Weekend-engagement topic week 51: Missing

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"I miss you and realise just how much each time something happens, good or bad, and the only person I want to tell is you...But you're not there. I miss you."

Have you ever missed someone so much that your chest constricts and it's difficult to breathe? I have, and do. I think if we're honest we all have and whilst sometimes that pain of loss or longing may diminish over time many times it simply does not - Maybe it's there to remind us of what we had, maybe to teach us lessons for the future, I don't know, but either way it hurts a lot and is sometimes seemingly intolerable. But we keep breathing, somehow. Right? What else is there?


Welcome to Friday and #weekend-engagement topic week 51 - I hope you have all had a great week and are ready for the weekend ahead.

If you're not familiar with the #weekend-engagement concept you need to respond to the topic in the comments section of this post. The idea is that you stay around and engage with others too - It's all about engagement and building relationships so get involved and engaged with the other hivers and, above all else, have some fun.

On Monday I'll transfer hive to a few of you who engage below, just for your commenting. It's an easy concept - Just get engaged. It's not a competition, simply a chance to interact with a few other hivers over the weekend and to have fun with the community.


Weekend-engagement topic week 51

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Who or what do you miss and why

In the comments below tell us about someone or something you miss and why - You don't have to get too specific, just generalise, and drop an image as well if you want to. image src

It could be a pet, parent, sibling or other family member. Also maybe a friend or colleague, hive-personality, partner or lover. Maybe you miss a job you had, a sport that you played, a possession that was very important to you but is lost or possibly just your freedom since covid-19 struck. It could be a favourite place to travel, an activity or event you cannot do anymore...The choices are endless. Tell us about it and explain your answer then stay around to engage with some of the others if you have some time.

Read this bit so you know what to do. ⬆️


That's the topic for this week folks. You have until very late Sunday night your time to get your response into the comments below and I hope you'll engage this week, stay around and get friendly with some of the others who participate as it'll be good to see you around over the weekend. Have a great weekend whether you engage or not though.


"You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel."

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I have one thought about 'missing you' in my head, and it's pretty precious. It makes me a bit teary, but here I go anyway.

In the mid '90's, just before I had Jarrah, I met this guy who I fell head over heels in love with. It was a little bit crazy. We both were living in a caravan park in Gracetown, WA. We were there because we were doing the grape picking season there - early rises, afternoons on the beach, communal dinners where I'd take 2 bucks off everyone and go into Margaret River to get ingredients to make a huge curry or chilli by the fire. Good times. He was English - from Essex I believe - and gorgeous. We had such a fun time together - we were smitten, but kinda wild at the same time, so he or I would disappear for a bit and go and hang out or sleep with other people and then come and laugh about it with each other the next time. Like, 'where the hell did you go last night lol' and we'd sit and crack each other up over the stupid things we did whilst drinking far too many jugs of beers. Ah, being young and wild. We had a lot of fun together, surfing, picking grapes, cooking, sitting around doing not much at all.

I bought him this ring, a silver celtic knot thing and I always remember saying 'I'll be at a bar in the Uk and look across and see it and we'll meet again' kinda thing. We were totally devastated to part ways. I drove up north to Kalbarri to meet my girlfriend and he was headed back to the UK in a couple of weeks. Anyway, so me and her are staying in the backpackers and I'm up in the middle of the night thinking: far out, I'm never going to see him again? So I walk out super quiet and leave Tam a note to take the car and I'll meet her in Gnaraloo or Carnarvon, and I got out the door at dawn and hitched all the way back to Gracetown. I couldn't tell her I was planning it as she'd kill me but I couldn't stop thinking about him. I remember ringing her from a phone box to say sorry.

It took 9 hours to get back and three lifts. Because it was WA, everyone had dope in their glovie so by the time I got back to Gracetown it's pretty much dark and I'm so stoned I'm really, really embarrassed that I've done this. What the hell is the guy going to say - he'd surely think me totally bananas. I'm hiding behind a BUSH, and I can see everyone sitting by the fire. It took me two hours to walk over and say 'Hi', as casual as. He was rapt - threw his arms around me. It was the kinda crazy thing he would do as well, so he totally loved that I did that for him.

By this time, everyone else had gone their separate ways and the grape picking season was well and truly over. We spent a blissful week together before he flew back to the UK.

I've spent my entire life missing that guy. He wasn't the love of my life - my husband is - but he taught me that lovers could be friends, and have a ridiculous amount of fun together, which paved the way for the kind of relationship I have with Jamie.

Every now and then I internet stalk him, but I cant' find him anywhere. There's no trace. I wonder if he's dead, or if he's just anti Facebook or social media. I wonder if he's fat with three kids and a wife he loves or hates, or whether he's still that free, tanned guy I met, on a beach somewhere, shelling mussels, surfing.

The way the world is now, I doubt it. I miss the time when those things seemed possible.

I believe I wasn't meant to see him again, and that being with him paved the way for the goodness to follow, but I will spend the rest of my days missing him like hell, and not thinking about him at all.

Actually, I get all choked up in my heart even thinking about this. I'm a bit of a romantic at heart I guess.

I might write a post about it and clean up the stream of conciousness unedited mess of this comment, and find that one photo I have of him in a box somewhere...

Wow! Okay, this is the height! Like you had to go back to meet him? This is really touching and sweet. I had a similar experience, but clearly not close to yours though, I met this lovely young lady at one of my many travels back then for a seminar, she's definitely not a member of my church, a friend invited her over for the seminar, and we bonded so well, we spent the whole night laughing, talking and getting to know each other (good thing she booked a room in the same hotel I also booked mine), we shared so much with each other and we connected so well, but then I was with someone, even though I was so tempted to kiss her, I was glad she understood why I couldn't kiss her. The next morning we travelled back to our different destinations and then we forgot to exchange contracts. Three days later, I received a call from an unknown number, she described herself and I quickly remembered her, she told me how she asked her friend who happens to be a member of my church for my number and how her friend had to ask another friend just to get my number, we talked on the phone for days, and one day, she told me she want to travel down to Delta State where I stay to spend the weekend, she asked me to get her a room and she would pay for it, she just want to see me one more time. I thought she was joking, but she really came and it was an amazing weekend (honestly speaking, she was like my soulmate, but I was with someone and would never try to hurt the one I am with). But we had so much fun hanging out together. And then she returned back to Abuja on a Sunday. 2 weeks later, I discovered she's no more 😭, that was when I knew she has been sick for a long time, and that was the only part about her that she never told me. I never knew that visit would be the last one, but I think she kinda knew though. Writing this now, I just realised I really miss her, and that's one of the best time of my life, spent with a complete stranger who became a friend before leaving this word. Her name was BLESSING

Wow, that's so amazing. I'm sorry to hear that she died, but sounds like you are lucky you got to spend some magical time with her.

Thank you. Indeed I was lucky to spend time with her. That is one experience I am always grateful for, because sometimes I think about it, I always feel like she needed some happy time before she died, and I am happy to have been available when she needed it.

As I read your story, I was imagining what it would be like and I felt it was one of those experiences that happens very little in life. I'm sorry to hear that he died. He left you the memories of those moments that you miss because of how special they were for you.

Thank you so much, the person is actually a she though. She was an amazing person, I really am grateful for the experience, it's rare, so I am happy I experienced it. Thanks for sharing your thought.

@officialuroga When a person who is about to die decides to spend their last hours with someone, it means that this person is important to them. I will consider it fortunate that someone took the last days of their life to be with you, it is something to cherish for a lifetime.

Very true, and I cherish every single moment from that day. The memory is still fresh in my head and I am grateful for it.

Oh my goodness!!! How hard and what happiness you have generated for him to go see you just before his departure. That is your greatest reward, to have been a source of happiness for her in her last days. Even though she is gone now, I'm sure they were good times for her in that difficult situation.

Very true, indeed that was my reward, and opportunity to serve as a form of happiness to her before leaving this world, it's a rare opportunity and I'm glad I had it.

I don't think it has to be a long time to be intense and real.

There was a woman, a young woman that I knew I was going to be madly in love with after our first date. I was right, absolutely right.

But I was headed for Vietnam and I can not explain how incredibly fucked up I was between the age of 18 and 22. Her brother had just come back and we spent several hours and a significant quantity of beer talking about it and I finally asked him if he thought I should pursue his sister. The answer was what I expected. I walked away and never went back.

But every once in a while I think how things might have been different. Who knows? Certainly not me.

Really a story that doesn't happen to many people. A special connection that was born quickly and spontaneously. The question remains: What would have happened if ...?
But as you say:

Who knows? Certainly not me.

Thanks for sharing.

Aww, great share Riv. Really cool.

I don't want to say much about the relationship, the times, but I'd like say that the romantic in me likes to think he feels the same about you now and misses those same moments you shared. Maybe he sits somewhere, has a cuppa, and enjoys wonderful memories and moments of painful loss when thinking of you and what you had together.

That's what I'd like to think anyway.

Yay for you joining in this week.

Write the post mate. 🙂

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OH gosh, humbled. I have been a bit busy with the woodpile this morning and haven't had chance to check! I always wonder if he thinks of me, or at least once in a while smiles at that little golden time in Australia in 1996.

I reckon both+ Rivvy me girl; Thinks, smiles and misses.

One more thing. I had to read in a bit to realize there was no Gracetown in Washington and that WA is Western Australia :)

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Love this comment. Kinda miss him a bit myself now :)

If you saw a photo of him you'd miss him even more. Those pecs... :P

 4 years ago  

Hahah me too!

Lol.

 4 years ago  

That's a great story! It’s one of those things that you have to do sometimes, have those experiences in order to have them. I think so many people would be so much better in life doing these types of things, safely of course, to know what it’s like and how to handle it.

I've had quite a few beautiful affairs that came from following my heart over my head, and none I regret. The last one was going to the other side of the world to be with a man I knew for 3 whole days, and we've been married for 18 years now. If I'd have followed the advice everyone else gave me, I wouldn't be so happily in love today with my true love.

Wow, a beautiful story, I relived together with you every moment of your experience and I was enthralled reading all your story, you made me remember the loves of my youth, those that will not return, but that are in a very special place in the archives of my mind and in the album of my head.

Thanks so much. I kinda forgot that other people other than @galenkp would read this so I'm a little humbly embarrassed at the lovely comments here this morning. Aren't you glad you had those loves? I'm glad I got to meet quite a few people to learn from and to feel loved by before I got married, to be honest.

You are welcome. It was really lovely to read you. Yes, the loves of our youth bring a smile to our lips. Beautiful memories that fill our hearts with love.

Beautiful story 💛 Thank you for sharing!

Aw, thanks so much!

My pleasure 💛

Wow this is really touching 🤭 I followed every bit of it and relate, it's actually gonna make a good post. Thanks

Thank so much xx

You are welcome xx

What a beautiful story, I sense the intensity and emotion that produced that relationship in your lines. In spite of the results, I think it is wonderful that you had that romantic experience, I think many people spend their whole earthly life without knowing that kind of love, it is good that you treasure those moments in your heart.
I think it would make a good story for a book ❤️

Those few short years when you really follow your heart, yup it counts! Now later in life sitting back reflecting makes one content knowing you took the step irrespective of what people said!

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Wow, what a story! I can totally imagine how curious you must be about his life now and all the things he has done. Good though that you cherish that time together still.

There's an old couple here that bumped into other again after seperating 30 or 40 years ago and they are in love all over again, acting like teenagers.
I prefer to divide my life into chapters and it is always so amazing to see all of the comings and the goings. There's also a few lost loves in there and I hope all of them do not mysteriously re-appear when I am 90 years old.

You have a great story here for a movie and at the ending the lost lover returns and the woman sits with two husbands :)

If I make it to 90 years old I hope all of them come back! Just sayin'

Wow...tremendous anecdote, that's the beauty of being with someone, the connection, and simplicity with which things happen without it seeming forced at all. It's definitely something worthy of a post, and to be honest, my eyes watered a bit even though the anecdote wasn't mine

 4 years ago  

That's amazing, you should turn it into a movie. Such romance. Sometimes to have loved and lost is a great thing. I've never experienced anything like this, sounds amazing.

Should we try to find him? What's his name? Got any details? This can be a Hive thing.

We all have a fleeting love at some point, which becomes only a good memory. It's good that you found your true love.

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OOOH, pizza. Thanks so much - I might try to write it as a post one day, but I'm a bit exhausted from the comment!

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 4 years ago  

This is a tough one, this week! There are people in our lives that we certainly miss and being able to narrow it down is a bit tough.

I’m going to go with a group of friends that I miss. Thankfully none are dead that I’m aware of but the group of friends we had when we skated all the time. That large friendship is what I think I miss a fair amount. Nowadays, getting older and with jobs, kids and stuff, it’s easy to lose contact with them. Some I’m really glad I lost contact with as they are shitty people but some of them were pretty good friends. Turns out a bunch of them were just selfish, if you don’t reach out to them they don’t make the effort so that was something I realized later on, and why we aren’t in contact anymore. We used to have a lot of fun skating, partying and hanging out. We were a pretty tight group of dudes, skated daily, partied weekly and overall had a good time but kept it minimally shitty/violent. I wasn’t the glue they tied them together that some of them were but I wasn’t on the fringes either. Having a big group of friends like that is something I miss and hope to have again one day, physical friends. It will probably be through the little man where we make those types of friends again but a group of them is just something I’m looking forward to.

People drift in and out of our lives I guess, it's happened to me also. Some I see as good people to lose and others I really miss so much...I guess it's just how it is and a good reason to be present in the moments we have with those we value.

I'm not into big friends-groups and have found I've become much more selective as I've gotten older. I want to know friends are there for the right reason. I guess I only trust a few, very few, and it's those I call friends and the rest are acquaintances or strangers.

Thanks for playing along this week.

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 4 years ago  

Yeah I hear you on friends versus acquaintances. I don't have any of them anymore for one reason or another so I think that's probably why I'm thinking I miss the group. Only two or three of them were good friends, the others were acquaintances and the others were less than that.

I miss people from the past, but I guess they're gone for a reason...I find it harder with those who have died for whatever reason.

 4 years ago  

Yeah for sure. People you get rid of or get rid of you have done it for one reason or another. Someone who has passed doesn’t have that same situation and it feels like it was cut short.

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Aw, yeah, I look back to being a kid surfing together - as you know, surfing and skating had the same kinda of vibe. Golden times. I think you'd be lucky to have a group of mates like that in older age - somehow, they fall by the wayside with the responsibilities of life I guess.

 4 years ago  

Yeah for sure! Skating and surfing friends are of the same cloth, just different place to do it!
I miss the parties and being able to call one or a different one to hang out for different things. Not so much the alcohol and stuff but a bunch of people just hanging out. We fell out of touch as I was getting closer to finishing college and haven't gotten back since. I don't miss some of them for sure but some I do.

I think that as these changes occur, our relationships are also transformed, usually the dynamic with our children leads us to relate to new people or simply new groups are emerging, I'm sure you can have that again and hopefully with better people 🤗.

 4 years ago  

Yeah I know it will happen one of these days, it's definitely something to look forward to. Kids change the dynamic for sure, a lot of the people I used to hang out with don't have kids or have kids with strangers by accident so it's not the same dynamic as a marriage purposeful kids and all that.
Appreciate the perspective you added! Thanks.

Yes, totally, they are different situations.
In any case, having friendships is a key factor for our well-being.

Blessings ✨

Of all the friends we make in our lives, there are few who stay close, those are our good friends. Life is changing and with it, moments like the ones you are missing are left behind, but there is hope! You can always make a good friend again and create new moments that will be as happy and enjoyable as the past. I hope you get a new group of friends better than the one you are missing.

 4 years ago  

Yeah for sure the new friends I make will be better than the ones I'm missing hahaha. The group were close but weren't free of their issues that's for sure. I agree that people come and go depending on the circumstances in our lives, I appreciate the perspective you offered!

Ahhhhh. I have a maniac group of friends, many more than I've ever had. Most of my life was small group or alone and I've always liked it that way.

But I sobered up in AA and every time I go to a meeting I find a person or two that I really like. After 30 years it's now a big number :) It's a kind of tough way to get to be one of the popular kids.....

 4 years ago  

Good for you man, sobriety isn't easy! Having a thing like that helps, even if it's for different reasons. I have neighbors and people nearby that are acquaintances but definite friends, only one maybe. Some other factors play into it but I think one of the hardest ones is around here work is so far away that people can't connect locally like that. I was driving 40 miles 1 way to get to work and no one lives in our area lol so that among others things is one of my biggest challenges that I think we are going to fix soon.

It is unfortunate that many of those who pass through our lives are passing, and this is not bad, because it makes us live very good moments that are treasured in our hearts as valuable memories.

That is why we must take advantage of the here and now, because those who are here today may not be here tomorrow. You are fortunate to have lived those good times with all your friends. I understand that you miss those times.

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I miss playing cricket 😭.

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Before the covid-19 and my master's degree start I used to play cricket like more than anything. It was my go to activity which helped me to stay active and fit both mentally and healthy. But have ruined everything I can't manage time from online courses etc. Yes I do miss playing cricket a lot...

I understand you perfectly, although in my case it is not a sport that I miss if I miss the practice of Biodanza, I was finishing my training as a teacher and everything stopped. I really miss dancing and having contact with all the people I frequented before the pandemic 💔.

Indeed leaving our favourite activities makes us mentally disturb sometimes... but need to be optimistic 😊

That's right! That keeps our mental health 🤗

Having sporting outlets helps us maintain emotional and physical equilibriums and the pandemic situation has prevented so many of us from engaging in our chosen sports or activities so you're not alone there. I wonder how long it will take for things to normalise although they keep talking about the new normal and maybe that's the true reality.

Thanks for joining in on the #weekend-enagagement topic this week, I htink this is your first time so welcome. :)

Please also feel free to do a post on this week's topic in:THE WEEKEND community as I'll be curating there all weekend.

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Yes I am new, it's my 1st week being on Hive and yes I shall post in that mentioned community as I am learning things running out of RC again and again 😄

It's a community for weekend-related content so keep it focused on that and you'll be fine. I just delegated some HP for you so you will have RC. Make the most of it.

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😍😍 I can't express my gratitude ❤

It's all good mate, just work hard to build up your HP, engage with others on their posts a lot and build relationships and it'll all work out.

Yes I was suggested to do these things that's why I tried to interact on this post as well 😊 Thanks for advice mate

I don't care what they all say about you. You are one of the truly good ones. Just sayin'

Welcome aboard mate, @galenkp is really doing well I can't heart you less mate. You really carry everyone along

If when they say the new normal, it scares me a little, maybe life is not like before, but I hope it will soon be better to be able to continue with our lives and those goals that were paused.

I'm sure things will normalise someday - Let's hope soon.

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Thank you 😍

Welcome on Hive and welcome to the weekend home. I never played cricket but I guess It must be cool...see how fantastic your pic is and I can how passionate you are for this sport. Hope you will manage time well to play it more often 😉

Thank you so much and yes Cricket is worth watching and playing in my country our national sport is Hockey but we love cricket more than hockey in SouthAsia cricket is know as religion it create a bond between cricket playing nations.
Sorry for the picture I forgot to mention that was from www.pixabay.com but I have posted my pictures with the weekend topic in The Weekend community. Learning things slowly 😊

My reply is on your post into the community, hope things get back to allowing sport again soon, everyone needs an outlet.

it's all about making time for those things and those people that we enjoy right? As time goes forward we have to keep prioritizing our time, and some things like sports and fitness get pushed down the list as we focus on other things. Stay positive and make time for the things you enjoy!

Indeed that's true and yes I shall manage time again very soon to do my favourite things once again...

Well you posted that on the block chain so now it's something you have to commit to make it happen! :D

Haha yes sure why not 😄

Hey @abdulwahab4004, I also had to stop playing badminton for many months because of Covid, so I can partly understand how you feel. Let's pray together that the pandemic will end soon and we can play our favorite sports again.

🤲 .... I am with you dear sports is love...

It´s a wonderful pic!

Oh sorry! Forgot to mention that's not mine that was just to show about cricket 😊

Hi, anyway the photo is stunning.

Hello, yes I liked the angle of that photo as well 😍

This covid really stoped a lot of things, am really affected by it, but better days ahead😃

Hope so 🙌😊

Yeah🤓

I understand you partly because I was in the habit of going out with friends to play soccer at least 3 times a week before the pandemic. It's a bit frustrating but these are things that tend to happen

Being away from sports is disturbing I can understand

The same thing happens to me, managing time is difficult, it can be achieved but it is difficult. I know you will play again soon

Indeed managing time is the key to tackle pandemic challenges 😊

Missing a couple of days, that being said I will be back....

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OK that is Denis Waitley, now as you get a wee bit older I promise you sometimes it goes missing!

Have a good one @galenkp and #weekend-engagement Gang.

Yeah, time...One of the most valued commodities we have and often one of the most wasted. I think the phrase there's always tomorrow is relied upon too much because, clearly, there isn't always a tomorrow for humans, not one of us.

Best to live life the best we know how, tread lightly, but tread nonetheless. Life's too short not to.

Have a great weekend Joan, and thanks for your comment.

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Remember when we were young, days felt a lot longer, how we miss playing to late hours skipping in at the last minute.

Later in life it feels like it accelerates, this poem a good reminder time is constant, never miss a moment since we can never get it back.

Have an amazing weekend! Thanks for great topic once again @galenkp.aus

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Have an amazing weekend! Thanks for great topic once again @galenkp.aus

Lol...You just added the aus part onto the tag to remind me I have that account? I opened that account to be my recovery account then went in a different direction.

Have a good weekend Joan.

Down under reminder, not sure how I got to that one 🙃 OK so a reminder like tackling a kangaroo untitled.gif

Lol...Yeah you have to watch out for those roo's...They're good at sneak attacks!

Heard about them, perhaps one day will get there.... Not to be missed I believe!


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Time is valuable ♥️ Sometimes I wish time could fly slow but I know I can't hold it. So I try to live well, best and meaningful every day ..!!

Thanks for your sharing ♥️ AND have a wonderful weekend.

Good to hang onto every precious moment, we miss much in reflection not in what we have right now.

Hope you are well, find ways to enjoy time even though they are so different currently.

I believe that time is an element that we all miss, the incredible thing is that sometimes we lose the experiences of the present moment by going back to the past and remembering what was left behind or by thinking about the future trying to guess what will happen to us? And as Weistly says, you still have a whole tomorrow...

We have to tread cautiously not to plan too much ahead, complete as much in the now since tomorrow is not always promised. Have a wonderful day @miriannalis and thanks for thoughtful comment.

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Totally agree, if we feed too many attachments or expectations comes frustration and we miss out on living in the moment. Hugs 🤗

Thanks for the pizza 😊

Enjoy the day, it is never to be repeated. Rather than expectation, set a goal and work toward it, everything is in the journey for appreciation.

Yeah, I miss my time and I can't hold it. I aware of that sometimes and try to make the best moments for memories 😊

What a true quote... time does not see any characteristic you possess. I am a true believer in not wasting time and take advantage of every second, tell that loved one that you love them, tell that friend that you value having them in your life, do what you have always wanted to do, as they say, today we are here and tomorrow we don't know, life was made to enjoy it and time to make the most of it.

Reality is we all given equal opportunity to use time in the best way possible, if we miss the mark it is wasted, only we know.....

We always learned that time, as we measure it here on earth, is linear. Always the same and never changing. I am to a point in my life where I am starting to understand the space time continuum-time slows a bit as you go towards a thing and speeds up as you go away.

You never get it back, but usually there is more where that came from.

Back to mathematics, Einstein theory of four dimensional, perhaps back to the future had made sense. Not my forte, so will take into account those missing moments are glitches in my hardware....

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I miss the old me. Although, I want to say that I haven't change much, time has showed that I've become a different person. Looking back, I was that loner kid who refuses to talk to anybody because I don't like talking. Literally, I thought back then that I should not waste my energy dealing with unnecessary things in life. It was like moving away from people that could potentially distract me from reaching my goals.

We don't live a wealthy life and my parents had to sacrifice a lot just to get us through the day. And that realization had rooted in my desire to achieve the dreams to help then when it's my turn. I was a young boy full of ambition but I never showed it to anyone. Emotions are necessary but I kept them inside. I was not bothered if someone likes or dislikes me. I chose to be like that because I know that because consequences always come afer.

But as I've experienced so many things growing up, I began to behave different. I've known how to be happy and sad. My perception and judgements changed, so as my habits. I was negligent that I began to forget my conception of life when I was young. And because of all that, I can't regret the things I wanted to regret. But I know, I should be thankful for the experience. I wouldn't know if can understand this turn of events if I hadn't become like this.

Good point @imawreader, exactly the opposite from carefree full spirited, trusting person when young, much more cautious as I grew older, I agree I miss the old me!

Good to know that you had the chance to look back at the old you even just for a moment. I hope that today, you are happy and grateful to how things turned out in your life. Know that all things happen for a reason. And they don't happen just because they're meant to, they happen because they were destined to.

Just go with the flow, enjoy what you are able to afford, everything in life is a lesson to be learned, try be true to yourself. Absolutely no sense living the past except to share and hope others don't make the same errors, be kind to all!

try be true to yourself

This is sometimes hard to follow as sometimes, you tend to be selfish than choosing the best for everybody.

Our human nature, hence we can only try!

A poignant comment here.

When I read it I thought about whether I miss the old me as well and I have to say that I do, or miss who I used to be at times in life.

I guess though, that with the passing of time we take those older versions of ourselves and weave them into our new versions; They become valued parts of the tapestry our lives form and without those past versions how could be be the current version?

A nice comment and thought you raise here so thank you for making me think. ✅

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It's the first thing I saw when I visited THEWEEKEND Community, and I just new that I had to comment on that. Honestly, I didn't know where I was going when I was writing my comment. I have so much in mind and so much to say that I had to choose and construct a shorter version of these thoughts to communicate them well.

And there you go, I shared that much. There are some missing thoughts, but settled with these words. And I'm glad that you appreciated it and that it made you look back as well. Thank you for reading my comment. ^^

Sometimes it's more about what's said than length and a lot of the time I respond to the tone of a comment itself rather than the actual physical words. You conveyed a message and I picked up on it.

Thanks for commenting in the first place and I hope you have a great weekend.

I agree on that, substance is more appreciated than the length of an answer.

I hope the same to you as well. ^^

Change is inevitable, experiences teach you and change you. The older we get, the more changes are noticeable. I also miss the old me, because it was happier and more spontaneous than today. I thought less and acted more, I had more illusions and fewer worries. But I understand that everything is part of life. There are people who insist on recommending that we not lose the child that we were and that we carry inside so that life is a little more happy and simple. I don't see it as easy, but I think we should try.

I appreciate you taking the time to give me a part of it and leave a comment as to how you felt reading it. I loved knowing your side of the story as well, and I would like to carry these advice when I grow old. I know for a fact that what can happen tomorrow is uncertain, but I leave it all to God to lead the way.

Have a blessed day!

They are the wisest hands! Time will tell you.
A good day to you too!

Thank you!

hey, hey, good to see you around this weekend. I hope everything going well there. :))
Sometimes changing may become better and make you happier, right? We all experience things when we become adults, but what can we do? Accept and enjoy them because time flies, and we can't change it.

Have a nice weekend :) What's the weather in the Philippines now? Sooo Hotttt here 😅

Yeah, I think I missed a lot. I've been keeping myself busy from things on Hive and things separate to blogging. I'm still trying to bring the old me who can do as much as I want without worrying anything. So much to do but so little time. I still think that I don't have enough time to accomplish the things I wanted.

It's hard to do that with an unhealthy environment. But I can't say anything about that since people are entitled to their own opinions. I just let them think and say what they want. I'll just boost my ignorance. (I meant that in a good way. ^^)

It's so hot here right now. And I'm sick hearing everyone here complaining about the heat. Well, what do you expect, it's summer.

Hahaha you're right. I should not complain, yea what we can do? It's tropical summer 😆😆

It's good being busy :)

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We are a product of our decisions and experiences. What happened is always for the best, because you became who you are today. Many times when we are young we hide our emotions, I think we were not taught how to handle them, but as time goes by and we reach our maturity we face them with more sanity and understanding. We always look back with nostalgia, but who we were brought us to who we are today.

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who we were brought us to who we are today.

There's nothing to argue about this statement. No matter how others deny that fact, it will always be the one reason why we became the person of today. It's mysterious how change makes the best out of us.

What do I miss, I miss the risk that only young people can really take and do. Age has a way of catching up with you, and for me it has caught up rather fast. Also with age came responsibility. At some point there came a time where I could simply not take the risk of being young any more. Skiing snow and water, cross country, downhill and slalom. I miss rock climbing, and rappelling. Walk in camping,(backpacking), for days on end. Pretty much I guess I miss being able to be irresponsible, because I only had to worry about my actions effecting me.

Would I change any of that, heck no, we all want to age and progress through life, those 15 years, (15-30), are the most risky part of life, that is where we learn to grow up where we get our experiences for later life. It is when we are at our peak health and risk taking ability. At 30 things begin to change, so I miss those experience growing years the most, the years of being immortal, the years where the most important thing in life is what new experience is around the next corner.

The experience I miss the most is the walk into the woods for three days with a backpack to go camping. Finding that perfect spot to stay for three days and just enjoy the solitude. There is not many years that a person can be that irresponsible with their life before they have to succumb to civilization and society norms.

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One day soon I will the same thing. Even now, sometimes I still wish I could be able to riskier or learn more things back to a few years ago. But I'm fine, I think I can still experience more before I want to settle down or get married.

At 30 things begin to change...

yea I can feel it, so many things changing so the grow-up period is time that we do and experience everything to the best :))

In America, in most states, you can get your learners permit to drive a car or ride a motorbike on the road. It is really the first year I felt real freedom.

I feel it. I started getting a Driving License when I went to New Zealand and I drove the whole country...!!! What an awesome experience I had. I intended to have a road trip through Australia then the pandemic happened.

Hey mate, thanks for a really cool answer.

Yep, I hear you loud and clear although at 51 I'm still taking risks despite the fact I shouldn't. For me the years between 20-32 [give or take] were those risky ones but I was loath to relinquish that risk-ethos and continued on into my 40's. Now...Yep there's things I can't do and so I adapt, amend and overcome in other ways and with other activities. Maybe you're more sensible than I am. Also, I haven't had any overly debilitating illnesses I guess so that makes a difference. Type 2 diabetes and back problems aren't going to hold me back. [If at all possible.]

The walk-in-camping thing...I'm with you there.

We all have to age and it's people like you and I who get it...I recall being in my early 20's feeling invincible. Now in my 50's...Yeah, not invincible.

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There are still risk as we age, but most of the will I survive risk are pretty much out at least for me. But being retired it is a risk to up and move, then 3 years later decide that was not right and you want/need to move again. I have been lucky on house buy/sell.

Before going into retirement I thought things would be more settled, the covid years are so far the only real stable years, but also the most risky years, as in get the shot or not get the shot. For myself I have decided no shot, a risk, but then again so is getting the shot a risk.

Life is full of twists and turns, trials and tribulations,* my dad used to say. I think he's right. Risk is always present and sometimes brings adversity - For me I tend to focus on being the right person to deal with it when it does. Sometimes I am, sometimes not.

Miss the freedom of doing what you want, when you want not affecting anyone, taking risk is learned.

Sadly life catches up, we are from a mold where it is expected to settle, take on responsibility, yes I miss those years too @bashadow.

Just as well we cannot turn the clock back, or the world would be filled with crazy younger folk running around wild everywhere 😃.

Oh, man. Between 18 and 22 I also hitchhiked all over the western US. I miss those days too.

I agree, the backpacking and rough country camping was the pinnacle. I remember when I got a pair of Raichle Rotondo boots. 30 years they lasted! I was a 4 digit member of REI when it was over by Seattle Community College. In those days you got a 'profit share' check from them every year...

Part of my problem might be that I always tried to rebel against society norms. Never very successfully, but I tried to keep it alive in my heart...

I don't think I really tried to rebel, I did ignore some society norms, and I just liked to try everything, I even tried surfing a few times. Driving to fast a few times, and just trying a lot of things out, to me that was part of growing up, we,(I), had a lot of freedom, a heck of a lot more freedom than a twenty something today. There simply was no room for fear back then we were immortal, death was not our mistress, fear was not our master, we owned them both. those 15 years were the best in life, 1 horse to 500 bhp. Sometimes I forget about that section of life, and look at people that age to be foolish or idiots, but they are just tasting life and learning about the immortal phase.

The funny thing is I see more young women being active and living than I do young men.

I'm with you, I think that pendulum has swung to young women. I know they are the majority of the crazy young drivers that I see (I was one of those at that age).

The thing that amazes me is how few young motorcycle riders I see. To me it's the perfect way to challenge mortality AND fear at the same time...

It will end up like just north of where I live, women on 4 wheelers, horses, and motorbikes. You are right there are few young people on motorbikes and most of the young ones in Alaska are women. I' waiting for the hunting and fishing take over by the women next.

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My favorite moments have involved a motorcycle, I'm actually fascinated by motorcycles, you can't imagine how much I love them. Since I was 16 years old I had a motorcycle until unfortunately it was stolen by some bad guys 3 years ago, in the middle of the economic crisis in Venezuela to such an extent that I have not been able to recover and buy a new one.

I have spent my days missing having my favorite vehicle, for my walks and trips without planning, the day to day, my way of escape when I feel overwhelmed, I would say my best companion has always been a motorcycle. I hope soon to have the resources to own one.

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I ride motorbikes too and miss not doing so when I cannot so I understand how you feel. It's pretty sad that yours was stolen and you haven't been able to get another replacement. I hope someday you'll manage to get one and you can hit the road again. Nice photo too, thanks for sharing.

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Well I have had a fairly long life until now and there are many things that I miss dearly. My gran, my mom, my little sister the most play the most important part.
Angel granny died of a stroke, mom in a car accident and younger sister of a gunshot.
Time goes by and they say that it heals, but bollocks to that as they are all in my heart and on many occasions something pops up that reminds me of them.
Don't tell anyone but so now and then I shed a tear for each of them, but such is life. It's the first time that I put this in print and I do this in honor to them.

Bitter/Sweet memories of people we miss, never leaves us, something we learn to live with.

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So sad and so true Lady Joan.
But it is the way of life and you are right, as we simply have to endure and move on.
Never easy at the start, but with time acceptance comes.
Such is life.
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All legitimate people to miss Zac and I understand how difficult it can be. You take them everywhere you go though, in your heart and memories. It's nice to remember those we have lost though it hurts sometimes.

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Totally agreed with you and we just have to make the best of things methinks.

The things that hurt the most is that there were no good byes Galen.
Gran collapsed in the kitchen in a coma and I couldn't pick her up, as I was too small, she died 3 days later. I spoke to mom in the morning and in the afternoon she was no more. Visited little sister in the week and at the weekend she was no more.

We were a tight knit little family, gran. mom, me and my two sisters and we shared so much in life.
Now there's only me and my elder sister left.
But life goes on my friend.

The things that hurt the most is that there were no good byes

This is often the case I guess, and one reason I say how I feel when I feel it - One never knows when the chance to do so will be gone.

Oh yeah and you know all about it as it is something that stays with one forever.
It is written, "Do all that you do in love" and that's what we are trying to do every day, but let me tell you that at times it's not easy. In a way when I get it right, I always hope that it will somehow be noticed by those who are gone.

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Oh, my heart wraps around yours with love - what a tender thing to share. I dont think we ever stop missing the people we love - they have a way of staying with us our whole lives.

Thank you kindly and we are of the same heart my friend.

Yes, we will remember until we are no more and a bit of nostalgia at times is not bad medicine for the soul, as it shows that we have an inner love.
A constant message is that we have to try to make the best of our own lives.

It's a beautiful way to honor the value they have in your life, I think those bonds transcend this plane and even when they are not physically by your side, there is their essence in you and it's natural to yearn for their presence 💞

Thank you and I agree with you.
I said elsewhere that a bit of nostalgia is good for us at times.
The essence will always guide and is bound in love.

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I also believe that the energy of love remains in us and in a certain way can nourish us. A hug

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I feel for you Sir Tom, but we know how it is.

Remembering them is a beautiful way of not letting them totally disappear from our lives. Also from time to time, I shed a tear and more for those who are no longer with me, it is a way of expressing how much that we miss them.

Thank you and oh yes, it is indeed a beautiful way to hang on to the precious memories.
I still see them in the clouds sometimes and tears are water that float over my soul filled with peace and love.

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Well, this is salt in the fresh wound. But I guess it's something that can't be helped. There are things still reminding me my grandpa isn't around anymore. Today's episode of the thing was with a special spoon. He used to use it to eat soup and at some point he was given a newer one so that pass onto me. It stays at grandma's but whenever there's soup on the menu, there it is the spoon. I have tons of trinkets like this. Hell, even my watch was his. 😅 What I miss the most a the tidbits of family trivia and tall tales. Good thing that whenever I get sad I can remember listening to any of these stories. Some are hilarious and others more serious. And well, today was a day in which every comment in the house was spinning around him as a central character in our lives. But this can't help it. We miss him. A lot.

How nice that you have those memories of your grandfather and can honor his legacy by bringing those memories to your minds. It is a hard goodbye, I lost mine a long time ago and still have them in my memory often

I think it's difficult not to recall memories of someone that shared so much with you.

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Missing parents or grandparents is the weight most of us will have to carry at some stage and it can be a burden. Having said that, the memories can often bring happiness and laughter as you say.

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Yeah, there's tons of funny things grandpa said or used to do to bring laughter around the table.

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I do travel around VN and meet my friends and parent regularly. However, I guess what I'm missing now is flying overseas. Before the pandemic, my international trips were more than domestic. I love Vietnam but I still want to go explore some places I'm dreaming of. Hopefully, the worldwide situation getting better and the global borders open soon...!!! I will fly again 😍

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yes traveling is a situation that I would love to see happen again soon as well. Since adventure getting on a plane and stepping off in a foreign land with new things to see... I miss that terribly as well.

Where is the first place you want to go when the borders open up?

We all are waiting for things to get better very soon and I hope you visit my country some day.

Yeah we are all waiting. It's taken too much from us.
I will visit when possible. Oh, where are you from?

It's Pakistan in case you need a bit information about where and why to visit in Pakistan well here is my article about it where I have described less than 50% about Pakistan more interesting things are still remaining about Northern parts of Pakistan which is cold part.

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Thank you. It's very kind of you. I will take a look 😍

You will not regret 😊

Let's hope your wish come true very soon. I invite you to visit India. I assure you will have wonderful experience here.

Thanks a lot for the invitation!! India is absolutely on my list to visit. My friend spent a month traveling in India and she told me her great experience there. She still wants to go back.

Oh girl, if you fly abroad, we in Vietnam will miss you. 😁

Hahaaa !!! But no one can make me stay in VN broooo :)

Yeah I know, that guy haven't appeared yet.

Yep, I'm with you on this one for sure! I'm pretty certain you'll fly again though so tell me what would be your first three potential destinations when flying is permitted?

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OZ first Galen and I need to settle for a while and explore the country first I think. 😆

Australia is big so I hope you have a lot of time! Look me up, I'll shout you a dinner somewhere, Barossa Valley maybe.

Yea sure Galen. I have many friends living there too. I will stay in Aus a while or maybe forever...who knows? 😆 I love the weather and life there @@

All good then, your friends can show you around.

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I hope you can fulfill your dream soon. We all want to be free again.

Thank you @tibaire for engaging on this. Yea we do want to go back to normal life before and can go anywhere We want. :)

Yes, i hope it will be soon

Let's stay positive em oi. You will fly oversea again ✈️

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Traveling is my thing but the whole pandemic really caused traffic. Was to go to some interesting places with friends. Hopefully all this will come to an end

Yea I had a plan to go somewhere then this damn thing happened.
Soon we will be traveling again :))
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I feel your pain😨 we shall all overcome this all believe ❤️ stay safe

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oh god I cant' WAIT to go overseas again!

Thanks @riverflows, hopefully the end of the year..!! We been waiting for more than a year and the current situation has taken too much..!!

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I miss traveling a lot too! Especially because I've been cooped up at home for so long, I love the freedom and the feeling it gives me to travel and see new places, I also hope to do it soon. I want to do it even this year 🤗

Hey @miriannalis thanks for engaging.
Yea I hope at the end of this year...!!! Everything is under good control. Vaccination is available everywhere and we be able to travel globally again.
This damn thing taken so much freedom from us...and so many other things.

That's right! Nobody saw that blow coming, but we soon got over it! 🤗

I love flying, I hate airports :) But like you I really miss the 'pick up and go' sort of travelling. It's coming back to us!

Hey Tom how's it going?
Yes I can see that life is back to normal now. Good news and the rest of world will be same soon so we can travel again :)
Hope you had a great weekend 😍

Happy weekend everyone!
I'm here for the second time. This week's topic is quite sensitive. We all have someone or something to miss. In life, nothing is forever and even the moments that were in a daily time, are left behind and we end up missing them.
When reading about the subject, the image of someone very special to me came to mind, a person who accompanied me at all times, good or bad, and who was willing to give everything for me. A person whose love for me was greater than his own life: my mother.
He passed away 12 years ago and time has not mitigated the feeling of loss that his departure left me. In difficult moments I need her advice and support and in happy moments I need to have her and share it with her. All of us who have lost the love of our mother or the person who cared for us, know that it is unique, true, and unconditional.

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I guess a parent's job is to prepare their children for the world, to equip them to deal with all aspects of it, including loss. It's ironic that one needs to apply that to the loss of the parent at some stage.

I've lost both of mine and miss them too, but they helped me become the man I am and I'm grateful.

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We are fortunate to have had good parents. I am also thankful for my parents.

I think the same as you, our parents teach us and prepare us to face life in the best way. Now I know, because when I think of my children, I only want them to be happy, and to know how to live and enjoy life when I am gone. I guess the same thing happened to my parents.

I am also an orphan. My dad died 14 months before my mom. It was pretty tough losing both of them in such a short time. But here I am, following in his footsteps on the right track and trying every day to do my best.

I suppose that "missing" is a selfish desire to want that the good and the beautiful of someone or something will continue with us.

Thank you @galenkp for creating this space to share and make new friends and for motivating us to share our experiences and opinions.

I suppose that "missing" is a selfish desire to want that the good and the beautiful of someone or something will continue with us.

I don't think missing someone is selfish at all - It's just human. We all do it in some way.

Thanks for getting involved again this week, it's good to have you here.

I have a good time here. Thank you very much for the initiative.

I suppose that "missing" is a selfish desire to want that the good and the beautiful of someone or something will continue with us.

I don't think missing someone is selfish at all - It's just human. We all do it in some way.

Thanks for getting involved again this week, it's good to have you here.

I so so miss swimming🐟🏊‍♂️ Since the "thing", everything is closed for the public. It helped me a lot with stress management and it made me feel better. I also miss it because I used to do sauna after swim and I loved to sit like a teddy and soak up that heat lol. I guess any sport is pretty awesome, but for me swimming has been like a therapy as it helped me get unstuck from my overthinking brain and just chill. Yup. I miss it a lot

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Absolutely makes no logical sense not being allowed to swim, look how happy he is showing bear stroke in blissful silence underwater 😄, hope you can hit the water soon!

Ahhh yes, I think the same thing! That polar bear is happy, I want to be in his place. At least until the ice is not completely melting lol

Yup another species in trouble with global warming, or climate change. Looks very content in the silence under water.

Oh yes! They are endangered, I was reading in a magazine that because the ice melts, a lot of bears can swim to exhaustion and die because they find no ice to put their feet on. I have found this to be utterly sad... Swimming until death because we humans have affected the climate so much.

I love to see how big animals like whales, dolphins, bears, seals, can be such delicate swimmers.

Oh don't forget our Happy Hippo that can walk/cruise/swim under water too, yes animals are having a rough time with climate change!

Oh yes the hippo!! Totally worth the mention!

For me I miss my freedom, swimming! Nah am scared of water🤣

I used to be afraid too until I learned how to swim. I still use a floatie if the pool is super deep. I like how I can float in water and feel so relaxed.

🤣🤣 wow that sounds like an idea I will try using the foatie, inside of me I wish to know how to swim but got no caurage 😄😰

The floatie will help, have faith and you will succeed!

Thanks for your help I really appreciate 🙏

Swimming is a sport as well 🙌

Oh yes and it is not easy. But I have found it to be a good antistress remedy

I can swim but never did for sport purpose but whenever I swim, always it made me feel better and fit coz during swimming we use most of our muscles.

Swimming is excellent therapy and from what I read, it makes you very happy. It's good exercise, helps you stay focused and relax, just like meditation.

Exactly! It is like meditation, I can feel my mind going positively blank and silent when I swim. It is wonderful to be free of thoughts and just relax

You are very lucky, i hope you return soon to swim.

I hope the same😍

We are not allowed to enter the beach here due to the outbreak. I miss swimming at the beach every morning and we do neet Vitamin sea too..it's scorching here. I can't agree with you anymore: Swimming is a therapy :)

Oh the sea.... I bet it felt wonderful to be able to go out and swim away your worries and then return on the hot sand and chill. Hopefully it will all come back to normal so you could enjoy this again!

Hmm yeah so many restrictions due to the pandemic shenanigans.

Question: you have a lot of hair on your noggin so do you use a swimming cap to keep it dry or do you wash and dry it after each swim? I'd imagine that would take a long time!

Either way let's hope you swim like a polar bear again soon!

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I put my hair in a tight bun on top of my head (I could catch radio signals with it lol) and put the cap over and squuueezee. I look like an alien lol. It tightens my face and keeps the hair out as I would not have the patience to dry my hair after swimming. And chlorine is bad for hair. I rather sit in the sauna for 30 min than drying the hair. Oh I do hope their reopen, I will sit all day 😍😍

You on your way to swimming.

Hahahahhaha I suppose I am green from the youth elixir I have seen in your picture haha. Forever young and swimming, damn I am lucky lol

Just think how fit and healthy you'll be if you swim and walk like this. #newexercisecraze

I think about the get fit part a lot. I was able to see good improvements in my appearance after swimming constantly. Totally worth it as I would not hit the gym because being in a closed space with others who are sweating is so not my cup of tea lol

For me, I miss playing badminton very much. Although not very related to the topic, but I really like your photo. 😁

Badminton, that's cool! I loved the picture too this is why I shared. Have a lovely weekend!

This polar bear also looks very relaxed while swimming. I know what you mean, I really miss climbing, just focussing on one thing and being one with the exercise you are doing. Hope you get to swim again soon!

Oh climbing! That's so cool. I instantly thought of that guy from Free Solo, who climbed with no safety equipment, no rope and completely free. I think it's a cool sport, filled with adrenaline.

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I can't wait to be able to swim again, it will help me a lot with stress management!

Man that movie was great! My level is nowhere near good enough to climb without any protection though and I don't think I would have the nerves for it either... Swimming sounds much more relaxing!

Yes it was! I was cringing all the way. His girlfriend must have been so so worried.... It is admirable though, although a little bit too crazy. Swimming is safer than climbing without protection for sure

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Hey @galenkp, nice to see you again in this engagement and thank you very much. The answer seemed to pop into my head immediately after I read this weekend-engagement's topic. Since the Covid pandemic first hit our city in March last year, I have stopped taking trips with my foreign friends and a lot of them have left my country. I really miss the good times we had together before the Covid. So I hope the pandemic will end soon and people around the world can have a good time together again.

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The pandemic has taken so much away from so many including the ability to spend time with friends and family - Not a good situation but one we all have to deal with. Staying connected is pretty important.

Thanks for joining in.

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Thank you very much, your very idea helps people a lot during this difficult time. We have the opportunity to relive the good memories and share them with everyone.

I'm really pleased you come past sometimes and get engaged. We'll get through the pandemic and it'll be easier together.

Have a good weekend.

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Looks like you had so much fun before bro. I can understand how itchy your feet are now...lol Same as me !!
We still do the camping trip tomorrow okay !!

Hopefully things get back to normal as it was. I miss alot of friends too

I hope so then we can have a good time with our friends again.

Yeah absolutely 😎

For me Berserk manga is one of the best works of art and fantasy stories ever created. The author Kentaro Miura died recently without finishing his masterpiece. I heard that his assistants will likely try to continue his work but it will never be the same. So I will miss Berserk.

Few topics ago I spoke about coach Sarunas Jasikevicius. I miss him as the coach of my favorite team Zalgiris. Perhaps he will return to Lithuania at some point in the future, but that is not likely to happen any time soon because his current team is most likely going to win the euroleague and after that richest teams in europe or nba teams will want him even more.

I don't know if ,,I miss'' is the right word but I would love to experience games like The Witcher, Dragon age origins, mafia: the city of lost heaven, heroes of might and magic 3 for the first time again.

It will be interesting to see if the manga is the same with the assistants doing the work - I'd say probably not the same but close as they probably know quite well what he would have produced. Maybe it'll be good enough that you won't know the difference. Good luck.

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Miura worked on Berserk nearly his entire life- I believe he started as a teen and was still working on it now when he was 54. I don't believe that somoene else will be able to continue even at the level of his early chapters:
https://readberserk.com/chapter/berserk-chapter-b0/

And his art at this point was MUCH better than that...

So I just hope that his assistants will be able to make a few more chapters and at least give this manga a good open ending.

I don't believe that someone else will be able to continue even at the level of his early chapters

Seems like you might have to lower your expectations then, or just content yourself with his former work.

yeah I also don't think cloning or time travel is an option. He trained his assistants so maybe it will not be too bad...

Trained assistants is the next best thing to cloned ones.

Perhaps those assistants are not like this:

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Now how in thee hell am I gonna be able to have fun and clown around with this one..?
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Humour...

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It is the way I deal with pain and loss. Fake a smile, crack a joke. Avoid the pain by changing the subject and being an ass clown...

Seriously...

I lost my Step Mom, one week ago today (Friday)

She was the one who was there when the real one failed miserably at the job of Mother. She was my Momma Lucy and did all the heavy lifting. If not for Her entering my life at an early age, things would have been much different for me. And not in a good way. That lady taught me right from wrong. Tough Love at times. But She was always a true friend I could count on.
Thousands of times She told me that She loved me. A phrase I do not recall hearing my birth mother say...

E V E R . . !

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R.I.P. Lucy Rose Richardson Myers.

I miss you today and will everyday until I see you again.

Your real Mother is the one who raised you, the one you fondly remember, not always the one who carried you into the world. It's easy to lay on your back and make babies, not so easy bringing them up to be adults, so I am with you, go ahead miss Mom Lucy and hold her close!

Till you meet again, smile, laugh and joke this is what she wanted @krazzytrukker

That is a serious tribute-thank you for it.

I'd like to say more but you didn't leave much that needed sayin'

Lucy isn't where she once was, she's now everywhere you go because you carry her in your heart and memories.

You will honour her by being the you she helped you become and, at those times when you need some guidance, what she taught you will settle upon you and all will be well, or at least you'll deal with things with her guidance and teachings in mind. That seems a pretty nice legacy to have left.

RIP Lucy.

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A carpet and four walls covered with mirrors, it was all I needed to top off a great day, this room was my favorite place for about 10 years of my life, my happy place, where many dreams were born, I really miss Karate Do! I miss every training and everything it brings along with them, the good friends, the hard effort, reaching the limit, overcoming every test. I miss those championship weekends, some I won some I lost, but they were all great for me.
But sometimes life puts you to the test and you have to make a decision to stop training, I didn't want to but I had to, it was temporary but time passes and I still haven't returned.
I got to the halfway point, but the journey up to that point was wonderful, it made me a better person and that's what's important.

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You made me remember the times when I played volleyball, my life revolved around it and I had very good friendships, it was really exciting. Then, because of a knee injury I quit volleyball and never touched a ball again. Sometimes I miss it and remember it with emotion, I think it's been so long that I wouldn't know how to play it well now 😅

If it's just what happens to me, sometimes I think about going back and I feel that I no longer have the same abilities. volleyball is beautiful, but I've never hit a good shot, hahaha

Hahahaha, I don't think I'd be able to hit the ball right now either 😅

I wonder is this something you could do at home? Maybe there's a few moves you could perform tjhat would give you the feeling of still engaging with something that clearly means a lot.

I hope you can get back to it.

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Yes, it is definitely something that I could do at home, I think it is one of the advantages of this discipline, you can grow individually but it is never the same, I think that I let myself get caught up in all the other obligations and I have not taken the time to recover what I am like. I hope to come back some day.

Keep focused on it and you'll make it happen; We gravitate towards the things we think about most.

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Oeh this week's topic is an emotional one! I really really miss my mum. She moved to Scotland from the Netherlands nine years ago to chase her dreams and live in an ecovillage. I am very proud of her and normally we see each other quite regularly. I love my visits to the north of Scotland where life is always at a calmer pace and really enjoy the nature there. However, because of covid we haven't been able to see each other for a year and a half in real life and I just wish I could give her a big hug. So here's to hoping travel will be possible soon(ish) and we can see each other and really catch up without screens and crappy internet connections.

Missing people is a condition we all have to deal with in life I guess; They move away, die, sever ties of friendship and so on...It's rarely enjoyable to miss someone I suppose. I hope you get to visit northern Scotland again soon as it clearly means a great deal to you, and I'm sure your next visit with your mum will be splendid!

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This weekend I feel missing my parents. They are living in the north of Vietnam where there is a hard lockdown, but I can't be with them. They have to stay separated to do quarantine in different areas as my mon has a higher risk of being affected. Indeed, I feel worried a lot, however, I know the only thing that I can do at the moment is calling them to keep their mind positively. I know that most people there included my parents are in crisis time and I believe communication is the best way to motivate each other. Hopefully, this situation will be over soon and I can come back to visit them🤞

It's a difficult situation 😥, you do well to keep that contact, and lift their spirits, with conversations about other topics that distract them from what they are experiencing. I hope that situation passes soon and you can meet with them.

Let's hope the situation solves itself soon although I don't see it happening to be honest.

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Yes, I guess it will take at least one more year to be normal everywhere. Thank you for your supporting 😊

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Wow, missing, very good topic. I miss the freedom with which we were able to get along and share with friends, no doubt going out partying, cuddling without the care, everything in general as a result of this virus was taken away from us in a certain part. Nowadays things are done but not in the same way, without a doubt going out to party, traveling, sharing in trips to the beach, cabins, sharing with my family. Without a doubt what I miss the most is sharing, sharing with my family, friends, on a variety of occasions, going to the countryside, parties, cycling, walking, events, that without a doubt is what I miss the most at this moment.

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I didn't want to put more photos so as not to make the commentary long, but these are fortuitous situations, better times will come soon and we will return to the good old days. Missing but hopeful that it will be back soon. Take care everyone ✌️

I understand you perfectly, those spaces that we lost to connect with our loved ones are very much needed, at least I need them. I miss the family and friends meetings, going to the movies, being in certain public spaces... I hope we can recover them soon.

I loved the view of the last photo 😍

If they are quite necessary, as you say, let's hope it will be rectified soon. Thank you very much for the comment on the photo, I'm glad you liked it

The pandemic situation has taken a lot away from so many of us and those things you mention are things that can have a massive affect on people, mental health and attitude. Let's hope it rectifies soon huh?

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That's right, let's hope that everything will be rectified soon Galen

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The cynic in me feels it won't be, but the optimist hopes it will.

Same to me. I sometimes try to mitigate the cynic in me because it doesn't help the optimistic cause.

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I miss those days when everything was normal, we went out without masks on our faces, I could kiss someone on the cheek without fear of getting infected, I could go wherever I wanted, go to school, life dealt me a hard blow, I was sick for several months in a bed alone, other people were afraid to be near me for fear of getting infected, I saw two of my relatives die without even being able to say goodbye to them, I miss those days when I could go out anywhere and there was no quarantine, I miss those days when I wasn't afraid of anything and I thought that these years were going to be the best without thinking that not everything we thought would happen.

It seems you've had a terrible time of it, the pandemic situation and illness. I am sorry things went so badly.

This situation has to end, in some way, shape or form, it will progress and things will get back to some version of normality. In the meantime we need to stay strong, motivated and maintain the right attitude. I hope you're staying connected and keeping yourself above the waterline as often as possible.

Bad things happen in life and this is one that affects us all - What will define you will be how you deal with it, how you come out the other end.

Thanks for getting involved with the topic this week.

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@galenkp Yes you are right, you have to recover and move on, life goes on, thank you for your words of encouragement.

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Well, for this one, I'm going to have to with my uncle. He was a smart guy, very caring, but just stunted in personal growth and was too afraid of what others thought of him, worried about taking chances...just a very archetypal Norweigian bachelor. I could always relate to him though and understood what he was going through at times.

Sadly, he was a full-blown alcoholic since his early 30's and vodka was his thing. His liver ended up giving up at 64 years of age and he passed a few months after that. It was a brutal end; sad really to see the damage that stuff can do someone and how scared of death he was once he fully sobered up and realized his situation. And I miss him quite a bit; despite the addiction, he always made time for me to visit and chat with him (or maybe he was just that good at hiding it?). It's been about a year since he passed, and I think about him daily. Addiction is thing in my family, on both sides, and it's a thing that just seems to lurk out there in the shadows in my life from time to time.

Anyway, sorry for the Sunday downer! Hoping everyone out there is having a wonderful weekend ~

It's good to have people like this around, they have so much of value to pass on, even if that's what not to do.

I'll be honest and say I'm not qualified to talk much about addiction and so will not, but what I know is that in life there will be people we miss for whatever reasons and that's as it should be. Your thoughts of missing him bring emotion and feeling and so he's still touching your life, hopefully positively despite the possible sadness at his self-inflicted demise (the hard drinking).

We will never know how we are thought of when we're gone, but I would like to think that someone misses me, thinks fondly and kindly of me despite my faults and malfunctions.

This comment isn't a Sunday downer my brother, just a comment from a human who has human thoughts and feelings.

I hope your weekend has rolled out well.

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Thanks my friend...it's been just over a year since he passed. We are planning a trip next week to the graveyard to check-in. Time has flown by with everything going on in the world. It really puts everything in perspective, you know?

Perspective is good, it helps one drive forward, and to appreciate what's around in the present. Just the opinion of a knucklehead. :)

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I am deeply saddened to have missed the last two weekends of this beautiful interaction, it is something I miss, unfortunately my last year of school has been quite hectic and I have had short times to interact with all of you and other communities. I miss this deeply.

Now I would like to mention one of the people I miss.

I could point out some people I miss!.... Like my father, who died when I was a teenager, however that won't be able to bring me back lo.

I tried hard not to miss him because that would simply hurt me more and without power to remedy it. However if there is one thing I miss it is his person, his fatherly love always ready for fun and attention, his impromptu walks and having a father. Today 17 years later, I still miss him with love.

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I tried hard not to miss him

I think it's good that you miss him as it keeps him front-of-mind for you. It's the memories of him, missing him that reminds you how important he was to you. So, miss him a lot, and carry forward the things he ingrained in you - That's his legacy.

Thanks for stopping by this week despite being so busy - I appreciate it.

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I agree, it is those good memories and great teachings that I treasure in my heart as a pillar in my life. Thank you for these words 🤗

This is a very special space within Hive that I enjoy very much.

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Recently I watched this video from Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

I really like the videos that they make, but in this specific video they talk about how much time you have on this planet. How many weeks you really have to live and enjoy, and the idea that you will do things for the last time and not realize it, like you will say goodbye to your parents for last time and you may not realize the last time, you may put down the ukulele for the last time not realize it... That in this limited time we have on this planet.... things that we do come and go for the last time, like you may close your laptop one time...

It's kind of sad concept, that all these ambitions and dreams - people our lives will talk to for the last time and may not realize it. It's interesting that you bring up the topic of " missing you" as the engagement for this weekend.

Personally I do miss my parents and my sisters, and realize that these are all people I will have limited engagements with, more so that I'm living in Vietnam and they are back in United States. This makes me sad, as they are aging, they are going through life hardships and challenges, I do miss them, and I do love them, and perhaps me being here, two years ago was the last time I will ever see them... But I sure hope not.

Thinking about this, does bring a crushing sadness to me... but what can I do?

Back in my hometown, there is limited options for me, it's not a happy place (* while my home is, my family is, my sisters are, but there's nothing for me to do that inspires me). I want to travel and see the world, perhaps one day meet a wife - get married... so I travel... and in the process I may never see the people I care about again. This is sadness to me and it is someone, or should I say people that I miss dearly. I also do not have a good answer for how to fix it. :/

Thank you @trangbaby for inviting me to talk. You are my HIVE spirit animal!

Thanks for joining Tim. That's a superb answer !!!
It's a great video you share and a beautiful meaning behind it.
I know that you are homesick and miss your beloved ones in the US. Hope they are doing well and I guess they miss you too. !!! Not long now to see them I think.

Does bring a crushing sadness to me.

It's ok sometimes the sadness crushing on us but don't let it affect you much !!

Awe Shucks, thanks for the kind words.
I tried not to let it affect me too much, when I have friends and adventures to keep me busy, the mind doesn't dwell on things you can't do anything about.

Have a slice of !PIZZA and lets talk about it.

You know...?
Aus waiting for me 😆

Yup, that will be you...

Wohooooo...!!! I will love it heheeee

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Hmm, I can feel your sadness but also feel happy that you're pushing forward and living your own best-life, or trying to. It's admirable. Whilst missing your folks and sisters I'm sure they are happy to know you're designing and creating your ideal life, not enduring a default version.

I lost my dad last July and my mum some 16 years ago and miss them...But I know that they supported my own wanderings and choices, whilst missing me too no doubt.

Get life done sir, time only goes one way and regret makes for a poor companion.

Oh, and call your folks mate,this weekend, and tell them you miss them. ☺️

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@galenkp , Hey bro thanks for the kind words.

I'm also sad to hear that you lost your dad last July and your mom some years ago. But does make me happy to hear that they supported your lifestyle and how you chose to live. The same with my folks, they support whatever crazy endeavors I decide to go on.

I hope you have a great weekend as well look forward to hearing more of your stories!

Have a slice of !PIZZA on me. Cheers :)

You're welcome mate, happy to engage with good people in the community. Get out there and make the most of the weekend; Weave some new threads into your life's tapestry.

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Same thoughts as you. Luckily I have my brother with me here now. I believe they are happy for you and love you too 💛

Oh 2 years is a long time, Tim, especially during a pandemic like this. I hope you will be reunited with your beloved family soon. By the way, you have a second family here in Vietnam. @trangbaby seems to be a good sister right? 😁🐶

Lol @trangbaby sometimes upset and tired of dealing with her fickle emotion already broo...!!! She needs someone to motivate her nowwwwww....

Be strong and happy, girl. You have us here.

All good thanks bro :)

May you have quality time with them again! We all can understand how it feels to live away from loving ones and the pain n sadness sometimes becomes unbearable....

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I definitely miss my older sister Frankness, even though we talk on phone and even text each other on social media, lately, I miss her physically. The last time we saw, was last year December when we both attended a seminar. It's always fun whenever we hangout together, it's even more fun when I look for her trouble😂😂. She has invited me over to come spend the weekend at her place but I don't always have the time 🤦🏽. The moment I see an opportunity to travel, I am definitely going to see her, and have her spoil me a little (me I love enjoyment ohh😂😂 and she knows how I like my enjoyment 😂😂). I really miss her, watch her laugh when I crack silly jokes, I just know I miss her, and she's definitely the one I want to see and even spend a day with right now. Talking to her on phone is not the same as talking to her in the physical. Well, I just miss my older sister.

It sounds like you and your sister get along well and have fun when you hang out and her being older than you means she has to look after you, and pick on you a bit too probably. 🙂

I understand you loud and clear on this one as I miss my siblings too.

I last saw my sister and one of my brother's at our dad's funeral in July last year and my other two brothers in 2018...All of us live in different parts of the world.

I hope you get to hang out with your sister soon. Do you have any clue when that may be?

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We get along so well, no doubt, while growing up, she was always trying to pick on me. Now I am the one always disturbing her😂

I really miss her, and sorry about your dad, even though it's a long time now, I understand what it means to lose someone so dear.

I definitely will find time to hang out with my sister as soon as possible. I'm already making arrangement for the next mid-term break, I will spend the weekend with her, it has been a while, beside she whole me a plate of banga soup and starch (it's a local dish here in my country, you'd like it).

I think it's only fair that if she cooks you a nice meal that you do the washing up! 😜

When my sister was here last July for my dad's funeral she stayed at my place and did some cooking...I didn't do the washing up...But did a lot of eating!

😂😂😂😂 I definitely will do the washing. You did a lot of eating 😂😂, well, I will be doing both, a lot of eating and a lot of washing too. After that we can take out time to hang out and gist.

I'm a champion eater.

😂😂😂😂 go champ!

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Hi, happy weekend to everyone! interesting question of the week, I have so many people and activities that I miss, but I don't want to expand so I will talk about the ones I consider most important in my life.

1.- Everyday I miss my mom. She left this plane almost 8 years ago and like all mothers on this planet she did her job very well of listening to me and letting me vent. When I am sad and I want to tell my problems to someone, I know that the person who always lent me her ears is no longer here. So I had to learn to listen to myself, pat myself on the back and be my own cheerleader when my wings are dragging the ground.

2.- Since I started my quarantine, I miss going to biodance classes. Biodanza is an integration of body, mind, body and feelings. It is a subtle dance between those elements and our relationship with others. Each class is unique and unrepeatable, because the experiences we have are based on our sensations and experiences prior to the class. The group tends to be very affectionate and in each class there is an infinity of hugs, kisses and affectionate greetings, which unfortunately with the pandemic we avoid.

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In the pic, with my biodance group

Best to avoid kissing and cuddling at biodance class for the moment, but I'm sure it can resume when the pandemic is gone; If that ever happens.

Thanks for joinginy in this week and have a good weekend.

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Sorry to know about your mom... hope this pandemic ends soon.

Thank you, i hope the same!!!

Sorry to hear about your Mom. I'm sure she is now somewhere still watching and loving you. Hope you will be able to go to class again soon. :)

Hello, thank you for your lovely words. Yes, we need to return to our activities

Hello dear, We Indians are going through very tough times right now and majority of us are missing the old days. There is currently 2nd wave of Corona virus going on and we are having lockdowns and curfews. Hope all gets very soon. The joy of travelling, visiting friends and family, and most important thing i miss now is to step out the house without any fear of virus. May this pandemic end soon. 😊👍

Hope the situation in India get better soon. I being from your neighbour country can understand how situation halt everything our joys our plans, meet ups with loving ones etc. We pray the situation get better everywhere very soon. Love from Pakistan ❤

Thanks Brother.

I'd say many people around the world miss travelling, friends and family so I hope the situation clears up soon...However I'm not certain it will.

Thanks for commenting and getting engaged on the #weekend-engagement topic this week. Also, if you could not call me dear that would be great...Only my Aunty calls me that.

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Thanks to You for bringing this up, we can get know how others are feeling this weekend. And plz don't mind my greeting gesture and I totally understand it. Have a Great day 😊👍

Have a great day and weekend yourself! Enjoy.

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I'm watching the situation in India every day and my prayer for all of you. During this tough time, we reckon that how much we treasure the time we able to meet our friends, family, and relatives.

Hope everything is getting better. Stay Safe 💗

Thank you! Difficult times makes us realise the value of our loved ones and it also makes us stronger and better. Stay Safe and enjoy with your loved ones😊👍

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.
Thank you 💗

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I hear you on that, I hope this global pandemic comes to an end soon so that we can get back to visiting connecting growing as a species and people together. :)

Oh I also remember the great time I had with my foreign friends including friendly Indians before the Covid pandemic hit. I'm sorry to hear about the bad situation in your country. I hope the pandemic will end soon in your country. All the best to you, @vikbuddy.

Thanks, I appreciate your support. 😊🙏

This virus really turned the world upside down and it is very difficult what we are going through. "Going out without fear of the virus", you couldn't have said it better, I miss being able to walk around in freedom and not having to be protecting myself as if there was something permanently lurking. In my country we suffered that second wave about 3 months ago, I think it is not over yet, but I think the level of contagion and critical cases has decreased.
In reality I could not say for sure because the information given by the government is not very reliable.

It's hard to pick just one thing I miss, and I'd like to mention these two:

I miss my sister a lot, she left the country a couple of years ago looking for new opportunities, even though in the last years before she left we were not so close, the estrangement has made us regret a lot not having taken more advantage of that time, because now we don't know when we will have that opportunity again and the conversations by WhatsApp are not to my total liking.

And here I bring up the second thing I miss: contact. I love to be in contact with people, look them in the eyes, hug, talk, have that close relationship (not that I'm hugging everyone, but at least I usually have closeness with my family and friends)... suddenly that contact was lost, I have more than a year without seeing people I used to see every week, and the few I have seen is sad how now we have to hide behind a mask and talk from afar.

I think I could share other things, but at this moment I feel there are the most relevant to me.

Blessings ✨

I wonder hoe many people before the pandemic ever gave much thought to the emotional benefit of contact, hugging and so on - It's legit and I can understand missing it. The pandemic, the governments who handled it poorly, and those who created it have a lot to answer for.

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Totally agree, as you say in this weekend's invitation, sometimes we give more value to things or people when we don't have them, I think it has been a great learning and I hope that as humanity we can appreciate this and recover from this bad move of those who invented all this, further strengthening relationships.

Thank you @galenkp for this space that in a way allows us to drain all this.

Blessings ✨

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Regretfully we do miss things we never took advantage of when we had it, covid has not helped. My feelings go to young generation, how do you meet people or keep a relationship when hidden behind masks or locked up in homes?

It's really worrying that all the interaction they are having is through a screen, even at the level of education, my oldest son has a year and a half receiving virtual classes.

And I think the little 2 year old is getting very used to walk with the mask 😟, he is growing up seeing that as a "normal" way to interact with the environment.

Children are missing out a lot in not enjoying company in formative years, making friends, competing on all levels.

Flu is still rampant, masks have not really stopped airborne annual illnesses floating around. One thing learned quickly is never discuss religion, politics nor covid.....

Yes, they need to have those experiences of contact and communication for their growth. That is very important, and they are missing out on a good part of that.

A hug 🤗

I miss my cat. We have passed 15 years together until she unfortunately died. She was the most long-lasting pure relationship I had. She was there for me in the good times and in the hard times. Her purring and her way of approaching me were quite enough to go ahead with some difficult life moments.

I feel you here! I lost my cat of 22 years last June and I still miss that little fellow so much. His name was Merlin, and he was such a cool little chap. I really miss him.

I guess we should be Ku my we had them though right?

Thanks for sharing.

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Wow...22 years...that's something for a cat...but I do empathise with your loss. I guess you wanted to say that we should be thankful for having them in our lives and I totally agree. I did say that I would definitely adopt another animal after losing my Strawbery (her name) in order to give a chance to another one. But life is unexpected and sooner and a lot more cats (3) than I planned had joined our house since then.

Strawberry is a pretty cool name! 🙂

I've got one still, Cleo, a cute little thing. I had her when Merlin was around and they loved each other so much. Merlin was my best friend, but Cleo is my little bub.

Cats are the best!

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Cleo

Lol, she's a pretty special little friend. Loyal, cuddly and snuggly. 😉

I realised I didn't show you Strawberry. Here it is:

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Now I also enjoy the company of my 3 gorgeous cats I adopted after Strawberry 👇

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