This is Day 10 of the 21-Day Journaling Challenge held in Nov 2011. The challenge is now over but you can do the tasks in your own time. Visit the overview page for all the challenge tasks.
Hi everyone – Welcome to Day 10 of 21DJC! :)Yesterday’s question was: “What Drives You?“. There were so many wonderful responses by all of you. Some of you are driven by growth. Some of you are driven by the desire to make a difference. Some of you are driven by money. Some of you are driven by need for security. Some of you are driven by death – from the death of those around you to knowing you’ll die one day. Some of you are driven by the love for life. Some of you are driven by connection. Some of you are driven by the ability to serve the world.Reading Personal Excellence, you should already know what I’m driven by. I’m driven by the desire to grow and help others grow. This is my life purpose; this is my reason for being. This is why I started Personal Excellence to begin with – to serve others and help them grow. It is my wish that we will be united as one world one day, when all of us achieve our highest consciousness.There was an interesting point made by reader J, who shared a Tony Robbins theory that people are driven by pain and pleasure. While it is a valid observation, a more meaningful way to classify our motivators IMO would be (a) love-based drivers or (b) fear-based drivers.Love-based drivers refer to motivations that are rooted from a higher place, above and beyond our physical self. Examples include desire to help others in need, to make the world a better place, to seek betterment, to make a difference, to empower others, and so on. These drivers can be characterized by the way they “pull” us forward in life. People motivated by love-based drivers act out of natural desire; they do not need to be triggered, reminded, or made to act. They do it on their own accord.Fear-based drivers refer to motivations that are rooted from ego and the physical identity; they are very much centered on who we are and preservation of self. Examples include desire to prove one’s worth, to acquire material wealth as status symbols to others, to achieve a certain “place” in the society to make his/her mark, to leave a legacy before one dies, fear of death, to put others down, to get ahead in life, to prevent pain in life, and so on. These drivers are usually characterized by how they “push” us to take action. People motivated by fear-based drivers act because they have to do it; it’s driven by urgency. They often suffer from procrastination, lack of discipline, laziness, etc in some areas of their life.So what determines our drivers of motivation? It’s linked to our consciousness level. People in fear-based consciousness are primarily motivated by fear-based factors, while people in love-based consciousness are primarily motivated by love-based factors. Since most of us are somewhere in between, we experience a mix of both drivers, with a predominant bias to one category.Ultimately, those who have reached the highest consciousness level i.e. Enlightenment will be motivated solely by love and light. That’s the level when fear and pain will no longer play any role in our life. Reader Bob puts it very well with this example: “… my thoughts are that in a higher conscious state we will not be affected by fear/pain although this might happen to us ie. the death of a loved one”. That’s because it’s at this consciousness level where we are understand events that normally trigger fear-based emotions at a transcendental level compared to those who vibrate at other levels.With that said, let’s now move to today’s question!
Hi everyone – Welcome to Day 10 of 21DJC! :)Yesterday’s question was: “What Drives You?“. There were so many wonderful responses by all of you. Some of you are driven by growth. Some of you are driven by the desire to make a difference. Some of you are driven by money. Some of you are driven by need for security. Some of you are driven by death – from the death of those around you to knowing you’ll die one day. Some of you are driven by the love for life. Some of you are driven by connection. Some of you are driven by the ability to serve the world.Reading Personal Excellence, you should already know what I’m driven by. I’m driven by the desire to grow and help others grow. This is my life purpose; this is my reason for being. This is why I started Personal Excellence to begin with – to serve others and help them grow. It is my wish that we will be united as one world one day, when all of us achieve our highest consciousness.There was an interesting point made by reader J, who shared a Tony Robbins theory that people are driven by pain and pleasure. While it is a valid observation, a more meaningful way to classify our motivators IMO would be (a) love-based drivers or (b) fear-based drivers.Love-based drivers refer to motivations that are rooted from a higher place, above and beyond our physical self. Examples include desire to help others in need, to make the world a better place, to seek betterment, to make a difference, to empower others, and so on. These drivers can be characterized by the way they “pull” us forward in life. People motivated by love-based drivers act out of natural desire; they do not need to be triggered, reminded, or made to act. They do it on their own accord.Fear-based drivers refer to motivations that are rooted from ego and the physical identity; they are very much centered on who we are and preservation of self. Examples include desire to prove one’s worth, to acquire material wealth as status symbols to others, to achieve a certain “place” in the society to make his/her mark, to leave a legacy before one dies, fear of death, to put others down, to get ahead in life, to prevent pain in life, and so on. These drivers are usually characterized by how they “push” us to take action. People motivated by fear-based drivers act because they have to do it; it’s driven by urgency. They often suffer from procrastination, lack of discipline, laziness, etc in some areas of their life.So what determines our drivers of motivation? It’s linked to our consciousness level. People in fear-based consciousness are primarily motivated by fear-based factors, while people in love-based consciousness are primarily motivated by love-based factors. Since most of us are somewhere in between, we experience a mix of both drivers, with a predominant bias to one category.Ultimately, those who have reached the highest consciousness level i.e. Enlightenment will be motivated solely by love and light. That’s the level when fear and pain will no longer play any role in our life. Reader Bob puts it very well with this example: “… my thoughts are that in a higher conscious state we will not be affected by fear/pain although this might happen to us ie. the death of a loved one”. That’s because it’s at this consciousness level where we are understand events that normally trigger fear-based emotions at a transcendental level compared to those who vibrate at other levels.With that said, let’s now move to today’s question!21DJC Day 10
For today’s question, I’d like you to think about this:Who Do You Enjoy Spending Time With?
Your Task Today:
- Reflect and answer today’s question. There’s no word limit – whether minimum or maximum. Write as few or as many words as you want. It’s all up to what you want to express!
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I love to spend time with those who realize they are spiritual beings having human experiences. Those who are self-aware, and are mindful of living with low impact on the earth. Those who enjoy the art of conversation, and who enjoy listening and well as speaking. I enjoy those who enjoy The Arts, both visual and performing, and who enjoy literature, talking about stories, films, etc. I enjoy being with those who love and enjoy Mother Nature, and appreciate the Feast She has to offer…being in Nature, sharing good, honest, food, and have an interest in and pursue a healthy lifestyle.
I love being with those who I share a history with, chatting about the old days, keeping fond memories alive. I love being with loving people, and those who enjoy being with me, or are inspired by my stories. I also enjoy being with those who learn and discover things about themselves when we are together. I enjoy being with those who inspire me as well, and I learn and grow being with them.
I love being with people who are creative, and we can share our creativity, our creative pursuits, and brainstorm when we are together. I love connecting with people who have similar goals and interests, and we can share our ideas, solutions, and enthusiams.
I love friendships that are a two-way street, where regardless of what has brought us together for whatever reason, we are both happy and grateful to be together, and better off as a result of having spent time together.
Bett
oh boy!
I can’t really narrow it down to just one person so I’ll say I enjoy spending time with anyone who has one of those contagious smiles. You know, the ones where you just can’t help but smile back and ask, “What is it? What is making you smile so much”. They just seem to have a beaming light projecting from their core spreading to every soul near by warming and touching the world around them. And they usually are full of Loving thoughts, funny remarks, and energy to play. Theses are definitely the people that I am gravitated towards because everyone could use a smile and a good laugh:) I also enjoy spending time with people who don’t have any worries on their mind and are free of the confines of the “BOX”. And I don’t even have to always agree with them because I cant help but appreciate their courage and “freeness” to be themselves and to push the boundaries of what we either think of as possible or think of as normal and accepted. It’s these people who open my mind:)
I love spending time with my brother. He recently moved so I don’t get to spend as much time with him as I used to. He makes me laugh and we always have a good time. We didn’t get to spend our childhood together because he is my half brother and he lived with his dad and I lived with my mom. He did come to live with us when he entered high school but I was almost done with high school by then because I am 3 1/2 yrs older than him. He is the only person that I talk to on a regular basis, even if it is to just say hello. I am hoping to visit him soon and maybe I will see him for the holidays.
Life made me realized the kind of people I like spending time with. Being recently able to say no to some situations and people’s overdoing my conscious raised and I realized that I like honest people, some who are not criticizing, people able to listen and letting space in the conversation, humble people, open-minded.
This sums up who I like spending time with as it may be my friends, some family members, colleagues. I decided that I have the choice to see who I want to see and this makes me free and more proactive in life.
Well, I spend almost all of my time with my fiance, and I love it! We have such fun together, laughing about something silly, or talking for hours. Since he drives a big truck, we sometimes have marathon conversations about something deep, keeping him awake through the night. We’ve talked non-stop from Denver, CO to Twin Falls, ID, from Indianapolis to Atlanta, from Nashville, TN to Elizabeth, NJ. Or, it’s easy for us to be quiet together too. We’re both a bit introverted, so living in such close quarters could be a challenge if we weren’t willing to give each other a bit of space.
I also love spending time with nieces and nephews. I have twelve of them, aged 5 months to 14 years. I don’t get to see them as much as I’d like, so every visit is a huge treat. Even when they’re small, they don’t seem to forget me. I especially enjoy the ages between where they’ve learned to talk and are going to school. They are so inquisitive and say such funny things. I can’t wait for the holidays.
I really enjoy spending time with my parents as well. We had some rough times over the past ten years (a lot of tension around my marriage), but we’ve talked it over, worked through it, and are now closer than ever. I also love talking to my in-laws (my late husband’s parents). I’ve become so close to them that they seem like another set of parents to me. A few weeks ago, I took my fiance to meet them and we had such a wonderful visit. They are so open, honest and loving.
I don’t see my friends nearly enough these days, but any time I get with them is a real treat. Since I’m always on the road, it usually comes in 2-3 hour bits, but it’s lovely while it lasts.
Wow, I feel really fortunate to have so many wonderful people in my life!
I find that the greatest joy is in the presence of God and in sacred Oneness with the Universe.
My family – husband and 3 children. I enjoy out-of-town trips with them, visit places and exchange thoughts and dreams…away from the hustle bustle of everyday life. These trips are memorable moments for me… . Lately however, because of our work schedules, it’s my eldest daughter whom I get to be with more often that the rest.
Who Do you Enjoy Spending Time With?
The person I enjoy spending my time with this most would be my boyfriend. He is one of the few people in my life that has as many various interests as I do – from Technology, Taekwondo, Swing Dancing to clubbing in the Goth scene. Also, he and I are similarly introverted and enjoy each others’ company while I read a good book and he plays a video game.
I also enjoy spending time with my close friends. I enjoy the conversations we have, whether it be introspective or philosophical, or about the latest movie that was out.
Categories of people
This is a conventional ordering which I also follow. Starting with the most important:
1. Family
2. Friends
3. Teachers, Mentors and other important people
4. Acquaintances
5. Others
Ode to Facebook
Facebook is not a substitute for direct contact, but that is how I am in touch with most of my friends. An excellent way to say hello.
How we keep in touch
I need to be very vocal with friends but quite the opposite applies when I am with my family. I like being with my parents the best. We don’t talk much and we have fought before (which is quite normal), but nothing takes the place of family. I just wanted to note that I use this as an excuse to stay away from all my acquaintances.
I love facebook as an easy way to stay in touch! Since I’m on the road all the time, it’s how I let everyone know where I am, and I can stay caught up on niece and nephew antics on video. :-) While you’re right that it’s no substitute for direct contact, it’s definitely better than none at all, or really sporadic emails and phone calls.
I enjoy spending time with my friend Gsyd. He has a great sense of humor and a huge thirst for learning constantly. he always has great stories to share and insights to the world.
I enjoy spending time with my best friend. She is the closest to a sister that I have. We have been together since diapers because ironically enough my aunt was married to her uncle. Also my cousin was married to her aunt. So we had a lot of family time spent together also. She is the one person that knows most every character flaw I have and every wonderful trait that I have and accepts me for just who I am. As I also do her. We are alike in some ways but very much different too. I think that’s why we mesh well together. I’m more loud, outspoken, from my inner self down to the clothes I wear and make-up. She is more down to earth and has beliefs she stands by 100%, where I have to question everything, even religions. I would be lost without her.
We both enjoy doing activities as a group. So I spend a lot of time with her 20 year old daughter, that is expecting her first baby in December. We do a lot of family activities with her daughter, son, and husband along with my two daughters and boyfriend. I love the feeling of having these family ties. I am her daughter’s god-mother. Our bond runs deep and is strong. We have had ups and downs as in any relationship but after 35 years of growing together and growing apart, we both know we have each others back no matter what life throws at us. Other than my children, I love her more than anyone else in the entire world.
I’m glad I saw the updates before answering, because only until I read them that I wondered about the mutual traits in the people I enjoy spending time with.
First off though, it seems possible to enjoy spending time with anyone even if they are just strangers. Usually it’s for a limited amount of time & not very profound.
Personally, I’d have to say that the people I enjoy spending time with (the most) are my parents, relatives (especially cousins) & a few close friends.
The traits that attract me to them are quite general like their generosity, funniness, thoughtfulness & many other precious traits.
Today’s question also makes me wonder if they enjoy spending time with me.
I don’t have many friends anymore. Mostly, because I changed the way I approach life. Although, my change in thinking has been terrific for me, the change has been difficult for friends to accept. Not that there is anything wrong with them but, their approach to life is a bit restrictive for me.
I would like to find new friends. But, I am not quite sure where to look. Since I still for my dreams I have had for years, I seem a bit usual to some. Most people give up their dreams as they get older. People let life rob them of the dreams. One’s life does change with marriage, divorce, loss of parents, eldercare, children, houses, and the economy.
I started thinking about doing volunteer work as a way to meet new people. I have done volumes of volunteer work over the year, finding a volunteer project that I am excited about, has been trying. But, I am at least thinking about how I might start the process up again, and that is encouraging.
I will classify this question in several categories. These are family, social,spiritual and educational categories.
Under family, i enjoy spending time with my wife because she completes me. As a matter of fact she is my best friend and the only person i can confide in with almost everything however embarassing the situation may be. When i am around my wife,life seems to be at a stand still and everything else has to wait. There so many things i can talk about her and i believe this might even take forever if i start.
Then follows my children who mean a world to me. Being around them is both fun and learning experience. There are so much i get to learn from them because for them almost everything is total honest and ‘impossible’ is not the term that means a lot to them. For them everything can be done. Then comes my mother as my father is no longer alive,my sisters and brothers and so on.
Socially, i enjoy company of most of my friends since my close friend passed on. these are people that i spend time with playing games and all sorts of social activities and i just can not select one on top of the other because i enjoy them all and i believe they do enjoy their time with me too.
Spiritually, they are few people that i go to whenever i have a situation that requires guidance and i am not going to mention their names, as i believe they know themselves. Lastly but not least, on the educational side of it, people that are involved in personal growth take my time as i spend more time with them. This is mostly not phyisical, as most of the time i am in there materials like books, or webpages reading their stuff to better my self.
But the person that i enjoy spending most of my time, surely has to be and is my dear wife Nisha.
I like to spend time with people that appreciate me for who I am and I know I could spend a comfortable-fun time with. I treasure all of my family and friends, as well as my pet dog. I enjoy spending time the most with my 2 closest friends, my family, my dog, new people and with online friends(personal excellence blog). There is also myself but there are times myself is boring so I spend it with my loved ones. I love every aspect in my life in incomparable ways. :dance:
I’m not a social animal, I often prefer to stay at home alone, I’d always choose a great book instead of some party. However, I have this fear of loneliness. Pretty weird, considering I’m truly myself only when I’m alone.
I’m great at chasing people out of my life. And they’re great at disappearing. So the only person who stood by me since… the beginning is my mother. And she’s the one I enjoy spending my time with. She’s so full of life and so naughty that sometimes it feels like she’s the kid and I’m the mother. She’s always telling me she doesn’t want to leave me alone after she’s gone. Hopefully I won’t have to think about this for many many years from now.
The only person who made me get out of my shell was my ex. I would have crossed the world for him. And my best friend, who lives in Finland and we talk online every chance we get.
Apart from them, I tend to be surrounded by inteligent people, with a minimum sense of humor. I have very high standards when it comes to letting people in my life, that’s why most of them never make it to a second date or conversation.
But I know it’s a bad attitude. I’m not very friendly either, so why having all these expectations and demands on others?
I enjoy spending time with people who have a zest for life, are intelligent, insightful, creative and open minded.
I strive to display these characteristics.
These questions are wonderful, challenging and thought provoking!!
Of course i love to spend time with myself but i actually like more to be around other people and to help them grow.
First of all i love to spend time with my partner, because love and laughter and joy we experience when we are together drives me to be and do more for myself and for others. I absolutely enjoy helping my partner grow and become a better version of herself. Thinking together, reading,..etc brings out great inspiration out of me.
I love to spend time with my friends and with people who i have just met especially if i help them discover something new about themselves in short time we spend together. I enjoy spending time with people who are opened for positive energy and suggestions and who love to learn end share their experiences.
And of course i love to spend time with my mother and my family when they are in a good mood and when i can help them if they aren’t. I love family festivities where we can all enjoy each others company and positive energy with food, vine and music.
There are also inspiring people who just inspire with their genuine smile and wise and kind words and i also enjoy spending time with them…and many more kind and honest people.
I most enjoy spending time with children. They’re so innocent, curious, inquisitive, adventurous, enthusiastic, energetic and loving too. They inspire me–brighten my day–make me smile and bring nice loving thoughts and feelings to my heart and mind. One of the best things about children is that they’re non judgmental. They accept people just as they are; tall, short, fat, skinny, ugly, handsome, it doesn’t matter to them. I like that about my puppy dog too. I’m a lot like that too. Those are some of my highest personal values.
I like spending time with my friends and family. sometimes my brother can be annoying but still we have lots of good times watching old episodes of simpsons or stuff off netflix. we end up saying lines to each other and just laugh about it like an inside joke or talk about how something was like this one time and such. my friends i really enjoy being with. i usually have several groups of friends that i see off site and at college and a lot of them are really encouraging to step out and be a better person. it feels like a real support group with them and i like spending time talking about video games and anime with my other friends too. some of the people there im not too fond of when they get prissy but they’re still good people and i enjoy their company. i don’t know what it would be like if i didn’t have them to be around. i know that if i didn’t i wouldn’t be willing to sing video game songs like Eyes on Me in front of a crowd on Open Mic nights. They’re really supportive and great people. My dad is a real role model for me and every time we talk i always learn something insightful or he helps me see things differently. i don’t really know how he came to be like that especially since we have some real drama at home now but its still nice knowing he is reliable and easy to talk and learn from ;)
With my boyfriend most of all. One of the reasons for it is that we have a lots of similar interests and we both like to try out different things. There are more reasons for it, but quite lot of details and personal things.
Then I like spending time with part of my colleagues, the ones, who are deeply interested in the work they do and strive to make it as good as possible. And the ones, who are organized and motivated.
Also with a close friend time to time, because of her intelligence and joy of life.
With animals – different kind of (although they are not really “people”) because from the moment one forms a friendship with them, nothing can really tear it apart.
I enjoy spending time with my friends, especially lately more than ever, because I don’t have a romantic relationship, which would otherwise occupy most of my time. There is a very special friend though, his name is Adi, and he is probably my favourite person in the world. We can talk about everything, and it feels absolutely natural to discuss both our spiritual growth and sexual fantasies over the course of one meal. It was he who got me to explore myself, he can both provide care and encouragement, but also challenge me. And it goes both ways, with me doing my bit of helping, talking, challenging. He is truly an inspiration. And he has the most wonderful children, too, and I have to say I envy them to have a father like that! :)
Finally an easy one!!
I enjoy spending time with my other half, Jeff. We don’t always do anything specific with each other, most times we are both working on a project in the same room. We don’t necessarily even talk alot when we hang out like that but it is comfortable and calming to share the space and not have needs and requirements of the other person. I love to spend time with him just talking as well, we have so much in common and so much that is completely the opposite so we always have something to learn from one another. Or a new perspective to gain from the other.
I enjoy spending time with my friends/family…they are written that way not because I include both but because they are both. My list of friends are my family and my family are my friends! I don’t like having to entertain those around me or be entertaining and the hostess…my friends are self-sufficient and resilient and don’t cry if I don’t call. We can not spend time together for 2 months and when we get together it’s always still as comfortable as yesterday. I love spending time with my sisters all of them blood and acquired and being silly and laughing and sharing stupid things we’ve done (there are always many). We seem to regress to a previous youthful state where making noise for no reason and picking on each other and finishing each others sentences seems to all come back like we’d still been doing it for years.
I love spending time with myself. I have always been very dependant of my “alone” time and having enough space and I don’t like crowds or crowded rooms. I like setting my own time table for my day or for my rest. I like reading and working on projects and watching movies. I like peace and quiet and I’m not a huge talker and sharer and I don’t put any pressure on me to be anything but myself :)
It would be the hubby. I am so amazing happily married to such a wonderful conversationalist, someone who gets me to think differently, a tinker, an explorer, a thinker. But that’s only been a recent addition to my life and I cherish every day I have been married to him, now at 1863 days or about 5 years and 1 month. We also got married in our late 30s, which called for some interesting times, but ever so glad we did. Outside of the hubby, I enjoy spending time with my friend Kati, which I miss dearly since I had to move away for work, just three months ago. Now we talk on the phone, but would rather spend time in person. Kati is a classy lady, intelligent, thoughtful, great conversationalist, and always out to better herself. I draw from those qualities so much, they energize me. Just like interaction with the hubby energies me. Deep down, I enjoy spending time with people who enthuse positive energy and creativity. Sadly, I do not meet that many people like that. I tend to find a lot of people harping on their sadness and problems, and not denying there are troubles in life, I know there are, it can be draining. But these people, my friends, my co-workers, my family, need someone to talk to, and I am known as a listener. I listen a lot now without the intent of response and that helps them, I think, I hope. But after such encounters I need to find someone to refill my energy reserves again. I am grateful I have my hubby to come home to each day, since I did not have that for most of my life. But I do now, and it’s helped amazingly with my balance. Life is certainly never dull with him, which is important for me.
There are many I enjoy spending time with therefore I find it impossible to choose only one because each person I spend time with adds something to my life. They give me something that is necessary to move me through my day and toward my future, while allowing me to do the same for them. I spend the most time with my husband, and I enjoy that time because it brings us closer together.
:( Wow! Another fantastic question! This is an issue I am very well aware of…there really is no one in my life a enjoy spending time with :( There once were many, but all of my favorite people passed on in recent years at young ages. :( I loved spending time with my ex when we were together, but he was only pretending to be someone he wasn’t. I still enjoy spending time with my son, but he is a teenager and doesn’t always enjoy spending time with his Mom as he once did. I have very little in common with what remains of my friends which makes it difficult. I have absolutely no one to do things with anymore unless one of my friends decides to join me just because they are my friend, even though they greatly dislike what I want to do. Which makes it unpleasant for both of us. No one I know will travel more than 10 mins for anything. No one I know will go to the beach for the day or go hiking, or go into the city, or ice skating, or skiing, or take a class, or join a gym, or create something fun, or share a writing project, or even participate in a writing project, or start a business with me, go to a show, even rent a movie to watch…they want to do things like go shopping, play minigolf, have me over for dinner, swim in their pools, watch television, and that is about it. This has been something which has bothered me for many months now. I miss my friends. I am very tired of doing very cool things by myself. I am blowing off going into the city to sit in on the taping of a network show tonight because I am just tired of doing things alone.
If you want to meet someone who loves to do what you do – Continue to do what you love to do despite you have to do it alone for now — and it will happen!
I once said to my husband if anything ever happened to you and I had to meet someone who loves to do what I love to do I will end up meeting some guy in the woods writing in a journal.
We were hiking together one day and we met a guy with an easel, he was painting the pond setting he was looking at. We were about 2.5 hours in the woods.
My husband laughed when we both saw him – My husband said , ” Look, your future hubby”… We chuckled…..
Just keep doing what you love to do — You sound to full of life to sit back and wait for someone to join you…
Warm Smiles
T
21DJC Day 10 – Who Do You Enjoy Spending Time With?
I enjoy spending time with my husband. We share a lot of common interest and I consider that to be a gift. We are married 32 years; we were together 3 years before we married. To continue enjoying one another’s company the way that we do is most certainly a blessing.
We have a summer place that we both absolutely love to go to. We take Quad rides there in the summer; we do a lot of landscaping work there together. We make time to enjoy great barbecues. There is seldom an evening goes by, weather permitting, that we do not have an outside fire. We sit back with a casual drink, we chat about everything, the moon that evening, the sunset earlier, the day in itself, future plans, past memories, hopes and dreams in play, finances, children, grand-children, friends, work and the list just continues.
When I am at the cabin I enjoy sitting and spending time with my Memories. I have memories of two very special Puppies there, C.J and Hope. Those were hard losses, non-pet owners may think this crazy but be that as it may, I enjoy sitting in my park like area that I have created and just running thru the memories in my mind.
I love spending time with my 100 pound Chocolate Lab. She is such a big sook! She cuddles like another boby at times. ( That’s not always a good thing at 3am as she does not share the blankets well! ) She loves to play, to run. We play ball in the back yard. She loves the quad with me! She is a beautiful puppy and has added much joy to my life. She is very loved! She loves her daily walks down the trail, she treats the ducks with such respect it is hard to believe! She is a very well behaved puppy if I do say so myself!
We share a passion for a game called geocaching. We need 18 finds to place rank within the top 500 players of the game in Canada and we are 1st in rank for the game for our province! The stats mean nothing, oddly enough. They are just points but we personally enjoy seeing the stats go up. The game takes us to coastal trails in our province we would have never seen in the absence of the game. We have played the games as extremist and we have played the game mildly and calmly. We love both ways, it depends on the day! We love the most that it drags us outdoors, out of the house, the cabin. It keeps us moving and that we both love! Lots of cook ups in the great outdoors!!!
We both love to read so there are times when we just sit with one another in the same room, he reads and I read but there’s a nice warm sense to his presence and for it I am thankful. We don’t watch a great deal of TV but what we do watch we both enjoy the same type of shows so we can sit back and enjoy a good program every now and then.
We have a lot of friends and we enjoy and the couple time with them! Bonfires, Halloween parties, cabin week ends, ring play, horse shoes and just a sit around fire, it’s all good too.
I also enjoy immensely the time we get to spend with our grandchildren. I love making memories with them and it’s a precious part of my life. My grandchildren make me melt, the smile just goes right thru to my soul, it’s a beautiful feeling indeed. We have four grandchildren, the most recent our first grandson so my husband is very proud that his name will carry on. We just came back from his christening as they live in another province. It was a blessing to be in a position to travel there for such an occasion. Two of our grand children live in this province and we love the week ends at the cabin with Nana & Grandpy! Sleep overs are the best!!! Surprise visits are priceless; sharing anything with them is like gold dust to me… We have adorable grandchildren indeed!!!
We have nieces and nephews that are like our own grandchildren, the love and bond we share with them is amazing and I cherish it! When we go visit and they run with open arms and those great big eyes and say “ Aunt Terrye “, that tells me my life is blessed!
I have poker pals of many years! We meet once a month to play poker. It’s not an extreme game, it controlled, it’s about the social, the laugh, the food, the news that comes from “What’s New” before poker starts. We have been together for 20 +++ years now. We did a 10 year celebration and we all went to Vegas together. It was sooooooooooooooooooo much fun. We are now planning our 20th year celebration – I love those ladies. We have walked thru births and deaths, marriages and divorces, new jobs and firings. We do an Annual trip and the memories that we create every year could create a journal that should never be published! Tooo much fun…
I enjoy the time with my Racquetball buddies. I love the work out, I love the game. I love the laughter before, during and after the game. The Annual get together with them is just another example the beautiful people I surround myself with.
I love my one on one friendships, those friends that watch the Opera with me because despite all the things I share with my husband Opera is not one of them I love the old movies of Thelma and Louise because we laugh at how much trouble we have been in together at times! I love that I can sit, one on one with a glass of wine, I can speak of all my hurts, disappointments, joys and pains and each friend, each for a different reason can find a way inside my soul that helps me realize I am human when I hurt and when something disappoints me, it’s okay to be scared, it’s okay to be angry, it’s okay to just be me…
I love my Ramoli Group, My gym buddies, my Facebook pals, my on line poker pals even though they are just icons on a page, there are nights when it is just way to much fun to just chat and play. They all have a time and a place in my life and I like it!
I love it when we visit my brother and from out of town, his smile has a welcome to it that quiets my soul. My brother in law has a similar smile, his hug towers over me; he feels like a protector, his presence in my life holds great meaning to me. My bother in law and his wife from out of town, they are caring, warm, and funny. We just love the visits to them…
I am – We are: Incredibly Blessed. I can’t name everyone that touches my soul in a day but I have come to recognize greatly that the people in my life are the source of the positive energy that carries my soul on a daily basis. I do not see them all daily but they are a part of me, of who I am, of who I want to be – Always —-
If the only prayer you ever said in your life was “Thank-You, it would be enough. To all of the people who carry me, who love me in spite of myself….
“THANK-YOU “…
I enjoy spending time with my friends. Or rather, I enjoy it when I’m going out and having fun with my friends. I also enjoy sharing my inner feelings with my friends (only with my true friends, of course).
I enjoy spending time with my family, whether it’s going out for dinner, going out shopping, or just having a conversation. Although I think that I should show more appreciation when my parents take me out…
Most of all, I enjoy spending time with myself, caught up in the activities that I love doing. Enough said, I’m going to work on my singing :lol:
Currently I enjoy spending time with a friend I’ve gotten to know over the past few months. Although I don’t see her often, well maybe once a week, I do talk to her almost everyday. She is a genuine person and my spirit feels at ease around her. That is how I usually gauge whether I can spend long periods of time around someone, based on how I feel when its just us one on one. So this time it is her. Next time it may be someone else who has the same kind of energy. Someone positive with a quirky sense of humor, like my own.
My family and friends and people who are passionate and knowledgeable and able to share that.
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