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General chit chat

Hi@Faith-and-Hope, @utopia, @Mazarita

I'm still not very good at 'navagating' this site, maybe that's why I kept trying 'instant' chat sites - they seemed easier. But I like that messages can be checked, that it's not instant feels like some sort of barrier against instant shock I suppose - though I know this is a public Internet site so anyone can use it. I also think, though I hate the term Mental Illness, as I think it takes all the physical out of it, that the people that cause trauma probably suffer from it, so they would have just as much right to use it. But I feel a bit like typing I think, so I thought I might just blurb a little?
I've went away for a few days. I go every month. I visit the center of my Universe 🙂 The one person who has been there with/for me, their whole life & I believe will remain that way until I die 🙂 . . . & quite the large Family they have provided for me to share in 🙂 I go from, it almost seems like another Planet sometimes, my life is very quiet; to the center of my Universe, which includes 5 grand-children ranging in age from almost 2 to, going on 18; then there's the partner, the partners Parents and a large variety of friends 🙂 I often find myself thinking 'alein sound dimension' - there's so much noise on so many different levels! Every single one of them has every gadget known to mankind, and most of those gadgets make noise! And my World is a lot calmer, with a lot less going on - we're usually driving in the car, taking children to school, doing whatever shopping is necessary for the day in time for whatever seemingly endless appointment is due, . . . by the time my alarm goes off to make sure I wake up in time to get tired in time to go to sleep in time 😄 There's no way I could keep that pace up anymore! After a few days I find myself almost running away with my tail between my legs 🙂 But it's the perfect balance really, I do spend a lot of time alone - apart from my 3 furry, four-legged friends; but I am extremely lucky, my bond with my only child is of a strength I can't see breaking; I get a phone call or text every night & welcomed by a dozen open arms and smiling faces every month. I am lucky, I have a good life. Well, I think life is just a word, neither good nor bad. I have good experiences and I am happy 🙂

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I'm glad you found my rave interesting Mazy - I'm even more excited to have seen and been online, when your Good morning message came through 🙂 Bugger Life the Universe and Everything, I was here, in the present for your greeting 🙂 🙂 🙂 That's made my day 🙂 🙂

When it comes to life after death, I have a vague theory all of my own. I think life is an energy, a force all of it's own; it may leave the body, it may leave the Earth, Earth's Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy or the Universe as we know it - but I don't believe it ends.

Space I think is another word for distance, and even if there is nothing, there is space. Now that I know that Time and Space are interwoven, I think even more, that the essence we call life is a part of that. So I guess my idea is that we return to the fabric of the Universe and continue.

I'm sorry you had disturbing dreams, but can absolutely understand it after your phone call from your friend. Your kind understanding is something, in my experience, that not many people have. There doesn't apear to be an once of 'How could you do this to me' in any of your words. I know myself, I always used to think - 'I'm not doing anything to you! I'm trying to help you by getting rid of me - as I seem to be a source of misery in all the lives around me.'

I think the best we can do for those around us is to become happy. The whole 'fake it till you make thing' - well, I'd say, 'fake it whether you make it or not'. I truly love my Child and their Family, so I choose to live, I choose to suffer lonliness, confusion, fear and pain; so that I can exsist somewhere in the background of their minds - because I choose to believe they want and need me there.

As for your confession, it shows your strength; your strength of choice to be there for those that want and need you! I want and need you @Mazarita

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Good morning, @Former-Member Missed your goodnight last night because I'd already gone to bed at about 7.30pm! Sleeping much more lately. It's helping recent agitations of mind and body. I'll be off to bed again before too long, not quite 6am here and first light is only just peeking out. Hope you and anyone reading this has some special smiling moments in the day.

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Good Morning @Mazarita Hope your sleeping while I type this 🙂 You so deserve and will benifit from a bit of extra sleep 🙂

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Hi @Former-Member. I was sleeping when you left your last message. I've taken a bit of a step back from the forum while things are more intense in my real life. But I wanted to come in here and say an early good night to you. Heading off to bed as it approaches 7.30 again tonight! May be back later if I wake up again. Hope you get a peaceful night's sleep tonight and the morning breaks sweet for you too.

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I hope you sleep well tonight @Mazarita ❤️

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Good night @Mazarita I understand you stepping back from the forum while things are intense in your life. I'm very grateful that you wanted to come in here and say good night to me, but don't want you to feel you have to. I'm heading off to bed now to, though I had a nap again today (I try to avoid them, I think maybe I'm just bored). My life isn't intense but today I have tried to be honest in a letter to a sibling and I thhink it's bothering my brain a little. Perhaps I'm stepping backa little too, who knows how I'll feel tomorrow. Sleep well sweey Mazy, peace be with you XxX

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Hello Mazy :),

I’ve returned from the centre of my Universe 🙂 Re-energized and refilled all my people and noise needs:D I’ve had a fix of about half a dozen each of children, adults and dogs! I really enjoyed my time there 🙂

It’s a complicated dance we dance during the time we are alive, isn’t it. The swirls and fancy moves are all in circles when it comes down to it, they may not be perfect in shape or they may be very intricately formed; but for them to move within the dance, they must all work together with and within many different circles – all of which are different in perfection of shape or how intricate they are formed.

I haven’t read-back through anything and just wanted to pop on and say a quick ‘Thinking of you and hoping everything’s Ok in your neck of the woods at the moment ❤️

@Mazarita

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Hello @Mazarita

Gidday Mazy,
I hope you got some milk into the household (cuppa's without milk! Ewww! - I know them too well!) It's cool this morning and hot cuppa's are a must! 🙂 So I'm sending 'hot cuppa steam warmth' your way and to your Companion and your friends that have been struggling

The warmth of the hug I'm sending feels like, you know when it's a cold morning and you finally find a spot in the Sun where you can feel the radiating fingers of it's heat reaching through your skin to release the tension of the muscles underneath - that's the type of hug I'm sending. Hope it's reaching you and putting a smile on your lips 🙂

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Hi @Former-Member
I hope your doing ok. I know you had to take a break to get your head together. I was worried about you.
Your always in my thoughts even when im not well and knowing your here helps even when its just a like. Your one of the people im closer to and for good reason too 💓💓💓
How have you been
I wanna here more about you

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Good night @Mazarita,

Gidday Mazy 🙂
I have had fun today, my big ol' woolen underlay fits inside the canopy like a liner 🙂 and I put a couple of ties on the new tarp I bought to cover the car {the 2 sort of make up my Winter tent:D} I've tried to compact my packing to a crate, a suitcase and a blanket bag - but there's already heaps of other bundles and bits, but I think I'll fit it all in.
I think making a list is a great thing to do, it doesn't matter at all if you actually do any of the things on the list - it's that your thinking of things you'd like . . . whether because it's enjoyable or whether it's because you'd enjoy having it done . . . do to, that's what great about it.
I have very patient dishes too, and they won't mind at all if they have to wait another few days or a week or what-ever 😄
Your walk sounded really lovely 🙂 and quiet a distance too! Your couple of hours, including a couple of cuppas, while you watched and listened to the birds in the garden, is very much like me waking up on a river bed - it's an adventure 🙂 . . . and if it makes your day okay then no matter how lowkey or good or bad you've been domestically . . . it's a good day 🙂 😄 🙂

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