Comments on: Unwanted Visitor http://thecreativemama.com/unwanted-visitor/ every day living with a touch of creativity Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: heidi @ wonder woman wannabe http://thecreativemama.com/unwanted-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5347 heidi @ wonder woman wannabe Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:52:35 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2089#comment-5347 You have a such a way with words. Thank you for sharing, and encouraging. Makes me think of Cheryl Crow's 'Soak Up the Sun'...."It's not having what you want, but wanting what you've got." Great stuff, gratitude rocks! You have a such a way with words. Thank you for sharing, and encouraging. Makes me think of Cheryl Crow’s ‘Soak Up the Sun’….”It’s not having what you want, but wanting what you’ve got.” Great stuff, gratitude rocks!

]]> By: Thea http://thecreativemama.com/unwanted-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5145 Thea Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:56:54 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2089#comment-5145 ah, I like the the last two mentioned better myself:) Great post ah, I like the the last two mentioned better myself:) Great post

]]> By: Megan at Simple Kids http://thecreativemama.com/unwanted-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5128 Megan at Simple Kids Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:56:47 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2089#comment-5128 Absolutely! The ugly creeps in so subtly, doesn't it? It takes legitimate, intentional invitation to the good girlfriends to chase the ugly away. Gorgeous reflection on a universal experience! Absolutely! The ugly creeps in so subtly, doesn’t it? It takes legitimate, intentional invitation to the good girlfriends to chase the ugly away. Gorgeous reflection on a universal experience!

]]> By: Katie http://thecreativemama.com/unwanted-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5108 Katie Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:07:47 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2089#comment-5108 Wow...for a minute there I thought you were talking about my mother-in-law. Ha. Seriously, great post. Sometimes we need a reminder to be happy with what we have! Wow…for a minute there I thought you were talking about my mother-in-law.

Ha.

Seriously, great post. Sometimes we need a reminder to be happy with what we have!

]]> By: Michelle http://thecreativemama.com/unwanted-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5105 Michelle Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:29:40 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2089#comment-5105 Just popped over from reading your amazing, honest, and inspirational story at Shutter Sisters. I am feeling at a crossroads as my children are one by one heading off to full-day school (I stay home with them), and now I feel like I'm moving into the next chapter in my life. I want great things, but these great things need to be held in careful balance. It touched me to read your story, and to be reminded of the struggle for balance. Also to remember to call on those who can help us maintain (or regain) balance. As for that nasty "jealousy", I work at not comparing, to remind myself we all have special gifts and talents and to hone those, not worry about what someone else has/is doing. And you are so right about contentment and gratitude warding off the jealousy. Be content with you in the moment you are in, be grateful for those around you, and jealousy doesn't stand a chance. Whew, sorry for the wordy comment. Guess I had a lot to say! Just popped over from reading your amazing, honest, and inspirational story at Shutter Sisters. I am feeling at a crossroads as my children are one by one heading off to full-day school (I stay home with them), and now I feel like I’m moving into the next chapter in my life. I want great things, but these great things need to be held in careful balance. It touched me to read your story, and to be reminded of the struggle for balance. Also to remember to call on those who can help us maintain (or regain) balance.

As for that nasty “jealousy”, I work at not comparing, to remind myself we all have special gifts and talents and to hone those, not worry about what someone else has/is doing. And you are so right about contentment and gratitude warding off the jealousy. Be content with you in the moment you are in, be grateful for those around you, and jealousy doesn’t stand a chance.

Whew, sorry for the wordy comment. Guess I had a lot to say!

]]> By: Tammy http://thecreativemama.com/unwanted-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5100 Tammy Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:50:58 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2089#comment-5100 Thanks for the reminder! It is so easy to let her creep into your life. My dad left for a mission trip to Haiti this morning. This is his 4th trip and let me tell you, there is nothing to make you feel more Content & Grateful than seeing the pictures of those sweet, beautiful children who are completely happy living in poverty. They have no concept of material things. They are just happy being alive. It really makes me appreciate all that I have in my life. I'm blessed in many ways. Thanks for the reminder! It is so easy to let her creep into your life. My dad left for a mission trip to Haiti this morning. This is his 4th trip and let me tell you, there is nothing to make you feel more Content & Grateful than seeing the pictures of those sweet, beautiful children who are completely happy living in poverty. They have no concept of material things. They are just happy being alive. It really makes me appreciate all that I have in my life. I’m blessed in many ways.

]]> By: Thea http://thecreativemama.com/unwanted-visitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5098 Thea Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:51:23 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2089#comment-5098 I love my new community of "girlfriends!" You are most certainly the best friends this girl needs right now. Thanks! I love my new community of “girlfriends!” You are most certainly the best friends this girl needs right now. Thanks!

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