this is shamelessly borrowed from a site to which i post: right now, what feeds your soul? what makes the small, frightening voices in the darkness keep silent?
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silverwhisper posted on Aug 20, 2006
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momsrock said on Aug 20, 2006....
I round up my favorite cd's and take my kids to the playground. There is something about having the windows down, with my favorite songs, surrounded by people too young to know how to worry that sets me at ease.
I recently saw a show on tv where a man drove an ice pick into his ear to try to stop the voices, fears and worries. It was "Untold Stories of the ER" on TLC. People go to extreme lengths to be at peace.
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gingersoul said on Aug 20, 2006....
A good, deep, long phone call with my friends. Emails poppings at my screen from my far away friends. My favorite music out loud: Baroque music always calm me down, any cello tune hypnotizes my brain enough to distract me. Dancing with a Prince song in front of the mirror reminds me of my best years and the fact that my body is still able to get going gives me some pride and comfort. Talking with my daughter and feeling that she looks up at me as a role model. Chocolate always helps. Rereading my old diaries or novel o poetries remind me of my old emotions so that I know i have already been in that dark place and come back, once more. If my man is with me nothing beats a long, wet, sweated sex moment knowing we will be losing control. Sex, romance and intimacy empowers me and silences that damn little voices.
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FaithfulDisciple said on Aug 21, 2006....
To puzzling questions and depressing situations in life, nothing beats the Bible. This wondrous Holy Book is an infinite source of wisdom and inspiration to a tired and restless soul.
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LittleMouth said on Aug 21, 2006....
Just meeting someone and instantly having in-jokes with them. Talking to a friend after a hiatus and being able to pick up right where we left off. The moment during a long struggle where I realize that if I made it this far, I can manage the rest. Certian singer's voices. My family.
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Alyss said on Aug 21, 2006....
Right now? Seeing that my cat is getting better and hearing her purr. Knowing that my children are safely in bed. Knowing that whilst bad things happen life goes on.
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Zayda said on Aug 21, 2006....
realizing that thanks to some insight from a few good friends, i can be at peace with all of who i am even the parts i haven't completely figured out yet.
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silverwhisper said on Aug 21, 2006....
right now: the utter stupidity of trolls. OK, that one's a bit mean-spirited, but damn, i just can't help it... :D
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Marie-Jane said on Aug 21, 2006....
Limp Bizkit seems to put it this way:
That we gotta get it out
We gotta get it out
And I'm 'a get it out
With the mutherfucken microphone
Plug it in my soul
I'm a renegade riot getting out of control
I'm 'a keep it alive
And continue to be
Flying like an eagle
To my destiny
For me it's music as well. I have been a fiddler for over 13 years now and there's nothing better than striking that bow over the fiddle.
June Carter puts it this way:
Theres a guy in there with an old tin horn
And a feller on an old banjo, and the man of the fiddle
He wasn't no slouch he could really drag that bow
Well, the man on the fiddle he must have got tired
I didnt hear him say, 'cause he cut loose on the steel guitar
And the juke box ran away
And I've herd something going strong
It must have been a drum
It gave that song a solid beat
Boy it was goin' some
I have done some customer service training in some call centers and I have found that the best way to "spruce up" people's spirits is listening to music. We all have our own "juice", for some it's a cigarette, reading, puzzles, it's basically anything that takes our minds off STRESS!
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Zayda said on Aug 21, 2006....
seeing my son learn how to blow his first bubble with bubble gum.
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silverwhisper said on Aug 21, 2006....
you know, you have a marvelous talent for finding perspective, super z. :>
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scalywag said on Aug 21, 2006....
my two sons, age 21 and 18, don't usually spend much time together. they are very different and have a few things, but not many, in common. earlier i was telling them I needed to have one of the cars at my disposal tommorrow, and my oldest said "that's ok, M and I are going to spend the day together tommorrow. I'm not sure what we're going to do, but we're going to do something.
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missfickle said on Aug 21, 2006....
An indescretion that my son had last year, led to the most beautiful addition to my family, he was born before christmas, I was present as his birth, and for me he is my families 'baby jesus' (without upsetting those churchgoers); he has healed so many rifts and put the soul back into our family, his smiles light a thousands candles in my heart, many dark places have a bright glow because of his presence. :-)
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Marie-Jane said on Aug 21, 2006....
missfickle: I have/am in that situation right now and I don't know what I would do without my daughter now! She's a blessing!
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Zayda said on Aug 21, 2006....
silver: thank you; my son always gives my life the greatest perspective.
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yeahbutnobut said on Aug 21, 2006....
Humor feeds mine, reading, and music. A wide variety in each category.
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yeahbutnobut said on Aug 21, 2006....
Silver wrote: right now: the utter stupidity of trolls. OK, that one's a bit mean-spirited, but damn, i just can't help it... :D
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It ain't healthy to let other peeps actions manipulate your emotional life Silver. Don't forget to exhale, man. And don't tempt trolls by letting them know where to git ya.
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JadeLondon said on Aug 21, 2006....
Well, perhaps you'll forgive me for robbing shamelessly from my own previous responses to similar questions...
Taking a nap with my children in the big bed in the midst of the day.
Pressing up against my husband's smooth back while he is sleeping; Literally curving my body about his.
Reading a really good book.
Writing a surprisingly good piece (to my inner critic).
I could go on, but I don't want to bore you.
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the_infernal_optimist said on Aug 21, 2006....
Helping somebody else; loving someone just a little bit more than I feel like or helping them more than they might deserve...it's like by helping someone else shush those dark voices or still their soul into peace again (or what passes for peace), my own are stunned into silence. :)
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silverwhisper said on Aug 21, 2006....
YBNB: you're working under the assumption that trolls affect me. that isn't how it works. i affect trolls. :>
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silverwhisper said on Aug 21, 2006....
WFMS right now: getting home during daylight!
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yeahbutnobut said on Aug 21, 2006....
That's great, Silver. Like the song says,
"That's the way to do it, you get adsense money for blogging and your trolls for free." :)
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Chimaera said on Aug 21, 2006....
The difference I've made... facing what is in all liklihood the end of this particular phase of my career, the thing that makes it all worth it is my graduates. I've turned out some truly impressive thinkers and some wonderful human beings.
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Zayda said on Aug 22, 2006....
that someone--several someones--i barely know believes in me so strongly and accepts me for the real me they see.
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silverwhisper said on Aug 22, 2006....
YBNB: yep, pretty much, man. :>
chimaera: that, sir, is a joy and pride i can only enjoy vicariously. indeed, i think that would make a fine blog entry. :>
super z: i'm trying to remember, didn't sartre (?) once say that the worst thing that could befall someone was to be understood completely? if so, i think he was full of shit. :>
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monozuki said on Aug 25, 2006....
Solving some puzzles given by my cousin and uncles (that take some days to finish).
Make someone smile...
Write stories and draw it's characters...
And reading some interesting blogs written by fellow Soulcast bloggers...^^
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Zayda said on Aug 25, 2006....
the sound of my son giggling as his a father tries to get him out of bed and wrestle him into school clothes. :)
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scalywag said on Aug 25, 2006....
having a campfire in the backyard tonight then suddenly realizing the entire family is there.
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scalywag said on Nov 30, 2006....
um....silver.....did you post something and then delete it? I'm trying to figure out why this is in My Conversations
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silverwhisper said on Nov 30, 2006....
sorry: i was looking at it and had to change something in the blog entry itself that didn't translate correctly when soulcast moved to the new HTML-based software a month or 2 ago.
ed
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