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@Moonchilde @Stormygirl

Sending a million hugs to both of you. 

I am blessed beyond measure to read your kind and caring words. 

Bless you both.

 

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@Moonchilde You and Stormygirl are very special people who should never be quiet and sit in the corner.

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I am humbled, @butterfly123 and @dex.

thank you both, more than I can say. {{HUGS))

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@cherry wrote:

@Stormygirl   has anyone told you recently you are such a sweetheart?

 

You have the nicest personality ,and the best outlook ,of anyone I have ever met.

 

You are such an inspiration to so many of us. I am always floored at how upbeat you sound..You be the little engine that could( its a childs story about a train engine that just kept going ,when things were very difficult. He kept saying I think I can

 

I have had to be and it got me through a mess recently

 

Just keep telling yourself I think I can..I think I can

 

You are so special to so many here , remember that


 

@cherry

 

I couldn’t help but ask if you knew that the “Little Engine That Could” was a female?  Yep one of the very few female main characters in children’s books of that time.  It gave such joy when I learned that.  

 

I understand what you are saying, life has been a lot of ‘I think I can, 

I think I can, I think I can’ here too.

"Animals are not my whole world, but they have made my world whole" ~ Roger Caras
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@Moonchilde wrote:

@cherry wrote:

@Stormygirl  @Moonchilde is the best isn't she? I know she has been a great friend to you. I hope she considers me as a friend ,also

 

Her posts are always interesting, and informative, well thought out. She is one smart lady


 

 

Aww, you two! @cherry and @Stormygirl ❤️❤️❤️

 

Your words mean more than you know - especially in this thread. I very much consider both of you good friends 😻, and people who “get” me. 

 

One of the reasons I appreciate you both so much is that if you disagree with me, you’ll simply say why you see it a different way, without judgment or the assumption that I live to be a nasty b****. And I’ll attempt to clarify because with you, I know it isn’t a trap. 

 

We can all misunderstand each other from time to time on these forums regarding a particular topic. I absolutely love it when someone I may have “crossed words” with on a particular topic is okay with staring the playing field over, level, in other threads (as I try hard to do). I have made forum friends with a few people in this way.

 

But there will also always be those who are determined not to like you whatever you say, and respond not so much to what you said, or ask you to clarify in sincerity, but just respond in a hostile manner wherever and whenever because they have decided they.don’t.like.you, full stop. Sometimes veiled, sometimes not - usually not much, lol. 

 

I am used to that too. I’ve been on internet forums, the type with NO moderation and no holds barred, for 25 years. I see and know, and have an extremely accurate radar for those who wish to play me or wish me ill.

 

With one person, I have honestly tried. I have agreed in other topics. I have complimented. I have done what I could in various threads to “start over.” It has all come to nothing, and I will try no more from this point. It is what it is. I know that my heart was in the right place, and that’s enough for me. 

 

This is a happy Sunday for me, to have both of you feeling well enough to post. Nothing is going to spoil that for me.


I hope that I am not a person that hurts your feelings or those of anyone else.Ifi do please give me the chance to explain.I try to be understanding of people but sometimes the things I say don't come out the way I intended.I think that the most hurtful people are always very unhappy and want others to feel that way too.I find that when I continue to be nice to them they just don't get it and some just give up the attack after awhile.

happy that you had a great Sunday and wasn't it a nice surprise to have a visit from Stormy.

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@alliswell wrote:

 

 

Trust definitely depends upon the situation, but I try to tune-in and listen to my own inner guidance, intuition, gut feeling or whatever you want to call it, it's just a sense of knowingness or insight or understanding.


 

 

 

                        BINGO! 

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  I’ve spent my entire life trusting people & always giving them the benefit of the doubt. Most times I’ve been let down.I’ve been stabbed in the back right through to my heart!!

  These days I’m much more careful. I trust DH & son unconditionally, that’s it.Everyone else I approach with caution.

  I’m a much happier person today.I have no expectations anymore. I go with my gut.It’s never let me down!!

  Life is to short.I want to live it to the fullest without being weighed down by excess baggage. 

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@Lindsays Grandma wrote:

 


@LilacTree wrote:

The best liars . . . the ones who can fool a lie detector test . . . are the ones who can hurt you the most.  Because you loved them almost all of your life even though you knew things about them that you wished weren't true.  When they turn on you, it crushes your soul.

 


I sure can relate to the liars.  I have one in my life who can look you in the eye while she lies through her teeth and I fall for it all the time.  She has broken my heart over and over but sadly I am stuck with her.


@Lindsays Grandma

I truly empathize.  I don't think a broken heart ever really mends.  We are so shaped by everything that happens in our lives.  Fortunately, love keeps us going.

Formerly Ford1224
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel 1986
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I trust animals more than most people.

 

At least you can tell by their body language and actions what their intentions are.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.
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@LilacTree

I am sad for you. I think I was born wise, so I am inherently a good judge of people. I take no credit for that because, to repeat, I was simply born that way. I have been surrounded by and I also have surrounded MYSELF with great people whom I trust. Of course, one runs into a few bad apples, but I quickly back away and move on. No big deal.  I'll be 68 next month and when I look at my life I see goodness all around. I often wonder why I have been so fortunate. Grace? Yes. Luck? Probably. An ability to seek out only good folks? Yup. Mostly, I feel humbled by good fortune and must leave it at that.  It sounds as if you have had a rough life. I haven't. At my dad's funeral a couple of months ago, I mentioned to the pastor how I have been surrounded by so many good people from birth, and I tearfully and humbly said, "Why me?" He looked at me warmly and said simply, "Grace." I certainly have done nothing extraordinary to deserve it,