SUNDAY FUNDAY

[Former-Member]

Happy Easter/long weekend to all! hope you have a good day today!

LJ

[Drac0]

Hope you and the kids enjoy the day too @Former-Member

[lola]

Hi Everyone!

Lets celebrate this lovely autumn day here in Melbourne!

So far I've a coffee and  walked around the botanical gardens!

enjoy...

Tell us what you've being doing to have a fun Sunday!

[Jacques]

Hi their, mum and I went out for breakfast in the park, it was so nice and peaceful, a wonderful start to the day.

Happy Sunday everyone

Kacques

[Former-Member]

Hi I'm struggling to get moving today but want to take kids out for a walk and need to do washing at laundromat

[BlueBay]

Hi everyone
I'm not in a good frame of mind. Went with hubby to see his mum in nursing home. Didn't want to go but had to. Now he wants to take her shopping next Sunday and I'll have to go too. I'm annoyed it's my weekend too and I want my own time. I never get my own time.
Sorry for rant. Going to have lunch. Think I need a long long walk today.

[Fancy_Pants]

The fact that we all have an inner child who just wants to connect to others reminded me so much of the these forums....

wether we connect through sharing the ups and downs of our weekends or connect through sharing our most painful/transformative stories its the very act of doing so and knowing that someone will see it and be that tinsybit closer to us that i think is important 

happy sunday guys!

[peace]

@Fancy_Pants. How so very true what you wrote about connecting to each other. One of my life time desires is to feel connected. Unfortunately it has lead me to be whoever I thought the other person wanted me to be. As a consequence I have rarely been genuinely myself. In fact I don't know if I can. I fear that will not be accepted. I am not very brave and have a large degree of social anxiety.

[Appleblossom]

I used to be crippled by shyness and had no idea how to socialise. I could fulfill responsible roles and work or study or look after people ... but to be me ... was an agony I struggled with for decades. 

I have often avoided people ... been totally tongue tied stutter ... or go blank a lot ... then tried to be logical and copy ... ie people ask about star signs I learn about star signs to try and fit in... cant really get into it ... and also didnt realise I was surrounded by bullies and had a difficult life story.

But I cannot believe how many really lovely chatting on train stories I have had in the last few years.  Nothing has become permanent but I am also ok with that.  It is the lightness and simple spontaneity when packed into a crowded cubicle of 4 or 6 people.  I dont need to drape a swag of friendships as conquests or proof that I am a good person.  Today I chatted to a young student from Adelaide and on the way home a couple from Malta amidst a football crowd.

When I first started train travel about 5 years ago I used to initiate conversation, but now others choose me ... I know they deliberately come and sit and I am ok with quiet or a natural conversation if it arises.

Occasionally I had felt crippling fear and embarrassment about whether I was being appropriate, but it has been over a year since I felt that.  I think I have finally lost a lot of my self consciousness and can just like people without being scared of rejection or saying the wrong thing. There are some advantages to getting older ... I wouldnt be a teenager again.

Anyway ... that is how managed to deal with it.

[Fancy_Pants]

Welcome Sunday peoples!

I hope you are all enjoying this remarkably beautiful weather