Shining 🌞

[Colorlove]

I am feeling good. I am feeling grateful. I trust! I hear the birds chirping as I eat my papaya and drink my lemon water with a side of coffee for breakfast. I should being studying my mental health book it is required of my job. Just want to take a moment to express gratitude.

Yesterday I had a lovely day. I didn’t eat not even one marshmallow that my cousin have in her fridge. Yay! ☺️ I feel energetic. I walked (an hour walk) to work yesterday and still feel the good energy. Not binging on Netflix. Hehe

I can’t stress this enough but I am grateful for this community. It’s a space of love. It’s a space for people to support each other. It makes me feel safe and that I belong.

What is the community grateful today? ✨👑

[lisariver]

Glad to hear you're doing well. Many blessings, when I look. I can breathe with ease, I have water to drink, a place to sleep and way to get to my therapist today, which I look forward to. I'm found some old quinoa in the cupboard i'm cooking up with sunflower seeds and raisins, maple syrup. Yesterday, I had a laugh because I regularly like to peruse the Salvation Army and because my brother is looking for chairs, I decided to buy a couple that I could sand the paint off (and finish somehow I haven't decided yet) and I'm getting to know one of the women that work there, she seems to have a sense of humor, so we get along well. She was wondering what I was up to today, you know, obviously a new project...so I told her i was recently diagnosed with ADD and how I decided to just stop resisting, punishing myself for my wandering interest and just to go with the flow of it, I told her I finish about 60% of what I set out to do, (maybe a little more, i don't really know) lol and she was kind enough to show interest and engage me, so I said I'll be right back for those other two chairs and she jokingly said, "are you sure?" I thought it was the funniest thing but what made it funnier is I got caught up talking with someone in the parking lot and out she came with the two chairs for me...I laughed! I said, "you called it!" LOL, i'm grateful for kind people that i bump into and interact with and laugh with during the day. I was also buying a maple wood bed frame (to refinish) and another cashier was going to charge me 12.50 for the metal rails, but I said, I'm pretty sure the metal rails should go with the bed, what am I going to do with a headboard and a footboard without rails? Anyway, I was glad that the customer behind me asserted strongly that they went together. Thanks, Colorlove, hope you have a good day!

[Colorlove in reply to lisariver]

Omg, I’m almost in tears smiling ear from to ear! I’m so happy for you :)! Thank you for sharing the love and gratitude 💗

[cjnolet]

I see so many painful posts in this community and they really sadden me because I know everyone is capable of living in joy.

We really DO rewire our brains with our thoughts. When we create habits out of reinforcing negative neuropathways, we can often mistake them for a feeling of condemnation- as if the universe is what's dong it to us. I really thought about your reply last night when you mentioned feeling "victimized" and that's totally something I think we all (including non-ADHDers) allow ourselves to do. It's wonderful seeing that you've chosen joy.

I often get saddened when I act out of impulse and get short with my kids because after I get a chance to think about what I did, I realize it was my fault, not theirs, and that I was triggered by something that had nothing to do with them. Rather than condemning myself and letting those actions consume me, I've realized there are some neuropathways that need re-wiring and now I have a mission to accomplish.

Anyways, I love seeing people in this community posting positive things. It really radiates to all of us. I am grateful that I am me And I don't say that out of arrogance or narcissism either. I don't take enough time out to appreciate myself, the things I've accomplished, and who I am as a person. I'm grateful that I am who I am. I'm grateful for my family, my house, my kids, my job, my health, and my friends.

Thank you for such a wonderful post!

[Colorlove in reply to cjnolet]

You deserve to love who you are! It is the most POWERFUL thing to do in a world that believes we shouldn’t love our selves. Definitely not narcissistic.

So warming 👑