The Positive Thread

[GoddessOfGuinness]

Post something positive...something uplifting. I know I'll get a lot of replies with pics of batteries and elevators; but they're ok too. :D

“The best way you can cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up”
- MARK TWAIN

[taterguy]

1. There's beauty everywhere

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. Nice pic!

Did you take that?

[taterguy]

12. I took the pic a couple years ago in Linville Gorge

Here's another

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. Beautiful!

Where is Linville Gorge?

[taterguy]

19. Kinda sorta between Asheville and Boone in North Carolina

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. I'll have to put it on my list...

of places to see! :D

[Sugar Smack]

2. Sank like a stone, honay.

;-)

Here's one for you, btw, for being so awesome: :yourock: :loveya:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. Awww...Thanks!

It only sinks as long as there's nobody to lift it up. I have a feeling this'll keep going awhile!

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. "People are as happy as they make up their minds to be." -Abraham Lincoln.

You would think that the way things are, and the way things are going, that people would spend more time trying to cultivate happiness. Thanks for the thread.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. Hippies were such a boon to the Peace Movement of the 60s...

What we need is more powerful positive energy... :toast:

[Xipe Totec]

4. ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_5z0m7cs0A

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. Thank you!

Heavenly!

[rug]

5. +

[Sugar Smack]

6. >

[Xipe Totec]

7. (-)X(-)

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. *

http://www.bosombutton.com/

[Xipe Totec]

13. That was supposed to be two negatives multiplied!

Not that the other meaning (lifts and separates) didn't X my mind...

:rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. I thought it was a mammogram run amok.

[Xipe Totec]

25. Indeed

:blush:

[Fire Walk With Me]

60. Hey, even ASCII gets me off.

:blush:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. Charged

[RetroLounge]

9. ...

:hi:

RL

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. Lovely light!

Reminds me a little of the Limberlost Trail in Shenandoah....must be the hemlock tree.

Did you take this beautiful photo?

[RetroLounge]

27. Yes, i did, thanks.

It's a trail near Green lake, Wisconsin...

:hi:

RL

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. Every time I see a beautiful pic like that,

I want to go visit the place!

[RetroLounge]

39. I go there twice a year for a long weekend.

Here's a few more pics I took there last year...











RL

[GoddessOfGuinness]

40. Thank you for sharing those!

So peaceful...

[ThomCat]

57. If I can ever make it up your way,

I hope you can take me out walking on a trail like that somewhere. I miss being able to go walking out in the woods. :)

[trof]

14. OK. Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7137494

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. Awww...What a sweet thread. :-)

:toast:

[tigereye]

17. Life is short - make sure to stop and smell the roses.

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. Evr since I heard that expression, I have!

Every time I see a rose bush, I have to stick my nose in it. Almost got stung a couple of times! :toast:

[tigereye]

67. me too!

how are you, Goddess? How's the family?

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

69. We're doing pretty well...

Older son has begun counseling of his own volition, and is paying for it himself. :-)

I've been very busy this week with kiddie concerts in the mornings and opera rehearsals/performances in the evenings. In between, I've been teaching my younger son, so he doesn't get behind in school. I'm really looking forward to a break next week! :-)

[tigereye]

71. oh, I bet you are rehearsing some great stuff -

it's that time of year.

Or do you get tired of endless Christmas cantatas and Oratorios?

I go to the Ren/Baroque Society Christmas concert here every year, and I can't wait to see what cool thing they will do.

I think I've seen Piffaro more times than I can count! :rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

72. I leave in a little while to play a new opera...

It's called "Later the Same Evening", and it's inspired by Edward Hopper paintings. The composer is John Musto. I'm really enjoying it!

[mainegreen]

18. My son loves to play what I call the tackle-hug game.

We each walk away from each other, then turn around. You now wait to see who will yell first, and then run at each other and fall into a tickle/pile/hug and laugh yourself silly. Repeat as needed.

I love it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

I love the games kids make up...

Give him a tickle for me! :hi:

[SPKrazy]

28. IF YOU ARE MORE POSITIVE THAN THIS GO HERE

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7137857&mesg_id=7137857


:P


:rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

29. LOL...There's ALWAYS room for another positive thread!

:toast:

[SPKrazy]

32. mine's a MORE POSITIVE one than yours

:rofl:


:toast:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

35. Positive plus positive creates an even bigger positive...

Poor Southpawkicker...I'm not being very good about letting you tease me... :loveya:

[SPKrazy]

37. i'm positive that someone will positively post in my positively positive thread

sooner or later

:P

:hi:

:hug:

[toadzilla]

31. there is a beautiful boy coming to spend the holidays with me!

edit:typo

[GoddessOfGuinness]

36. And who might that be?

:D

[toadzilla]

44. This one!

notice the drawn on French mustache.
he lives far away from me :(



but not for long!!!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

49. You make a cute couple!

Congrats! :toast:

[Fox Mulder]

34. p+

[GoddessOfGuinness]

38. DUers!

:D

[Fox Mulder]

42. Ag+

[GoddessOfGuinness]

47. Nice specimen! Here's a little CaF2 for you:

[Lil Missy]

41. I love watching my dog eat his dog food.

I know it sounds silly, but it is just one of those "smell the roses" moments for me. It' just so serene and warming.

Sometimes he catches me watching, and then he stops chewing and stares at me like "What?" "WHAT?" It's so comical, and heartwarming.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

48. Who could know that watching someone eat could be more fun than eating?

:thumbsup:

[Lil Missy]

53. Yeah.

And it helps that I love the little beast anyway.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

55. Got a pic?

I'd love to see him!

[ruiner4u]

43. critters...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

50. AWWwwwwwwww!!!

I especially love the bunnies! :loveya:

[Shine]

45. Trees help to slooooow us down and remind us what really matters

This is an Ancient One in the Sequoia National Forest. :hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

52. You know, I've had this crazy idea...

of writing a series of stories with trees as the main characters....emphasizing all they've witnessed in their lifetimes. I dismiss it as something few would be interested in; but it keeps popping back into my head.

Thanks for the beautiful pic...I love trees. :D

[Shine]

61. sounds like a very cool idea to me.

I'd definitely read it. Especially with the older trees it's fascinating to think of all the things they've experienced and seen. Go for it! :thumbsup:

Have you ever seen this book before? I got it for Christmas a few years back and I love it! Something tells me you would love it too. :D
http://www.amazon.com/Meetings-Remarkable-Trees-Thomas-Pakenham/dp/0375752684

:hi: :loveya:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

63. As a matter of fact, I bought a copy for myself this past summer...

after I'd been inspired with the idea of writing about them.

I'd gone through a phase of googling for trees; and I thought it would be so cool to travel around the country in search of characters to write about.

I love this book! :-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

46. My dear GoddessOfGuinness!

Here's a positive quote that I like:

Finish each day and be done with it;

You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can.

Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with old nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said it!

:woohoo:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

54. Ralph was so wise

He also said:
"Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old."

[CaliforniaPeggy]

59. Ah, another quote for my blank book!

Thanks...

This quote is exactly what my poetry is doing for me...

[lizziegrace]

51. From my back porch

[GoddessOfGuinness]

56. Wow!

Love the first one especially!

[lizziegrace]

58. Thanks

I love it out here. It's quiet and so beautiful. :)

[deadparrot]

62. Oh, irony of ironies...

I was listening to the cast recording of Legally Blonde: The Musical (my latest guilty pleasure) when I saw this thread. The song that was playing? "Positive," of course.

So here it is, from the MTV broadcast:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ab22piIVP4s

:D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

64. I haven't seen the musical...

but I love the movie! Thanks for the lift! :rofl:

[Broken_Hero]

65. I finally got

water to the house in OK that my wife and I have been working since mid August...yay!1!!11!!! No more hauling buckets O water from the creek....:D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

66. Yay!

That's great news! :toast::bounce:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

68. Pick an affirmation here:

http://www.vitalaffirmations.com/pool/affirmation-cards.htm

I allow myself to trust
in the process of life
and what I need
comes to me easily
and effortlessly

[GoddessOfGuinness]

70. tweak for +