Today, I salute my dear friends worldwide, including you, dear readers and followers.
This week has been particularly demanding because a sister to one of my friends is seriously ill and needs all the help she can get.
Therefore, we come to her in the mornings to make her morning coffee and talk about positive things. We help her re-arrange her home so that necessary handicap equipment can be installed properly. And we try to make life a little more tolerable, although we know that time is definitely not on her side.
It is teamwork in a difficult time.
My back hurts like hell and back, and it has been stubborn for four days now. But tomorrow, I will go to the local fitness gym again, as I believe that exercise may release the tension in my body.
At the social house, we must consider that a person has begun to mock another. It is unacceptable, and the result will most likely be that the person will be asked to leave and stay away. Sometimes, my work is challenging, sometimes, we can´t help someone, and sometimes, the only answer is to stay strong and focused on those we can help.
And I could easily use much more time for my many endeavors. I finished my latest 5D diamond painting, as seen in today´s picture. I have already ordered a new one, illustrating the four seasons with a small house as the center point. It is made to turn the image depending on your season.
From November 1st, I can no longer buy online on the internet. However, due to our online identification system, we have to use it when banking, shopping, or trying to get in touch with the authorities.
They just haven´t thought of a solution for the many like us who are exempted from having to use it on the cellphone. We have a code reader instead, but the existing solution, including the platform, can´t allow me to approve my buying online.
So until sometime next year, I will have to ask friends to buy for me. It is frustrating, deeply annoying and somewhat like treating me like a child.
Everything speaks in favor of an election for our parliament soon. But this time, I will only vote if I can find a trustworthy politician with empathy and understanding for the weak, the poor, and the old in our society.
The likelihood for that is pretty minimal, as I will definitely not buy a used car from any of those already solid planted in the seat, eating and drinking on our money, and laughing us directly in the face.
Some leaders in the world are downright evil, corrupt, and cowards threatening us with nuclear war. It is neither time for it nor will we ever back down from our human rights and personal responsibility.
At best, it is meaningless, alarmingly crazy, and the direct way straight to hell.
Why fight this way? I´m the granddaughter of members of the Danish resistance against Hitler´s Nazi Germany.
I believe in freedom and world peace. I fight for my loved ones, myself, and my innermost opinions and values.
My friends and I share the art of teamwork during difficult times. It motivates me to always try to be the best possible version of myself.
My bipolar disorder is slowly becoming an exceptional “friend.” But, well, we might disagree whenever the turning of the wheel of life points to depression rather than mania. However, there is so much beauty, art, and creativity in being bipolar with a creative ore.
My anxiety thrives, meaning that it leaves me perfectly alone, for the moment that is. It snarls at me repeatedly; it hisses and tries to grab and drag me to ultimate fright.
But as long as it stays when I tell it to, life is still outstanding, exceptional, and exciting despite a downward spiraling world.
I believe humor is the best cure for bad news, rising prices on practically everything, and an utterly meaningless war.
So I try to laugh as much as possible, especially after demanding personal experiences that will be carved into my soul forever.
I try to live every day as if it were my last on Mother Earth. And I try to create some sort of meaning in all this around me and my loved ones. By the way, that includes you, dear readers and followers. To me, you are a part of my extended family.
For all that, I´m more than grateful.
I have this gut feeling that the time we are living in, well, it is the silence before the storm.
Let´s meet in that silence online and pray for world peace.
So Mote It Be.
Next week, I begin preparing for my kind of New Year, the Sabbath of Samhain. So I think it will be with absolutely everything I have kept hidden in boxes, cabinets, and rooms.
After writing this, it will be time for me to rest my body, as my back hurts really bad. The weather doesn´t help with the cold either; beautiful colors show in the trees around me and change my mood to happy.
Yes, even though the challenges in life are demanding, it is possible to remain relatively sane and stay positive.
This week has also been fun, fast, and life-affirming in so many ways that I, for once, have difficulty finding the right words to express my gratitude.
So thank you, my loved ones, for inspiration, support, and the conversations I will cherish forever.
Thank you, dear Universe, dear goddesses and gods, for this.
May your week be blessed with love, friendship, and positive life experiences, dear readers and followers. May the world slow just a little bit down, as it is some roller coaster ride right now. And may my mood change be swift, balanced, and sooner rather than later.
As we all will it, so mote it be.
Merry meet and merry part and merry meet again.
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