tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540853096335189913.post7705952908877506979..comments2023-08-10T13:14:01.771-04:00Comments on SOOOO MANY YEARS!: Window WatchLadydy5 aka: Diane Yateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00708060564443346716noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540853096335189913.post-7059510922834496842016-01-23T11:41:05.240-05:002016-01-23T11:41:05.240-05:00Excellent Cheryl. We need to keep in touch with e...Excellent Cheryl. We need to keep in touch with elders, they have so many fine memories and need friendships when sometimes they live alone. Ladydy5 aka: Diane Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00708060564443346716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540853096335189913.post-82916639735054307382016-01-20T18:01:30.633-05:002016-01-20T18:01:30.633-05:00I loved your post it made me think. I for a long t...I loved your post it made me think. I for a long time would watch my neighbor who lived across the street and wonder if he had anyone who came to look after him. Sometimes I would see him leave and take walks and I would always speak to him. Then I started noticing he wasn't taking those walks anymore. A man was at his home and I began to notice this guy being there on a regular basis and I asked him was my neighbor ok and he said that he was just getting old and that he was there now to take care of him. He began telling me about the house that I live in and that he remembered as a small child playing with the kids that use to live in the house. It was nice to hear the many stories about the neighborhood and I was glad I took the time to speak to him. I now have two new friends and I get to share with them things I cook from time to time. Peace and Blessings Cheryl........Snatch Joy~~!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15290634366451220947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540853096335189913.post-21569276691352812722016-01-20T16:04:14.353-05:002016-01-20T16:04:14.353-05:00Thank June for your comment. Believe it or not I ...Thank June for your comment. Believe it or not I can get intimated by certain things, needless to say why I picked the word "Brave" as my word of the year. Yes, i missed out that time.Ladydy5 aka: Diane Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00708060564443346716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540853096335189913.post-40875108676698846942016-01-18T16:39:25.718-05:002016-01-18T16:39:25.718-05:00Thoughtful post. Since you thought about the perso...Thoughtful post. Since you thought about the person in the bed -- you weren't just a passerby, you waved -- it's a shame you did not go to the house, perhaps with a potted plant just to say, "I hope this will say I care." Perhaps there was someone else in the room who did see you, at least sometimes. Certainly someone else must have been somewhere around. I think even today it would be all right to stop in such a circumstance. Not everyone lives in fear (although the television is trying to make sure they do) -- and those who are fearful are not likely to be fearful of an "older" lady with a small plant. We've passed the age when we are alike to scare people. Apparently the house now has a family with children and that person in the window had a story you will never know. When we feel the desire to be kind, we should have the guts to actually be kind... and it does take guts sometimes. But mostly it doesn't, we have opportunities to be kind most days both to strangers and to those we live with or see all the time. Noticing a new hair cut, remarking on a polished car, passing on some good news.<br />Perhaps this post was an act of kindness you didn't recognize because it may also make others think about the subject ... that's one of the kindnesses we do by writing our thoughts not just that the birds are flocking to the feeder. Way to go!June Calenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00265808476144632255noreply@blogger.com