Inspirational thought for the day

[Guest guest]

Hi, I get daily mailings from Oprah website with little daily

inspirational sayings. ( you may all laugh now! ) Most don't speak

to me but this one did and I wanted to share it.

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" When you tend to your surface, you are making a statement of faith.

You are saying, I matter. You are saying, The world is worth dressing

for. You are engaging in the best kind of optimism, an optimism that

propels you out of bed in the morning, that directs you to the day.

When you put on nice clothes, you are putting on hope; you are

saying, Here I am. This is fun. Look at me. " -- Slater

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I am guilty of not looking my best for my spouse, myself or

others. In fact I'll admit when I get in a rut or I am particularly

depressed, I'll go without a shower, shaving or getting out of my

Pj's all day or for several days. My Wife calls this my homeless

state. I do feel much better when I do shower, shave, and dress

appropriately. And by that I don't mean a suit and tie, Even blue

jeans and a clean t-shirt is better than Pj's and a 3 day old

beard. Before my back hurt so much I never went a day without

shaving & showering. I can only speak for me, but I owe it to my

Wife and Mother-in-law to be presentable for them. I owe it to

myself. But I'll also admit it is so hard some days to do, and I can

find 100 excuses not to do it. anyone else relate to this ?

In order to support one another, and keep up the chatter on this

forum I had an idea. When I was going through an unexpected failure

of my marriage in 1989 I got the gift of 28 days in a Rehab for deep

depression and co-dependency. I literally hit rock bottom, and was

put there for fear of suiciide. It was a life changing event for

me. One of the things we did every morning was read from a book that

had a little inspirational story. One of us read it, and everyone

else had to say what if anything it meant to them. Perhaps we could

do something similar if Sharon and you all approve. It could be a

short story of how pain affects your daily life or some other

insight. Then we could jump in and share how if at all we can

relate. Please give this some thought. Dave Moderator, Reading, PA

[Guest guest]

Hi Dave,

Thank you for sharing the inspirational thought and your story! I can

relate to what you are saying, minus the beard ! There are some

days when I know I have to get something else done (lately that

something has been packing for our move 6/1) that I know if I shower

that will take 20 minutes away from what I need to do. That might not

make sense to anyone but I can only be up doing stuff for so long and

even a shower, hair, make up is enough to make me want to go back to

bed. Like you said, before this chronic pain junk, I always showered

and put on nice clothes, did my hair and make up, even if I wasn't

going anywhere.

I love your idea about sharing inspirational stories & pain stories!

When able, I would definetly participate in that!

Take care & Hugs,

>

> Hi, I get daily mailings from Oprah website with little daily

> inspirational sayings. ( you may all laugh now! ) Most don't speak

> to me but this one did and I wanted to share it.

>

> ********************************

> " When you tend to your surface, you are making a statement of

faith.

> You are saying, I matter. You are saying, The world is worth

dressing

> for. You are engaging in the best kind of optimism, an optimism

that

> propels you out of bed in the morning, that directs you to the day.

> When you put on nice clothes, you are putting on hope; you are

> saying, Here I am. This is fun. Look at me. " -- Slater

> ********************************

>

> I am guilty of not looking my best for my spouse, myself or

> others. In fact I'll admit when I get in a rut or I am

particularly

> depressed, I'll go without a shower, shaving or getting out of my

> Pj's all day or for several days. My Wife calls this my homeless

> state. I do feel much better when I do shower, shave, and dress

> appropriately. And by that I don't mean a suit and tie, Even blue

> jeans and a clean t-shirt is better than Pj's and a 3 day old

> beard. Before my back hurt so much I never went a day without

> shaving & showering. I can only speak for me, but I owe it to my

> Wife and Mother-in-law to be presentable for them. I owe it to

> myself. But I'll also admit it is so hard some days to do, and I

can

> find 100 excuses not to do it. anyone else relate to this ?

>

> In order to support one another, and keep up the chatter on this

> forum I had an idea. When I was going through an unexpected

failure

> of my marriage in 1989 I got the gift of 28 days in a Rehab for

deep

> depression and co-dependency. I literally hit rock bottom, and was

> put there for fear of suiciide. It was a life changing event for

> me. One of the things we did every morning was read from a book

that

> had a little inspirational story. One of us read it, and everyone

> else had to say what if anything it meant to them. Perhaps we

could

> do something similar if Sharon and you all approve. It could be a

> short story of how pain affects your daily life or some other

> insight. Then we could jump in and share how if at all we can

> relate. Please give this some thought. Dave Moderator, Reading,

PA

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Dave,

Thank you for sharing the inspirational thought and your story! I can

relate to what you are saying, minus the beard ! There are some

days when I know I have to get something else done (lately that

something has been packing for our move 6/1) that I know if I shower

that will take 20 minutes away from what I need to do. That might not

make sense to anyone but I can only be up doing stuff for so long and

even a shower, hair, make up is enough to make me want to go back to

bed. Like you said, before this chronic pain junk, I always showered

and put on nice clothes, did my hair and make up, even if I wasn't

going anywhere.

I love your idea about sharing inspirational stories & pain stories!

When able, I would definetly participate in that!

Take care & Hugs,

>

> Hi, I get daily mailings from Oprah website with little daily

> inspirational sayings. ( you may all laugh now! ) Most don't speak

> to me but this one did and I wanted to share it.

>

> ********************************

> " When you tend to your surface, you are making a statement of

faith.

> You are saying, I matter. You are saying, The world is worth

dressing

> for. You are engaging in the best kind of optimism, an optimism

that

> propels you out of bed in the morning, that directs you to the day.

> When you put on nice clothes, you are putting on hope; you are

> saying, Here I am. This is fun. Look at me. " -- Slater

> ********************************

>

> I am guilty of not looking my best for my spouse, myself or

> others. In fact I'll admit when I get in a rut or I am

particularly

> depressed, I'll go without a shower, shaving or getting out of my

> Pj's all day or for several days. My Wife calls this my homeless

> state. I do feel much better when I do shower, shave, and dress

> appropriately. And by that I don't mean a suit and tie, Even blue

> jeans and a clean t-shirt is better than Pj's and a 3 day old

> beard. Before my back hurt so much I never went a day without

> shaving & showering. I can only speak for me, but I owe it to my

> Wife and Mother-in-law to be presentable for them. I owe it to

> myself. But I'll also admit it is so hard some days to do, and I

can

> find 100 excuses not to do it. anyone else relate to this ?

>

> In order to support one another, and keep up the chatter on this

> forum I had an idea. When I was going through an unexpected

failure

> of my marriage in 1989 I got the gift of 28 days in a Rehab for

deep

> depression and co-dependency. I literally hit rock bottom, and was

> put there for fear of suiciide. It was a life changing event for

> me. One of the things we did every morning was read from a book

that

> had a little inspirational story. One of us read it, and everyone

> else had to say what if anything it meant to them. Perhaps we

could

> do something similar if Sharon and you all approve. It could be a

> short story of how pain affects your daily life or some other

> insight. Then we could jump in and share how if at all we can

> relate. Please give this some thought. Dave Moderator, Reading,

PA

>

[Guest guest]

As I have shared here before, I was diagnosed with bi polar over 20 years ago

and after 19 years of therapy and much cerebral work on my part with out any

help from anyone I have been diagnosed " recovered " . I have walked through hell

and stood unscathed, learned life lessons about depression, suicide, abandonment

and pain that is epic.

I am not ashamed to share my witness; it is very powerful.

Ann Wood Fuller

Dave Cruikshank <d.cruikshank@...> wrote:

Hi, I get daily mailings from Oprah website with little daily

inspirational sayings. ( you may all laugh now! ) Most don't speak

to me but this one did and I wanted to share it.

********************************

" When you tend to your surface, you are making a statement of faith.

You are saying, I matter. You are saying, The world is worth dressing

for. You are engaging in the best kind of optimism, an optimism that

propels you out of bed in the morning, that directs you to the day.

When you put on nice clothes, you are putting on hope; you are

saying, Here I am. This is fun. Look at me. " -- Slater

********************************

I am guilty of not looking my best for my spouse, myself or

others. In fact I'll admit when I get in a rut or I am particularly

depressed, I'll go without a shower, shaving or getting out of my

Pj's all day or for several days. My Wife calls this my homeless

state. I do feel much better when I do shower, shave, and dress

appropriately. And by that I don't mean a suit and tie, Even blue

jeans and a clean t-shirt is better than Pj's and a 3 day old

beard. Before my back hurt so much I never went a day without

shaving & showering. I can only speak for me, but I owe it to my

Wife and Mother-in-law to be presentable for them. I owe it to

myself. But I'll also admit it is so hard some days to do, and I can

find 100 excuses not to do it. anyone else relate to this ?

In order to support one another, and keep up the chatter on this

forum I had an idea. When I was going through an unexpected failure

of my marriage in 1989 I got the gift of 28 days in a Rehab for deep

depression and co-dependency. I literally hit rock bottom, and was

put there for fear of suiciide. It was a life changing event for

me. One of the things we did every morning was read from a book that

had a little inspirational story. One of us read it, and everyone

else had to say what if anything it meant to them. Perhaps we could

do something similar if Sharon and you all approve. It could be a

short story of how pain affects your daily life or some other

insight. Then we could jump in and share how if at all we can

relate. Please give this some thought. Dave Moderator, Reading, PA

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[Guest guest]

As I have shared here before, I was diagnosed with bi polar over 20 years ago

and after 19 years of therapy and much cerebral work on my part with out any

help from anyone I have been diagnosed " recovered " . I have walked through hell

and stood unscathed, learned life lessons about depression, suicide, abandonment

and pain that is epic.

I am not ashamed to share my witness; it is very powerful.

Ann Wood Fuller

Dave Cruikshank <d.cruikshank@...> wrote:

Hi, I get daily mailings from Oprah website with little daily

inspirational sayings. ( you may all laugh now! ) Most don't speak

to me but this one did and I wanted to share it.

********************************

" When you tend to your surface, you are making a statement of faith.

You are saying, I matter. You are saying, The world is worth dressing

for. You are engaging in the best kind of optimism, an optimism that

propels you out of bed in the morning, that directs you to the day.

When you put on nice clothes, you are putting on hope; you are

saying, Here I am. This is fun. Look at me. " -- Slater

********************************

I am guilty of not looking my best for my spouse, myself or

others. In fact I'll admit when I get in a rut or I am particularly

depressed, I'll go without a shower, shaving or getting out of my

Pj's all day or for several days. My Wife calls this my homeless

state. I do feel much better when I do shower, shave, and dress

appropriately. And by that I don't mean a suit and tie, Even blue

jeans and a clean t-shirt is better than Pj's and a 3 day old

beard. Before my back hurt so much I never went a day without

shaving & showering. I can only speak for me, but I owe it to my

Wife and Mother-in-law to be presentable for them. I owe it to

myself. But I'll also admit it is so hard some days to do, and I can

find 100 excuses not to do it. anyone else relate to this ?

In order to support one another, and keep up the chatter on this

forum I had an idea. When I was going through an unexpected failure

of my marriage in 1989 I got the gift of 28 days in a Rehab for deep

depression and co-dependency. I literally hit rock bottom, and was

put there for fear of suiciide. It was a life changing event for

me. One of the things we did every morning was read from a book that

had a little inspirational story. One of us read it, and everyone

else had to say what if anything it meant to them. Perhaps we could

do something similar if Sharon and you all approve. It could be a

short story of how pain affects your daily life or some other

insight. Then we could jump in and share how if at all we can

relate. Please give this some thought. Dave Moderator, Reading, PA

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