Conversation – 15

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Experiences with Multiple Meanings

The refined impression you glean from your experiences after contemplating their significance, can add a new richness and texture to your life.

Though we humans are self-aware, we nonetheless cannot distance ourselves from the world around us and have a natural tendency to ascribe meaning to all that we experience. The significance we perceive in our experiences is rooted in our observation of patterns as they relate to ourselves. One situation has the power to teach us about life because it exposes us to something unfamiliar. Another touches our emotions deeply by enabling us to see how fortunate we are. Yet our initial impressions of an experience may not wholly reveal the true significance of that occurrence because our full response to an experience is like an onion with many layers that all have disparate meanings. Consider that a sunrise may stun us visually while simultaneously evoking memories of childhood and reminding us that each new day is a rebirth.

If you take the time to examine your experiences closely, you will discover that your original impressions may only be a part of a larger story of significance. Peeling away the layers of an event or incident can be a fun and interesting process if you allow it. To begin, relive your experience in your mind’s eye and from multiple perspectives if possible. Your interpretation of any situation is based not only on facts but also on feelings, beliefs, and your values. As you ruminate upon your experience, spend a few moments contemplating how you felt when it began and how your feelings had changed by its end. Ask yourself what abstractions, if any, it awakened in your mind. If an experience stirs up questions within your soul, it may be that in striving to answer them a new layer of meaning may reveal itself to you.

The significance of an experience may remain hidden to you for some time. The meaning of an event can change when viewed from another context or may only become apparent after intense meditation. An incident that seemed superficial may unexpectedly touch us deeply later in our lives. If you take a truly open-minded approach to your examination of each new level and do not shy away from revelations that could prove painful, you will learn much about your relationship to the world around you. And the refined impression you glean from your experiences after contemplating their significance can add a new richness and texture to your life.

This is how I feel this morning been watching Heidi Daus since 1:00 a.m. CST.

Just finished watching Heidi with Robin. ♥ Then I am going in for another round. 🙂

@loaf,

God bless her Loaf. This is for your MIL. ♥

Heidi Daus “Lavish Layers” 3-piece Crystal-Accented Bracelet Set
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This set is beautiful Loaf I got the Blue.

@loaf,

There is more and I will share with you at a later date. I am taking things one day at a time.
I brought the Blue. Have you wore your Iman yet?

Loaf I missed you and I am so glad you are here. How is your grandson? I am sorry
your MIL has a problem with her mouth. That can be annoying especially when it is cold.

Take care of her Loaf you are so lucky to have her. How are you feeling?

Cherie,

Thank you for your support. Mcpoopoo and Loaf has been here almost since I started
this Thread. I always say created it because I love music, dance, fashion and Heidi Daus.
Music and Fashion is my passion. When I created this I could only play one game in the
Arcade. I needed something that I could do and then family members started getting
sick and I kept the thread going. People have no idea I am grieving today. Keeping
busy like this helps. Everything I post comes from my heart and soul. It’s like something
comes over me. People handle grief in many ways this is my way. Have a great day and
I am sure you are looking forward to the new Washer and Dryer Set. Bet there is laundry
too. Have a great day Cherie.