Surrender to the moment by observing
all that is happening around AND within you.
What do you hear?
What do you smell?
What do you feel just now?
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I HEAR loud ringing in my ears. The furnace blowing. His nibs has the TV on downstairs. Kids outside playing in the snow. My fingers tapping on the keyboard. Cars going by. My breath…
I SMELL the pumpkin scented candle I’ve been using for Thanksgiving. The scent of Gain laundry soap on my clothes.
I FEEL tired. I have a headache and my knees are stiff. And frustrated because I had truble with the graphic. I guess I’m also feeling a bit disappointed that coming off my med has zapped me of what little get-up-and-go I had. It has now got-up-and-went, and I have four loads of laundry that need done!
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Get Up and Go — Pete Seeger (My theme song!) (starts at 1:02)
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We used to do an exercise like that at the start of drama club when I was a kid. We all had to lie on the floor and concentrate on everything we could hear in the world beyond our bodies, then switch it off and focus on how our bodies felt and sounded. It’s a useful meditation when you’re too stressed to sink into the imagination.
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And not always easy to do! I have more noise IN my head than I can hear outside of it! LOL
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I’ve just signed up to a site called headspace which claims it can help me to block the noise. My first lesson is this evening…
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You’ll have to let me know how that goes! 😀
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Interestingly enough, I hear hissing (ringing?) in my ears too. I smell the residual scent of cinnamon raisin bread from breakfast, I feel the warmth from the little heater on the floor by my computer cubby here.
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I hate that ringing in my ears. It’s so loud sometimes. It’s like having a pebble in your shoe. It grates on you and wears you down.
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I worry when the hissing/ringing gets so loud because I think it’s more high blood pressure than the tinitis (sp?). Just one more thing to add to the list of things I worry about.
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You know, I’ve wondered about that, also…
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I’d forgotten all about that song: thanks for reminding me.
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Really? I had never heard it. I’m sorry I missed it way back when! LOL
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What do you hear?
Click click click click
the ever present clock
never stopping it’s only loud
when I’m trying to think
What do you smell?
I smell the cold
not the smell of heat from
a furnace or the coils of an electric heater
What do you feel just now?
A lot of empty spaces
in my head
in my actions
in my art
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The smell of the cold! E! You should do a haiku with that. Awesome. I’m familiar with empty spaces. They seem t permeate me everywhere these days. How are things going? We need to catch up… {{{E}}}
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The brisk smell of cold
frozen nose hairs that burn – ow!
while trying to scent
I guess I’m calmer than I was
repressing my emotions so I don’t
react around other people
It feels like my childhood where everyone was trying to get me to stop crying at school. Calmer is not necessarily better. It adds to the lonely empty feeling of isolation. Girlie just turned five.
We should talk soon, Love E
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Yes, we sure should catch up!
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Jill’s suggestion sounds eminently sensible Calen. You gotta look after yourself !
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I know. I’m going to be driving tomorrow for the first time in a while. Wish me luck! No wait! On second thought wish everyone else on the road luck! LOL
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Woohoo :P) I wish luck to all of you !
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So here I am two and a half months later with two new lenses in my eyes and it’s crazy how much better I can see! Two more weeks and I will get a new script for glasses and an OK to drive again. Thank God! I’ve been going stir crazy in this house. And Bran is so weary of devoting his days off to running me thither and yon… He’s been a real trooper. I’m blessed to have him.
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Turn off the television on His Nibs, and tell him there is laundry awaiting his attention! Then, grab your latest reading material, pour either a glass of wine or a cuppa java, and relax! I do hope you regain your energy … it is so frustrating to have many things you want to do, but no energy with which to do them. Hugs, my friend!
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He did help me with the laundry. I didn’t even have to ask. That was great. There IS an upside to hitting my maintenance dose of the prednisone (5 mg every other day), I am now walking up and down stairs leg-over-leg instead of one step at a time! I still have to hold on to the rail for balance, but I can eel that my legs are getting stronger. That’s SO encouraging. 😀
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I am so glad to hear that you’re walking better and getting stronger! Wonderful news!
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Interestingly I found out in a round-about way that I was anemic. Am on an iron supplement now. That’s helped a lot. 😀
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Roll on Summer!! It’s too SAD!
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I so hear you, Opher. I am constantly cold these days. tt seems like the house is a lot cooler this year. Our furnace is usually set at 70 or 72. So far it’s been 74 to 76. I’m thinking a lot of it has to do with the new sliding doors to the deck from the kitchen. But they’re double paned with the blinds inside. I wouldn’t have thought they’d be that cold…
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Me too. Today was going to be my down time day. Nope! My mother (95 yrs. ) was out of Depends. I really didn’t want to go into town on Black Friday weekend. It wasn’t to terribly bad but the drug store was having tec. problems and I will have to return later this next week for her meds. Then later she fell, nothing broken, but for some reason I didn’t get the call from the emr button and EMT’s were already there when I got a call from her. So the afternoon was down the hill taking care of them. Yes…there a two of them. My Dad will be 96 in Jan. and he tried to eat his “late’ breakfast lying down and got grape jelly all over the bed. Of course that ment changing the sheets.
I am screaming UNCLE.
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Oh my dear! What a heavy load you are carrying. Being a caregiver is so overwhelming at times. I watch my sister with Greg and think “How does she do it day after day?” Especially since she’s half as tall as he is. I will certainly add you to my prayer list tonight. {{{BC}}}
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We do what we can and have to do. Sometimes we don’t really have a choice.
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That’s so true… So how have things been going for you since I’ve been gone?
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I surrendered to sleep this afternoon. It’s cold and rainy and sleep felt right.
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I hear ya. These days sleep ALWAYS sounds right! LOL I’m a two-nap-a-day person. 😀
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