What brings you comfort?

My sense of comfort and contentment happens unexpectedly...a moment just clicks and there it is...I am happy. Sometimes, sunlight behind a maple tree....bird song...floating patterns in the clouds...a wind dancing with a tree...flowers...good music...my grandson's insights...a call from a friend...good food...homemade bread smell in the house...a crackling wood fire giving warmth unequaled by anything except a snuggle with someone you love. Children, having the right to make choices, having something to give, especially time and effort. Being on the receiving side of someone else's giving. Things that make me remember my childhood...old toys, books. Man, when I start thinking about it all, I am comforted to bursting point. I guess bottom line my main idea is that my choices make a difference...that is survival code when times get bleak. It is a crazy world but not a boring one. I forgot...what takes my breath away...the smell of flowers, roses and carnations and marigolds...herbs like lavender...the sight of a butterfly, the sound of a bee....anything newborn.

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Playing my piano is a comfort to me. There was a time when I didn’t like practicing. But now that I’m older and have had more experiences with it, practicing is the best part of it.

My electric piano has been acting up lately and the power goes off once in a while. When the power comes back on after wiggling the cord for a while, that’s a big relief, I tell ya.

Having a job is also a comfort to me. It makes me feel secure. I actually have 3 jobs at the moment - Ranch Hand, Carpentry Assistant, and Church Pianist.

I was working on a ranch today, and my BOSS = my boyfriend made me drive his truck - even though I don’t have a license - because it’s a private property, and made me chuck the ice on the surface of fountains for cattle in –26C. When I safely got back in the truck without bulls stamping on me, and when I parked the truck in front of their shop without rolling it over in a ditch, it was a big, big relief. It’s quite a change for a city girl. To tell you the truth, I enjoyed the chore.

I was fixing a roof the other day. I went up on the roof - even though I’m acrophobic - because it was nice out to begin with, then it’s gotten windy - what do you know, EH? When I hit the ground… with my two feet… without falling down. It was a big, big, big relief.

I’ve been playing the piano at a church for Sunday Masses as well. After every mass, people treat me like I’m a celebrity even though I’d made a several mistakes from not having enough time to practice. Knowing that I fooled them is a relief. No swearing words coming out my mouth in the church and getting out of the building is a bigger relief.

I live for little moments like that ;-)

Those things that take my breath away are as follows: The vastness of the universe. Seeing other planets. Discovering complex things. Thinking through a tough problem. Entertaining fanciful ideas.

Those things that make me relax or bring me comfort are as follows: Looking at the ocean. Reading books. Eating my favorite foods. Praying. Crying (hey, there is such a thing as having a good cry!). Reading to kids. Listening to good music.

Those things that make me forget, and what they make me forget, are as follows: Seeing a baby smile - I forget my worries. Hearing a good song - I forget my worries. Being cut off on the freeway - I forget to stop and think before reacting (hey, that's forgetting! haha). Mourning - I forget to live.

Those things that make me forgive are as follows: God.

I liked this question a lot.

My friends and family. And when they are in fact the cause of stress, reading and writing, and chocolate. The simple things are what are important to me. Swinging on a swing with ice cream by a creek, with a good book and someone I love. This is more comforting to me then the city, or working, or complex drama. And above all, and most universally, prayer. Of course.

Serving the Father and following the Son comforts and grounds me spiritually. Calm quiet nights in the country renew my mind. Long soaks in a warm tub rejuvinate my body.

This may sound really corney, but my husband!...He makes anything in this world that is supposed to be uncomfortable , easy and liveable.Not that the last 17 years have been smooth sailing...but when you find your partner in life it truly makes life smoother. He still does take my breath away,makes me relax and enjoy life,helps me to forgive my tresspasses:),I am soooooo blessed.I wish this feeling for everyone,I cherish it and know it can be gone for me in the blink of and eye.I have been taught by him to take hold of every day and make it memorable!and I do......

hi Andrew, thank you for sharing those verses. there have been circumstances in my existence the place I surely have been at my lowest besides as feeling abandoned via all. this is in those circumstances that I cry out to the Lord for potential and he's there to hold me. whilst i think that i can not take it plenty extra then I experience His presence and His Peace overflows and takes administration. this is a superb Peace this is so annoying to place across to ones who don't recognize Christ yet to those that do you all understand. all of us inspite of the undeniable fact that as Believers ought to believe God explicitly and to the factor the place we no longer question His reasons and reasoning. desirous to appreciate Him extra is one element yet thinking Him is yet another. take a glance at Hezekiah. He enjoyed God yet prayed with no lead to sight and became distraught over his condition quite than trusting God totally. So, the Lord replied Hezekiah's request and gave him yet another 13 years of existence. Out of this Manasseh became born. Manasseh became Israel's maximum evil king. He equipped up lower back the extreme places that Hezekiah had destroyed, reared up altars for Baal, made his sons to stroll throughout the time of the fireplace, shed harmless blood and made Jerusalem and Judah to sin against God. this might have by no ability occurred if Hezekiah depended on God's judgment. we are to be careful what we ask for and have self assurance that our lives are in His hands. There could desire to no longer be a therapeutic and it may desire to be our time to be with the Lord. regardless of the case trusting the Lord is the final case state of affairs. God Bless. :)

Every evening when I arrive at my home and relax with my wife of 33 years.

whem i have extra money in the bank go holiday somewhere hot stay in the beach looking for shooting stars and feel the sea brease i think there is no more confort them that for me

A couple of smokes and a nice bottle of scotch.