Positivity posting

[EmmaF91]

Hi guys

I know everyone is probably feeling very nervous and unsure atm with what’s going on. However with almost everything I’m reading being doom and gloom I would like to set up a feed of positive things.

So big or small, personal or international, witnessed or read, please share something positive. Let’s remind ourselves that we can still be cheerful even in these uncertain times. It does not have to be asthma or illness related. Just something good

So my first bit of positive news;

For the first time since 2016 I have managed to get my steroids down to 5mg a day! Got to wait on a cortisol check before I can lower any more but I am feeling very happy and proud of my lungs!

Please share something that’s cheered you up, made you laugh or smile and has a feel good factor!

[Wheezycat]

This below came my way yesterday. It is not written by me. It is a bit long, hope you are OK with that.

”Lockdown

Yes there is fear.

Yes there is isolation.

Yes there is panic buying.

Yes there is sickness.

Yes there is even death.

But,

They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise

You can hear the birds again.

They say that after just a few weeks of quiet

The sky is no longer thick with fumes

But blue and grey and clear.

They say that in the streets of Assisi

People are singing to each other

across the empty squares,

keeping their windows open

so that those who are alone

may hear the sounds of family around them.

They say that a hotel in the West of Ireland

Is offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.

Today a young woman I know

is busy spreading fliers with her number

through the neighbourhood

So that the elders may have someone to call on.

Today Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Temples

are preparing to welcome

and shelter the homeless, the sick, the weary

All over the world people are slowing down and reflecting

All over the world people are looking at their neighbours in a new way

All over the world people are waking up to a new reality

To how big we really are.

To how little control we really have.

To what really matters.

To Love.

So we pray and we remember that

Yes there is fear.

But there does not have to be hate.

Yes there is isolation.

But there does not have to be loneliness.

Yes there is panic buying.

But there does not have to be meanness.

Yes there is sickness.

But there does not have to be disease of the soul

Yes there is even death.

But there can always be a rebirth of love.

Wake to the choices you make as to how to live now.

Today, breathe.

Listen, behind the factory noises of your panic

The birds are singing again

The sky is clearing,

Spring is coming,

And we are always encompassed by Love.

Open the windows of your soul

And though you may not be able

to touch across the empty square,

Sing.

Fr. Richard Hendrick, OFM

March 13th 2020”

[Triggerina in reply to Wheezycat]

Thank you Wheezycat

[Spikedog66 in reply to Wheezycat]

🤞Lovely

[Lysistrata Administrator Community Ambassador]

Great idea Emma!

Does anyone want to hear my theory about how this was all started by the Andrex puppy?

You always have to watch the innocent-looking ones.

[RD23 in reply to Lysistrata]

😂

[Junglechicken]

Just a small thing. I’ve managed to work out my knitting pattern that has been driving me crazy with frustration for days. It’s really badly written! My mum is an expert knitter and it made no sense to her either.

[Wheezycat in reply to Junglechicken]

And I have made myself a dishcloth using Tunisian crochet........no, not normal for me! Any of it. And done loads of ironing. I found things in the bottom of the basket I haven’t seen for years!

[Junglechicken in reply to Wheezycat]

Love Tunisian crochet too. Made myself a scarf. It’s just in simple stitch but it has got some compliments.

[Wheezycat in reply to Junglechicken]

Scarf is better than dishcloth, but I was just trying it out.

[Junglechicken in reply to Wheezycat]

I’ve got some items hanging around that need hand washing. So I guess I’ve got some time to sort that out now if the current situation stays the same.

[Wheezycat in reply to Junglechicken]

Indeed! Normally I would choose other activities first!

[EmmaF91 Community Ambassador]

Solidarity and song;

huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/...

[RD23]

I got out in the garden on Saturday and planted up the pots in my garden and put some lights up. Also after having bad attacks for sooooo long, I’m getting myself out of more and more of them as I’m finding reflexology is really helping me, I don’t know how or why but it’s helping balance my hormones and in turn my asthma.

[EmmaF91 Community Ambassador]

Sex toys have boosted in sales drastically around the world 😉😂

dailymail.co.uk/femail/arti...

[RD23 in reply to EmmaF91]

🤣🤣🤣

[Lysistrata Administrator Community Ambassador in reply to EmmaF91]

Predicting a baby boom in 9 months or so...

'These are my twins Super Soft Comfort and Three Ply Quilted'.

[EmmaF91 Community Ambassador in reply to Lysistrata]

Yeah... they aren’t reporting any panic buying of condoms 😅😂

[Sunflower_2017 in reply to Lysistrata]

😄

[Lysistrata Administrator Community Ambassador in reply to EmmaF91]

Further off-colour baby names:

Purell

Andrex

Pontius Pilate

Zorro (as in mask)

[WB2020 in reply to EmmaF91]

😂😂😂

[Wheezycat]

youtu.be/wamoQYVI0ww(Not working as expected?)

Iranian health care dancing.......

[LittleZebra]

I had a fairly early walk in my local park today, trying to make it between the before work dog walkers and the later dog walking shift/random tourists going for walks. For some of the time it was delightfully quiet so much so that I (almost) felt like doing a little jig it was so relatively relaxing and I was happy! I also saw some of my favourite birds too. There was a nuthatch rooting for food on the ground (the first time I have seen one do that rather than being on the trunk of a tree) I also saw at least two female dippers. If you don’t know about them they are wonderful birds, about the size of a dumpy blackbird, the males are black and the females are brown and they both have a white bib. You usually see them bobbing up and down on rocks in streams and rivers. The most amazing thing about them is that, although they don’t particularly look like aquatic birds they can actually swim under water quite happily in order to get their food!

[Singinglouder]

Got a note through the door with my paper this morning. The paper boy says he knows some people are self isolating, so if anyone needs any shopping etc just put a note on the door, or phone the number he gave, and he'll happily collect anything and deliver it. Cheered me up!

[daleboy3]

Here is a Joke: before the Covid-19 arrived I would cough to hide a fart, now I fart 💨to hide a cough

[MrsCMK]

Love the idea of this thread and some of the comments 😂 Keep them coming guys!