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    Sunshine after the rain

    I've been meaning to start a new thread for a few weeks as my other is just so long but one of the things stopping me was that I couldn't think of a title for my thread but this song has been in my head all day. I thought, "That's it!! I do want to see the sunshine after the rain so, perfect title".
    (sorry if you are all now singing it too). It feels like I've been under the dark rain clouds for a long time but the sun is coming out again and I'm learning to lift my face to the sun and smile again.

    Really enjoyed my second post-lockdown swim today but oh my goodness, my muscles ache!! Life is getting a bit busier again and I'm finding that I'm having to take a lot of deep breaths throughout the day to reset my brain and slow down a bit to let me think. As things open up again I'm needing to keep reminding myself, "leave room to breathe. Leave time to heal. Have permission to just be".

    My habit was always to take on too much, be busy and distract, distract, distract. One thing lockdown has taught me is.... I need time and space for me to be able to think properly.
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    That’s a pretty great lesson to learn - though not the ideal way to learn it......
    The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

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    The thread title reminds me of the Dire Straits song Why Worry.

    Let's all sing along.

    Why worry, there should be laughter after pain
    There should be sunshine after rain
    These things have always been the same
    So why worry now?
    Why worry now?
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    Don't know that one Mike.
    I was thinking more of the Elkie Brooks classic or the Berri 90s clubland remix. Could you just imagine me raving!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by OldMike View Post
    The thread title reminds me of the Dire Straits song Why Worry.

    Let's all sing along.

    Why worry, there should be laughter after pain
    There should be sunshine after rain
    These things have always been the same
    So why worry now?
    Why worry now?
    I grew up with Dire Straits - I love this one
    The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

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    I love your new thread title! I'm so proud of you knowing that it's important to "just be"
    Do a little of something that makes you happy every day!


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    Happy New thread. I hope today treats you kindly.

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    What a palaver of a day!!!!
    My daughter is heading out with her friends tonight post A level celebration. She has known this for weeks but this morning decided she had nothing to wear, we raided my wardrobe and found a couple of standby things but nothing she was 100% happy with especially as she has put on 1 stone over lockdown with not being on the building site. Had to go to the couple of towns near us to try find something. We eventually came home with 2 choices for her to try on. She likes both... thank goodness. We now have to be out in less than an hour to get her up to Belfast to meet her friends. Shower, hair, makeup.. I may not survive!! However I'm delighted she is socialising and is out of her safety blanket of Jeans/sweats and hoodie. She is in a dress!!
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    Awww I miss that with Katie - Jess will never do that, she’s glued to her hoodie!
    The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

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    A dress? More chance of me going out naked that wearing a dress lol

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