Made it home! Amazing

I made it home and have just managed to sign on to my brand new blog. Apparently old dogs can learn new tricks, especially with good teachers or, in this case, from a teacher who is good for me. Thanks.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow and there is still cooking to do and finishing touches to be made before joining family for feast and play time. The result: I will not write much more tonight. Though I wish to write about the intentions of this blog: The Joy of Expression, I will save the opportunity until after the "holiday." I need time for my thoughts and feelings to mature and gel so that I say what I want to say to you in a way I want to say it.

What I will speak to at this time is to say a heartfelt "Thank you" to each of you who have helped me this year. From playing the role of a lifelong "helper," I have had a most humbling lesson in the last year: The lesson of accepting and even asking for help. I have had to sort out what felt like right advise or offerings from what was totally well-intended but not quite fitting for me. But regardless of the the "fit", I learned that I could always accept the intent of any offer of help or advise that came from another's heart and well wishes.

I also remembered that I can only rarely give back to a helper, but I can always pass on to someone else the results of the help I've received. And my benefactor is always over-joyed at knowing he or she made a difference in my life, strengthening a weakened cog in our human family. The result spreads in concentric circles to many more than we might have ever guessed were connected to us. What a gift!

So, I reiterate, with gratitude, "Thank you," one and all,
Happy Thanksgiving
Lynn

Beginnings

Today is the first day for my brand new blog. It's a challenge. If I can remember what I've been taught so far, I will be ahead of the game. To help me achieve my goals, I will return home and see myself bring up my blog for me to read. Then I will rejoice and say, "Cheers to the blog and to myself. Yeah!
Lynn