BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009

Subject: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: katlaughing
Date: 06 May 09 - 11:46 AM

I don't intend to start up the TFTD series, again, but wanted to share this with you all. I was going to put it in a PM to the one who inspired me, but decided some cheerful news might be a good balance for all of the heavy stuff we have been dealing with lately around here. Please know I mean no offense nor to dismiss any of the troubles.

This morning, I woke up with indescribable joy in my heart. It spilled over into tears as I sat in my sanctum giving thanks for this day and for all of the other things I am working on for myself and other folks. I cried from the great welling up of joy; joy which comes of seeing, for the first time, a Grand Plan which has been woven over the years to make up an almost complete whole cloth of my writings. (It will be complete over the next couple of years.)

There have been a few times in my life when I could look back and say, "Oh! That's why that happened and look where it landed me, today." But, I've never felt such a completeness about my writing, in that way, until now. The joy I feel is so complete and comes mostly from *SEEING* the way things have been worked through my life over the years to come to this completely undreamed of outcome*
Thank you!






*I have been writing a query letter and synopis of my novel, Prairie Child, with the involvement of another Mudcatter who has helped me with invaluable input. This person has read the novel and said they cannot wait to read what happens to the main character next! I had no thoughts of ever writing again about "Kally" until night before last. My friend's words echoed in my brain; thoughts and phrases for a new book kept popping up. Then it dawned on me, that the second novel is already written and will be the ancestral "backstory" of Kally. I will be starting on the third one which will pick up where PC leaves off sometime this year, may wait for NaNoWriMo which is next Nov. as that is how I wrote the first two. THEN, I will finish a fourth one which has been languishing for years. Never has felt like quite the right time to work on it. Now that I see it as a part of a series, it makes perfect sense to me.

I don't feel I have expressed myself very well in this message, but wanted to share with you my friends and tell you thank you for being here.

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: wysiwyg
Date: 06 May 09 - 02:02 PM

You put it perfectly. How do I know? Because I too get that kind of joy, and I celebrate your having gotten it.

I'm getting a different but equally joyful kind today. I call this kind "driving stick." You press the gas while holding or letting out or putting in the clutch at just the right spot, and change gears, etc., and then you GOGOGO.... and you make every turn at just the right speed, and take just right path thru the centrifugal forces to get max safe speed.... and your whole path is safe and FUN, no matter what you are driving through....

WhewEEE!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: SINSULL
Date: 06 May 09 - 02:48 PM

"Oh! That's why that happened and look where it landed me, today."
It is a fascinating place to be. I look back to the time when I was depressed to the point of suicide. To fill the time before sleeping some more, I went on line looking for lyrics to a song.

"Oh! That's why that happened and look where it landed me, today."

Enjoy the "joyful" days kat. You have earned them.

Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: wysiwyg
Date: 06 May 09 - 02:50 PM

I doubt they come withOUT being earned, lady.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: katlaughing
Date: 06 May 09 - 03:07 PM

Earned or not, I intend to enjoy them, thanks Sins!

Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: Ebbie
Date: 06 May 09 - 06:44 PM

Another thought on that subject, Susan: I kind of think it is not an earned phenomenon; perhaps it comes through what is sometimes called 'grace'. All I know is that in my experience this joy -bubbling, upwelling, inexplicable joy - comes at unpredictable almost random moments.

Once it happened in the mountains when I was left alone while my partner drove down the steep, windy road to a town 70 miles away to get something he needed.

I spent the afternoon saturated with feeling. I felt as important as the hawk flying free far below me, as important as that boulder stuck in the dust, as important as the very dust. I felt completely at one.

Thanks for this thought for the day, kat.

Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: katlaughing
Date: 06 May 09 - 07:05 PM

Thank yew, Ebbie, that is beautiful and I know what you mean. I have felt that way, once or twice while out in nature. It is an indescribable feeling. I think "grace" is as close as it comes to naming that for me, at least.

This joy I am feeling today has such a sense of inevitability to it...that is what is REALLY bringing me such great pleasure.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 07 May 09 - 04:07 AM

It is an amazing time, full of wonder and hope - something to treasure and remember. Go with it and enjoy the ride!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: bubblyrat
Date: 07 May 09 - 02:32 PM

My thought for today is " Where the Hell is "Global Warming "?? It might well be somewhere,but it is emphatically NOT in England !

Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: Tinker
Date: 07 May 09 - 05:10 PM

Kat, thanks for reminding me.... the moments come and go, but when then are present. Well, so are we. And when the past and the present all wrap up together in a perfect moment

Blessed be

tink

Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: Morticia
Date: 07 May 09 - 05:56 PM

Sometimes, when I take in the great bowl of sky above me, I can hardly breathe for joy and wonder and optimism. It has taken many years and many hardships to get here, and yes, I think have earned my place at this particular table but the company I have to share it with is an unlooked for bonus. Thank you.

Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 07 May 09 - 09:32 PM

Thank you, dear Kat. Today was filled with lots of immense feelings. I have often had the "So that's why that happened"... feeling, but today it was, "I never thought I'd....

See the Great Salt Lake
Drive through such amazing country
Have such a beloved again in my life
Be so very happy and grateful so much of the time


Allison

Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: heric
Date: 08 May 09 - 12:47 PM

I have really enjoyed this Thought for Three Days, and I tried for the moment of revelation that I really want, but, alas, it was like working on a Rubik's cube and now I will settle for a Hefeweizen. Congratulations on your Great Wednesday, kat. I believe those who say you earned it.

Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day - 6 May 2009
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 May 09 - 07:11 PM

I am reminded of why I loved doing the TFTD threads way back when. Invariably, udder Mudders would come in and completely blow me away with their eloquence, insight, caring, sharing, and great gobs of humour.

Thanks to you all for your understanding and sharing. We are a remarkable group and I am so pleased to share some joy with you. I am still feeling my inevitable bliss and following the Bliss Muse...blessed be, one and all, in whatever way you are comfy!

luvyakat