What Moved You Emotionally Today?

[illusionist]

Just thinking...it should be easy for me as I'm finding myself being touched so easily at the moment. Ok....today my young neighbour reached out for help today....I felt deeply moved by her strength, her struggles, and the fact she turned to myself and my partner. She is trying so hard to hold her life together and succeeding. I have told her if she needs anything to call on us....I've never felt so strongly in such a long time, to do my very best to help someone.

 

[The Albatross]

Yay so that's one, are you in for 30 days?

 

[illusionist]

Yep! Count me in! Oh! Watching tv, I saw a tiger caught in a snare....mixture of anger at the suffering us humans inflict on animals and sadness seeing the tiger in pain and knowing he suffered a long painful death...I cried watching.

 

[Chava]

tried to imagine what you've heard and felt...and it's just gorgeous. I hope that you'll have the experience even more while you teach your students.

Thanks @Anrish my body couldn't keep up with the professional orchestra world and I've felt really lost...not as able to even connect to the kids and their music because I have been so sad and disconnected. I think it's a process I can survive and it helps if I can still the ability to connect through music is still there, like I'm not lost, just sad and on a slightly different path (I've had students for a long time but it felt differently when I had to give up lots of my own performing). It's frustrating how we lose the good feelings when we just want to numb out pain or sadness. Music has let me keep all of it, so very hard to feel limited by my body. I want to crawl into the middle of a symphony orchestra and never come back out...I'm trying to at least stay connected to good memories and know that is still "me" and I can connect to that on a different level as a teacher, audience member, advocate...

 

[jaccat]

I'll try and keep up.

Today I remembered sharing lunch times with my dad, how we used to take pleasure in the simple routine of eating together and sharing a good cup of tea. It was a sad memory, but good. That moved me.

 

[moonbeam]

Is this good emotional or bad emotional?

Good: I met Laurie, Namenotdiagnosis, Amalia and Iris today. They are lovely and I was moved by their openness and the feeling of comradery. I loved that we asked questions, shared experiences, grounding tips, some drinks, all the crisps, and a few laughs.

Bad: A friend has a lot of shit happening in his life right now, he was crying this evening, and I felt overwhelmed with how helpless I felt and angry that I can't do more for him. I can't remember the last time I really wanted to punch a brick wall.

 

[Justmehere]

I'm in!

Day 1 (yesterday) - I was moved by someone telling me they were mad at my abuser.
Day 2 - moved to giggles by my dog's enjoyment of greeting a new person at the train stop

 

[Changing4Best]

OK, I'm in. I'll do my best to be part of the challenge too. I know I wrote something back there on this, so this is day 2 for me. I wrote something today already too.

Last time, with the Happiness Challenge and 6 Pillars, we had a private thing going. Is this going to be in PMs or here only?

 

[Nighthawk]

Today I had to go say goodbye to the horse I got very close to at equine therapy. Moved beyond moved not in a good direction

 

[Changing4Best]

So sorry @Nighthawk . Is there a chance to start working with a different horse?

 

[ms spock]

Is this good emotional?

Good, we don't want to reinforce having negative feelings for a month. The challenge is to come up with being moved once a day, in a direction that is generally beneficial for 30 days. It is a challenge to find and notice your own being moved in a positive way. It will change the whole focus of your day.

There are heaps of threads on this forum to contribute to if you want to record being moved in a not so positive way. And there is too much focusing on the negative as it is, this is an antidote to that.

 

[The Albatross]

Okay so I know so far we have Anrish, Me, Ms. Spock, Richter Scale, Jaccat, Justmehere, Sheila Kathy. (edited out moonbeam)

Nighthawk? You in for the challenge or ???