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Something that made me smile today or helped me to breathe a little easier for a bit.

Something that made me smile today or helped me to breathe a little easier for a bit.

Hi all,

I am finding the grid diary I’ve started helpful and I thought we could start a thread where we write, post image or song etc of something that helped even if for only thirty seconds on that day. It’s just a snapshot and not meant to be anything big. I think some days it will be a drop and run for me. I think for this to work best it would help not to have many responses to others posts or chat but really just snapshots that we can scroll through for inspiration or to remember. I do think it would be nice though if you found someone’s post inspirational and you tried it to let them know. The feeling that it helped someone is enough to put a smile on anyone’s face I think.

For me personally there were a few reasons for starting this. One was to have like a forum journal of positives where you can look back to find the things that have helped in the past. I also like the collective and shared part of it. I have found my experience doing something like this is helping to look for those little things more each day. Lastly I thought it might be used for coping box ideas a bit. Anything that you find self soothing is one of the things that you can post.

Looking forward to everyone’s posts.

💜🤗

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Gosh that's lovely to hear @Teej!

So glad you're feeling a bit uplifted, and so pleased that some of my silly thoughts might have had a hand in that too.

I agree that there are some lovely uplifting snippets around the forum. I also agree that it's sometimes a bit difficult to find the 'lovely' or the 'uplifting' when all around are grumpies leaving their grumpiness for you to stumble over!

I hung a couple of crystals to catch the sunlight the other day - rainbows make me smile - the birds managed to peck one down from the bamboo I had it hanging on this morning, so I will put it somewhere better! Have a lovely afternoon won't you.

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Things that have made me smile today:

  • bit of a sleep in, without trying. The cooler nights and mornings encourage me to go to bed early, snuggle down...I just want to hibernate during winter.
  • reading some of my murder mystery while lying on the couch that I've moved near the full-length window, with the autumn sun streaming in.
  • my slow walk up to the op shop, with a bag of things to donate. My knees are still giving me grief but I need to keep moving. And the walk back in the sun. I just loooove to be warm.
  • Listening to heaps of 70s songs....memories of my teenage years.

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@Former-Member You brought a smile to my face with your quirky sense of humour, please don't lose it. @Teej So nice to see you and know a tiny smile was manageable, I know how hard it can be, and how much it means. Brief moments are magic.

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Definitely smiles for me reading the positivity and warmth shared on the forum too @Teej, @Former-Member and @Maggie. Like you Teej, it's a bit of a struggle one for me also, so it's been nice to catch these posts. I really enjoyed reading your highlight of your day one also @NatalieS.

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This pic brought a smile for me. @Former-Member tagging you here. I thought in your busy schedule a light moment might help.

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Oh, dear, that made me smile widely @Maggie thank you for that! (edited to fix formatting & tags sorry)

My smile today was receiving an email from a company I sometimes buy from with an offer to attend classes to make these georgeous flowers.

I won't attend, too far away, but oh, how lovely they are!

Thought you might enjoy @Teej @CheerBear @NatalieS @Pepperpot

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ohhhh @Maggie love the picture xx

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they are loveley @Former-Member thank you for sharing them

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@Former-Member, aren't they beautiful flowers! Yes, sometimes it is just the smallest thing that can make us smile.

And @Teej, @outlander, @Shaz51, @Maggie as well, today my little bit of happy came from the annual emergency fire drill/evacuation at work, that commenced just as I was about to leave to come home. I was in the bathroom when the message to evacuate was given. By the time we all got back to work from the assembly point a stone's throw from where I catch the bus, I'd made up 45 minutes flex, so that was a bonus.

Until I finish up at work at the end of the financial year, the stresses of not being able to share the news with anyone (its all hush hush) and continuing to care for hubby, whose health is getting worse, are getting me down a bit, so the evacuation today gave me a laugh.

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@NatalieS those secret smile things are so neat to have, aren't they!

I do wish I could go to the classes, but my hands would probably not be strong enough to do the work anyway. It's why I had to give up hat making and so much other stuff, but I can still enjoy and be inspired by the beauty and skill of what can be done. It's taken a few years for me to get over being more grumpy that I can't do the work and allow myself to still be inspired though.

When I needed a smile today @CheerBear's comment about @Teej's one day projects in the Craft Corner really gave me a smile cos I got the meaning a bit wrong.

They were not projects that would take only 1 day, which I thought was a big ask, but projects that might one day be accomplished. I'm still giggling at myself and the absurdity of my brain.

OH, and my book arrived today! Sally Wise "Complete Preserves' combined with "Out of the Bottle" Yay, awesome tips and tricks and recipes and ....

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