Coping Toolbox ( what is in yours to help you cope )

Hi @Shaz51 ,

thank you for the picture. That explains a lot 😆.

I’m doing similar things to what @tyme does:

Tai Chi

TM (transcendental meditation)

Cooking and listening to music at the same time

Walking my dog first thing in the morning

Catching up with friends

Doing stuff with my grownup kids

I want to explore and do more arty stuff and also go back to dancing, these are the 2 hobbies I’ve neglected.

Tai chi has been amazing at calming me down, I highly recommend it 😁.

Thanks for the Tai Chi suggestion! I guess it makes you slow down and get grounded @cherryblossom8 . I tend to do everything quick quick quick because I'm on time constraints.

I'm mindful I need to start slowing down though.

Try it, @tyme . It might surprise you. I just used videos from YouTube with a super cheerful Vietnamese master. He got me hooked now 😆!

Hello @Krishna , @JustMe48 , @tyme , @cherryblossom8 , @Blackbird11 , how are you all going today soo far

soo very hot up here today

I watered the gardens nice and early this morning , took 45 minutes to give them all a drink

did the dishes , the washing , now nothing

Hello @Mother1 , @Synthman , @dug , @Carla13 , @Mart1 , @Rocky23 , @DeeKay , @PizzaMondo

@RiverSeal , wondering how your holiday is going and how your parents are after the cyclone

Hey @Shaz51, my holiday is going ok thanks, but I am coming back earlier than planned. The cyclone didn't have much impact, but the rain and floods did afterwards. We were ok at my parent's place as it's a tall apartment building and no garden to tend to. My sister was delayed returning home though due to the airport closure, but she still got to where she needed to be on time. Thanks for asking ❤️

How was your Christmas?

RiverSeal

Hello @Shaz51

I'm grounding after a challenging shift this morning. Hope are doing ok?

ohh that`s good @RiverSeal

yes we had 850mm of rain in one 24 hours but we are all good

christmas was quieter this year because of rain, cyclone and flooding

S3 and family were driving up but had car trouble so they did not make it here

here for you @Blackbird11 , sorry you had a tough morning

Hi @Shaz51 Same here darling one. Hot hot hot. Watered, washing, hosed the dust off the car and now sitting quietly inside. A productive morning and a non productive arvo although I do want to make some potato salad…….eventually lol xxx 🙏❤️

I think we have both done well this morning @Krishna xx

Need the afternoon off relaxing 🥰

HI, thank you for your post, @Shaz51 . The ’Now nothing…” spoke to me. May the space of nothing allow something to stir in your heart. I recall someone telling me to gaze at a point of light on a leaf or an object and this can bring calm, beauty.

My son cries suddenly at times. He has a message in his soul that repeats to him often “ No one rings me. No one cares” This causes me sadness and sometimes I get mad at him not seeming to understand that people do care about him but do not want the close friendship he wants because he has been unreliable on meths, though now he seems to be holding off as he is on injections each month [medication name removed] so he does not get the same effect he used to… and this puts him off. I think it comes from his childhood and I long for him to process and be in touch with this to find some healing. I worked as an arts therapist for many years and saw how healing can come from this. But I was so passionate, my own children got put off. And you cant be a therapist to your own family. Sigh! Sometimes he sleeps so much. Yesterday slept til 2pm and then took sleeping pills again at 6pm. I think he sleeps to avoid his sadness at this time of year. I have a chest infection and ned to rest, but have my grandson in my care and need to try to keep him off computor all day. Life goes on and we must keep going. … love to you all out there, Battling and dreaming…