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Compliance is not Acceptance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing:

the last of human freedoms -

to choose one's attitude in any given set of

circumstances, to choose one's own way.

- Viktor E. Frankl

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Wow, some powerful stuff there, Ins.  I love all your quotes, I find myself sitting staring into space in deep contemplation after reading them!    How true are the ones on "Trying to Help Someone".  I have a very wise friend who mentioned to me many years ago, in that regard, "Everyone has to go through their own process".  So, so true.

 

It's been very quiet here recently.  Is everyone hibernating?  Very, very cold in my part of the world, frigidly cold in fact.  Come on, Flute, let's have a snowball fight.  You in, Ins?  Snowy?  Lap?  Who else?

 

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Please keep up the Awsome quotes as they sure help me get thru rough days! Iwill do my best to add some myself when i get it all figured out! Your all Saint`s and i hope you know how much all this is apreciated !~ CD

 

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Please keep up the Awsome quotes as they sure help me get thru rough days! Iwill do my best to add some myself when i get it all figured out! Your all Saint`s and i hope you know how much all this is apreciated !~ CD

 

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It's been very quiet here recently.  Is everyone hibernating?  Very, very cold in my part of the world, frigidly cold in fact.  Come on, Flute, let's have a snowball fight.  You in, Ins?  Snowy?  Lap?  Who else?

HEY A, NOW THAT'S THE TICKET   YOU KNEW JUST WHAT TO SAY TO DRAW ME OUT

I'M IN   YOU IN INS, LAPIE, CD, BLUE, PD, SNOWY, LILY, DUCKIE,

HOLY HECKTIRATION....LET THE SNOWBALL FIGHT BEGIN 

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BUT REALLY...THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT 

OWWWWW, SON OF A NUTKRACKER  :laugh: OMGosh

 

I LOVE IT...NOW IF I COULD JUST MAKE A BUNCH OF "SNOW ANGELS" THAT FAST 

 

HAPPY FRIDAY,

FLUTER

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HECK A, I'VE BEEN SO GROUCHY LATELY...I'VE PULLED MYSELF DOWN...LOL

 

 

 

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LOL...I'M THE ONE WITH THE BIG TEEF'S 

TRUE STORY: MY COUSIN AND I WERE BOTH ACCEPTED INTO THE O.T. PROGRAM TOGETHER, AND ON OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (COLLEGE) WE WERE WALKING ACROSS THE CAMPUS.  HER WITH ALL HER NEW "COLLEGE" ATTIRE BACK PACK, BOOKS, PURSE AND HER NICE CUP OF STARBUCKS COFFEE IN ON HAND AND HER PHONE IN THE OTHER....WE WERE WALKING AND TALKING (NERVOUS AS ALL GET OUT) AND THAN SHE "TOE PICKED" ON A CRACK IN THE SIDEWALK AND TRIPED AND FELL AND WENT TO THE GROUND AND LOW AND BEHOLD DIDN'T DROP A THING. SHE LANDED ON KNEES AND ELBOWS. NOW THAT'S HOW YA TAKE A DIVE WHEN YOUR IN COLLEGE.  WE BOTH BUSTED OUT LAUGHING.  HER/MY WORST FEAR CAME TRUE...FALLING IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. SHE JUMPED UP AND WE KEPT ON MOVING.....SHE RIPPED THE KNEE OUT OF HER JEANS AND GOT A BOO BOO ON HER KNEE AND ELBOW, BUT DIDN'T SPILL ONE DROP OF THAT COFFEE.  AWW, THE MEMORIES. NOW EVERYTIME WERE WALKING "I" ALWAY TELL HER CRACK...SHE IN NOTORIOUS FOR TOE PICKING....IT JUST MAKES ME LAUGH

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P.S. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED STORY TIME

 

 

 

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Compliance is not Acceptance

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On trying to help someone who refuses help:

 

Stop trying to make them live as you think they should…

How others live is not for us to control, but to learn from.

~ Crystal Sverdsten

 

Let go.

They have to help themselves and accept responsibility.

~Viengxay Jimenez

 

Their path is not yours to blaze, and who’s to say they’re not exactly where they need to be at this very moment?

~Fiona Berger Maione

 

Focus on your own well being (boundaries) so that you can provide stable support when they ask for help.

Allow them their process no matter how difficult it is to watch. It is neither our right nor responsibility to manipulate their journey.

~Robyn Williams

 

People have to come to where they need to be to get their lessons.

You can’t help someone who is not willing. But you can love them through it. Send light and love and hold them in your heart space. I had to hit my own bottom and dead end to turn around and climb back up…when I was ready and willing.

~Karen Blake

INS,

WOW, ALL OF THESE RING SO TRUE...

WITH BOTH OF US SHARING THE COMMONALITY OF CAREGIVING....

THESE QUOTES PERTAIN TO ME AS WELL AS MY PARENT'S....

THIS JOURNEY IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE WHERE ALL ARE CONCERNED.

SETTING BOUNDARIES HAS BEEN A "HUGE" AREA FOR ME...AS MY MOTHER KNOW'S NO BOUNDARIES. SO, I HAVE HAD TO SET SOME FOR MYSELF, AND RIGHT ABOUT NOW MY WORDS ARE BEGINNING TO FAIL ME.  SO, LET ME JUST LEAVE WITH THIS. 

THEY ARE ALL EXCELLENT QUOTES, AND I CAN CERTAINLY RELATE.

HUGS TO YOU INS,

FLUTER

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Wow, some powerful stuff there, Ins.  I love all your quotes, I find myself sitting staring into space in deep contemplation after reading them!    How true are the ones on "Trying to Help Someone".  I have a very wise friend who mentioned to me many years ago, in that regard, "Everyone has to go through their own process".  So, so true.

 

It's been very quiet here recently.  Is everyone hibernating?  Very, very cold in my part of the world, frigidly cold in fact.  Come on, Flute, let's have a snowball fight.  You in, Ins?  Snowy?  Lap?  Who else?

 

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ABCD,

Ah, so wonderful to hear from you.

It's interesting about the 'trying to help someone' quotes ~

A fine line between helping and hindering, and there are tremendous

lessons in this for me.

Sending love to you and wishing you a beautiful weekend.

Stay warm, my friend.

Love, Ins

 

 

 

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Butterfly,

Thank you for joining us.

Wishing you a peaceful weekend.

Love, Ins

 

 

Please keep up the Awsome quotes as they sure help me get thru rough days! Iwill do my best to add some myself when i get it all figured out! Your all Saint`s and i hope you know how much all this is apreciated !~ CD

 

 

CD,

So good to hear from you.

Your encouragement is much appreciated, and I hope

you find some peace this weekend.

Love, Ins

 

INS,

WOW, ALL OF THESE RING SO TRUE...

WITH BOTH OF US SHARING THE COMMONALITY OF CAREGIVING....

THESE QUOTES PERTAIN TO ME AS WELL AS MY PARENT'S....

THIS JOURNEY IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE WHERE ALL ARE CONCERNED.

SETTING BOUNDARIES HAS BEEN A "HUGE" AREA FOR ME...AS MY MOTHER KNOW'S NO BOUNDARIES. SO, I HAVE HAD TO SET SOME FOR MYSELF, AND RIGHT ABOUT NOW MY WORDS ARE BEGINNING TO FAIL ME.  SO, LET ME JUST LEAVE WITH THIS. 

THEY ARE ALL EXCELLENT QUOTES, AND I CAN CERTAINLY RELATE.

HUGS TO YOU INS,

FLUTER

 

Fluter,

We seem to be learning a lot about ourselves during

this process.

As I read through and thought about those points, I

realized the futility of many of my well-intentioned actions.

Sending hugs and wishing you relaxation.

Love, Ins

 

PS.  Thank you, for story time.   

 

 

 

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On and on the rain will say

How fragile you are

How fragile you are

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Sometimes I wish I could walk around with a HANDLE WITH CARE sign stuck to my forehead.

- Elizabeth Wurtzel

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Sometimes I wish I could walk around with a HANDLE WITH CARE sign stuck to my forehead.

- Elizabeth Wurtzel

AMEN

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THIS IS SO CUTE AND SWEET.

MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER SET IT AS HER RING TONE...

 

 

FRIENDS FUREVER

"Oo De LALLY"

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THIS IS SO CUTE AND SWEET.

MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER SET IT AS HER RING TONE...

 

 

FRIENDS FUREVER

"Oo De LALLY"

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Awww~  So Precious!

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HOPING EVERYONE WILL SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT...AND, WAKE FEELING HEALTHY ARE HAPPY

LOVE FULTER

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HOPING EVERYONE WILL SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT...AND, WAKE FEELING HEALTHY ARE HAPPY

LOVE FULTER

 

Fluter,

So precious!

Sweet dreams to you, my friend.

Love, Ins

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Guilt is to the spirit as pain is to the body

If people can't deal with their problems,

they numb themselves a little bit.

- Kevin Nealon

 

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Guilt is to the spirit as pain is to the body

If people can't deal with their problems,

they numb themselves a little bit.

- Kevin Nealon

 

Thanks for the great Quote INS. Thanks for sharing this! And yes with our spirits full of guilt and pain our Souls will not be strong and without a stong Soul what do we really have ? ~ CD

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GOOD MORNING FRIENDIES,

 

WISHING YOU ALL MUCH HAPPINESS ON THIS DAY OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.

 

MAY IT BE FILLED WITH LOVE, LAUGHTER, HUGS, PURPOSE, GENTELNESS, SMILES, HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND KINDNESS!

 

FROM MY HEART TO YOURS....

 

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY....FB 

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Emily:  Does anyone ever

realize life while they live it...every, every minute?

 

Stage Manager:  No.

Saints and poets maybe...they do some.

- Thornton Wilder, Our Town

 

I wanted you to see what real

courage is, instead of getting the idea

that courage is a man

with a gun in his hand.

It's when you know you're licked

before you begin, but you

begin anyway and see it through

no matter what.

- Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

 

 

Before him he saw two roads,

both equally straight; but he did see two;

and that terrified him--he who had never

in his life known anything but one straight

line.  And, bitter anguish, these two

roads were contradictory.

- Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

 

 

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To contribute to the Phrases portion of this thread,

here is an idiomatic recap of the week:

 

 

 

Pillar to post

Endless errands, appointments, emergencies

 

See red & Talk turkey

Oh, yes.    Emergency Rooms tend to bring this out.

 

Can't see the forest for the trees

Where is my mind?

 

Call the tune

I do this only for myself, regardless of how much I think someone could benefit from my 'help'

 

Down in the dumps

Self-explanatory

 

Murphy's Law

Two home repairs in a week?  But, of course.

 

Pay through the nose

Happens when those home repairmen show up

 

On tenterhooks

Nervous apprehension, anyone?

 

Forty winks

Sorely in need of

 

 

Sitting Pretty:

I hope all of you are in this position

 

Love,

Ins

 

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To contribute to the Phrases portion of this thread,

here is an idiomatic recap of the week:

 

 

 

Pillar to post

Endless errands, appointments, emergencies

 

See red & Talk turkey

Oh, yes.    Emergency Rooms tend to bring this out.

 

Can't see the forest for the trees

Where is my mind?

 

Call the tune

I do this only for myself, regardless of how much I think someone could benefit from my 'help'

 

Down in the dumps

Self-explanatory

 

Murphy's Law

Two home repairs in a week?  But, of course.

 

Pay through the nose

Happens when those home repairmen show up

 

On tenterhooks

Nervous apprehension, anyone?

 

Forty winks

Sorely in need of

 

 

Sitting Pretty:

I hope all of you are in this position

 

Love,

Ins

 

CUT TO THE CHASE...HMMM.

I THINK THIS CAN GO ALONG WITH BRUTAL HONESTY...DON'T YOU?

AND FYI, INSOM MY SWEET FRIEND....I LIKE YOUR STYLE

MY FRIEND YOU HAVE BEEN DEALT A RAW DEAL AND YOUR WEEK HAS BEEN HELL; HOWEVER, YOU PICKED YOURSELF UP...EVEN WHEN YOU DIDN'T THINK YOU COULD, AND YOU PROPELLED YOURSELF FORWARD!

NOW, THAT TAKES STRENGTH, AND I ALREADY KNOW YOU HAVE COURAGE AND BRAVERY! AND WE ALL NEED TO BE SITTING PRETTY...EVEN IF FOR JUST A WHILE

WISHING YOU A PEACEFUL NIGHT, AND SENDING YOU LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP

FLUTER