All of the running around, plans, appointments, arrangements and mind-blowing paperwork of trying to get out of teh Army and ready for this move across country are enough to make anyone pull out hair. I am trying to keep positive and focused but there are days it all really gets me down.
I was thinking about everything and ended up asking myself a question...Why am I going through all of this? The answer was so simple...I am going through all of this for my wonderful husband. To be able to have him and spend my life with him working on our dreams and goals. That is more than enough reason to go through this crapola and such much more, if needed. It also occurred to me that we literally "live" together so well...and there are words of wisdom and insight on such matters.
Sharing Space And Energy ~ Cohabitating Positively
Our homes are our havens. These places where we come to rest, recharge, and dream in safety and comfort allow us to better face the challenges of the world outside our doors. When sharing a living space with others, an awareness of the thoughts and feelings of everyone involved is essential in creating the peace we all desire. Regardless of where we lived before, each time we cohabitate with others it is important that we make the effort to share the space in a way that supports everyone. We need to remember that in a shared space, everything we sense can also be sensed by another person. Peace will not likely be the result when the senses are filled with the sight of unwashed plates, intrusive sounds, unpleasant smells, the feel of a foreign substance beneath bare feet, or the taste of food tainted by an uncovered onion in the fridge. But if we communicate and listen with respect to those with whom we share a space, we may find that one enjoys washing dishes to end the day, while the other can take out the garbage during their evening walk. Working with another's schedule, you can still meditate or exercise to your favorite music while the other is out, and save reading for the times when they are trying to sleep. Being thoughtful of the energy that is required for something to be cleaned up may make everyone aware of being neater, whether that means taking off your shoes at the entrance or wiping up juice spilled on the kitchen floor. In the same way, pent up resentment toward your living partners is just as easily felt. Keeping the energy clear requires the effort of communication, the awareness of another's feelings, and courtesy toward the space you share. While that sometimes requires changing your schedule or habits, there are many times when having a caring someone nearby is worth all the effort. Living with others can help us learn to mingle our energies at home as well as at work and in the world at large in a way that benefits us and everyone around us.
There is benefit in sacrifice and strife, even within duress when it occurs. Meanwhile, I am looking forward to seeing the finished design for my new tattoo...I will see it Friday evening and get it started then too. With all of the wonderful changes taking places and transformations within myself and with my physique, this tattoo will say it all for me. I am excited and also nervous...but then again who wouldn't be nervous about lying half naked in a tattoo shop for a few hours of someone poking you with a needle or two? But it will be so worth it.
So onward and upward as the old saying goes...Life is Good, Love is Good and Marriage is Ecstacy and fabulous!
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