Dear Tee:

I only read a small part of the message that you addressed to me, but I would like to do so in my own thread, so not to take away/ distract from the topic of this thread. I would very much appreciate (!) if you answer me there, but I respect your choice either way.

🤍🌿 Anita

Dear Going Through Life:

You absolutely have the right to choose what you will discuss and what you will not discuss 🙂

Working on your dreams, body and career, going to workshops, activities and increasing your friend circle- all sound good to me.

I am fine, thank you for asking, taking one day at a time, hoping to be as calm as this Saturday morning is so far, trees moving mildly to the gentle wind (I am surrounded by lots of trees and can see and hear them through big windows).

🌳 🍂 🌲 🍁 🍃 🌿 Anita

Dear Nichole:

How are you? I feel quite calm this Sat morning.. although my body is rarely calm because of there Tourette’s tics, mainly in my shoulders. Calm is in-between the tics.

My mental health is way, way better than it used to be. The improvement motivates me to continue to heal. Better mental health means a different experience of life.

Please tell me what you are thinking/ feeling today..?

🤍🌿 Anita

Dear me:

“I mean I did tell her I was just playing with her and knew we wont see each other ever again but she said nooooo and that there are ways we can see each other still and even if I don’t see her where she is she will come to me and if she was rich things would be easy… Still unclear if she likes me or not”-

Me, it’s right above, in this quote: clearly she liked you when she said the above. Also clear that you pushed her away (telling her that you were just playing with her, that you’ll never see each other again)

You then wrote: “I mean I already did tell her I liked her, and it was in for 30 hrs but it was not a ‘read’ message”- did you send her this message after you told her that you were only playing with her.. what did you actually say to her in that message?

🤍🌿 Anita

I don’t know, me. I wish you and her had a direct line of honest, straightforward communication..

Dear James:

I just noticed your recent post.

“Body is not independent. İf there is no water, no air, sun, gravity etc.. It can’t live.”- the body is indeed dependent.

“So actually, everything works all together with perfect harmony.”- I wish everything and everyone was working in perfect harmony. That would be a dream come true!

.. But such a dream would be an attachment to self (“any striving… belief on escaping belongs to attachment to self.”)?

🤍🌿 Anita

Hi Peter

“There’s method to the madness when the wisdom traditions warn us not to judge. The truth is, we’re really not that great at it.”- maybe wisdom traditions would be wiser recommend less judging rather than no judging at all..?

I mean, what I read comes across as Thou Shall Not Judge!

The hyena in me cannot not judge for long, can yours? 🙂

Less judging, judging when it’s helpful to judge makes biological, psychological sense, doesn’t it?

“Living from the heart doesn’t mean escaping life, it means embracing it with open hands. It’s where we notice our judgments and soften them. Where we remain engaged, but no longer entangled. It’s the beginning of the return to presence. And just maybe the seed James planted takes root.”-

-Notice and Soften judgments in Most contexts. It’s about nuance. Nuance is something I am getting better at understanding.

🤍🌿 Anita

Edit: Tee will get angry that (I) missed this term…. Just tell Tee that (I) agree with her on this point