PENSIVE ON THANKFUL THURSDAY MORNING.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5akEgsZSfhg

The Fifth Dimension - Up Up and Away

Welcome to Thursday - Thankful Thursday and another cold day in this beautiful City - some rain, but not a deluge.  The leaves and plants are all wet and holding on to the water they have been showered with.  It is cold, but that's fine with me I can get warm and snuggle up in the evenings in a warm bed with a book or even watch at DVD.

This Thankful Thursday I have been thinking a lot about many things - but the things that I find I am most grateful for this morning are my memories and my imagination.  My memories can take me back to days gone by and I can revisit special times, special people and special things.   Of course in memory there are always painful times too.  This morning I got to thinking about letting things go and wrote a piece called "Let the Balloon Go" and you can read it at this address:

http://thepagesofavalon.blogspot.com/2011/05/let-balloon-go.html?spref=fb

I think there comes a time for all of us when we realize it is more damaging to hold on to things than to let them go - read that and enjoy and perhaps it may encourage you to let your balloon go and with it release some of the painful baggage you have been carrying.

And then I am thankful for my imagination - it is no wonder I don't sleep well because my mind is seldom turned off - I am always, hoping, dreaming, creating, writing and my mind is never still.  I listen to radio, television and am mostly very aware of political and world events and, being me, I want to change the world.  I have to content myself that I can only make changes on a personal level and that "I must be the change I want to see in the world." .. Ghandi .

My plans for my chair renovation moved further along yesterday when John did some repair work for me and now I am off to confuse the Hardware Store man with my requests for screws and paint.  I have been thinking that a way to slow down my racing mind could well be to get on and do some more practical and physical things, such as craft etc.  I have lots of plans and lots of materials and equipment and am hoping to be more disciplined and actually "do" some of these things.  At least that's the plan.

May my memories stay with me always and may my mind never stop buzzing and thinking and planning.

I hope that your memories can comfort you, ease you and bring you joy and that your imagination can take you to places you wish to be.  Come with me in your mind and fly in "my beautiful balloon" - listen to the music listed at the top of this post and for me it will only ever be a dream but I can fly in my mind and in my imagination.

Cherish your memories, nurture your imagination and I wish you peaceful and calm days and warm snuggly nights and a serene and peaceful heart but perhaps there are balloons you have to let go of before that peace will come.

I am thankful today for a great Technician who was gentle doing my blood tests, for sunshine after rain, for my family and for oh so much more - 71 weeks of life after a successful transplant, my donor and his family.   I am still developing this "Attitude of Gratitude."

Thanks for visiting and taking the time to read "The Musings from my Heart" 

Love and hugs,