thank you

 Good morning my friends

Gratitude list

All of you. I keep reading your kind words, and it just makes me smile. 

Friends sending unexpected gifts

A bagel and cream cheese

Good music

Good news

Questions

 Appointment today. My mind is a little occupied so let’s play a game

Dream destinations:  The European continent holds the places I hold dear

Favorite food:  I love a good slice of pizza or Chinese. Gelato for dessert

Favorite item of clothing: Jeans

Favorite books:  Photography of travel’s hidden gems

Favorite place to shop:  local boutiques or thrift shops

Your turn?

Thank you friends

 Having a little dance party tonight. Letting it all go. Letting my body move and groove is doing some wonders for my psyche. Reality is still reality. But, ever so slowly I’m learning to rest. Rest is not giving up. It’s pausing the noise. Just for a little bit. I’ve been on autopilot for awhile. And I need a careful disembarkation. I’m leaning into this joy initiative. If I wait for all I want to happen to be happy, I’ll be waiting a while. And, folks, to not embrace goodness however it comes, is not smart for me. So I will sing off key, read books over and over again, and dance in the darkness. Party for one right here. 

I’m learning to enjoy my own company. Took me long enough.  That’s a story for another day. When you think you don’t want to learn another darn thing is exactly when you learn something new. I’m glad God never gets tired of the same prayers I pray. I think He needs a reminder. Cough cough. If you’re older than me and chuckling, I get it. I really do. These young whippersnappers have so much they don’t know. And, I’m painfully aware of that. Very aware. I can’t believe I’m admitting a lot of this. Yet to heal, truth must be told. If the adage is true, that the truth truly sets you free. It’s when you realize, you need to be free more than being stuck in your own brain. 

So I feel like I’ve been writing the same posts in some familiar iteration for years, but apparently you humor my redundancy. And for that, I don’t know whether to thank you or just be grateful that you love me enough to humor me.  So thank you. 

Hugs. 

Regine

Thoughts

 I’m realizing I have to manufacture joy these days. It’s almost why I walk daily. Sure it’s for physical health, but I’d be lying if I didn’t admit it’s for my mental health. I didn’t feel like it this morning, then I just got up and did it. Did it make me feel better. Yes. It forced me to be in the present. It’s not a place I’m not accustomed to being. Trying to speed up life to see if the dreams happen. Trying to speed up the answers. Trying to speed up everything because your life is living in the waiting or so it seems. 

So as I walked up and back the gravel driveway multiple times, I just let the natural world become my oyster forcing my eyes and ears elsewhere. Did my sneakers get dirty? Did I sweat profusely?  Yes. With every step I enjoyed listening to music, watching animals meander. With every step, I was reminded that I can’t rush the process. It seems I must learn the same lesson daily. As soon many of you who are older than me tell me I still have time, I’m just impatient. Maybe I lack trust. My body is getting better, you’d think my brain would be grateful. I’m grateful, I’m just trying to make up for the two years that were lost in decline and sadness. 

I’m finally accepting reality that my body needs constant maintenance and upkeep. That appears in many forms. I’m having to trust what I don’t understand. And what I don’t understand multiplies days.  So this was an honest reflection. It doesn’t paint me as an ideal human being, but that’s okay. I’m just a girl emptying her thoughts in the universe. If it helps, great. If not, it helped me. I no longer have it rolling around in my mind. 

Happy Sunday friend. 

Regine

Rain

 Thank you Lord

Those beautiful

Water droplets

Hit the concrete

And that aromatic scent

Was heaven sent

fun facts

 Things about me

Trying to curb my shopaholic ways. So hard, but doable. 

Love sweets but curbing that or finding healthier options 

Rereading old favorites weekly. 

Enjoying my daily walks. So good for my health in every way. 

Always looking for new blogs. Miss the old days of blogging. 

Questions

 What is making you smile?

What is on your heart?

What is in your cart?

What are your weekend plans?

What are you reading?

My cute dogs

Too much

Protein bars and books

Rest. Body seems to demand it

A book about tennis courts. Oddly interesting

Your turn