Cassy7 Tue Mar 07, 2017 12:35 am
littlebee wrote: Cassy7 wrote: Blueanchor wrote: Cassy7 wrote:My comment about topics leaving me cold was in no way I assure you criticising the topics or those who write or contribute to them, and I'm sorry if this is how it came over. It is just an expression of how I feel about subjects that interest others these days, and I feel rather sad about it because I used to be interested in anything and everything spiritual. So it's a criticism of me, not anyone else. Thanks to everyone for their replies. Cassy x
No problem, thanks for explaining. Interests change for the better sometimes, but if it's making you sad it maybe hasn't been for the best?
Perhaps I've just been at it too long - since I was a child in fact (and that's a very long time ago now!) and there is the feeling of been there, done that, either got the t-shirt or not interested anymore. My interest used to be new and exciting and all consuming and it just isn't anymore and that feels like a rather sad loss. Thanks for your reply
I can understand where your coming from also, perhaps your journey has changed that's all, just a thought. I found that, for myself, that my journey had me focusing more inward.
Thanks - yes I'd say there is a more inward focus now.
Also an unplanned and unexpected interest took over. Before I retired three years ago people would ask "what are you going to do with your time when you've retired?". I found myself blurting out "oh, I'm going to do my family tree" - and I honestly don't know where that idea came from, or that I even really meant it. It was almost like it was just something to say. However I did, and still am, researching my family tree, and have been asked to do family research for several friends and family. I have had so much "luck" in this that I've become known by family and friends as an expert at genealogy, but in fact I'm a total amateur and I am convinced that the luck in my research is due to those that have passed over wanting their story to be told and they nudge me in the right direction to find the necessary information. These "nudges" come through so quickly my fingers can hardly keep up on the keyboard, and the information I've been able to give people has for example helped to heal old family rows, and brought understanding and acceptance of adoption.
There have also been so many incidents of "coincidence" that my sister says I should write a book about it! Here is just one example - an 80 year old relative with memory loss due to a head injury asked me to find out where her baby is buried. He died at 5 days old in 1952, and she was desperately upset that she couldn't remember. The only thing that she could remember is that her husband (who died many years ago) was in the RAF. They had travelled around so she had no idea even where in the country they lived. By amazing stokes of luck I located the cemetery in which her son is buried, and saw on the burial register that the family lived in RAF quarters on Whittakers Field. I contacted the church warden to find out the burial plot, and he asked in conversation where the family had lived in 1952. When I told him there was a stunned silence and he said "I bought Whittakers Field and built my house on it, it's where I live now". My relative was taken by her daughter to lay flowers on the baby's grave a few days later and I just "knew" that the speed and ease at which I'd found out where it is and the successful outcome was down to more than just me.
Hope this makes some sense, and thanks for taking the time to read it all! Cassy x
