so, when you sit back and look at your life.... do you like what you see ???



if you checked out tomorrow, what would people remember about you ???



have you done something in the last week that touched another persons soul for the good ???



if they say the people you hang out with 'define' you... are you ok with those that you are hangin with now ???




have you made peace with yourself and those around you ???

Na, Id like a nice girl who would make things better.

Overall, yes. There's more things I want to do before I leave this world, though.

nakedpianoplayer said:

There are a lot of things about my life that I want to improve, but overall I am experiencing a lot of happiness. It seems challenging to get that sometimes but it is happening

My life thus far has been really good and I hope that I will continue to be blessed, but in my opinion just to be blessed to live another day makes my life great .

nakedpianoplayer said:

no... not right now, anyway

no

when i look at my life... there are things im very proud of, and others im not proud of at all. i wish i would have listened more when i was a kid, seems i made things more difficult on myself as an adult. also, i wish when i was younger, i would have settled down and enjoyed the age i was instead of always wishing to be older - i feel i missed a few important things along the way. i wish i would have learned 'dont sweat the small stuff' much earlier in life and i wish i would have found out who "I" was way before i actually did.... im not such a bad person afterall. i am very proud of my accomplishments with my children though, and i know i will leave 2 very happy, independent, loving people behind... and i hope the world treats them well



if i checked out tomorrow, i would want people to... remember that i loved to laugh, adored my friends, cherished my children, loved my family, and tried my best to make those around me smile everyday



this past week, what have you done to touch another person's soul for the good ???... my son's teacher lost her mother, and was out for a week. upon her arrival back to school.... jacob delivered her 2 dozen mini pink roses in a BEAUTIFUL bouquet from the family. thats just something nice to do, and not that much out of the ordinary, but, it made me feel good. later in the week, i came across a grey dove in the road that had been injured in some kinda way sitting in the middle of traffic... i stopped the traffic and helped move the baby to safer ground. again, not a big deal - but it felt nice



friends you have now, are you happy ??? this one is a no somehow, i have gotten myself hooked up with some pretty crazy people.. i think im going to have to go through a lonely time while i 'clean out the closet' and get some issues straight. somehow, i have been put in the position of bending my moral beliefs a few times in the last year.... im not liking it, and its having an effect on my personal happiness.



have you made peace ??? thats a tough one, since we are so good at beating ourselves up for even the smallest of things.... but, i have come to respect myself in ways that i never did before and i have learned that my opinion is just as important.... i have forgiven myself for things i have done in the past, and given myself permission to move forward in a positive way

i'm pretty happy with my life. i do want one more aspect added to it but that will happen in time...

nakedpianoplayer said:

No. I spent my twenties in a drunken haze. I still drink too much at times now - but not every day. I drank to fit in with people whom didn't deserve to have me as a friend. I wish I hadn't ran up debts to keep up with my supposed friends' lifestyles. I'm still paying off the debts, ten years later.

nakedpianoplayer said:

That I was a misfit.

nakedpianoplayer said:

A friend has separated from his wife and when I went to visit him in a flat he's renting, I realised he had virtually nothing - not even a radio. I bought him a digital receiver for his television. He was really thankful and hugged me. I later learned that his wife wasn't impressed though. She called the present "a device to stop him from returning home". I guess you can't please everybody.

nakedpianoplayer said:

I have nothing in common with my closest friends. I don't think it's healthy to surround yourself with other versions of you and "yes men".

nakedpianoplayer said:

No. I feel very restless and on-edge. If anything, I need to stop analysing everything to the nth degree and just go with the flow a lot more.

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nakedpianoplayer said:

so, when you sit back and look at your life.... do you like what you see ???
I not only like what i see ...i love and honor what i have been gifted and what i have created within my life



if you checked out tomorrow, what would people remember about you ???
I would say it would be much different for each person and i havent spent much time wondering what will be thought of me when i pass ...i am too busy living



have you done something in the last week that touched another persons soul for the good ??? OH HELL yes ... i try to do that daily ...isnt that what life is about !!



if they say the people you hang out with 'define' you... are you ok with those that you are hangin with now ??? GOOD GOD YES what a honor to be defined by who surrounds me in this life




have you made peace with yourself and those around you ??? another daily tool/lesson/task we should all strive for... so far today, YES i have

Mach said:

nakedpianoplayer said:

Yes.


Would depend on who you asked.


Yes.


Yes.


Myself? Definitely. "Those around me"? Some people want to live in the past. I tend to not hang w/those people anymore or, if I do see them, not get involved in their drama.

Yes.

Uh, yea!

Why waste time being unhappy, this thing called life is rather short.

sag10 said:

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I love everyone to death who is a part of my day to day life. But I havent been HAPPY with myself for a very, very long time. In my eyes, by now (30 years old) I should have accomplished more. I should be a more sucessful and better person.
I feel my kids suffer because I could be a better mom. I feel at times I work too much for nothing, oh dont get me started.....

amorbella said:

Mach said:

i'll second that..

nakedpianoplayer said:

thank you!!!

nakedpianoplayer said:

Wow....you made me get all serious and deep and everything....

cubic61052 said:

and you did it well

nakedpianoplayer said:

thanks...I needed a hug today!