I am so humbled and so honored that I have been nominated for the Most Influential Blogger Award by the Lovely Dr. Rex!!
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Ty!
I would have posted this sooner but there’s something very weird going on with my phone’s Internet! But I found a way around it!
Here is the Nominations post with the rules & nominees :
The rules of this award are:
1. Add the award logo to your blog.
2. Answer the following questions.
3. And pass the award on to 10 other blogs and let them know.
Questions:
1) What makes you happiest?
2) Do you love the Oceans or Mountains more?
3) What has been a special moment in 2013?
4) What’s your favorite quote?
5) Do you like yourself?
6) Do you stay up till midnight on New Year?
7) Something you wish could be done ASAP?
8) What was your favorite class when still at school?
9) What musical instrument have you tried to play?
10) Anything you had wished to have learned earlier?
11) Do you like to do Crafts, Drawing
And here are my answers!! 😀
1) What makes you happiest?
I Don’t have just one thing but one thing that makes me happiest is connecting with people. Reading, writing, music, walking…also makes me very happy! 😀
2) Do you love the Oceans or Mountains more?
I like both but I have more experience with the Oceans. I find Oceans to be very healing.
3) What has been a special moment in 2013?
I have various “special moments” often. I don’t really consider any moment more special than any others but some stand out more, seeming more joyous or profound. One moment which stands out now in my memory is the moment I was able to laugh again, a deep, belly laugh, like I frequently have, after my dog died. I am someone who is very easily amused laughing loudly and often and even when I’m sad I can be amused. But in April 2013 my dog died of old age. We had her for twelve years and she was fourteen years old. After this sad loss, I felt like I wasn’t completely myself for nearly four months. I felt no very deep emotions other than sadness and grief. I couldn’t laugh like I usually do. But one night in my room almost four months later, I was listening to Jimmy Buffett songs and was able to laugh like that again. It restored my hope, helping me realize that things can always get better even after severe sadness, pain, and loss. Another poignant moment worth mentioning is in October, this year, when I was able to say I haven’t had a serious/semi-serious suicidal thought in one year, which is the longest I have been able to go without those in nearly fourteen years. I felt all kinds of emotions, happy, grief, sad, almost despair, awe, pain, confusion, just a strange combination of emotions.
4) What’s your favorite quote?
There’s is a great question! There’s no way I can choose just one but here’s one I love:
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
Leo Buscaglia
5) Do you like yourself?
Yeah!
6) Do you stay up till midnight on New Year?
Every year. Always have and always will!
7) Something you wish could be done ASAP?
Educate and persuade people to be more compassionate, tolerant, and accepting of each other and animals. To be able to accept and cherish diversity and not reject each other over differences and mistakes, to see each other as a person with needs, desires, dreams, and interests.
8) What was your favorite class when still at school?
In high school I loved the horticulture classes! In college, Philosophy & Psychology usually.
9) What musical instrument have you tried to play?
Piano and guitar but it was a no go. Lol!
10) Anything you had wished to have learned earlier?
There probably are some things but I can’t really think of any at the moment. But it’s better to learn late than never! 🙂
11) Do you like to do Crafts, Drawing
Or painting? I love to do all those things even though I’m not the best at them. I especially love crafts things with cutting and gluing on paper!
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