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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    Changing your thoughts…can make a big difference…

    Many times over my 31-year career…0300 was my chosen wake-up time…bouncing off to the...Navy ship…private practice…Army clinic...to accomplish great things…before anyone else arrived…

    Now…at 0300…I pray simply for any sleep at all…

    Some days…seem the perfect day…to tarry in bed…just a little longer…Even with good reasons to stay in bed now…more and more…there are "sloth days"…

    What if the sloth-y thoughts went away…Ahhhhh…there is something…from my recent trip with Prince Charming…

    Another of God's mind-blowing creations…the humble wild carrot…with a fancy name…Queen Anne's Lace…a lowly "beneficial weed"…with so much to freely share…with anyone who notices…

    --- Thrives in the face of adversity
    --- Totally wild and free
    --- Self-sufficient
    --- Gorgeous natural beauty
    --- Intricately detailed
    --- Courageous
    --- Gritty

    Which serves me better today…thinking like a sloth…or…Queen Anne's Lace…my choice is clear…

    As the birds sing to you…this impossibly beautiful Saturday morning…replace just one negative thought about yourself…with a positive one…It can make a long-lasting difference…in what you believe…and what you accomplish…today…and every day…

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    Gumdoctor

    (First posted in Facebook on 20JUL19)

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    Those Happy Places...way more important than you think...

    Against your will...life-threatening illness forces such hard things...you cannot even fathom...slow down...move on...let go...all those things that were so important in the past...to plan your own funeral...to choose between what is important...and what is not...moment-by-moment...because every...single...day...could be your last...

    What is important? Certainly not those amazing shoes I collected...and never wore over the years...forty beautiful pairs of shoes...already adopted out to other feet...who will wear and care for them...better than I can now...

    What is important...now? God...My Prince Charming...Precious Kitties...Family...Memories...Happy Places...Legacy...Brief Little Moments...Special People...Closure with this Life...Hope and Assurance of Eternal Life...

    One of my Happy Places...pilot Daddy was also boater Daddy...growing up on...in...near the water...gave me a tremendous love of water...

    With no ocean or river nearby... the closest I come now...the pool...closed for two years...very special pool crew readied it for me...worth waiting on their four weeks of work...

    In the shade...near the pool...right now...enjoying...the color...the sound...the coolness...the peace...the tranquility...God placed me here...next to this pool...to have this brief little moment...to love this life...and to appreciate ALL the brief little moments I ever had...

    On this glorious Sunday morning...may you know where your Happy Place is...and make a plan to go there...as soon as possible...to honor God...and to appreciate every little thing in this Life...

    The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.

    --- Psalm 23:1-2

    https://www.facebook.com/valerie.mcdavid.3/videos/...

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    Gumdoctor

    (First posted in Facebook on 21JUL19)

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    Linda 11111111 - Thank you so much for stopping in to take a peek. Hoping you gain something positive from this thread.

    Candy-678 - So nice to see you here...love visiting with you in our other common threads...yes I am a major kitty lover...I have to find other interesting things besides them to photograph and write about...they are a great source of inspiration and coping for me. Glad to have another kitty lover and Christian join me here.

    Olma61 - Thank you so much for being here. I hope you find something useful from visiting this thread.

    I uploaded another 9 posts today. It is somewhat time intensive so I am doing a bit at a time, rather than stress over getting them all in at once.


    Welcome to All,

    Gumdoctor


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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    RadagastRabbit - So nice to see you here as I recognize you from some of our common other threads! I have a post coming up, still to be uploaded, about our backyard bunny...you might enjoy it. It will be here soon, as soon as I can get to it.

    Gumdoctor

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  • Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Member Posts: 609
    edited September 2019

    Beauty here and there ... how distracted we go through life ... the peace of not having to do anything but contemplate gives us back the astonished and grateful look...

    Thank you....

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    Cowgirl 13 -

    So nice of you to drop by here. I hope you can find something positive from these posts. This is my sincerest hope in sharing them...that they can help someone... in some way...

    Gumdoctor

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    SandiBeach57 - So nice to see you here. I so enjoy visiting with you and reading your posts in our other common threads. I hope you can find something positive from these posts. This is my sincerest hope in sharing them...

    I uploaded another 9 today. As the process is somewhat labor intensive... I am posting here in batches... as I am able to... I do not want to stress myself out trying to get them all done by any kind of deadline. 9 yesterday, 9 today, will keep plugging until I get caught up. Then will do a daily current post, just like I do on Facebook.

    Warmest Regards to All,

    Gumdoctor

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    HersheyKiss - Thank you so much for stopping in. I love your name...probably because I always loved chocolate...more recently cannot taste it due to chemo...but still love it.

    I hope you will find something very positive from these posts...that is my sincerest hope in sharing them...

    Gumdoctor

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    HELLO GRANNAX!!!!

    Yes...after realizing how many are NOT on Facebook...it became apparent to me...those most likely to benefit from this writing...are here...more so here than in Facebook. This is a deliberate effort to post here...but I believe it may be worth it to someone. This is my sincerest hope.

    Gumdoctor

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    Praying4u - Thank you so much for stopping in to this new thread. I hope you will get something very positive from these posts. This is my sincerest hope in sharing them...

    Gumdoctor

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  • Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Member Posts: 609
    edited September 2019


    Hello Gumdoctor, I hope you are doing well. I miss the beauty of your pictures and the sweetness of your words. I send you an oasis of peace and beauty on this Sunday ... ❤❤❤🌹🌹🌹


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    It is the top of the Atuel canyon in Argentina ... So close to the sky ...

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    Wow Yndorian,

    That is really beautiful :)

    After uploading 18 posts, I have not uploaded any more of my writings. No one has been on the thread. Seems to be no interest. I will upload some more as soon as I can. It is time intensive so I am guarding my energy use. I know you understand.

    Gumdoctor

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  • Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Member Posts: 609
    edited September 2019

    Of course I understand, you are the first now, the second and the third too! I hope your energy improves ... I send you kisses and positive vibration 😘😘😘

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited September 2019

    Gumdoctor, have wanted to participate but felt I would be “hijacking” if I posted pictures too. I’ve had the perfect one in mind tho!! I rescued this bumblebee from my windowsill earlier this spring, was surprised how gentle she was.

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    Psalm 118:4

    This is the day which the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and bee glad in it :)

    Guilty of adding an extra “E” :)

    I’ve been thinking of you and hope your doing okay, sometimes I don’t know how to reach out, even when I want to, need to get braver!


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  • BevJen
    BevJen Member Posts: 2,523
    edited September 2019

    Gumdoctor,

    I love your posts, and would guess that it's not that people aren't interested -- it's that they were waiting for more? But as you said, you should conserve your energy for your own healing. But I, at least, love your posts and have taken much peace from them.

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  • HersheyKiss
    HersheyKiss Member Posts: 550
    edited September 2019

    Gumdoctor, I really enjoy viewing your photos and reading your words. Both are comforting to me. I understand that you must protect your health, though. I think of you often and pray you are doing well.

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  • SchnauzerMom
    SchnauzerMom Member Posts: 374
    edited September 2019

    Gumdoctor, I so enjoy your pictures and your words which inspire and strengthen! Thank you very much. I hope you take the rest that you need. Blessings!

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  • SandiBeach57
    SandiBeach57 Member Posts: 1,617
    edited September 2019

    I, too, have enjoyed your posts and photos. I thought it was a beautiful way for you to express your thoughts and inner artist.

    I have bookmarked your topic for inspiration. We may be silent in our response, but there is much appreciation for what you do for all of us who seek beauty, solice, quiet.

    Please rest, recover and update this topic when you feel it is the right time for you.


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  • KerryD
    KerryD Member Posts: 6
    edited January 2020

    Your posts are inspiring and beautiful.

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited January 2020

    Thank you for those who have read these posts and letting me know you enjoyed them.

    I have at least 40 more blog posts to copy over to this thread...

    Having an extraordinarily difficult time coping for the past 7 mos since liver progression. ONC recommended I get back to my writing...so I will see what I can do...for all of us...

    Gumdoctor

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  • Micmel
    Micmel Member Posts: 9,450
    edited January 2020

    sooooo good to see you lovely woman.

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