Giving It All You Got

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SifuPhil

R.I.P. With Us In Spirit Only
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I know, it should be "Giving It All You Have" - I'm in a slang mood.

Have you ever done something - work, hobby, relationship - where you gave it everything you had? Every last ounce of energy and focus?

To the point where you felt both emptied out and exhilarated?

I guess this might be analogous to what they call "achieving Nirvana" or "Zen" or "Tao".

I've felt it several times during my life, and let me say that it would be easy to become a junkie to the feeling.

What's your story?
 

I don't believe it giving my all in any situation, including my marriage, I do my bit, but reserve the right to hold something back for me!
 
Let's see...maybe playing the piano for a wedding several years ago. I was played out when that night was over..but happy. I've felt that way about several things in my life. I just call it being in the zone...but hey maybe the zone was in Nirvava..:)
 
Yes, it is tough, but I feel that it is the route to righteousness, and to those pearly gates that are coming into sharp focus now...
 
Hmmm,not an easy question to answer.
So much in the past that I have overcome.abuse,verbal,physiical,feeling unloved from my father and so much more.
I think in my life that i worked the most on and feel the most joy from are my two kids.my heart fills with an overwhelming pain of happiinness that I cry.lol. They have taught me so much.

Another thing I'm giving it all to right now,I am smoke free for 5 days .I will do it,for them.

Ralphy,lol
 
Wow Ralphy, what an epiphany! I thought you had dedicated your remaining moments to a life of delightful debauchery, littering the road to the pearly gates with empty bottles of Henderson's gin, exhausted women, and discarded bongs? How can I ever respect you again? You were my mentor. I am crushed.
 
Wow Vicky, you have strength, I honour your spirit! Congrats on being five days smoke free. You can do it! I did, five and a half years ago. Some of the most amazing people I have met are survivors. Out of amazing suffering come compassionate and loving souls. You have much to teach us all.
 
I think my greatest focus, probably obsession, was my determination to do whatever it took to heal sufficiently so that I could live my life with dignity, purpose, and love. If that meant shedding my emotional skin many times in order to be renewed so be

it. It is an ongoing process, raw and painful at times, but oh, the rewards! To embrace empathy, and occasionally touch another's soul, that is as close to a transcendental experience I have experienced without distancing myself from all earthly desires.
 
Shalimar said:
I think my greatest focus, probably obsession, was my determination to do whatever it took to heal sufficiently so that I could live my life with dignity, purpose, and love. If that meant shedding my emotional skin many times in order to be renewed so be

it. It is an ongoing process, raw and painful at times, but oh, the rewards! To embrace empathy, and occasionally touch another's soul, that is as close to a transcendental experience I have experienced without distancing myself from all earthly desires.
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Shalimar, beautifully said.thank you for your kind words.
I can relate about
I totally agree about touching someones soul and vice versa.

I am here to feel all that I can and encourage others,especially women,to realise their worth.its not always easy,like you said,and I do have my down times,but I get up again fighting.
 
I was still at Home Depot, the job sucked but I do miss some of my co-workers. But word had gotten around that I made cool aprons. Around 200 employees in the store, that was a lot of words. It was before the holidays and my plan was to do the forty of my regular customers then take individual requests. Each little works of art with acrylics, glitter and rhinestones. When I taught myself to draw graffiti style they went wild.

I could do six at a time with two days for each set. After the requests rolled in it was around sixty total. Then getting them to the store and distributed was another challenge. But it was worth it...seeing my brand all over made me proud. One day a bunch of people ambushed me to gift a scarf, jacket and best of all a Barnes and Noble card.

That's how they identified me was the books. Even if you didn't know my name, all they had to say was " The little white lady with the books" and they knew. Two other people were so happy they wrote a beautiful card...saying I was an artist, heck I just thought they were silly cartoons...a big gift card for Michaels too. That was a nice holiday.
 
vickyNightowl said:
Hmmm,not an easy question to answer.
So much in the past that I have overcome.abuse,verbal,physiical,feeling unloved from my father and so much more.
I think in my life that i worked the most on and feel the most joy from are my two kids.my heart fills with an overwhelming pain of happiinness that I cry.lol. They have taught me so much.

Another thing I'm giving it all to right now,I am smoke free for 5 days .I will do it,for them.

Ralphy,lol
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Vicky...Five days? You go girl. it sounds like you have a lot of strength and determination to get you where you want to be. It's so worth it too..I've been there and done that. It gets better and better. :):rose:
 
Yes, I have given it my all at my work, when I did feel both drained and exhilarated! That was when I was a claim adjuster (we do have hearts, big ones, some of us.) Holding up my grandkids during family illness was draining, but exhilaration came later, after health was restored. My greatest respect goes to those who can think of others, first...at least some of their time on earth.
 
I'll have to think about this question. Right off the top of my head I'd say no. I am married to a person that gets in and gets all sorts of things done fast and does them well. But it can get to be a real pain in the butt for me because he also thinks he can do some of my jobs better. Such as mopping floors. I have told on here before how I bought him a Swiffer, since he thinks they are so great, and now we don't hear him talking about mopping as much as he used to. I will continue to use my deck mop and be happy with it.

On the hobbie front, I love to paint landscapes and such but I am slow and seldom give it my all. Sometimes it takes me 2 years to do one painting. My rock garden doesn't get the attention it deserves but a couple times, right after a rain, I did come close to Nirvana looking at it.

I think I am more in the lazy, sloppy, loser category BUT when I sit out in the dark at night under the stars and meditate for 30 minutes or an hour I can get to where I want to be so I am not completely out of the loop-de-do.
 
Linda said:
I think I am more in the lazy, sloppy, loser category BUT when I sit out in the dark at night under the stars and meditate for 30 minutes or an hour I can get to where I want to be so I am not completely out of the loop-de-do.
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I wouldn't say loser.

But the lazy and sloppy - believe it or not those are often held in high esteem in Taoism. Maybe you're a closet Taoist! :D
 
A point of clariication: I only participate here for a short portion of the morning and the rest of the day I spend in divine hedonism. So, Shali, I hope you still regard me as your mentor...
 

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