2012.02.16 19:00 – Friends Make Us Happy

The Guardian for this meeting was Paradise Tennant.  Participants included  stevenaia, Tess, druth, Archmage and  oO0Oo

Tess Aristocrat: Hello :))
Paradise Tennant: smiles hello Tess :) nice to see you :)
Paradise Tennant: how are you tonight :)
Tess Aristocrat: and you :)
Tess Aristocrat: I'm well! Looking forward to starting my weekend :P
Paradise Tennant: ahh you have tomorrow off ?
Tess Aristocrat: no..:D
Paradise Tennant: I am in Canada we have a long weekend this weekend Monday is a holiday
Tess Aristocrat: but, it is Friday
Paradise Tennant: by consensus everyone here thought Feb. should have a civic holiday
Tess Aristocrat: :)
Paradise Tennant: rather a cold grim month in weather terms normally
Tess Aristocrat: I think there is also a holiday here on Monday
Paradise Tennant: nice :)
Tess Aristocrat: a former President, perhaps?
Paradise Tennant: hiya druth
druth Vlodovic: hullo
Paradise Tennant: stev :)
Paradise Tennant: lovely outfit druth
druth Vlodovic: ah, little samud lol
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Paradise, Tess, Samud, Druth
Tess Aristocrat: Druth, seeker of the truth :)
druth Vlodovic: am I?
Tess Aristocrat: aren't you?
druth Vlodovic: I avoid it when possible :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles hiya sam :)
Tess Aristocrat: Hi Stevie and Sam
Tess Aristocrat: Druth, wasn't that a neat, colorful place we went to last night? :)
druth Vlodovic: psychedelic
Paradise Tennant: smiles - what should we talk of tonight .. was thinking of happiness as a timely topic ;)
Archmage Atlantis: argj
Paradise Tennant: hiya arch :)
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Arch, just see your friends
Archmage Atlantis: harder and harder to get here
druth Vlodovic: fun, happiness and pirates it seems
druth Vlodovic: arr! to you too arch
Tess Aristocrat: Happiness is always a good topic, especially in the dregs of winter's grip
oO0Oo Resident: Hi Arch
Archmage Atlantis: hikari and koya stilll seem to penetrated the veil
Archmage Atlantis: but I am blocked
druth Vlodovic: I wouldn't mind being a school of fish
--BELL--
Paradise Tennant: smiles would be fun like being in a lifelong line dance
stevenaia Michinaga: Paradise poofed?
stevenaia Michinaga: wb Paradise
Paradise Tennant: thanks
Tess Aristocrat: Instead, we're a school of people
Paradise Tennant: yes not so into line dancing as much as line thinking :)
Tess Aristocrat: and our dance is even more complex
druth Vlodovic: "being together"
Tess Aristocrat: yes :)
Paradise Tennant: being together is a great topic . how .. does being change in company :)
Paradise Tennant: "being"
druth Vlodovic: our surface of our being certainly changes in company
stevenaia Michinaga: surface?
Paradise Tennant: I smile more :)
Tess Aristocrat: I feel like I absorb others' company
druth Vlodovic: interesting Tess, you mean they become part of you?
Tess Aristocrat: No, I mean they kind of leave their aura with me
Tess Aristocrat: or is that a yes?
Paradise Tennant: a feeling of their presence that stays ?
Tess Aristocrat: yes
Tess Aristocrat: don't you get that when you've been around your friends?
Paradise Tennant: if there are emotions yes if they are sad I am sad happy ..then happy
druth Vlodovic: lol, good, the poor fountain sounded lonely
oO0Oo Resident: Haha dats funny!!
Paradise Tennant: sometimes do you ever get a sense of someone's presence and know they are not really there .. just a bit of a feeling to them ... use to get that with my grandmother all the time
Tess Aristocrat: yes..with my father
Paradise Tennant: smiles an aura of his love for you :)
stevenaia Michinaga: bed time, sorry
Archmage Atlantis: All my ancestors are with me in this circle, Paradise
Tess Aristocrat: There is a particular smell that smells just like his house
Paradise Tennant: smiles nite nite stev :) regards to fubu ;)
oO0Oo Resident: Night Stev.. :)
Tess Aristocrat: every once in a while it will just waft up out of nowhere...
Tess Aristocrat: and then, it will be gone just a quickly..
Paradise Tennant: smiles at arch :)
Paradise Tennant: sounds nice Tess .. kind of a momentary visit or remembrance
--BELL--
Tess Aristocrat: I just always smile to myself and think, 'well, here's my dad come to visit'
Tess Aristocrat: waves and slips silently away..bedtime for me too..xox
Paradise Tennant: nite nite tess thank you
oO0Oo Resident: Night Tess :)
Paradise Tennant: find it someone has really made me laugh .. it will bubble up again .. the laughter and a strong sense of that moment in time .
Paradise Tennant: like that alot really like getting the ability to rewind :)
druth Vlodovic: shades of roger rabbit :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles druth when you said the surface of our being changed in company what did you mean ?
druth Vlodovic: oh we are what we are
druth Vlodovic: but what we're aware of at any given moment changes
druth Vlodovic: and what we present
druth Vlodovic: being with trusted friends helps us accept ourselves, and be more "us"
Paradise Tennant: yes
druth Vlodovic: certainly a path to happiness (if we're still doing our topic)
Paradise Tennant: smiles they co mingle .. being with trusted friends and being happy :)
Paradise Tennant: always think trust is the basis of everything in life .. the basic economic unit of our world ..
Paradise Tennant: we need to trust ourselves those around us .. the future :)) .. on almost every level
druth Vlodovic: why something bad done to you by a friend is so much worse than when done by someone else
druth Vlodovic: trust is an antidote to fear?
druth Vlodovic: certainly to timidity :)
Paradise Tennant: nods .. thinks so .. fear maybe is the absence of trust then
--BELL--
Paradise Tennant: maybe trust does not have to have any conditions .. :) maybe we can trust people even if they are not always at their best .. just trust that they are who they are .. imperfect on the surface but pure gold deep within :)
druth Vlodovic: lol, trusting that a human is human?
Paradise Tennant: smiles why dogs are so much easier :)
druth Vlodovic: and little kids
druth Vlodovic: trust is one of the passive states
Paradise Tennant: hmm
druth Vlodovic: nothing required, pretty much by definition
druth Vlodovic: a place where you can relax
Paradise Tennant: sometimes I think it takes stilling surrender .. acceptance .. sometimes easier said than done :)) think it makes your heart bigger :)
druth Vlodovic: "easier"
oO0Oo Resident: .-''''-.,.-''''-.
oO0Oo Resident: ! ((( * ))) !
oO0Oo Resident: ". ♥ ."
oO0Oo Resident: '''-.,.-'''
druth Vlodovic: I am sitting here trying to tell my daughter the diff between a "difficult" situation" and putting effort into it
Paradise Tennant: smiles
druth Vlodovic: how do you "take it easy" while dealing with a difficulty
Paradise Tennant: smiles view the difficulty as being ok :) ...
oO0Oo Resident: clarity helps
Paradise Tennant: as just part of the whole :)
Paradise Tennant: have to either be .. fully engaged and totally in flow .. or at least in a state of acceptance then .. all the hard stuff just slides away
oO0Oo Resident: :)
druth Vlodovic: trusting yourself often involves knowing when you're being unfair and accepting it
druth Vlodovic: lol, accepting the feelings that is
Paradise Tennant: smiles
--BELL--
Paradise Tennant: think life is always unfair but the key is to make it interesting and usually that is not so hard to do ..because it is just an amazing trip we are all on :)
Paradise Tennant: sorry bell
druth Vlodovic: paradise is all bubbling with things today, and the bell is getting badly abused as a result :)
oO0Oo Resident: Haha dats funny!!
Paradise Tennant: pats the bell gently
druth Vlodovic: it heals well
oO0Oo Resident: meep!
Paradise Tennant: smiles getting sleepy here think I will have to say thank you really enjoyed the company .... being with trusted friends :))
oO0Oo Resident: Night Paradise... Night Druth :)
Paradise Tennant: namaste :))
oO0Oo Resident: Namaste :)