@dannyboy Well if we revoked people's status for losing it from time to time, I'd be out for good. I think it makes us love you more for it. Take care.
You are human.
You also are kind, compassionate, caring, intelligent, willing to grow, appreciate wisdom, can think logically and act in love. You seek truth and honesty. You also can consider a larger picture and the impact for the greater good.
Perhaps there will come a day when your family can get to that place also.
In the meantime keep following your path and continue making the world better than you have found it. You can't control how your family acts and what they believe. You can however keep your own light shining and growing. You do that so well already Dannyboy.
You will weather this storm. What branches you may lose in the storms you face will simply tell part of your life story. You ultimately get to define how you live that life. The water from the storm will help revitalize you. The sun which comes out afterword can help you grow new and stronger branches and beautiful fresh green leaves which will grow to new heights. . You can let your roots hug the soil and ground you in the richness of Mother Earth and let it feed your soul.
You many notice along the way, the shade you provide to others on hot afternoons, the food your offer to the animals, the home give to birds and chipmunks.
One tree can impact many. Some people will walk through a forest and never notice the individual trees living within. What a loss for them.
I notice that you are a beautiful strong and giving tree and we are all the more fortunate for my friend.
@dannyboy You’re going to have to move over because I am in the same camp with you today. I have been venting all day about my sister who won’t listen to reason, thinks everything I say is wrong, contradicts everything any one tells her and keeps doing the same thing over and over with dreadful results. Nevertheless, she will keep on listening to her lazy, lying, cheating, thieving and manipulating grandkids. It would not be so bad if she didn’t live less than 10 minutes away and calls to tell me the latest unbelievable and disgusting antics of the trio. Because of them and their mother, she has filed for bankruptcy twice. It takes a lot to make me angry but I, too, have been spewing not nice words and stomping around like a lunatic. I have had enough and have made the decision that I will not allow her to tell me anything about those kids. If she starts, I am shutting her down. So, it’s okay to be angry because it’s only human . Probably by tomorrow or the day after we should be better. Will be thinking of you, comrade in arms with the messed up families.
@lenor @lovendures @jeanne-Mayell you are the best humans and I appreciate both the grace and realism today. My sister had always been the religious and closed minded one. I keep getting more and more frustrated because my mother is the person who taught me why it matters to think of others and the common good vs “looking out for number one” and she’s been on the Trump Train since the escalator. I always come back from a visit there in a bad mood. Thank you!
It is difficult to be in the presence of dark energy, especially when family members greet it with open arms.
Sometimes I find myself acting like my dog when I take him for a walk Usually he walks easily along me. But recently, if I want to turn back earlier or stay out later than he does, he will full-stop put on the brakes and not move. It's as though he is saying" No! No! NO! NO!" You can't make me go that way. I feel the same way when I am surrounded by negative dark energy producing people. I want to full-stop, put on the brakes and say "NO! NO! NO!
If I must be in their environment, it's difficult not to come back affected in some way, even just a little bit. I prefer to avoid them or the situation altogether if I can. As an empath I can't always shield myself the way I'd like, though I try.
When people are drinking the Kool-Aid, they don't taste the poison base inside. They instead enjoy the drink and go back for more. The more dark poison one drinks, the darker the body becomes right? It is difficult to share light with someone who is comfortable living in the dark.
You don't need to be a lighthouse.
You can instead leave the porch light on and have hope that when they are ready, they will find their way back home.
@dannyboy @lenor, I thought of you both when I heard this song today. I was meant to hear it as well. I was feeling discouraged on so many levels, personally as well as collectively. We're all so divided right now. Give yourself a break, my friends. The family stuff is often the hardest to deal with.
This song always energizes me and gives me hope. We can still stand our ground, shine our light, and accept the beauty of our human imperfections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA
I totally forgot to write an update on your You'll Never Walk Alone post. Later on the day you posted about the song, I decided to ask Alexa to play Josh Groban music. Guess what song she played first? Yep! You'll Never Walk Alone. I think confirms your message and am glad you posted what you got. Probably a reminder for all of us that we are. not alone.
Somebody here needs to hear that song (besides us I think).
Why is it that I only now realized both Ringo Star and George Harrison play on this song with Petty???
Seriously, wow how did I miss that ...?
Hi You'll Never Walk Alone is the anthem for Englands Liverpool FC. I have attached a video of it being sung at Melbourne Cricket Ground with a crowd of 95,000 fans and a bit of history re Liverpool, they seem to take the song to heart.
BEST YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE EVER!!! - YouTube
You’ll Never Walk Alone: lyrics and how it became Liverpool Football Club’s anthem - Classic FM
Regards to all
Does anyone have a read on how all of the major legislative battles and potential consequences will pan out this week? I’m feeling very nervous about all of the challenges to getting Biden’s infrastructure/social programs spending bill and the bill to fund the government passed, raising the debt ceiling, avoiding government shutdown, etc. (I have my own issues going on with pending car and home repairs starting this week and my own irrational fear of Mercury retrograde (starting today for the next three weeks) and pregnancy hormones but that’s a whole other can of worms..)