Comments on: Without The Rain There Woud Be No Hope http://www.ellenliving.com/2007/05/20/without-the-rain-there-woud-be-no-hope/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:13:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: mdnsnyhisb http://www.ellenliving.com/2007/05/20/without-the-rain-there-woud-be-no-hope/#comment-110 mdnsnyhisb Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:38:48 +0000 http://www.ellenliving.com/2007/05/20/without-the-rain-there-woud-be-no-hope/#comment-110 Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! heocuojqgftgvw Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! heocuojqgftgvw

]]> By: Jean Browman http://www.ellenliving.com/2007/05/20/without-the-rain-there-woud-be-no-hope/#comment-55 Jean Browman Sat, 26 May 2007 06:05:00 +0000 http://www.ellenliving.com/2007/05/20/without-the-rain-there-woud-be-no-hope/#comment-55 Intellectually I don't necessarily believe in a bright future, but my heart is always an optimist, excited about what might be around the next corner. So instead of hope I try to foster courage, so I don't have to worry about the potential grim stuff and can just enjoy the possibilities. Does that make sense to you? Intellectually I don’t necessarily believe in a bright future, but my heart is always an optimist, excited about what might be around the next corner. So instead of hope I try to foster courage, so I don’t have to worry about the potential grim stuff and can just enjoy the possibilities.

Does that make sense to you?

]]> By: ellen http://www.ellenliving.com/2007/05/20/without-the-rain-there-woud-be-no-hope/#comment-54 ellen Thu, 24 May 2007 12:33:18 +0000 http://www.ellenliving.com/2007/05/20/without-the-rain-there-woud-be-no-hope/#comment-54 Gratitude for me is found in the very moment that I am living. It sounds like that is the same for you. I still need hope in my life though but it is something in the future. I have to be flexible though because what I envision for the future many times is different to what happens. If I box myself in I will be disappointed. If I open myself to the possibilities then who knows what great things can happen! Gratitude for me is found in the very moment that I am living. It sounds like that is the same for you. I still need hope in my life though but it is something in the future. I have to be flexible though because what I envision for the future many times is different to what happens. If I box myself in I will be disappointed. If I open myself to the possibilities then who knows what great things can happen!

]]> By: Jean Browman http://www.ellenliving.com/2007/05/20/without-the-rain-there-woud-be-no-hope/#comment-46 Jean Browman Wed, 23 May 2007 04:18:54 +0000 http://www.ellenliving.com/2007/05/20/without-the-rain-there-woud-be-no-hope/#comment-46 Being of an age where I have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel, I don't rely on the future very much. On the other hand, I'm doing work that's meaningful to me, whether or not anyone else ever values it. I really enjoy challenges, and what I'm doing right now is just about the right level for me, so I'm grateful. Yep, for me it's gratitude, not hope. Being of an age where I have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel, I don’t rely on the future very much. On the other hand, I’m doing work that’s meaningful to me, whether or not anyone else ever values it.

I really enjoy challenges, and what I’m doing right now is just about the right level for me, so I’m grateful. Yep, for me it’s gratitude, not hope.

]]> By: ellen http://www.ellenliving.com/2007/05/20/without-the-rain-there-woud-be-no-hope/#comment-44 ellen Sun, 20 May 2007 23:16:24 +0000 http://www.ellenliving.com/2007/05/20/without-the-rain-there-woud-be-no-hope/#comment-44 Thanks for stopping by Tammy. I live in Massachusetts so it's the same storm we both have been experiencing. Lately I've been listening to Mika and Lily Allen to get me moving. They are young, british pop singers and their music reminds me of the 70s -- my youth. Lily Allen's lyrics are pretty explicit, just a warning. Sounds like she has been in some bad relationships! I made myself some tea today and sat down and did the work I needed to do. Now I'm just playing a bit before the Sopranos come on. Then my day is done and it wasn't too bad. And, tomorrow is another day :) Thanks for stopping by Tammy. I live in Massachusetts so it’s the same storm we both have been experiencing.

Lately I’ve been listening to Mika and Lily Allen to get me moving. They are young, british pop singers and their music reminds me of the 70s — my youth. Lily Allen’s lyrics are pretty explicit, just a warning. Sounds like she has been in some bad relationships!

I made myself some tea today and sat down and did the work I needed to do. Now I’m just playing a bit before the Sopranos come on. Then my day is done and it wasn’t too bad. And, tomorrow is another day :)

]]> By: Tammy http://www.ellenliving.com/2007/05/20/without-the-rain-there-woud-be-no-hope/#comment-43 Tammy Sun, 20 May 2007 22:32:28 +0000 http://www.ellenliving.com/2007/05/20/without-the-rain-there-woud-be-no-hope/#comment-43 Not sure where you live but it's grey, gloomy, chilly here in Maine and I'm fighting the same mood. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia back in '96 and I absolutely know what the weather is like when I wake up in the morning... before I even see it is over cast or pouring out. It is only through willing myself to do what I must to shake the gloom - playing music that propels me to move around the house or taking a shower with wonderful smelly stuff that perks me up. Thinking, remembering when I was a kid - running in the fields and pulling all of my senses into the memory is my favorite way to bring hope to the surface. If nothing seems to work, I always remember what Scarlet O'Hara said "Tomorrow is another day..." because it's true. :-) Now, I must get over to Liz's <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/" rel="nofollow">blog</a> - it's been too long. Tammy Not sure where you live but it’s grey, gloomy, chilly here in Maine and I’m fighting the same mood. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia back in ‘96 and I absolutely know what the weather is like when I wake up in the morning… before I even see it is over cast or pouring out.

It is only through willing myself to do what I must to shake the gloom - playing music that propels me to move around the house or taking a shower with wonderful smelly stuff that perks me up.

Thinking, remembering when I was a kid - running in the fields and pulling all of my senses into the memory is my favorite way to bring hope to the surface.

If nothing seems to work, I always remember what Scarlet O’Hara said “Tomorrow is another day…” because it’s true. :-)

Now, I must get over to Liz’s blog - it’s been too long.

Tammy

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