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Sometimes, it just takes something as simple as a phone call or an e mail, or just a picture sent through the internet, to make someone feel better than they did before they received such things. To know someone else cares about you enough to take the time to lift your spirits, is invigorating. I try to e mail my friends every day, and I use pretty borders to cheer up the blank page. I find out what their interests are and then I go on a search for images, save them to a folder for each one, and then I have them ready to insert into an e mail. I try to find clipart of pleasant "good mornings" and send them to those friends I have who work. Others I send are, "just thinking of you" or "have a nice day." Whatever I send, brings a smile to those who receive them, and that’s what it’s all about.
I know when I receive an e mail with a pretty picture, I feel good.
Some people walk in the rain, and others just get wet. I want to walk in the rain. I want to make people feel good. I want to send someone that isn’t feeling well a pretty or funny get well animation, or picture.
Having Crohn’s, my body won’t stand up to everyday work, so I stay at home, keep my home clean and cozy, take care of any errands or things I need to do, and then I have the time to do all the searching I want. It’s a calming feeling knowing your friends got a smile or a kick out of something you sent them.
I don’t have to go out and work to bring happiness to others, I can do so from my dining room. There’s always something we can do to add to the vital spirit of humanity. If we don’t have a computer, we can call someone. If it’s an expense, we can write to a friend. If our handwriting stinks, we can type it on our computer and print it out.
We can buy a nice card, and send it to someone for no reason other than to say, I like you, or I’m thinking about you, or remember the day we took that nice ride? Such inexpensive ways to brighten the days of those we care about.
I just called my ninety three year old aunt and she was so happy to hear from me. I tend to forget about her with all other daily situations, and remember when it’s eleven o’clock at night, but today, I remembered. Just a five minute phone call, and she was happy and I was relieved. I have to admit, guilt of not talking to her for a while was a part of it, but knowing she would be happy was what made me make the call.
Once a week I call my mom’s sister, for the past eighteen years since my mom passed away. We catch up on each other’s lives. She’s been like my mother since my own mom passed. She gets excited when things are good, and disappointed when things are bad, just like a mom.
There’s always something nice you can do for another. My partner watered my neighbor’s garden while they were away. They never asked, but they were glad he did. I bring cucumbers and tomatoes from our garden to my friend and it costs nothing, and she and her husband enjoy them, and are glad to have them. All their tomatoes got eaten!
So many nice things we can all do for each other at little or no cost. I remember seeing handmade streamers at the Chinese restaurant, and knowing my friend loves streamers, I bought her one for a few dollars. She lit up with joy when I gave it to her. Again, some people walk in the rain, and some people just get wet. If I had just thought about that idea, I would have gotten wet, but buying it and giving it to her was like walking in the rain, and noticing what you can do to make someone else happy.
Sometimes, I let someone go in front of me that only has a few items in the check out. Why not? I have time. It makes them happy, and positive energy is exploded into the air. We need more positive energy. So many people get caught in the rain.
I want to walk, and observe the hummingbirds and the cardinals and the chipmunks. I want to stroll past the beautiful flowers, especially the black eyed Susan’s! My grandfather used to plant them for me when I was young, so my partner planted some for me. A few seeds, and now, such happiness. A nice thought, and a remembrance of my grandfather.
There is so much beauty, if only we take the time to look. A spider web can be beautiful if you think of it that way, and I do, because it is nature, the truest form of honesty. He’s building his home. I never swipe away spider webs, unless they’re in my face! I do, however, watch them build their webs and catch their flies. It’s amazing to me, as all nature is. Except flies and mosquitoes.
We have deer that come onto our lawn, and I just watch their grace and their fine sense of being aware of what’s around them. If I move, they look up. They are truly beautiful. We have bear, too, but I haven’t seen one yet. Not on our property, anyway. They’ve gotten into our garbage, and have been on our property, I just haven’t seen them.
I think I’ll do a little searching for some nice pictures now, I have to keep my e mail buddies happy J
Susan Thom is the mother of three children, two sons, 17 and 21, and a daughter 22. Writing calms her, and gives her a place to go. By herself! Clears the head and gets it out. She lives in a rural area, with a lake and mountains, her son and her partner, and has loved writing since she was a child.
She certainly hopes you enjoy her take on life, and her style of communicating that in stories.
She has been on a journey of self discovery for twenty years, and has learned many things about the human mind, and how to maintain some semblance of calm and peace within.
If someone reads one of her stories, and relates to her feelings, and maybe gets a suggestion on how she dealt with them in a positive way, that would be the ultimate gift of her writing.
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