My Mom taught me to talk to animals, insects and plants. To respect earth and move peacefully. To listen to the wind on the ocean and through the trees. To notice. To see the things other people don't see. She taught me compassion, caring and generosity. She taught me art and how to laugh at nearly everything. She taught me to find beauty in pain, death and decomposition as part of life.
Tomorrow is her birthday. She would of been 72. She loved the snow, so I'm hoping we get at least a little. I have seen snow on her bday every year since she passed. Even in the desert a top a mountain one year 😂
She taught me about Spirit and that love is energy that cannot end.
We had our troubles, but at this age and with the life I've had, I realize how fortunate I was that she was my mother. I love her so much I cannot hate myself. She deserved much better so I try to do better and give better in her honor. That's what she would do 🖤
@ScreamingFox oh how sweet, thank you for sharing this, so beautiful written too.. I like your writing style.. Reading it I was reflecting whether I will be saying similar things about my mom few years from now...this time around I didn't have the best of experiences with her, but as you say, as we grow we see and realise things differently.
The things she taught you are amazing and she is living through you and through all what she's transmitted to you 🌹
My parents taught me, in a back-handed way, how NOT to raise children. Realizing they were no more than horribly wounded children, themselves, helps me to forgive them for externalizing their problems - making their children responsible for their pain.
Growing up with my parents' pain, inadequacies and compensations, has taught me to look inward for solutions to my own problems. It serves as a constant reminder that I've never walked one step in other people's shoes, and to look at my own issues when I have reactions to other people's behaviors.
It's probably the most valuable lesson I could have learned.
@PhoenixPhail thank you for sharing, yes very valuable lessons you received there and most importantly to not perpetuate the cycle...sad how you had to learn it that way, but sometimes life has its unique way of shaping us..
My dad taught me that if a car gets stuck in snow, the best way to try to get it out is to follow the same line forward and backward, like tracing a dry pen on paper. The line gets stronger each time.
I used it the other day and got out of a snow trap successfully.
Well... actually three of them, because I was haughty and decided I'm too skilled to get stuck in snow, and didn’t try very hard to avoid it. 😅 I won't do that again. Thankfully I was okay each time.
The user @Miram has been a presence in my life for over a decade and she contually sets an example for me of how to be a loving person. Honestly the way I learn from her, and what she has taught me, is all too nuanced for me to know how to describe. It's been a long process and a painful one, though that pain isn't on account of her.
I guess the best way to put it is that my previous role models always put a lot of value on things like power, money, other superficial things. She's really shown me what it means to actually care about people and the world around myself.
My parents encouraged all us kids to have enquiring minds....to love learning.
And honestly, its been such a godsend .
So many times its served me well: - to create something from almost nothing, - to make the most of situations, - to fix, - to solve, - to adapt ....to even learn just for entertainment and awe at how interesting the world is.
@jshm2 you're an interesting case yourself, for the most part I have a difficulty in reading you, but yeah, you have a story to tell. Would you share one of his sayings, some words of Brabo you remember?
