Good morning, and greetings to all of you. Every morning, I am happy to see your posts here, having a delicious cup of coffee while reading and writing. I am grateful to live another day today and to be there, able to see, taste, smell, listen, feel and ponder. So much love in all of what is there. You people nourishing in so many ways; the daily food which is available in abundance; my beloved coffee cultivated and harvested by so many people living on the other side of the globe ; water, shelter from the cold; of which my heart sends out all may become available for all in need.
Today will be a long day concerning working hours and I will encounter many people, and each of them with a grateful heart and mind for being here with me. Have a good day all out there.

Greetings to everyone her from my side, too. Nancy, don´t worry, the community is keeping contact, even if it might not be daily with everyone.
Grateful for your being here all together. Thank you Ursula for mentioning the shift I made to more openness, although I sometimes get caught in old patterns as well and fall back into old habits of withdrawal or victimizing myself. Your posts here and finding back to gratefulness help a lot to find my way again out of this, when I then realize much quicker that this is of no help for anyone.
Manda, we will miss you and Jack here, hoping you will be able to show up on and off. All the best for you. Your grateful posts have always been inspiring to me. Have a great time of recovery and joy in the peace- and health-giving atmosphere while being among the beloved Ponderosas, and be well and happy wherever you are. Hope we will hear from you occasionally.
Last week, I was so happy being able to have some days off, it was a beautiful area where my friend and I could walk through deep snow (that´s where I took the foto) recovering from a very stressful time. So grateful for this abundance of beauty to share with you.

When I could not at all behave like a good friend would have done, as it happened recently, being a better friend is essential, if at all this still is an option in the other one, and may be related friends as well.

This is how I would hope to become a better friend to my friends:
Letting my friends know not only that I feel deeply sorry for having caused such pain or may be even more difficult situations, but to reassure the other to really do all efforts necessary to change and to overcome the problem inside myself, through first trying to understand as good as possible why this could happen and then really leaving it behind and let it go, so that this won´t happen again.

Through this leaving old habits of mind there could be open space for new things to come, with the opportunity to sharing deeper communion, joyful moments and working together, if it is still welcome to share and be friends, may be possibly even on a deeper level of understanding after a crisis. This of course, is something not in my hands, but I am offering all my heart. I humbly leave it to the other if it is accepted to go on as friends.
The timely word for the day could not describe it better. I throw my dreams and all connected into the universe and let it fly, gratefully accepting whatever it is meant to be.

Through this question, I am gratefully reminded that during childhood, I was sitting in a huge red beech often, its branches providing a safe place, its soft rustling speaking to me, the tall tree gently allowing me to have a wide view around. I loved to be there, feeling it´s strong arms which were holding me safe.
Inspired by today´s question, I was especially with the trees around, a very old yew tree and a lot of beautiful pines here in the mountains. One of them I carefully touched, and it was as if the pine would reply to me, that it reliably takes care of the ground and provides the essential air which we breathe.
I feel deeply humble and grateful for their being with us.

After a beautiful sunrise, while walking in the snow this morning, the sun changed the white into sparkling little crystals all over. So beautiful. I am so grateful to be able to enjoy being in nature here, having taken a week off, and even sharing this relaxing time together with a dear friend. It is a gift that this is possible, which I treasure a lot.
While we had a guided tour yesterday, we were told that each snowflake possibly is different from the other in shape of its form, each one unique, like every expression of God´s creation. Such an amazing world.

Accompanying you today with my mind and heart, Cintia. Please know you are not alone in whatever you have to face. Greetings to each of you out there, dear friends.