~Timeless Beauty~ - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

2stop · 07-12-2004, 04:15 PM

Thought of this idea to help us in coping and combating depression and the stresses of daily life. A thread about ~Timeless Beauties~..those moments that the heart sees much more clearly then the 'eye'.........the truly beautiful things and moments of our lives that we so often overlook or rush past in our illusion that more is better and in a hurry means we have a 'life' hah!! I say slow down...don't just smell the roses! Oh no..share some roses, pass them around..tell everyone about the precious moments that touch your heart, makes the day bearable, brings on sweet nostalgia. Maybe they can find some stress relief too!

~Timeless Beauty~

1. Fresh cut flowers from the backyard, arranged in every room of the house!!

2. Your children making a wonderful mess of the cookies and brownies you made!(Big beauty for me..breakthrough moment in fact..when I looked past the 'mess'...to the 'moment'..the sharing with my babies. I can bo so neurotic about my house! These momenst really help with that)

3. My fatcat Louie meowing pitifully in the AM, waking me with a tap-tap against the cheek.

4. The smell of old books.............I absolutely LOVE it...Delicious!!!!!!

5. Finding an apology note from hubby.....writtten with so much love..you just have to forgive him!!!

The fresh smell of Mother Earth after a rain.................Mmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

Okay, will post some each day( or whenever I can...)

What are YOUR Timeless Beauties??

splendra · 07-12-2004, 06:04 PM

My favorite is the first time I ever saw the face of my child wow now that was a real high...

The most important one was accepting Jesus as my savior when I was 8 yrs old I still get tears in my eyes when I think back to the time when I was a desparte little girl living in active addition with both parents and feeling like it was all my fault and Jesus gave me hope, courage and, faith even then and even now....

2stop · 07-13-2004, 06:26 PM

Something extremely beautiful to me is that now I am clean and sober I can identify intense emotions, feel them through and come to terms with them...without a pill or drink to numb the rage and fear. Beautiful!!!

sweeks · 08-12-2004, 02:45 PM

This is a silly one but have any of you seen breakfast at tiffany's? I just love the scene at the end where they kiss in the rain. *sigh* :raincloud

2stop · 08-12-2004, 02:52 PM

You know..I have never watched that movie...think I will rent it this weekend.

And it is not silly!! Wherever I can find beauty or reflect on something romantic....I think it is a great healer to embrace all kinds of beauty...everywhere!

sweeks · 08-12-2004, 03:24 PM

You know that I really think is timeless beauty? YOU! No really you and all the other people on this board. Taking the time to give support and kind words even while they are going through the same or worse circumstances. I'm overwhelmed every time I come here.

2stop · 08-15-2004, 05:02 PM

Freedom in a life of recovery and sobriety from drugs...dear God..it is such an amazing, BEAUTIFUL feeling.....

:ilu Sobriety!!!!!!!!!!

MootPoint · 08-16-2004, 02:58 PM

Timeless beauty

Fireflies in the night.

Even more beautiful.....

Enjoying the fireflies sober

2stop · 08-16-2004, 04:39 PM

LOL!! I love it!!!!!!

My daughter goes out every night to collect fireflies and puts them in a huge jar overnight..she comes running to me in the am..look! and shoves the thing in my face..It's alive!! It's alive!! LOL.....Gotta love em....... :mj

amanda_76 · 08-20-2004, 08:39 PM

(((((((((((((((((2 Stop))))))))))))))))))))
How are things with you? You sound wonderful!!!!! So good!!!!!!!!!!! How is the family life going i.e (mother) I put mine in the hospital 2 months ago.....finally. I thought things were bad before?! They only got worse. She had the audacity to call children and family services on me and make up these outlandish stories. I was investigated, and it turned on her real quick, she might be facing felony charges for making false allegations. HA HA on her!!
Things are good otherwise. I miss talking with you.

Let me know how you are!!

Love,
Amanda

2stop · 08-21-2004, 05:08 AM

(((((Amanda)))))) I have missed you!! Sooo good to hear from you. Sorry to hear about the trouble with your mother. Even though we know what they are capable of..it doesn't make it any easier.((((((((((Huge Hugs))))))). Things are going okay with my mother right now..but that nagging feeling of when are they going to nut up is hard to quell.Just taking it day by day right now with her.

Hope to see ya around more!! I am still clean and loving every minute of it! I am very blessed.

Prepjackie · 08-21-2004, 06:01 AM

Timeless Beauty:

Smelling the dew in the morning off the grass and hearing the crickets chrip at night.
Taking a nap in the middle of the day, while in the distance you listen to the sound of a lawn mower plowing away. Having my sons back in my life, after 5 years of drinking and drugging and denying them thier mother. Being clean and sober for over 2 years now.
Prepjackie

BrokenSpirit · 08-23-2004, 11:48 AM

I've never had any children of my own, so I will say that not only being in the delivery room and watching my beautiful nephew be born, but I was the very first one to hold him.... even before his mother. That is my favorite Timeless Beauty ever.

07-12-2004, 04:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,794	~Timeless Beauty~ Thought of this idea to help us in coping and combating depression and the stresses of daily life. A thread about ~Timeless Beauties~..those moments that the heart sees much more clearly then the 'eye'.........the truly beautiful things and moments of our lives that we so often overlook or rush past in our illusion that more is better and in a hurry means we have a 'life' hah!! I say slow down...don't just smell the roses! Oh no..share some roses, pass them around..tell everyone about the precious moments that touch your heart, makes the day bearable, brings on sweet nostalgia. Maybe they can find some stress relief too! ~Timeless Beauty~ 1. Fresh cut flowers from the backyard, arranged in every room of the house!! 2. Your children making a wonderful mess of the cookies and brownies you made!(Big beauty for me..breakthrough moment in fact..when I looked past the 'mess'...to the 'moment'..the sharing with my babies. I can bo so neurotic about my house! These momenst really help with that) 3. My fatcat Louie meowing pitifully in the AM, waking me with a tap-tap against the cheek. 4. The smell of old books.............I absolutely LOVE it...Delicious!!!!!! 5. Finding an apology note from hubby.....writtten with so much love..you just have to forgive him!!! The fresh smell of Mother Earth after a rain.................Mmmmmmmmmmmm!!! Okay, will post some each day( or whenever I can...) What are YOUR Timeless Beauties?? __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

07-12-2004, 06:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
splendra the girl can't help it Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: splendraville Posts: 5,495 Blog Entries: 3	My favorite is the first time I ever saw the face of my child wow now that was a real high... The most important one was accepting Jesus as my savior when I was 8 yrs old I still get tears in my eyes when I think back to the time when I was a desparte little girl living in active addition with both parents and feeling like it was all my fault and Jesus gave me hope, courage and, faith even then and even now.... __________________ nice has a hisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

07-13-2004, 06:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,794	Something extremely beautiful to me is that now I am clean and sober I can identify intense emotions, feel them through and come to terms with them...without a pill or drink to numb the rage and fear. Beautiful!!! __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-12-2004, 02:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,794	You know..I have never watched that movie...think I will rent it this weekend. And it is not silly!! Wherever I can find beauty or reflect on something romantic....I think it is a great healer to embrace all kinds of beauty...everywhere! __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-15-2004, 05:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,794	Freedom in a life of recovery and sobriety from drugs...dear God..it is such an amazing, BEAUTIFUL feeling..... :ilu Sobriety!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-12-2004, 02:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
sweeks Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 184	This is a silly one but have any of you seen breakfast at tiffany's? I just love the scene at the end where they kiss in the rain. sigh :raincloud

08-12-2004, 03:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
sweeks Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 184	You know that I really think is timeless beauty? YOU! No really you and all the other people on this board. Taking the time to give support and kind words even while they are going through the same or worse circumstances. I'm overwhelmed every time I come here.

08-16-2004, 02:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
MootPoint we're all mad here! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: a padded room with bars Posts: 1,683	Timeless beauty Fireflies in the night. Even more beautiful..... Enjoying the fireflies sober __________________ The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo. ---------Terry Pratchett

08-16-2004, 04:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,794	LOL!! I love it!!!!!! My daughter goes out every night to collect fireflies and puts them in a huge jar overnight..she comes running to me in the am..look! and shoves the thing in my face..It's alive!! It's alive!! LOL.....Gotta love em....... :mj __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-20-2004, 08:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
amanda_76 Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Happyville Posts: 23	(((((((((((((((((2 Stop)))))))))))))))))))) How are things with you? You sound wonderful!!!!! So good!!!!!!!!!!! How is the family life going i.e (mother) I put mine in the hospital 2 months ago.....finally. I thought things were bad before?! They only got worse. She had the audacity to call children and family services on me and make up these outlandish stories. I was investigated, and it turned on her real quick, she might be facing felony charges for making false allegations. HA HA on her!! Things are good otherwise. I miss talking with you. Let me know how you are!! Love, Amanda

08-21-2004, 05:08 AM	#11 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,794	(((((Amanda)))))) I have missed you!! Sooo good to hear from you. Sorry to hear about the trouble with your mother. Even though we know what they are capable of..it doesn't make it any easier.((((((((((Huge Hugs))))))). Things are going okay with my mother right now..but that nagging feeling of when are they going to nut up is hard to quell.Just taking it day by day right now with her. Hope to see ya around more!! I am still clean and loving every minute of it! I am very blessed. __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-21-2004, 06:01 AM	#12 (permalink)
Prepjackie Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Iowa Park, Tx. Posts: 13	Timeless Beauty: Smelling the dew in the morning off the grass and hearing the crickets chrip at night. Taking a nap in the middle of the day, while in the distance you listen to the sound of a lawn mower plowing away. Having my sons back in my life, after 5 years of drinking and drugging and denying them thier mother. Being clean and sober for over 2 years now. Prepjackie

08-23-2004, 11:48 AM	#13 (permalink)
BrokenSpirit Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: My Own Little World Posts: 102	I've never had any children of my own, so I will say that not only being in the delivery room and watching my beautiful nephew be born, but I was the very first one to hold him.... even before his mother. That is my favorite Timeless Beauty ever.

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