Who is feeling at peace tonight?

[MoseyWalker]

no anxiety or anger. No fears for tomorrow. No worries about what may or may not be?

If so, Why?

[bridgit]

1. i'm not sure i'd go quite that far but yes...a peaceful easy feeling...

pervades...somehow :-)

[MoseyWalker]

3. I like being permeated

whatever that means!

I'm glad you're having a peaceful evening!

:)

[bridgit]

6. "permeated"!?! hey is this a sex thread er some'thin...

:blush: :rofl:

[otherlander]

2. No...I was yesterday, though.

Today I keep thinking that there's something I need to do that's really important but I can't think of what it is.

[MoseyWalker]

4. Is the cat talking more than usual

and trying to get you to notice the empty bowl?

[Robb]

5. Rent's due

Stove's on.
Faucet's running.
Dogs haven't been fed.
Work looms.
Probably out of gas.
The thing on your leg is probably a tumor.









...I'm a professional anxietician. :D

[greguganus]

22. Thanks for that...now I need more Lexapro n/t

[otherlander]

25. Don't have to pay rent

Faucet's off
Nothing I can do about that, they're not mine, they're strays
Nope, no work
Don't have a car
The thing on my leg is mud

Stove's set to "record", not "heat"

[MoseyWalker]

26. you're words are interesting

very intriguing

[otherlander]

27. What, about the car, the rent, or the oven?

the first two can be explained by the fact that I'm only 16. The oven thing...not sure how that happened. I think it might have gotten that way some time after I wore an ITMFA shirt to school... :shrug:

[Deja Q]

7. I should be, especially given what I tried to do a week and a half ago.

:(

But I want to live.

Odd, isn't it? :7

[MoseyWalker]

8. that's the weird thing about life

it insists on going on, and not being interrupted in its travels.

That's why I think I'm just a spectator watching my own life. Can't believe what has happened, who I am, or who I may be tomorrow.

Someday, I'll be energy headed for the stars, but for now, I'm expending the energy that life demanded typing, reading, and having fun.

[querelle]

16. Okay..........I'll Bite

What did you try to do a week and a half ago? Perhaps I was here and missed it. Anyway, fill me in.

Q

[maveric]

9. Me. Had a date today with a great Lady.

And it looks real good too.

[MoseyWalker]

10. What a good feeling that must be!

lucky lady!

:toast: :thumbsup:

[maveric]

12. I'm the lucky one here.

We seem to share many interests (except she likes sushi), we're the same age(50), she loves Rock n Roll, camping, beach activities and like me she's Sicilian-Irish. I wish that I'd me her 26 years ago!
Oh, and she's beautiful too!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

11. I am feeling at peace.

Even though I will be have to go into to work 2 hours early and I am a 10 hour a day schedule until further notice, I am alright.

[lildreamer316]

13. Me! Me! Me!!

Take a gander over to the Astrology, Spirituality & Alternative Healing Group and find out.

I watched a movie called "The Secret" about the Law of Attraction. I also re-read all of my Richard Bach books.
I have great faith that "this too shall pass"; and we are headed for great things; because despite all of the bad energy the other side is putting out; and despite all of our infighting; places like DU are comprised of ppl who are essentially hopeful; energetic and positive and who want to apply that to move us foreward. I am so very excited by our possibilites for change this fall and next year that I am jumping out of my skin!!

And btw; Al Gore is gonna run. And he's gonna win. And he's gonna kick ass. I can't WAIT to go to work for that!

[MoseyWalker]

18. I've stolen your "no trees" sig line

and I ain't gonna tell you where it is!

That's a great line!

[querelle]

14. I Feel Good

I've had a lot of turmoil in my life (see my previous threads) but I feel good these days. I'm really at peace (most of the time) with my past and presence. Life is good now. I'm still not ready to date, but if the right guy came along tonight.....who knows what would happen?

Q

[Ptah]

15. I have a feeling of contentment.

I am one with nature.

[femmocrat]

17. That is so cute!!! Awwww.....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. Well, my dear MoseyWalker........

I cannot say I have no fears about tomorrow......

And I do have some anxiety.........but no anger, none at all..........

I see my path quite clearly, but I am unsure as to how I will walk it.....

But I do see it and I know it will not be an easy one for me......

But still I will succeed in doing it.........

And that decision has left me feeling more peaceful than I have in a while.........

[MoseyWalker]

20. Your confidence will not follow you

it will travel beside you.

Peace

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. Ah, I thank you.....

You are helping me so much tonight!

:hug:

[Writer]

21. I seek peace, always.

And the only peace I believe exists, at the moment, is through death. For this reason, I do not fear death.

[MoseyWalker]

24. and I don't fear peace

so I don't fear death. Peace precedes death. We have the concept of peace, we believe in the concept of peace, and we strive for peace because we experience it - here, if not now. That makes it real enough for me.

Death, I hope, takes its time, but it has nothing to do with peace. No answers have come to me from beyond the grave (yet). We have questions, and there are answers for those who choose to look and listen in this life.

Everyone needs to find their own peace. Death is......who knows. Peace is attainable in this lifetime. It ain't easy, but then no one ever said it would be. Death is not an answer unless one is looking for either nothingness or the unknown. Why not take advantage of the conciousness that one has now, that allows one to seek peace, rather than rolling the dice on an unknown?

[Writer]

35. Someone very close to me betrayed me recently.

I have gone through this gamut so often over the last five to ten years that I can't fathom a peaceful existence anymore.

[MoseyWalker]

37. Of course, I don't know the hows or whats or whys

I was recently betrayed also, but after giving it some thought, decided that I had been betrayed at the beginning without knowing it. In part because of my "blinders" and in part because of the person who betrayed me.

I am still struggling with emotions regarding that, but have to stop.

Even if it seems I lose.

I have to stop struggling with those emotions and see what else there is in front of me.

I don't know if this makes sense, or has anything to do with your situation, but hope it helped just a little - If only to take your mind off it!

[Writer]

40. Well I appreciate that.

I hope your situation does get better. For me, my life always has improved post-betrayal.

Here... let me explain in this thread (as it's not as out there in the public) what has occured:

I was prepared this summer to start a book based on my Master's research with my thesis advisor. Over the year I prepared my thesis, he routinely told me that it should be a book. The day of my defense, which went very well, he pulled me aside afterward and said that he wanted to start on a book proposal right away. The summer came and we touched base again. Routinely, however, my attempts to contact him (by email) were rarely returned, and not until I sent a follow up email sometimes days to a week later. I became frustrated, but thought he was busy, so I tried to remain patient. Finally, I sent him some work, per his instruction, which once more was unanswered or attended to. I took my unpaid time to prepare that work. I finally wrote him a note, and as diplomatically as possible, asked if there was a way we could expedite communication. He became somewhat defensive and rude and lectured me on patience. It ended amicably, but I was angry about how he responded to me. I left it alone.

Until later that week I received another email from him. He wanted to meet on a Saturday, and not only that, he wanted to go on a short mountain hike with me. I am married and, over the years I've known him, have sensed feelings from him. I thought it was a bit inappropriate and, after two months of poor communication, rather overbearing. I said I could meet with him, but couldn't do a hike, and that my husband would be in town with me. He wrote back and completely cancelled the meeting citing a fairly lame excuse. He said he wanted to meet early the next week but didn't suggest a time to meet. I wrote him asking when, but he never wrote back. I refused to write him again. It's now almost two weeks since our last exchange and I have heard nothing from him. Now it's August. He said he wanted the entire proposal complete by early fall. I don't see that happening.

I don't know what's happening. I feel hurt, used, and betrayed. It's hard for me not to believe that he set up the entire book idea in order to take me to bed. I really don't know. I very much wish this person could have been a mentor and friend, but it looks like there is neither.

That's why it's hard for me to find peace now. I hope you don't mind my sharing all this.

[XemaSab]

28. I finished the T&E chapter (not to be confused with the T&A chapter)

And had an excellent dinner with a new friend. :toast:

[AutumnMist]

29. Right now I am ok

But there are things in the morning that I am going to have to rub my eyes and deal with when my feet hit the floor. Pick your battles...or it becomes all out war. And when you are war with almost everything? I don't think you could be at peace. So I just list mine and start from the first on the list. :)

[MoseyWalker]

30. what about rubbing your eyes, feet hit the floor

and you are at peace, though anticipating "something"?

That something is always, in the long view, sometimes in the short view, transient, and doesn't really matter.

I've got battles to fight also, but I will wait for them to come to me rather than concern myself about others actions. When those actions occur, I will respond.

It's my only way for remaining mentally and emotionally alive. I'm sure others have much better methods, but that's my way.

Peace

[AutumnMist]

33. My Post wasn't spoken in the

negative. You asked if I was at peace and I gave an answer fit for my own life. We all live it in different ways. But to say it doesn't matter? Well that goes from person to person and I think we all need to decide whats best for ourselves. I wasn't trying to classify any battles for you or how you handle them. Handle them how you want to. For me myself? Its day to day. When I wake up its wrangling a family and getting the things done that I need to do. Do I need to wage war on the rest of the house and all people? Nope. Just my own stuff on my list of things. Enjoy yourself and be at peace also. My point was we have to do what we need to do. How you stay alive....thats your path to walk.

[MoseyWalker]

34. I think that's what I was saying too

if you read it in a frame of mind.......

I wish you the best, and know it's hard.

peace

[AutumnMist]

36. Greet Yourself

with a smile. If you can do that? Not much else gets in the way. I knew what you were saying..we just have two different ways of making the same point I suppose. Thats the beauty of it. Have a good night.

[MoseyWalker]

38. thanks!

and you do the same

through tomorrow!

:)

[u4ic]

31. I don't know if I have peace

(about my situation), but I have hope. :-)

[MoseyWalker]

32. Hope with time

leads inevitably to peace.

When one wavers in their hopes, then any number of things can happen. If one doesn't, and remains fixed on the goals, then hope leads one to peace.

It happens every time, if one is unwavering.

[reformedrepub]

39. Im at work

I dont have time for peace.....:D

[MoseyWalker]

41. Sure you do

Peace can happen anywhere.

Close your eyes,

start to post something to DU,

then don't.

Take a deep breath. Enjoy the moment.

then.

post to DU.

It's all part of the same river that flows, you know