Full day

It has been a busy busy day filled with challenges, mostly other peoples; movement, mostly mine; conversation, shared; laughter, partly at others' expense, and shared; stretching, mine; and some real contentment, mine. Work, while a challenge, reminds me often that my difficulies are nothing compared to others and at the same time offers me an opportunity to feel the gift that is the honour of trying to find connection to build on. I feel badly for people who never find their true work, as it is so satisfying to know you are doing something that matters, at least to those we serve. And yes, it's true that sometimes we laugh inappropriately, because otherwise the grief would overwhelm us. We suffer so much vicarious trauma at work that there are times they call in someone to help us deal with it together. We often talk about dreaming of these precious bsings because they lodge right inside our hearts and our minds. This too is a gift. I'm still feeling a little nausea in the evenings but am doing better with shakes and have had soup several days as well. I also bought another broccoli to make more soup and also got some lettuce to try. I'm hoping to find some of the calorie free dressing that I've been hearing about so I can try it. As this is my second week of adding a walk after supper, I decided to add some stretching every evening as well. I don't know if this is too soon to be doing another thing that I want to become permanent, but I'm going to give it my best shot. I figure I need all the help I can get! Loving life, elly "Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact." William James "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." George Bernard Shaw