Things that make you feel good!!! Please add your feel goods...Go to end and post!!!

2471- As weird as it sounds...a good cry.
2472- Watching my girls play in the lake
2473- My husband slowly rubbing my bald head while we watch TV
2474- Throwing the ball for my dog
2475- Feeding my chickens a handfull of corn and hearing them cluck and talk to each other

Deb C.

2477. going shopping at the thrift stores w/my daughter
2478. going "antiquing" with my mother
2479. sitting on the deck and watching my garden (we just finished remodeling the entire yard) and the Redwoods
2480. sleeping at night with my right arm curled around my kitty, Sisu
2481. walking on the beach with DH and going out to brunch after
2482. a warm bath in the jacuzzi tub while reading a good book
2483. freshly laundered sheets on the bed--oh the first night is so heavenly!
2484. watching our dogs playing with other dogs at the dog park
2485. love just any kind of long road trip! several years ago we spent 6 weeks in Canada and Alaska. Fantastic!
2486. ditto--seeing this thread and what makes others feel good--makes me want to try some of them!
2487. the smell of lavendar--reminds me of my grandmother
thanks for this thread!
grace

2488 - Saying goodbye to the port-a-cath, yeah!!!!!

2491. shopping at my favourite thrift store, finding great bargains and coming home with brand new clothing at a fraction of the cost ~ while helping needy charities.

2498 - apologizing

2500. Planning a vacation with DH that involves adventure...because life is............

2502 - listening to my cat purr
2503 - FINALLY being able to READ novels again! :-)
2504 - walking in woods with DH, when able
2505 - sitting in screened porch w/ DH during thunder / rain storm
2506 - walking in the warm rain with DH
2507 - having my cat curled up next to me
2508 - drinking cold Diet Sprite when very thirsty! AAAHHH..
2509 - outback camping, getting caught in rainstorm, and dancing nude in the woods and the rain with DH -- HEAVEN!

Thank you

2511. that I was blessed & had that very brief glimpse of Odalys when she changed her avatar..for less than a 100th of a second!!!

2512. that ConnieC is finding the joy in her life and dancing naked in the rain!!

2513. choosing to vacation in the mountains when I'd normally choose to vacation at the ocean...seeing something different in the world and being "in the moment" every single day of being away...loving standing in the rocks with the rain pouring down and simply appreciating nature.

2514. that others love to come to this thread and share what makes them feel good. Because life IS good!

2516. Eating a cantalope that is so sweet and juicy and
fresh from my garden..



Hugs and God Bless,
Cherie

2518 - I posted the message below on another thread and "Designing Diva" suggested I post it here too. So, here it goes...

I had an opportunity to attend commencement ceremonies at our university. The guest speaker was Astronaut Captain Winston Scott, you may remember him a few years back as the Astronaut who performed a space-walk and captured a 3,000 pound, multi-million dollar satellite that had gone astray in space. There were many headlines about the “lost satellite”. Anyway, he delivered such a beautiful message to the graduating class that I thought was also very appropriate for us BC warriors and I just wanted to share it with you.

Captain Scott told the story of how he and his crew were blind sighted by this massive satellite that became dislodged and was floating around in space. He described the challenges they faced in trying to “regain control” and how they wondered what to do, after all this was the first time they had come across a wayward 3,000 pound satellite floating in space. How could they get a “grip” on it? They could not just forget about it and let it become junk in space. It was worth over $10,000,000 (try explaining that to the President and country he said). Finally, he decided to step out into orbit with another astronaut, who by the way had never been in space before and spoke little English, to retrieve the satellite. As he floated in space, he realized the satellite’s “complex rotation patterns” and “sharp edges” and he became disoriented and out of focus. Then, as he started to feel “out of control” he remembered a lesson he learned in flight school about what to do when feeling out of control: “just focus on the instruments”. So he did. He focused on the instruments and on the satellite and reached out and grabed it safely.

As I reflect on Captain Scott’s comments, I see the similarity to this BC journey. Remember, when the world around you gets to spinning a bit too fast, you’re becoming disoriented, and feel out of control, just focus on your “instruments” (one treatment at a time) and on the “satellite” (this journey) and “reach out and grab it safely” (recovery and dancing with NED).

2519..Reading this thread makes me smile, and reminds me to stop and think and take stock of my blessings~

Hugs,
Carrie

2521-Spending time with a dear friend.

Ferne

2523 - Thinking of all my dear Kathy and all the good
good and happy adventures we had over 25 years.

2527 knowing that even if I get scared tomorrow before speaking in front of 800 people for the ACS, that no matter what I have you girls in my corner~