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Doug Thompson's avatar

Uggg Brian I'm having one of those days here too. I'm hitting brick walls over something that was so simple a couple of years ago gggrrr last ditch attempt tomorrow before I give up and have to splash the cash ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ I hope your spirit returns overnight! Cheers DougT ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

Clint Collide's avatar

Sorry thereโ€™s a disturbance in your force too, boo. May the winds of time blow and make things right again. If thereโ€™s anything I can do to help, please reach out. Either way, sending you hugs and good cheer! ๐ŸŒˆโœŒ๏ธ

Doug Thompson's avatar

It's ok Brian, it's a dental issue and because I use an anticoagulant medications my dental practice passes certain care onto a specialist dental clinic. Unfortunately the process of referring to the specialist dental practice has vastly changed and I didn't know it was so fuken difficult this year. I'll get around it by hook and crook. ๐Ÿ˜ Cheers DougT

Clarke Fountain's avatar

Turning dreck into treasure, you are. And your musical choices are so brilliant! Some days, I have to go entirely transcendental. Other days, I forget everything I ever learned about living well, and just suffer inelegantly. Breathe in, breathe out. Repeat. Full attention on just being there. Repeat. Oh, if only I remembered to do that! As I told a good friend who has too many issues all the time, sometimes you have to reason from the effect to the cause. You can't start out by imagining causes. Stay cool!

Clint Collide's avatar

Thanks, Clarke. I try to find some gold in the goop. Edibles work better for me than meditationโ€ฆthere we are then, right? ๐Ÿคช

Nothing against meditation though. Itโ€™s definitely in my toolkit too. โ€œWhite light in. Dark smoke out.โ€

I appreciate you, dear. ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ˜˜

Michael Horvich's avatar

Clint,

I giggled when you said, "She preferred to let me figure things out the hard way. But that's a whole 'nother story." My mind converted that to "But that's a whole 'mother story." Mothers are amazing people , for beter or worse, a unique group.

https://youtu.be/8Tls-55Q5Bo

I know those days when the world seems to suck and my life seems to succk and I would like to crawl into my mother's lap and cry (or scream) and my mom has been gone for 16 years now as has any other family member that might piss me off with being nice or judgemental.

One of the things I enjoy about your posts is that you start off with a complaint or description of a lack, etc. and then you end up with all the lessons you have learned, the changes you have or know you need to make, and the sun usually comes out and shines on you! You deserve the sunshine!

Fondly, Michael

Clint Collide's avatar

Thank you, Michael. My mother was a whole โ€˜mother story! Sorry yours is gone too. Mine passed in 2020โ€ฆhard to believe itโ€™s been over five years now. We werenโ€™t exactly on the same page, but I am trying to find the silver linings with our relationship, much like I do with my bad days. We can always choose to look for the good. I do my best to follow Dolly Partonโ€™s lead:

โ€œWhen I meet someone, I look at their eyes and their smile and seek out the good first - it's easy to find when you're looking for it. You let a person shine with their own light and try to connect it to yours. As soon as I say hello, I go right to that light and I don't care who you are! I know we're all pieces of the same thing - I go for that common light because I know it's in all of us.โ€

Dolly Parton

Michael Horvich's avatar

Dolly is a phenomen. Thanks for sharing her quote. Fondly, Michael

Clint Collide's avatar

Youโ€™re welcome, Michael. Sheโ€™s a treasure that one.