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This is why everyone need a cat.. they are SO selfless

See...cats are just so selfless here Blink is sacrificing his me time to to give Me bellies.

I lost my geriatric bunch one right after another (all in their early 20's) about 3.5 years ago.

Blink is 2.5 and Twist is 1.5....
I thought I was never going to get a lap cat again 😹....

But lately Blink has decided to sacrifice his belly to me (and his chin belly & chest belly). I have a microbead squishy pillow in my lap on the recliner & he jumps up and turns around finding just the right position for maximum belly potential and then cocks up a leg so that I can get my arm under there and wear him like a puppet. Rubbing his belly the whole time. So so sacrificing of him.

seriously he is a super duper soft cat I've not met a cat that has fur as soft as his. He'll just kind of lay there for hours letting me pet his belly.

If there was such a thing as reincarnation I totally want to come back as one of my cats.
they're such good therapy when they make even my worst days worth dealing with.

Twist my other one is a little bit of a hooligan he lived on the streets for a bit and still hasn't quite decided if he wants to be a lap cat or not but he sleeps on my pillow every night.

I don't know what I do without these little buggers.

“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

#mindfullness
#copingwithlife
#distractme
#askme
#upallnight
#checkinwithme
#selfcare
#noshame
#masterthemoment
#flipmymood

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Anyone else tried Zentangling (intentional meditative doodling). It really helps me

I'm home bound with limited energy and chronic pain. I have a lot of imaginary hobbies, becsuse i can't do my old ones any more.

I dicovered Zentangling. I dont follow the Law completely (it has to be grey scale and on a certain sized small card (tile).

Pinterest has a ton of Zentangle 'step outs' (instructions on how to make certain doodkes if you get stuck).

It can be done in bed or a recliner with a pen a piece of paper and a pencil for shading.
Or you can use glitter pens and markers or colored pencils.

You dont need to be an artist or artistically inclined.

"Zentangle art is spontaneous and free-flowing so you can focus on each stroke and not worry about the result. Think of it as meditative doodling. You can learn different tangles and string them together to create detailed drawings on small squares of paper called tiles. You can move beyond these small tiles and get creative with bigger drawings or different shapes.

The most important thing to mention is that you don't need to be artistic or good at drawing. You need no prior art experience at all, just the willingness to try! The patterns may look complicated but once they're broken down and you learn how to do them step by step, you'll see how simple and easy Zentangle is. There are no mistakes in Zentangle!"
www.google.com/amp/s/www.popsugar.com/fitness/what-is-zentan...

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#ChronicPain
#Mindfulness
#Selfcare
#DistractMe
#flipmymood
#ArtTherapy
#Meditation

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The power of music...what moves you and pulls you to a different space? What rakes you away from it all..or pulls you into it?

Im in a strange mood. I dont think its just Dewali..but what a beuatiful celebration & i got kinda introspective....and looked up and an hour is gone and my world is different.

Music is so personal and so powerful. As a teen I never owned cassettes or cds. I didn't want the people around me having insight into my soal. So what ever claic rock was playing.

The past year (mid 40's) my relationship with music has really changed.

I've realized just how much it can pull me out of a moment, or into one. Lets me create my reality for the moment. Give me respite or scream for me. Change my soal and make me completely present in the moment so all else fades away.

What music does that to/for you?

For me just a few off the top of my head that transport me Elsewhere

Lorde (esp Teams)
Shaed Trampoline
Alana Del Ray
Gorillaz (most anything)
Billie Eilish (most anything)
(Wish you were gay..feels like
my relationship "..I just want.
to make you feel OK..")
Macy Grey
Immagine Dragons
Borns (esp 10, 000 emerald pools)
U2 (anything)
Tom Petty (learning to fly esp)
Dead Can Dance
Liquid Bloom
Pink Floyd
Cake
Triand Drops of Jupiter

New genre
Low-fi
Psybient/psytrance
World beat
New School Alternative

And old
Clasic Rock
Alternative

There is so much more...

But i can't handle Undst-Undst base (disautonomia)
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I've started listening to Spottify which I love because it finds similar artists & genres i might be into. I might get myself a year subscription as a Dewali or Solstice gift.

#healingpowerofmusic
#DistractMe
#flipmymood
#Mindfulness
#CopingWithLife
#takingitonthechin
#masterthemoment

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