What tugs at your heartstrings?

[garinda]

Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

What a lovely post G but now you've got me crying you sod. Bet he is having a laugh at us now hunxxx

For sure.

Laughing at the daft, soft sods.

His li'l mate from here, and his beloved wife, gettin' all teary-eyed.

He'd tell me off.

You, he'd forgive.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by junetta

Jean was my mum´s best mate and I remember Frank too. Went to see him in hospital once. Memory lane yet again x

Jean was in Rough Lee Maternity home having one of her sons when I was in there after the birth of my daughter.
Lovely lady.

[Margaret Pilkington]

You see...it is true. Those who have passed, live on, as long as there is someone who holds them in their heart....as long as their is someone who remembers them, polishes and cherishes the memories.

G....you have said so many true and wise things.

Our lives change as friends and family pass...but think how much poorer our lives would have been without those people in it.
Change is scary........but fruit only grows on a branch that has the strength to support it.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

You see...it is true. Those who have passed, live on, as long as there is someone who holds them in their heart....as long as their is someone who remembers them, polishes and cherishes the memories.

G....you have said so many true and wise things.

Our lives change as friends and family pass...but think how much poorer our lives would have been without those people in it.
Change is scary........but fruit only grows on a branch that has the strength to support it.

Thanks.

I haven't really. I Just tried to put into words what I've learned in life...so far.

I did wake up this morning, thinking I'd probably written a load of guff on here last night.

Then I thought, who gives a stuff? It's good to share things with other people, and although it might produce a few tears, it's a much more productive thing to happen here, than all the sniping that happens in many other threads.

Please feel free, to keep sharing stuff that makes us who we are.

There's nowt wrong with the occasional lapse into being a soft ha'ppeth.

[jaysay]

Hell what a thread, for Saturday night, myself, well can say I'm too sentimental, but there are things which do instantly give the old heart a tug. Whenever I hear Time In A Bottle, by Jim Croce, reminds me of when my mother died, the words or so poignant. Every Saturday when I see my eldest daughter, I remember the day she was born and me arriving in the delivery room within 5 minutes of her birth, seems like yesterday, the difference now is she's now 43 and I also remember only a few moths ago giving her away when she got married, that day I really did have a tear in my eye.

[Margaret Pilkington]

take from this what you may...sometimes things happen to change us forever, and at the time the change seems devastating....but even the bad things can have good outcomes.

The obstacle in Our Path
In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a
roadway.
Then he hid himself and watched to see if
anyone would remove the huge rock.
Some of the King's' wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by
And simply walked around it... Many loudly blamed the
King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did
anything about getting the stone out of the way.
Then a peasant came along carrying a load of
vegetables.
Upon approaching the boulder, the
peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the
stone to the side of the road. After much pushing
and straining, he finally succeeded. The
peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed
a purse lying in the road where the boulder had
been.
The purse contained many gold coins and a note
from the King indicating that the gold was for the
person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The
peasant learned what many of us never understand!
Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve
our situation, though at the time we may not realise it.

[heth]

Lovely thread Gary.

The thing that tugs at my heartstrings is all the stuff I have put my Mum & Dad through in my younger years.

I were no angel at all but they were always there for me. I know a lot of you will say that is what parents are there to do but you dont know what I put them through.

I look back now and part of me is glad that I went through what I did or else it wouldnt have made me the person I am today but the bigger part of me feels sad that I did things to hurt my closest.

[jedimaster]

Originally Posted by garinda

That's a toughy, my little mucker.

Somethings, not all, we just have to grin, bear, and just accept 'em.

I was lucky. I followed, found, and enjoyed living my dream for a good twenty years, before having to accept something that changed my life.

Accept what you HAVE to, and if that affects what you THOUGHT your dreams were...get some new, different, better dreams.

I hate, pious platitudes, but these words always make sense to me.

"Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
-- Saint Francis of Assisi

I've no answers, but if you ever need a brew and a natter, message me.

there is a lot of sense there gary and believe me I do have new dreams and directions i amtrying to to go in, I'm just finding it damned hard to make them a reality. but nil desperandum as they say. Just got to get used to having good days and bad days as i'm sure you have had to.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Hell what a thread, for Saturday night, myself, well can say I'm too sentimental, but there are things which do instantly give the old heart a tug. Whenever I hear Time In A Bottle, by Jim Croce, reminds me of when my mother died, the words or so poignant. Every Saturday when I see my eldest daughter, I remember the day she was born and me arriving in the delivery room within 5 minutes of her birth, seems like yesterday, the difference now is she's now 43 and I also remember only a few moths ago giving her away when she got married, that day I really did have a tear in my eye.

Pretend to be a hard man. Pah!

Heart of gold under all that bluff.

Because of this thread, I received a message last night, from someone who recently visited you.

It made me ashamed that someone could travel hundreds of miles, and I'm too lazy to make much less of an effort.

If you want to, and you're up to it it, I'd love to come and finally meet you face to face after all this time, and have that brew sometime in this coming week.

Just let me know when's good...if you're not too afraid.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by jedimaster

there is a lot of sense there gary and believe me I do have new dreams and directions i amtrying to to go in, I'm just finding it damned hard to make them a reality. but nil desperandum as they say. Just got to get used to having good days and bad days as i'm sure you have had to.

If something's realistically achievable, never give up on it. If it's what you truly want.

As I said, I've no answers, but if you ever need an ear to bend, just ask. If I'm well, you're welcome to mine, and I mean that.

Sometimes talking, to someone unconnected to what's happening in your life, can ease what might be a burden. I've certainly done it, many times.

[Margaret Pilkington]

This tugs mine........and doesn't it put our own difficulties into perspective?

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[jedimaster]

Originally Posted by garinda

If something's realistically achievable, never give up on it. If it's what you truly want.

As I said, I've no answers, but if you ever need an ear to bend, just ask. If I'm well, you're welcome to mine, and I mean that.

Sometimes talking, to someone unconnected to what's happening in your life, can ease what might be a burden. I've certainly done it, many times.

thankyou gary for your really kind offer, once i'm settled in the new house i'll definately do that. (now YOU are pulling at the heartstrings - simple kindness to fellow humans is a wonderful and highly underrated power)

[garinda]

Originally Posted by jedimaster

there is a lot of sense there gary and believe me I do have new dreams and directions i amtrying to to go in, I'm just finding it damned hard to make them a reality. but nil desperandum as they say. Just got to get used to having good days and bad days as i'm sure you have had to.

Hell, I bet it seems as if I'm some wise old sage, or attempting to be.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

I'm a fool, and my own worst enemy.

It is hard, never being able to plan things, Never knowing if it will be a good day, or not.

Try to appreciate, and make the most of the days you're able.

What I'm trying to accept is that I do give in.

I say no to doing things, because in the past I've always given 100% to whatever I've done, and now I can't.

I should accept this fact, and accept that if peope want me to do things, they already know I'll do what I can, even if it's not as much as I'd like to, or would have done in the past.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by jedimaster

thankyou gary for your really kind offer, once i'm settled in the new house i'll definately do that. (now YOU are pulling at the heartstrings - simple kindness to fellow humans is a wonderful and highly underrated power)

Ah, shut it.

You'd do the same for me.

It'll make amends for taking the rip out of your belt once, at one of the Accy Web meets.

[jedimaster]

funny that i've never been to an accyweb meet lol.