tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932094340622705390.post614205152691572043..comments2024-03-27T23:53:25.857-07:00Comments on life collection: What I have (and hope) to learn from hard timesGarden Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354707840226473223noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932094340622705390.post-59708210672838828832013-07-24T10:39:46.670-07:002013-07-24T10:39:46.670-07:00To you both: I'm so sorry I wasn't followi...To you both: I'm so sorry I wasn't following your blogs! No idea how that happened! I didn't think you had blogs for some reason. Both are followed now and I will comment to let you know I'm listening for sure!<br /><br />Love, CGarden Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354707840226473223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932094340622705390.post-77124306394998190292013-07-24T10:37:08.365-07:002013-07-24T10:37:08.365-07:00Tam, you are so sweet! I wanted to let you know th...Tam, you are so sweet! I wanted to let you know that your comment on my last post meant so much. It almost made me cry! It is so great to have your support and comforting words.<br /><br />xx, CGarden Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354707840226473223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932094340622705390.post-48292741939077339892013-07-24T10:36:16.950-07:002013-07-24T10:36:16.950-07:00Hi J!
I think these additions are great. Especial...Hi J!<br /><br />I think these additions are great. Especially the one about small goals, I need to focus on that more especially when I feel like I'm not making progress.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />xx, CGarden Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354707840226473223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932094340622705390.post-85735589791860887092013-07-24T10:19:44.892-07:002013-07-24T10:19:44.892-07:00You're amazing Catherine xoxo Thank you for sh...You're amazing Catherine xoxo Thank you for sharing this blog with the world - and people like me whom it means so much to! Tarmon Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02722958219720230964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932094340622705390.post-78649030994942472402013-07-24T07:52:08.432-07:002013-07-24T07:52:08.432-07:00You seem to have learnt a lot through your years o...You seem to have learnt a lot through your years of struggle. Many people only live for the day and never try to see the big picture and all the points you have taken up describe the big picture.<br /><br />I agree with all you have written and I want to add three small points:<br />1. Choose small goals that lead to bigger goals. With every small goal you reach, you come closer to your big goals and dreams. Just getting out of bed and getting through a tough day is getting you closer to achieve your ultimate goals. I often think that dreams and goals don't need to be reached, it's the road TO them that is important because that's when you learn. Anyway, by reaching the small goals you feel achievement and with that you get a self-confidence boost and with that you have more strength to fight off the bad things in life, like depression.<br /><br />2. Always remind yourself that you can't know what the future will bring. You don't know how tomorrow will be. You have no clue if you have maybe beaten the bad patch in your life in two weeks. You can wake up tomorrow and feel so much better. And for getting to know what the future brings, you need to stay alive. Yes, it could get worse, but it could also get better. That's something that I always remind myself of. I could be a scientist in ten years, I could be handicapped, I could be a parent, I could be rich, I could be homeless. I want to know what will be in ten years and I need to stick around for that.<br /><br />3. There is no happiness. There are only happy moments. No one in the history of mankind has led a happy life with no death, sadness, anxiety or illness. Life is about the good and the bad moments. And achieving happiness is something out of reach for everyone! So I want happy moments that I can remember when I'm not doing so well. (Sure, you can lead a life with mostly happy moments but how do you appreciate the happy moments if you don't know the opposite?). So I try to create happy moments and to capture them in my memory. I have a few: My boyfriend and I sitting by the sea in the middle of the night with some beer in the middle of summer. Waking up with two cats sleeping next to me. Being at an awesome concert. Happy moments!!<br /><br />J<br />xxxAbhorredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189682068133681349noreply@blogger.com