Please post something Happy, positive or uplifting in one way or another that has happened to you, or some one you know recently, im asking, cause im suddenly in a very dark place and I think the boost from seeing that other people are having great things happen in their lives may benefit everyone who reads.

Little over a week ago, I decided i wanted to save up, even if it was only a little at a time for a juicer, then a day or so later, my previous boss calls up to tell me the person they got to replace me flaked out on them and they need me back at least for the summer, turned out I also had 40 hours to get be4 the 30th and the hours would expire (Im a respite provider for mentally disabled children, and the hours expire at the end of the quarter...) and the amount I will make from this, will be just enough to buy buy a juicer, with enough money leftover (about $80) to help my sister pay the deposit on a place of her own... she needs an extra $100, I'll borrow another $20 from a friend or something,LOL... so really, thats TWO positive things LOL...

We came over to my mom's today for a little sunny backyard pool with w my sister (visiting from far away) and didn't get hassled at the border at all. That's several good things:
Sun
Pool
Sister
Gramma's house
backyard
easy border crossing
(plus the not having to be entirely responsible for the cleaning, meals, kids. And having a fast internet connection for a change too!)

Pretty good stuff, right? And she makes juice in the mornings too yay!

yay yup, awesome stuff ^_^ thanks for the post

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Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Just the fact that I can get up in the morning,after some of the things I have been through,and places I have been.

Vinny

dang good way of looking at things vinny, if a person can be happy about just that, theres not much else that can really bring them down...

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Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Here's a real funny spoof:

[www.supertopo.com]

Oh, brome, those made my day!

Cool Brome, thanks for posting those.

My happy story is that I've got a volleyball team who I'm realy inspired to be playing with. They are all good players and good friends. In the league which we play in, we are building a reputation for being a team who will give away points and even games for the sake of honesty and goodwill. Its effects on each game are contageous, I love it.

yeah, those where really funny brome,lol... that sounds pretty awesome Lightform

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Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Funny billboards
Lightform, that's wonderful to hear. I love the triumph of good sportspersonship over the momentary thrill of winning. Great story.

Today we visited a friend who just has a heart attack and triple bipass surgery. I know that doesn't sound wonderfully uplifting but he's actually doing very well, there was little damage to his heart and he is recuperating nicely AND he's interested in cleaning up his diet. I was there with friends who recently converted to eating a more vegetarian and higher raw diet so the three of us were a power house of inspiration and information for him. It was great to feel like we could offer him some practical and simple things to get him started on the path to healthier living. I'm looking forward to him finding his way... A ray of light...

thats great coco! it sucks he had the heart attack and surgery, but its awesome he wants to clean up his diet

Im in the middle of an in depth interviewing process for a live in position as a housekeeper in Carmel california, I will be quite happy if I get the Jobm and im pretty happy now that I even have the possibility of getting it. ^_^

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Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

I'm going to a raw food pot luck dinner today. It's the forth one I've been to since they started up about half a year ago. It'll be interesting to see how this one turns out because now that the group has grown, we have had to migrate to a public venue. Hopefully it will still keep the happy hippy vibe that the others have had, I'm wondering about it though because it seems to be getting quite a few people who aren't raw fooders... we'll see.

well, it may help bring a deeper appreciation of raw food to those who arent raw foodists, even if it doesnt, at least they will hopefully be nice people, enjoying awesome raw food ^_^, that really sounds like allot of fun too!

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Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Well it was an enjoyable night. There were about 30 people there and I got to meet a few new faces. The venue was quite cozy, nicer than I had expected. A lady who owns a living and health food buisness did a talk to us, and although she means well and had some practical advice, I personally wasn't taken with her presumtion that she had found all the answers.

The lady who has organised these events is a angle though, a real humanitarian. She radiates warmth and it is inspiring. Oh and yeah.. and I guess the food was good as well for a change of style .

Glad you had a nice time, it's good to get out and socialize now and then, I miss it. What I wouldn't give to have someone else make me some healthy food right now. I am SO busy, swamped. Way too busy to think up and prepare anything good and good for us. We're eating a lot of watermelon, these kids and I. It's not very fancy but at least it never gets boring, to me at least .

I took the kids to the beach today for the first time this summer, I had a friend's little boy overnight and all day and another friend came along w her 3 so we were many. We swam and dug holes in the sand and got hot and gritty and then came home to rinse off and eat watermelon in the backyard, it was grand! Oh, we went to a yard sale around the corner this morning too and found all kinds of great stuff including a new bike for my little man!

I'm making up a big box of craft supplies to send to another crafter and finding all kinds of interesting stuff crammed into this studio, it's a neat adventure. I feel happy to see these long lost treasures and even better to be sending them off to a new home where they might have a chance to get used instead of disappearing into my craft supply mountain again .

that is awesome lightform, sounds like it was allot of fun that sounds pretty fun too coco

well something sad today was also something that made me quite happy, one of the two friends who seriously helped keep me together when things where the worst, had some issues she really needed help with, and she came to me, Its sad that she had problems she needed help with, but it made me very happy that I was able to help her and that she left feeling great and with things in allot better focus for her...

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Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Today I didn't wake up to an alarm clock, instead my children were all over me in the bed giggling and snuggling up.
Today I didn't rush around trying to get breakfast and a school lunch prepared and telling my kids to stop playing and eat faster, instead we ate watermelon and goofed off all morning.
Today I didn't spend the day counting the hours until the yellow bus brought my little boy home, instead we hung out in the backyard with friends and put together a play structure we got at a yardsale down the street for $5.
I didn't worry about anything, I just enjoyed myself.
I didn't feel uptight or stressed out or rushed or late or anxious. I just felt hot and sweaty and sticky and good.
It was lovely.

smile

that sounds pretty awesome coco

I am happy I just finished my first ever 3 day fresh veggie juice fast.

Vinny

Awesome Im on day one of attempting a week long one I feel great so far today,lol, I'll get back to ya in 2 more days on how I feel, then again in a week ^_^

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Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Hey, I'm not pregnant of nursing anymore... I could fast... hmm.
Don't know how to do it while making food for the kids though (how habitual it is to lick the spoon, right?). We'll see. I could Certainly do an all watermelon fast, I could have that all day every day No Problem .

Happy moment ~ I'm making another Day Of The Dead sock monkey and it's turning out great. I love that.

LOL, that sounds pretty awesome

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Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Curator,
Good luck with your fast.
I only did 3 days,and was amazed how good I felt.
I had literally nothing but fresh fruit and veggie juices.

I understand the toughest part of a fast starts at about 5-7 days.
I want to do that,in August,to get through that tough phase and reap the benefits of a more thorough cleansing.

Vinny

hmmm, thanks vinny, good luck for when you try it too, ya know if I feel good enough at the 7 day mark, maybe I will continue and see how far I can go, one thing though... ive felt pretty good today so far, physically at least, except ive had this headache...

On a happy note, there was a big garage sale today, and the complex manager had a bunch of plants on sale, I asked her if Ibought any of them, could I put them near the curb by my apartment where they could get some sun, a nd she said ok, sooo now I have me some rosemary, lemon balm, lemon thyme, and chives... (i got them for a quarter each!!!woohoo!) oh and at another arage sale I got a bunch of brand new puzzles for 50 cents each... Im also hapy when I found that some friends of mine are selling wheat grass at the farmers market, and they gave me 50% off, so I bought a whole pallet of wheatgrass from them for $5 juicedmy first about 1-6th of the pallet, got much more juice out of it than I expected...wow that stuff was srong! but I loved it!!! is it weird I like th taste? I was under th impression people dont like it normally?

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Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

oooh my gooosh!
i just lurrrveeeesss veggie juice feasting!

feel sooo gooooodwhenever i do em

even like to READ about them on this thread LOL

My impression of wheat grass is that a lot of people like it at first but the novelty wears off. I find it quite horrible but I drink it all the same. I've learned to hold my breath while drinking it and then follow it with a glass of water before letting my breath go, and this way I can consume it without realy tasting it .

On the note of juice fasting, I'd recommend anyone who wants an amazing experience to try an all green juice day with some spirulina and/or chlorella thrown in. I find that I get a noticable amount stronger, quicker and clearer thinking when I do this. It is my own little sport secret .

well light form, for the price, im sure I wont purchase it again as its not economical, growing it myself is possible, but I really do like the flavor, its not novelty for me, I love the sweet pungent grassy-ness of it... Maybe its cause I used to eat grass as a kid,lol...

heya LV yeah, Im feeling GREAT today! yesterday I was not feeling to hot... had a headache all day, and felt rundown, but today im feeling awesome!!! starting day 4 with just over 5 cups of juice, made with 1 bunch of dino kale, 3 stalks celery, 3 radishes with their stems and leaves, and the rest was carrot...I didnt really measure how much though, but id guess probably 1 1/2 to 2 pounds of carrot max... this stuff tastes like candy to me, i cant get enough!!!

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Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Ahoy Pastafarians!

[www.foundmagazine.com]

Damn funny. Not for the overly religious though, sorry.

LOL... Im already an official member of their church,lol...

Something totally awesome, I sold my car, and I now own a motorcycle
Something more awesome, I got in a wreck on my motorcycle today, and both me and the motorcycle are perfectly fine lol...my shop table has seen better days though...

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Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?