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September 22nd, 2010 Facebook is advertised as “the way to stay in touch”. I have come to realize that Facebook is one giant blog written daily by my 130 friends. A lot of us, me included, like to live our lives on stage and Facebook has provided us the perfect means.
This is not a bad thing, because at times our own little worlds can be very lonely places. We all need to be validated, complimented, needed, heard, loved, and hugged (even the proverbial virtual hug feels good). Facebook is the only place where washing your kitchen floor is equivalent to a Caribbean cruise. It lifts your mood just to be able to tell people about it and both are worthy of a thumbs up. Now you might think a thumbs up is a small thing. Not so. When I get a thumbs up, I say “Cool” and, for the rest of the day, maybe walk a little taller.
It works as a mood booster the other way around, too. You’ve heard it said that if you smile at someone you just might brighten their day, and in return you feel good for encouraging someone else along the tough road of life. Thumbs up are virtual smiles and they only take a second – just like a real smile in line at the checkout counter. I feel if some of my 130 friends took time to venture out on stage and show us all a bit of their life, then sometimes, a quick thumbs up is in order.
I hope, as a result of reading this, today you’ll give out a thumbs up to one of your Facebook friends and both of you will walk a bit taller and lighter as a result.
(only one caution – if you decide to make a lot of your friends happier today – turn off your email and text alerts)
And so, my friends, I leave the virtual stage as another day goes by, and, once again…..I have WRITTEN!
September 21st, 2010 
For the last year I have been stretching and growing my spiritual side by dabbling in the Taoist teachings because they made so much sense. I would wear a charm around my neck representing the area I want to work on to use as a touchstone and when I mastered it, I hang it on a goddess tree where I can see it daily. Mastering it means wearing the charm until the behavior becomes a natural part of my thinking. Over the last year I've grown and stretched in many areas.
I was working along, happy in my spiritual quests, until I decided to work on Gain. I knew this was going be my toughest yet. The Taoists teach that money in and money out are to be viewed the same – with a sort of flat-lined feeling. Neither one is good or bad. Well, sorry, money out HURTS and money in makes me damn happy! In any event, while trying hard to get grip on where every dime goes (something I have to do cause every time I go look for money, it isn't where I left it last) I keep a piece of paper on my counter and write down what I buy each day. My goal is to rack up alot of days with "nothing" written next to it.
So how's this going, one might ask? Well let's just say I bought the charm last winter, wore it for about 6 months, took it off and put on the bathroom sink, looked at it alot, and last week went and bought a new charm -JOY. Now here's something I can handle!
Funny, I get no joy seeing GAIN sitting beside my toothbrush, and what was worse, now I had to write down I bought JOY.
The joy in today is in the fact that yet another day goes by and…..ta ..da..I have WRITTEN something!
September 20th, 2010 Writing hides for me in the people I know. Sometimes I have sooo much to tell them that my fingers cannot type fast enough before going on to the next sentence or idea. I have important things that they must know. Must know now! I love email because I can write it, send it, then breath freely- agh they know! Now I can relax knowing that I have saved them from some terrible fate, or given them the most important information they will get today! In some small way my minute communication has helped save someone some unfortunate fate or had just brought a smile to someone's face as they were tired or frustrated. I need these words to make me, as well as my reader, feel better. Sometimes this urge to write, to tell, strikes in the middle of the night. Sometimes in the middle of the day. Whenever it strikes, it feels good to know I always have my words!
Oh…and another day goes by and I HAVE written!
September 20th, 2010 
Here I sit on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon in September.
Another day going by that I haven't written anything because I have so many things to write about I get overwhelmed, so I decided to start a daily blog to have a place to put anything and everything about daily life. I was inspired by my friend Linda Dee's blog, Life in Pieces, so here it is as….another day goes by.
The tide is going out, the beach is empty, and today so am I. No particular reason – just empty. Some people see this as a sad thing, but sometimes empty is good. Sometimes we need to get purged of all that has been consuming us for a time. Kind of a fall or spring cleaning of our mind to get us ready for what the next season has in store. An empty, lonely day spent with oneself is an unexpected gift, even if a storm is raging in our life right now.
Storms are good too – for the clearing out of old ideas and outdated opinions. Storms also have another good side – they always pass. The way to treat a storm is to wrap up in a blanket and weather it. When the sun finally does come out again, you end up with new strength, new ideas and a new direction to walk until that next empty and/or stormy day. So…another day goes by….and I HAVE written! Yaaay!
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