Good morning lovely friends,
nice to see you all! I am especially glad you are back, Diane! (I know you have posted another entry some days ago, and I had been thinking of you!) I am happy to see all of you of course, and I often think of you! Nice to read about bride-mother- and groom-aunt-dresses, new and old, about all our shared progresses and struggles, about being back at work and better physically, comfort in saying NO!!! That’s what I need very much, too! ???? to all of you!

Sorry to all who have been waiting for my comments about the Reiki treatment, that I have kept you waiting … It was a fantastic Reiki session and I didn’t have to leave my bed, as the lady did it from the “distance” (she lives not far from my house). I felt the effect immediately, and since I have been hoping to meet her again on my walks with Sunny, to ask her to repeat the energy boost ???? … But in vain, I haven’t seen her for the moment.

Anyway – I am doing my best to “work” with and for myself, because I feel I need healing, self compassion, and more!, much more playfulness (which I am not very familiar with, alas! I remember when I sat on a swing as an adult my mother shook her head).

I am noticing that too often, everything is a duty or a burden for me, so now I consciously try to ‘get in touch’ with situations, people, things to do and not do it mechanically! That seems to me the most important attitude to change right now.

I have many opportunities to do this, as my children have test which they need to study for, and I feel the duty to help them or ‘urge’ them to do that (that’s what I’ ve learned in my family, and also school system attributes that role to the parents). To see the kids not as ‘learning machines’ is a huge challenge … The most ‘interesting’ thing in this context is that my younger son is suffering with his English teacher, who presents himself as a very ‘cool’ person (he is hopefully retreating soon according to my son but seems much younger), and who in addition is a so-called ‘trust teacher’ who is supposed to help the pupils with their conflicts or problems, but creates an awful atmosphere in class and pulls the pupils to pieces (hope that is the right translation). Anyway, you get the idea …

Get out of this system mentally is not easy but life saving! And the same is true for my health problems …

Yesterday, in a book I bought recently, I read of the idea that one of the methods to change our difficulties is to NEGATE them, NOT ACCEPT them! In some way, it seems like the contrary of always being ‘good’ and ‘accepting’, but maybe it is only my understanding. Catherine Ponder – the author – of course also suggests many other strategies, as forgiveness, affirmations, blessing, etc. But the first one is negation! Interesting, that! Maybe in some situations that what we call an “inhibition to bite” is not appropriate (free translation from German, hope it is understandable). It seems to me that the allegory comes from dogs … funny coincidence when I think of Sunny!

Btw the best thing for me is to go out with her and do my healing affirmations … This is VERY helpful for me!

Ok, sorry that it’sa bit long …

Blessings on your way, blessings in your day! ☀????????

Good evening dear everybody,
and special thanks to Manda, Nancy, THenry and niels for your latest posts … I am unable to answer each of your comments individually.

Just let me say that I appreciate all your thoughts, blessings, prayers and sharing your experiences you wrote down for me. Thank you! Yesterday has been a hard day for me, but it was Martha’s Day and it seems my prayers were heard, although I was so full of doubt(s) …

A pilgrimage friend of mine came and, after suggesting to walk Sunny together (I suffered so much pain that first I doubted if ot would be possible for me to have a walk in the woods), I agreed and was astonished that my pain wasn’t there any more and my energy quite good. My friend also suggested to make some simple exercises in the woids, connecting us to the Universe, ancestors, fullness, ourselves …

My face looked much better afterwards, and my friend then put her hands on my body for almost an hour. As she touched my legs and feet, it felt wonderful and could have continued for hours … It was heaven!! (although this wasn’t where I had felt the pain).

I think something begab to flow thanks to her hands … Something to be so grateful for! I can hardly believe this miraculous change! The fear that it might come back is there, but I make an effort to trust my body and God! And the comeback of full health, which requires first of all to be gentle with myself & my family! And to set clear limits as soon as I feel that something is too much for my body or soul!

I am grateful for a magic winter wonder land after snowfall for two days, it seems Christmas should be now rather than two months ago! And they promise more snow and very very low temperatures from Sunday on … We will see! I don’t like the cold, but walking Sunny in the snow is wonderful, and she enjoys it so much! And I can return to a warm home and cup of tea afterwards!

So: Many many reasons to be grateful! Thank you again for your support, dear grateful(ness) companions!

Blessings ????✨????

Thank you so much, Diane! I just read your entry above and said to me, what a blessing that Diane shared her hygge practice which helped everybody, not only herself. … And now you write exactly the same thing to me! I have to da that I am a beginner in doing this ????.

So happy that your husband is caring for you, and thank you for your grateful descriptions of his caring for you! It really DOES sound cozy!

Also grateful that you found the ‘Twice Told Tales’ shop open when the library was closed! And that you are sound and safe despite the lioness weather ????!

Thank you for your hugs and virtual ☀ ???? ????

This Is especially for you:

Dear Anna,
excellent idea!! Yesterday I burnt some herbs for energy clearing in my room that I love very much – all natural plants -, and suddenly the idea of wishing to go to a sauna came to mind … Because the scents of hot wood are similar, I think!

(I can only do this when I am alone, my husband doesn’t like it at all, alas!)

Well, no I will soon go to bed because as I wrote to you (did you read my below post about my exciting adventures today?), I will receive a Reiki treatment in less than an hour! This will hopefully contribute to everyone getting to bed early, as need some quiet in the house, and anyway my children are tired, too, and my husband tells me he has to rest in order to stay healthy, as he feels exhausted and cold …

So I wish us all a restful evening!
Baci, cara! ????

Oh Anna, you are fabulous! Thank you?

You know what? For the moment, save the energy for yourself because today, when I walked the dog with my friend Anna again, we did some healing exercises again, and then we met a woman whose name I don’t know with her dog Aida …
Sunny and Aida love playing together. Suddenly, I talked with Aida’s ‘mum’ (my friend Anna was behind) and we started talking about ‘Om’, Reiki (my friend Anna has also started a Reiki course recently), and the woman told me about her daughter who fell ill (guess with what!) after her father’s death many years ago, as well as her friend and dog at the same time … She started a Reiki course, inspired by her daughter, and since that time she is successfully doing Reiki treatments, directly and from a distance, for family and friends.

When her dog Aida hurt my knee when running, she promised me a Reiki treatment tonight before sleeping! ???? And my friend Anna would have done it also, but when she heard it she told me that it was ok because anyway she wanted to care for her nephew who has got a health problem at the moment, too.

So I will have a treatment anyway today! I am so happy! From a woman whose name I don’t know with a dog calked Aida!!

Funny thing is, this morning, when I brought my son to school by car and wanted to do some shopping for breakfast with my friend Anna, a totally unknown woman asked me to take her to the train station with her luggage (there was no taxi available, we live outside the big town and she just didn’t have an answer by phoning). Well, I was a little suspicious (she hardly spoke German, but English), but in the end I took her to a train station 20 minutes away because otherwise she woukd have missed various trains … It was complicated. She told me she had studied translation (like me!) in England and was originally from Persia, she is doing a part-time teaching at an international school, and worked also with refugees …

She thanked me so much, told me I should come to her house in about three weeks time, as we couldn’t exchange phone numbers or email because of little time …

So many strange encounters today!! My friend Anna said to me: You have done a good deed this morning, and now you are offered a Reiki treatment!

Isn’t that wonderful?????????☀????

See you soon again, have a blessed day!!

And when I need it, I will be grateful for your treatment, too! ???? ✨

Carissima Anna,
I have no idea why you apologize to me and say such things about your post …

But I am sorry I forgot to mention you!!! I didn’t do that intentionally, maybe I had read it before the others and forgotten about answering to you, because I had posted some individual answers …

I feel you gave me support through your post, dear Anna! Don’t worry … You always have warm words for me!

And you gave me some thoughts worth considering – after all, our situations are similar in some ways! I smiled a bit when you said you were heretic, because this we probably have in common as well!

Thank you for your virtual hugs and your very real support, Anna (did I tell you that my pilgrimage friend has the same name?? But she is not from Italy, but Polish ????)!!
I appreciate it very much! And I thank you for your posts when I know you are often busy in your work and at home!

Bellissima giornata a te, have a good day! Un abbraccio ????❤????

Thank you so much, dear Aine! As someone said you DO have a way with words and HUMOUR, and your comparisons don’ t fail to make me smile ????!!

Actually, your explanation is excellent and I agree! Love the idea of living in the ‘shaky’ (?) tender place (why shaky?), see you there!!

And at the same time I would love to live in a secure and safe place where I can be sure of my health! (but probably it is the same place actually)!!!!!

Thank you for the excellent idea, I will go and have a cup of linden tea right now!