If I think about all the cruelty in the world, I feel horrid, and as an empath, unfortunately, I feel devastated with each horrific event. Like you, I want to appreciate the ordinary because that in and of itself is a gift.
When I was going through a cancer diagnosis and treatment, all I wanted was the ordinary. I had taken the ordinary for granted. Instead my life got exciting -- but not in a good way, of course. Once I was finished with treatment, I cherished the ordinary: a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that I could finally taste after chemotherapy, for example. Being in a meeting room at work made me happy.
It's amazing how are perspectives change, depending on our life events.
Beth, that absolutely makes sense that you'd savor the flavor of a PBJ sandwich after chemo! It truly is small, simple things like this that carry the potential to bring us to deeper gratitude for what is already present in our lives. So grateful for your story and all you share!
My sister’s name is Jeanne Elizabeth. 🩷 She actually chose to change it to Jeannie through most of her childhood. It’s a beautiful name. Happy birthday to you, Jeannie! 🌈💕
Happy belated Jeannie! Love your writing, as always. Here’s to a beautiful year ahead for you! I love when you said “surrender to love, over and over.” So beautifully stated!
Thanks, Mary. Great seeing your name pop up here today! If you think about it, please send up a little prayer or two for me, as I have just begun querying literary agents and am feeling that tension of waiting for either rejections or (hopefully, eventually?) an offer for representation.
"Because the ordinary, just like the extraordinary, is a gift."
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It's so easy to overlook the everyday miracles, the small blessings that surround us. But when we pause and pay attention, we realize that the ordinary is extraordinary in its own way. It's a gift to be alive, to experience the full spectrum of human emotions, to connect with others, to find beauty in the mundane.
We are on such the same wavelength.
Happy (belated) birthday! I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to have "met" you on. My life is changed, and better, as a result. You are an incredible human.
So many wishes for an extraordinarily ordinary birthday, Jeannie! Cheers to another year of living well. 💫
Thank you kindly, Jess!
Hi Jeannie, happy birthday!
If I think about all the cruelty in the world, I feel horrid, and as an empath, unfortunately, I feel devastated with each horrific event. Like you, I want to appreciate the ordinary because that in and of itself is a gift.
When I was going through a cancer diagnosis and treatment, all I wanted was the ordinary. I had taken the ordinary for granted. Instead my life got exciting -- but not in a good way, of course. Once I was finished with treatment, I cherished the ordinary: a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that I could finally taste after chemotherapy, for example. Being in a meeting room at work made me happy.
It's amazing how are perspectives change, depending on our life events.
Beth, that absolutely makes sense that you'd savor the flavor of a PBJ sandwich after chemo! It truly is small, simple things like this that carry the potential to bring us to deeper gratitude for what is already present in our lives. So grateful for your story and all you share!
My sister’s name is Jeanne Elizabeth. 🩷 She actually chose to change it to Jeannie through most of her childhood. It’s a beautiful name. Happy birthday to you, Jeannie! 🌈💕
That's interesting, Don. I've met people named Jean/Jeanne or Elizabeth but never anyone named Jeanne Elizabeth! And thank you.
Happy belated Jeannie! Love your writing, as always. Here’s to a beautiful year ahead for you! I love when you said “surrender to love, over and over.” So beautifully stated!
Thanks, Mary. Great seeing your name pop up here today! If you think about it, please send up a little prayer or two for me, as I have just begun querying literary agents and am feeling that tension of waiting for either rejections or (hopefully, eventually?) an offer for representation.
"Because the ordinary, just like the extraordinary, is a gift."
🩵
It's so easy to overlook the everyday miracles, the small blessings that surround us. But when we pause and pay attention, we realize that the ordinary is extraordinary in its own way. It's a gift to be alive, to experience the full spectrum of human emotions, to connect with others, to find beauty in the mundane.
We are on such the same wavelength.
Happy (belated) birthday! I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to have "met" you on. My life is changed, and better, as a result. You are an incredible human.
I feel the same way about you. Truly. And what a gracious gift (haha - see what I did there?) you've given me today with these words!
Jeannie, you are extraordinary just the way you are! You are such a positive role model in our world and an inspiration to me, always!
Thank you, Imola. I feel the same about you.
Happy Birthday, Jeannie! Gracious certainly describes you.
How kind of you to say, Doreen. Thank you!
Your insights, openness, and honesty are gifts in my life…as is your friendship. I am thankful for you, friend!
Grateful for you to, too. Love you, friend! ❤️