa over at Writing Our Way Home

#joyfuljan – Day Seventeen

For today’s #joyfuljan, I find joy in conversation.

I am a pretty solitude person. I enjoy my own company 99% of the time, but every now and again, I must reach out to others and have a good conversation. Today is one of those days. It began with my dad, just shootin’ the shit about sports. Then moved to my brother and a discussion of movies and tv shows. And ended with a long conversation with an old high school friend. It’s hard being so highly sensitive and an empath to converse with people on a daily basis, but when it does happen, no matter how exhausting, it does bring me great joy!

What are you joyful about today? Let me know in the comments.

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Throughout the month of January, I will be celebrating Joyful January with Satya and Kaspa over at Writing Our Way Home