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The Peace Of Meditation

๐“ข๐“ธ ๐”€๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“ด๐“ท๐“ธ๐”€ ๐“–๐“ธ๐“ญ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป
๐“๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฏ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ต ๐“—๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“บ๐“พ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ ๐“น๐“ธ๐”€๐“ฎ๐“ป,
๐“›๐“ฎ๐“ฝ ๐“พ๐“ผ ๐“ญ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ต๐”‚ ๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“น ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ
๐“ ๐“œ๐“ฎ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“—๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป-
๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“พ๐“ท๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“–๐“ธ๐“ญ’๐“ผ ๐“ฐ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ผ
๐“๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฎ ๐“—๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ฐ๐“ฒ๐“ฏ๐“ฝ๐“ผ ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“ญ๐“ช๐”‚
๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ต ๐“ถ๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ถ
๐“˜๐“ท ๐“ช ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐”€๐“ช๐”‚,
๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป ๐“•๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ผ ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ฌ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ญ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ท
๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“ฒ๐“ฏ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐”€๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ญ ๐“ด๐“ท๐“ธ๐”€ ๐“—๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต
๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐“ถ๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ด ๐“—๐“ฒ๐“ถ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ
๐“ฆ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ถ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต…
๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ท๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฎ’๐“ผ ๐“ฐ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ผ
๐“๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“บ๐“พ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ผ
๐“›๐“ฒ๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“ฏ๐“ฝ๐“ต๐”‚ ๐“ฏ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ผ๐“ท๐“ธ๐”€๐“ฏ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ผ
๐““๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฏ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐”€๐“ท ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ฎ๐“ต’๐“ผ ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ผ,
๐“ž๐“ป ๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ผ ๐“ญ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“น๐“น๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ท๐“ญ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ต๐”‚
๐“•๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“ช ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐”‚ ๐“ฏ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ต-๐“ซ๐“ต๐“ธ๐”€๐“ท ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฎ,
๐“ข๐“ธ ๐“–๐“ธ๐“ญ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ฌ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“พ๐“ผ
๐“ฆ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป ๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ผ ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“น๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฎ…
๐“ข๐“ธ ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ฝ ๐“พ๐“ผ ๐“น๐“ต๐“ช๐“ท ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“น๐“ป๐“ช๐”‚๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฏ๐“พ๐“ต ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ
๐“ฃ๐“ธ ๐“ช๐“ต๐”€๐“ช๐”‚๐“ผ ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ
๐“ ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“น๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“ญ๐“ช๐”‚
๐“ฃ๐“ธ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ…
๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป ๐”€๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐”‚๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“บ๐“พ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ
๐“๐“ท๐“ญ ๐”€๐“ฎ’๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท,
๐“ž๐“พ๐“ป ๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ต ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“น๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“น๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ
๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ช ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“น ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท
๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ ๐”€๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ต๐”‚ ๐“น๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ซ๐“ต๐“ฎ
๐“ฃ๐“ธ ๐“บ๐“พ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ต๐”‚ ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ญ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฎ
๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐”€๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ต๐“ญ ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“พ๐“ผ-
๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“–๐“ธ๐“ญ ๐”€๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฎ.

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Thre Rights Of Any Friendship or Aquantence

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I. You have the right to act toward others according to your own beliefs and values (not according to theirs), to live your own life (not to be lived by others), to live out your own decisions and to live with their consequences.

II. You have the right to see others as equal (regardless of how they see you), to esteem others as neither superior nor inferior (in spite of how they esteem you).

ย III.You have the right to renegotiate relationships (although the others resist review), to take new positions (though the others prefer the old), to change your mind (even when others doubt you have one).

IV. You have the right to fail (therefore the right to choose freely), the right to make mistakes (therefore the right to take risks).

V. You have the right to see your own perceptions, to feel your own feelings, to think your own thoughts, to act your own actions, to experience your own accountability.

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The Essence of a Friend…

We have many, many, many, acquaintancesย in thisย life, But Few real friends.

When you think about it you want to be sad, Don’t this is how its supposedย to be. I was trying to teach my teen daughter it is possible to have more than one best friend. where she argued a blue streak saying it just was not possible. I have learned otherwise there are different kinds ofย friends.

  1. The friendly acquaintance.
  2. ย  ย  ย  ย Your casual friend( you know the one from high school you call every 6 mo to a year just to make sure their breathing, go camping or watch the super bowl with, or Ladies you go shopping twice a year.)
  3. ย  ย  ย  ย  Then there are your close friends,( You know the ones you hang with at the bar or coffee shop. once or twice a week.)
  4. ย  ย  ย  ย Best friend type A:(the one you take to the gym, see every other day but still no call’s after 11pm. and youย share your every day strugglesย to a point)
  5. ย  ย  ย  BEST Friend best of the best.(the ones you call family even though you’re not related. Brothers from differentย mothers and sisters of the same.You shareย everything day or night ups, downs there is never TMI.)

 

For me, I love all unconditionally, and sometimes its hard to distinguish between 1&2.

but it happens and I get hurt. In explaining this to my daughter she started to get it.

Sometimes when I think of the people I consider family, some I have known for years and some only months and some I even never seen or I have butย not in person all I do is talk to them on messenger or skype. but they are goodย people. you know how kids today say I have an app for that? well, I say I have a Friend for that.ย  I have friends that share in most all of my interests and I have friends that share life experiences, so when I need my friends I go to the ones that can help the most first and then the rest. to start a spiral justImage result for sea shells

like the structure of the large shell, I’m in the center and all my Friends and Family are gathered around creating this strong support network.

Are you Getting it yet? its the same for you. there are some simple rules to follow…

  1. Always be Honest (Don’t Lie to your Friends)
  2. learn when to pleadย the fifth, ( to say I have no opinion)
  3. Always Listen, evenย when you think they’re totallyย out of their mind.
  4. ย Never Ever Take Yourย Friends For Granted!!!
  5. always have words of encouragement ready when needed.
  6. Don’t be afraid to tell yourย friends they are Messingย up.
  7. If you can, give yourย friend the tools to get back on track.This is when I teach. If they have needs that need to be met, use your best judgmentย  and refer to rule 11.(as a rule, Iย always buy what they need if it concerns money if I have it. I never give Cash or checks to friends No offense.)
  8. Never leave an argument unsettled( if you cant agree, agree to disagree)
  9. ย Always let your friends know how you feel.
  10. always let them know they are loved.(give hugs when needed)
  11. The word NO is notย the end of a friendship.
  12. FORGIVENESS is not a weakness…
  13. All Apologies are from the heart and it is not a weakness to do so if you royally screwedย up, is a sign of the strength of your character.

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A life with Disabilities.Don’t feel sorry for me.. But you can pray.

When I was 3yrs old I was diagnosed with migraine disease and through the years the headaches have come in many forms,ย from syncope, dizziness, heart palpitations, & the mimic of stroke. a Migraine is a misfire in the brain that sends the wrong signals to the body. Sometimes I wish it was just blinding pain as it often is.

I also have RA in most of my joints and spine, So mobility is an issue. Most of the time I have to be laying down as sitting and standing is difficult for long periods of time. I have 2 adult children who help with my care and a teen who is a challenge. My husband does most of everything I need but when he needs to go out my older children look after me. I can do most things for my self if I don’t have to be up to long.

There are times when I feel like a burden as I feel silly needing a sitter because I never know when the invisible man is going to strike and I have a Headache, Or I fall God forbid I’m alone when this happens Because some of my headaches are deadly.

Don’t Get me wrong I’m not feeling sorry for myself far from it I am very blessed to have such a loving and supportive family I thank God for them every day and I never take them for granted. I also have some of the greatest friends around too as if they have the time they visit and do a lot of fun stuff with me. We watch movies, go out for coffee or frozen yogurt, or maybe just a drive. when I feel up to it.

I thank God every day for my life. I do things that are fulfilling I counsel teens in crisis, and parent of said teens as well. I work with suicide intervention online. And I play games with online friends. Such as FV2, Matches with friends, Candy crush, and many others.

Please don’t Feel sorry for me other than pain; I AM VERY HAPPY and very Blessed!

I like to think I’m a good Friend who listens. I don’t take my friends for granted, they are too precious and the true ones are rare indeed.

So in closing, If I can be a nice person and smile be loving and deal with all the crap I just talked about. There is no reason for any of you to be sourpusses. Get It? Got It? Good!!! ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  Espresso siggy