I think,
I just realized
Paradise is not a place.
It’s a time you would go back to,
With people you want to be with.
I think,
I just realized
Paradise is not a place.
It’s a time you would go back to,
With people you want to be with.
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That sounds like a great idea, Colleen 🙂
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Thank you Irene 🙂
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yes, that would be so lovely
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If only we could do that kind of travel. 🙂
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That doesn’t look like the Isle Of Ireland…
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Well now Ivor….interesting enough….I was quite surprised on our very first visit to Ireland to see Palm Trees EVERYWHERE! Was NOT expecting that. But true, I did not see them growing on the beaches there. 🙂
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Haha, ar least I knew I had your paradise island destination right.😁
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Yes you did!!!! 😉
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what a wonderful thought and pivture, Colleen! yes it is surely a time you spend with people you love! But I think you have not to go necessairily back, paradise can be in future aswell…you never know what paradises are hided in future!
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It can indeed Anie. This is just a reflective piece for me because of life here at the moment. ❤
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of course you are right! ❤ But you should know my passion that I do not like reading sad and hopeless things …; )You can probably only reflect on the past but life is in the present and for the wishes, hope and happiness, paradise must be in the future !!
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As positive as I am, and try to be Anie, sometimes there are sad things that we have to feel. The present can be sad. And in that sadness, there is a lot of love and positive energy.
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…if there is positive energy I´m eased….I could not feel positive things in sadness yet…I have to learn to feel this I think!
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I may not be explaining myself well. But I think sadness comes from love, if we didn’t love, we wouldn’t be sad about loss or change. Does that make sense?
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yes Colleen, this makes sense and I can feel it like this!
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I’m glad Anie, I wanted you to feel where I was coming from. 🙂
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You are not alone!
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Thank you 🙂
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Totally agreed with your thought!!
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Thank you Jyoti Soni. 🙂
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I’m with you there, in all respects!
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Thank you Peter. 🙂
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Every term and the connotations attached to it are subjective in nature. It varies from person to person. Good thought on how you conceive paradise.
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Sure, you are right. Very subjective. This happened to be where I was today, while reflecting upon some difficult and sad things.
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It’s a bit of both at different times, me thinks Colleen. ❤
Diana xo
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Surely it can be. 🙂 This is just a reflective post for me right now, life is calling for that right now. 🙂
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For sure!!❤️
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Thank you Jodi. 🙂
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Those people and mind set can be in a variety of physical places, yes, MBC.
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Yes they sure can MBM, no doubt.
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Yes, paradise for me would be to share more time with my Dad, Grandma and Grandpa.
Now, my friend and mentor while taking preschool special ed courses at OSU would be special to see again. Jean passed away at 42, I wish her family were able to be “there” with her in Paradise. She would be so amazed how well they grew up and they would not wish to let her go. . . 💞
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What a lovely paradise that would be Robin ❤
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You may be right!
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Maybe 🙂
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Indeed, but I am mindful that what I’m enjoying today might be gone tomorrow so perhaps we are in paradise every day, although it mightn’t always feel like it.
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Very good point! I liked this comment a lot.
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That’s the truth of it all Tric. We’ll miss things, and people, of today, just like our yesterdays. I do try to be mindful as well. But sometimes the present is full of moments for reflection….
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Well said. 🙂
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Thank you Kathy.
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Indeed, paradise exists in moments, in connections, in feelings!
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Not that places aren’t amazing….but when I want to go some ‘place’ it involves a peoples too. 🙂
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yes that is so true Colleen!
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Thank you Lynn 🙂
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Welcome home 💛
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Ahhhhhh…. ❤
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To me…it’s a state of being where one is completely fulfilled by the time and place they are in, not necessarily a moment in the past…it can be in the present as well.
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Absolutely agree with you Mrs. P. 🙂 (This was written while I happen to be reflecting on something, hence my pastward glance and feel, for me I mean.)
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Gotcha!
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That is wht m feeling right now!!!!
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Seems like many of us feel the same way.
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I would love that! This time of year brings back so many memories and I’d like to roll-back time just a little bit!
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I often do, play a rewind, because it’s more enjoyable than television. 🙂
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