Okay, whatever comes to mind.. Naturally:

My exchange with members will be changing: no longer the directive, corrective, analytical essays. If I submit a LONG post, it will be in one of my threads (like this one), not in another member’s thread. This is a big change for me.

Sincerely, I am embarrassed by my years long, LONG posts to members. That ship 🚢 has sailed ⛵️

So, here, in my thread, it can be as long as I want it to be because I am sharing about me, my stuff (not analyzing your stuff).

I was born in Israel, only THIRTEEN years after it was declared (UN) as a country. It was supposed to be a refuge place for the survivors of Hitler’s Destroy-the-Jews campaign/ holocaust of 1939-45.

Fast forward, the current war with the Iranian 🇮🇷- regime who for 47 years (since 1979) aimed at the destruction of Israel 🇮🇱 (their words: “Death to Israel”)- bothers the hell out of me. I mean, the only way to satisfy the Iranian regime is the destruction of the country where I was born, the murder of millions.

Why? Iran is what.. 70 times the size of Israel, Why not let Israel live in peace?

Oh, it’s the Muslim Shia thing- wanting EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE- to be Muslim. That and nothing less or else.

I am worried 😟 No doubt in my mind the Iranian regime is evil. Will it win 🏆? Will it’s threats: ” Death to Israel”, a country so much smaller than theirs come true?

I am beside myself, really. Just worried.

😟🇮🇱⛵️🌙✨️ Anita

Dear Alessa:

Funny, I am using my phone and wvery time I type your name, a glass of beer emoji shows up and I never stopped to figure out why. I now understand why: Ale 🍺 here it is.

I am typing this message on a Sat afternoon 4:54 pm at this moment, Bogart slightly snoring, curled up against me on the lounge chair we’re sharing.

When I read “We have some similar values”, I felt nice, flattered.

One of the advantages of my laptop 💻 breaking is that I no longer quote members on a regular basis because I can’t select and copy on the phone. But even if I could, I don’t want to.

I think that quoting sometimes (like above) is okay, but not religiously, so to speak, like I used to.

Like I expressed to Peter in his thread, I am quite.. bamboozled by the.. what’s the word, inappropriate replies I sent too often: directive, corrective, overly analytical, overly lengthy, like essays no one asked for.

So, the 💻 breaking was part of this realization.. can’t and won’t write long, long analytical essays on the phone or on the computer.

So, it helped me be more of a conversationalist.

So, being on the 📱 I scroll up, read a part of your message, scroll down and respond:

I wish you didn’t suffer from bug after bug 😪 and hope for your full recovery 🙏

Yes, I am interested in simple techniques to recover from a PTSD episode. Thank you for offering 🫴

And thank you for sharing your research on early-life autonomy.

My sister was luckier than me in that she did attend kindergarten and preschool, so she had the opportunity to learn and develop some autonomy skills. I didn’t. My mother was a major autonomy killer in every way you listed. Every single one.

Congrats 👏 for having the cooker fixed!

I did Google images of the tattoo you’re considering: colorful and delightful 😊

Yes, I feel fine about talking about autonomy, thank you for asking. Autonomy is a huge item when it comes to mental health. When I walk Bogart (sometimes he takes me on a walk 🐕 🚶‍♀️), I see to it that he ofyrn gets to stop and smell when he wants to, choose his pace.

But sometimes I lose patience. I can only imagine how much patience and endurance it takes to be a good mother of a baby and s toddler.

Yes, I too appreciate “small talk”- way preferable to the analytical, long essays I used to send members 😳

(55 minutes since I started this post 😊 )

🤍 🤍 🤍 Anita