Yesterday we were sitting in the garden...for a change there was no cutting east wind,no sound of lawnmowers or children fighting..just us and our cats enjoying a gorgeous evening.
I looked over at my husband just as he was looking at me and caught his eye, it made me think of the first time I realised that I couldn't live without him...
and I felt so happy...............
So what makes YOU happy.
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So...what makes you happy?.................
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, May 03 2006 08:34 AM
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Posted 03 May 2006 - 10:32 AM
Your idea sounds great! Actually I don't need much as I have cultivated the art of enjoying anything and everything; enjoying every day that comes as just that one day.
Specifically, diinner with teh family; in England, a good ploughmans lunch and beer in the pub's garden; looking out of the house at the blue sky bright sun in the morning, we call it a Fife morning as we have so many.
Specifically, diinner with teh family; in England, a good ploughmans lunch and beer in the pub's garden; looking out of the house at the blue sky bright sun in the morning, we call it a Fife morning as we have so many.
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Posted 04 May 2006 - 07:12 PM
Yes Kanga.it's funny how the simplest things bring the most pleasure..An Unexpected kindness can have the same effect..or just a phone call from a freind out of the blue..cos their thinking of you...
Who needs to win the lottery to be happy!!!(Oh alright then..but just a couple of million mind)
Who needs to win the lottery to be happy!!!(Oh alright then..but just a couple of million mind)
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Posted 04 May 2006 - 11:44 PM
My kids are growing up fast (14, 17, 19, 22) and what makes me happy is the rare times when EVERYONE is home together. They all appeared, with girlfriends in tow. for my birthday last week. It was wonderful.
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Posted 05 May 2006 - 08:58 PM
seeing my boyfriend happy makes me happy, since after his accident there havent been so many of those times, but when there are its great! also going shopping but the first ones less selfish 
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 11:07 AM
All the above, like the beer garden etc, and watching my baby niece growing up (19 months) and I think the fact summers on its way picks most people up.
C-5 Incomplete, Diving Accident in Mexico. Walking with crutches, In controlled pain !
Big respect to all SCI people !
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 08:15 PM
Having a good day off roading without breaking me or the landrover, coming home and doing a barbacue and having a drink in the garden in the nice sunshine or a weekend away at a car show with the above. BLISSS.
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Cheers lee
I do it erratically, often with bits fallling off.
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 11:46 PM
Having supper with my family makes me happy.
My daughter works and is finishing 3 years of school and in one class the teacher wanted to know in this busy day and age how many of the class actually sat down in the evening and had dinner with their families. My daughter was the only one who raised her hand.
What makes it even more meaningful right now is that my mom is 85, and because of my daughter's love I'm able to be at home because I'm not an independent para, so our dinner table is blessed.
That makes me happy.
My daughter works and is finishing 3 years of school and in one class the teacher wanted to know in this busy day and age how many of the class actually sat down in the evening and had dinner with their families. My daughter was the only one who raised her hand.
What makes it even more meaningful right now is that my mom is 85, and because of my daughter's love I'm able to be at home because I'm not an independent para, so our dinner table is blessed.
That makes me happy.
*Things won't always be the way that they are today.
**Life is indescriminate in it's suffering.
***"Worry looks around, sorry looks back, faith looks up."
**Life is indescriminate in it's suffering.
***"Worry looks around, sorry looks back, faith looks up."
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 01:30 PM
Spending time with someone you love and you know loves you. Someone you can completely relax with and feel completely comfortable just being yourself.
Paraplegic with Spina Bifida. Sensory and function level is T8. T11-L5 fusion 1993. Laminectomy and decompression T10 2006. Spinal fusion T8-T12 with instrumentation Feb 2007. Moderate kyphoscoliosis. Taking 75mg Lyrica 3xday for neuropathic pain.
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 03:10 PM
Watching and enjoying my six y/o just being a kid makes me incredibly happy. Also being in and appreciating nature is always healing for me.
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Female. Incomplete para following a cord stroke in '03. Spina-bifida, severe scoliosis. 18 surgeries total...five spine-related: Three fusions w/hardware, two tethered cord releases.
Female. Incomplete para following a cord stroke in '03. Spina-bifida, severe scoliosis. 18 surgeries total...five spine-related: Three fusions w/hardware, two tethered cord releases.
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 04:56 PM
Hi,
One of the things that has made John and I really happy in the last 3 months is this site. Since we have discovered it, we have asked loads of questions, read loads of postings and information and realised that we are not on our own. Your all out there in cyber space, giving us truthful and often much quicker and precise answers than we have had from many doctors, etc. So a very big thank you to all of you.
The other thing that makes me really happy is driving to the coast and watching the waves. We only live 15 minutes from the Heritage Coastline so we are really lucky. We have everything from sandy beaches to really high clifftops and rocky areas all within a 50 mile stretch and we are pretty central to most of it. We love it any weather, calm or really rough. We can sit in the car watching the waves smashing over the rocks or the breakwater wall. We probably don't realise just how lucky we are to have such a beautiful coast line on our doorstep.
What really annoys us is the amount of rubbish we see floating in the sea or just dumped by people who cannot be bothered to take their rubbish home or to the bin, but we won't go into that, as this was about what made us happy.
Maria
One of the things that has made John and I really happy in the last 3 months is this site. Since we have discovered it, we have asked loads of questions, read loads of postings and information and realised that we are not on our own. Your all out there in cyber space, giving us truthful and often much quicker and precise answers than we have had from many doctors, etc. So a very big thank you to all of you.
The other thing that makes me really happy is driving to the coast and watching the waves. We only live 15 minutes from the Heritage Coastline so we are really lucky. We have everything from sandy beaches to really high clifftops and rocky areas all within a 50 mile stretch and we are pretty central to most of it. We love it any weather, calm or really rough. We can sit in the car watching the waves smashing over the rocks or the breakwater wall. We probably don't realise just how lucky we are to have such a beautiful coast line on our doorstep.
What really annoys us is the amount of rubbish we see floating in the sea or just dumped by people who cannot be bothered to take their rubbish home or to the bin, but we won't go into that, as this was about what made us happy.
Maria
Wife of an incomplete SCI - level C5/6 - accident lifting boards above his head in work caused popping sensation in his neck and this was the result. He uses a wheelchair part of the time.
Never say never, and definately do not quit, its usually worth the trying in the end.
Never say never, and definately do not quit, its usually worth the trying in the end.
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Posted 12 August 2006 - 06:43 PM
Well for me it is alot of things that make me happy but one of the most important to me is talking with friedns having them call you come by to see how you are knowing that, to them I am still the same person in their eyes becuse at one point I did fear I would lose all that i held dear for fear they couldn't accept me any more, and also all my friends on here, you all always seem to know the right words for all of us .. So here is a BIG THANKS to you all....................
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Hi all I am a T-7 incomplete, broke my left femur twice now I have steel in me, my right knee was broke, all the ribs on my right side,punctured lung, and am trying hard to recover....Jodie
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Posted 13 August 2006 - 06:48 AM
Enjoying the sunshine (of course!!) having a few or more drinks and great company, oh.. and warm nights, nothing makes me happier then being able to go out wearing a strappy, slinky top rather then the usual eskimo gear i wear in winter!!!!!!! 
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Posted 15 August 2006 - 03:54 PM
Happiness for me is my new apartment. It was a long, hard haul moving in here (only 2 1/2 hours drive, but many times) and things are still all over the place, but I'm happy.
Also, school is starting on teh 28th. I'm finally following my dream and getting my masters at 39 years old.
With all of this hard work ahead of me, I couldn't be happier.
Also, school is starting on teh 28th. I'm finally following my dream and getting my masters at 39 years old.
With all of this hard work ahead of me, I couldn't be happier.
Kevin
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."
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"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."
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Posted 17 August 2006 - 11:48 AM
Hi Jilly,
Its gone past your bed time again.
We like talking to you too.
The sun shining makes me happy, and so does a Friday night as it means no work, and a weekend to relax. (Not that it ever works out like that).
Maria
Its gone past your bed time again.
We like talking to you too.
The sun shining makes me happy, and so does a Friday night as it means no work, and a weekend to relax. (Not that it ever works out like that).
Maria
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Wife of an incomplete SCI - level C5/6 - accident lifting boards above his head in work caused popping sensation in his neck and this was the result. He uses a wheelchair part of the time.
Never say never, and definately do not quit, its usually worth the trying in the end.
Never say never, and definately do not quit, its usually worth the trying in the end.
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Posted 20 August 2006 - 12:18 AM
mttb14, on Aug 17 2006, 11:48 PM, said:
Hi Jilly,
Its gone past your bed time again.
Maria
Its gone past your bed time again.
Maria
Maria...its ALWAYS past my bedtime when I talk to you guys
I always wake up in the morning feeling like my eyelids need matchsticks!Oh...and yes its still cold!! I must be getting too skinny - need a bit of fat on to keep me warm!
ok....its nothing but cream donuts and meat pies for me for a couple of weeks!
bummer!!
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