Jim’s Cafe of peace - Mon.Sept.9, 2024

[JMG]

Hey everyone! Been quite a long time since I opened a cafe here, but since I see as of now that one hasn’t yet been posted for today, I thought I’d post one

Today’s theme is peace, and I have some peace related questions to go along with that theme. Here they are

Questions:

1. Are you feeling peaceful right now?
2. What would help you feel more peaceful?
3. What are things you find peaceful in general?
4. Free space - Feel free to talk about anything here - How you are, plans for the day, whatever is on your mind!

Wishing everyone a peaceful day and hope you are well!

Some tags (will do more in another post) - @Angie @Witty_Sarcasm @MisterBGone @Sassy Cat @pooky @mosaic hearts @Lisa the Goatgirl @Kiwi2016

 

[JMG]

More tags (just doing these from phone here so posting pics is harder sorry, feel free to post peaceful pics of nature, animals, art, etc if you want to though, of course!)

@full @1964dodge @FlamingoWrangler @FFurry @KM76710 @BarryW @Baywasp @1Lefty

 

[JMG]

@cymbele @Acy @puffymilk @dandelion s @Innocent Forever @Livelife @Lane @Somebody Else
I know there’s lots more, please feel free to tag more people, and of course everyone is welcome to reply, always!

 

[JMG]

Ok, I’ll just do my answers now so they are done lol, and will try to post some peaceful pics later but will be pretty busy today :p

1. Are you feeling peaceful right now?
So-so I guess, could be worse. Looking forward to seeing my sis later (I don’t see her much anymore) and possibly my dad too.

2. What would help you feel more peaceful?
Lotsa things, but especially having more $, being able to afford to live a lot closer to my sis (maybe being only an hour away by bus, instead of about 4+ hours like it is right now). Aside from that, having more friends in real life would help me feel more peaceful and balanced too.

3. What are things you find peaceful in general?
Lots of things for this one too:
- Relaxing, calming art
- Seeing others happy, peaceful, optimistic, hopeful and just otherwise positive in some way
- Nature (especially flowers, trees, beachscapes, mountains, water)
- Animals (especially cats, dogs, birds, fish, dolphins, kangaroos, iguanas, chameleons, snakes, geckos, salamanders and many other animals too lol)
- Soothing instrumental/classical music or sounds (nature sounds, especially of rainfall, ocean waves and any other kinds that lull you into comfort in an easy kind of way)

4. Free space - Feel free to talk about anything here - How you are, plans for the day, whatever is on your mind!
How I am is: Pretty good overall. Feeling hopeful (and therefore, at least somewhat peaceful) about some things so that is helping me feel more positively about myself and life in general.

Plans for the day - Omg, so much stuff lol. Sis will be here in the morn sometime, then I gotta pick up my prescriptions (will be going to stay with her from tomorrow til Friday), then go to the bank, we’re gonna go to a park for a walk or something, then out to a nice restaurant for lunch, then after we’re done I will have some groceries to get. Ok maybe that doesn’t sound like “much” overall lol, but it’s a lot more than I usually do in “one” day anyway :p

Whatever is on my mind - Omg, a lot of things really. All the things I have planned today, looking forward to seeing my sis for lunch and hanging out a bit today, then going there from tomorrow til Friday, wishing I could live in the same part of the province as she does (it is a very beautiful paradise for anyone who likes nature lol), how much I’ll miss my sweet kitty (3 days away from her is a long time for me, since I usually see her every day lol), that I’m feeling a bit hungry, wishing all things good, peaceful and positive for everyone here and…ya lotsa other things too but this is already quite long so I’ll end it here for now lol
~ Peace, always ~

 

[JMG]

Thought of some more tags
@Road to Nowhere @Ash600 @seabird @Auri @From_Venus @Autumn1973 @AFlower @MAC0

 

[Livelife]

Thanks for the cafe ☕️
Peace is not a place I reside in at the moment.
I am not feeling mostly or all peaceful. It’s my birthday tomorrow and in the last handful of years it has become a very uncomfortable week and day. There’s no longer anyone to spend it and share the day with in person. It’s now a couple of birthday cards and something to get past quickly. Just writing this causes pain.
There’s dog loss in my near future. It looks like Sadie may have a handful of weeks.
Relocating and getting that in place and done would possibly bring some peace. There’s a possibility of 6 months to a year timeline depending upon how long Sadie and Samsun live.
I thank the ability to be out and immerse in nature. It’s still around even though the area has been overrun with overdevelopment, I still find a few places I can go to have some kind of connection.
Relocation will open access back up again. More than here anyway.

 

[Angie]

1. Are you feeling peaceful right now?
Pretty much. Things are rocking along in my life.
2. What would help you feel more peaceful?
A quiet mind.
3. What are things you find peaceful in general?
A quiet, cozy winter afternoon with my kitty in lap.
4. Free space
Today there should be more college modules to open for my courses. I'll get my copy of the humongous Iliad to start reading (mixed feelings about that) and run a couple errands.

Nice Cafe!

 

[Auri]

Hi JMG, and everyone else! That sounds like a fitting theme to me ^^

1. Are you feeling peaceful right now?
Absolutely! I am at the beach in hot Spain, so zero complaints.

2. What would help you feel more peaceful?
Probably having my husband here instead of my mom, lol.

3. What are things you find peaceful in general?
Cute animals like bunnies, nature, the sound of waves at the beach… Metal music, too.

4. Free space - Feel free to talk about anything here - How you are, plans for the day, whatever is on your mind!
I’ve been at the beach the whole day, it was wonderful. The water is crystal clear and warm, the sand white, and the Sun making everyone shine and happy. After a long shower, I’m clean, writing postcards and waiting for dinner, then some cocktails.

 

[Lisa the Ferrociraptor]

Hey @JMG, nice idea for a cafe, and really glad to see you open it and take the weight off Angie. She's been soldiering away bravely, but i think it's good someone gave her a break at last.
So thanks for opening and for tagging me.

1. Are you feeling peaceful right now?

I'd say so. Since i came out trans, something like 98-99% of my days are infinitely more peaceful. Which is an amazing feeling, given how long i spent pursuing peace, and never being able to find it. I finally feel home, yknow?

2. What would help you feel more peaceful?

If this bug or whatever could hurry up and sod off already. I think i'm getting better, but i still feel fairly rough.

3. What are things you find peaceful in general?

One of the things i'll miss most about being in the countryside - i can look out my window at any time and enjoy views of rolling hills and nature. And whenever i want to go for a walk, i just have to step out the front door, and i'm already in a perfect walking spot. This is literally a place people come for their holidays, and it's convenient just being here 24/7. Well, it's convenient for that specific purpose, not much else.

4. Free space - Feel free to talk about anything here - How you are, plans for the day, whatever is on your mind!

I wish my days felt longer. It's been awesome, managing to keep to a consistent sleep schedule, i'm adapting better than i ever would have thought. But now my days feel like they're over before i know what's happening. I do kinda miss how long a day where i'd stay up for 24 hours felt, that felt like a proper day i could get a lot done in.

 

[Acy]

Thanks, JMG for opening the café and for the tag!

1. Are you feeling peaceful right now?
I’m all right…not sure that peaceful describes my feelings as I’m a tad anxious about an appointment today. What can you do?

2. What would help you feel more peaceful?
Have to agree that lots of things could enhance a peaceful feeling, including having more $ so that I wasn’t always double and triple thinking every purchase… “Can I actually afford this? Do I really need it? Can I adjust my budget to accommodate it…i.e., what would I have to give up instead?…”

3. What are things you find peaceful in general?
Music, reading, word games, online matching games (I’ve successfully avoided all the In App purchases!), nature, snuggling Shadow, feeding chickadees, chipmunks, and squirrels, talking to a friend…

4. Free space - Feel free to talk about anything here - How you are, plans for the day, whatever is on your mind!
Good things that happened today: applied and was approved for community courses/activities subsidy for lower income persons. The library put several copies of my choice of book (Wuthering Heights) for Book Club on hold for the group. I dropped off the shared copy of another book we’re doing at another Book Club member’s house.

Something I’m thinking about that is not so good…
The tax department has still not completed their review of things…originally submitted in 2021, revised documents obtained and I asked the accountant to file those as amendments/adjustments…he said he didn’t need to…then tax department told him he needed to…accountant says tax department told him they would go ahead and submit and process…Months went by and nothing was done…I kept asking the accountant for updates. He simply wouldn’t take my calls or reply to my emails. This past February, I asked again what was happening…He looked into it and the tax department hadn’t submitted things, so the accountant did so himself on February 8, 2024. And there is still no resolution. The amendments/adjustments could affect tax owing (I pay)( or refund owing (I get money back) as well as the amounts of benefits and credits from filing my tax return. I am sitting in limbo and have been told off for asking/pressing for answers and resolution. I cannot fire the accountant as getting a new one to restart everything would cost me as much all over again and the processing time would begin anew. I feel very distressed, disappointed, and disrespected by the accountant. * sigh BIG SIGH *

I’m going to snuggle Shadow for a while. 🐈‍⬛

Wishing everyone a day with something lovely in it!

 

[Witty_Sarcasm]

Thank you for the tag @JMG, this is a lovely idea for a cafe

1. Are you feeling peaceful right now?
As much as I can be.

2. What would help you feel more peaceful?
To be able to relax fully, not have any more pain or worries on my mind.

3. What are things you find peaceful in general?
Nature, animals, reading, soothing music, certain textures like velvet, scents like lavender and lilac.

4. Free space - Feel free to talk about anything here - How you are, plans for the day, whatever is on your mind!
Going to another physical therapy session and doing some shopping. Hope everyone is well

 

[Ash600]

1. Are you feeling peaceful right now?
I'd say relatively so. Been a quiet kind of day (so far lol) so I'm not complaining.

2. What would help you feel more peaceful?
Being able to still my mind instead of it trying to wander off in all directions thinking about various matters. Ultimate peace would being able to attain a state of Nirvanha. Now wouldn't that be something....

3. What are things you find peaceful in general?
Music, reading, are two things that readily come to mind. Oh and sitting in the garden on a warm summer's night listening to blues music.

 

[Ash600]

Something I’m thinking about that is not so good…
The tax department has still not completed their review of things…originally submitted in 2021, revised documents obtained and I asked the accountant to file those as amendments/adjustments…he said he didn’t need to…then tax department told him he needed to…accountant says tax department told him they would go ahead and submit and process…Months went by and nothing was done…I kept asking the accountant for updates. He simply wouldn’t take my calls or reply to my emails. This past February, I asked again what was happening…He looked into it and the tax department hadn’t submitted things, so the accountant did so himself on February 8, 2024. And there is still no resolution. The amendments/adjustments could affect tax owing (I pay)( or refund owing (I get money back) as well as the amounts of benefits and credits from filing my tax return. I am sitting in limbo and have been told off for asking/pressing for answers and resolution. I cannot fire the accountant as getting a new one to restart everything would cost me as much all over again and the processing time would begin anew. I feel very distressed, disappointed, and disrespected by the accountant. * sigh BIG SIGH *

That sounds quite the mess. Though you do not wish to appoint a new accountant, I've got a feeling that is something which you may have to do. Going from what you wrote, your current accountant seems to be rather passive. As for the tax office, seems quite the inefficent and ineffectual outfit much like with what we have over here. So I'm thinking you might wish to reconsider at some point particularly if matters go belly up. That's when you'll do well to appoint a new accountant, one who's willing to go into bat and fight the tax dept on your behalf. Much like my ex-accountant (recently retired). Now this chap was not one to suffer fools gladly and was always prepared to go to war with the tax office. And yes, he won them all.

 

[Innocent Forever]

 

[Lisa the Ferrociraptor]

certain textures like velvet

Ooh, this made me think of the fact that i tend to keep swatches of silk to hand, because i find the feeling of stroking the silk between my fingers really soothing.

Even when i was a kid, i wore the hell out of the silk collar around the neck of my favourite stuffed cow, cos i tend to just absent-mindedly stroke silk whenever i'm around it. My parents had to keep swapping it out for new almost identical ones with fresh, differently coloured collars. The first couple of times, they were worried i'd be upset about them replacing my favourite toy, but i thought they were the same cow, magically changing its collar over and over.

They also had to tell me off several times, cos i'd encounter women wearing silk, and i'd start stroking their clothes, not getting why that was weird and inappropriate.

 

[JMG]

You’re welcome for the tags Lisa the Goatgirl, Acy and Witty_Sarcasm Thank you to all who have replied

 

[Witty_Sarcasm]

Ooh, this made me think of the fact that i tend to keep swatches of silk to hand, because i find the feeling of stroking the silk between my fingers really soothing.

Even when i was a kid, i wore the hell out of the silk collar around the neck of my favourite stuffed cow, cos i tend to just absent-mindedly stroke silk whenever i'm around it. My parents had to keep swapping it out for new almost identical ones with fresh, differently coloured collars. The first couple of times, they were worried i'd be upset about them replacing my favourite toy, but i thought they were the same cow, magically changing its collar over and over.

They also had to tell me off several times, cos i'd encounter women wearing silk, and i'd start stroking their clothes, not getting why that was weird and inappropriate.

Lol I would do that too if I didn't stop for a while I was using some small pillows for support from my pinched nerve pain, and I had to stop using them because one is soft on the outside and squishy inside, so I was distracted by squeezing it. The other one has sequins on it and they reverse when you run your fingers through them, so yeah I was not sleeping as well as I should then That's awesome that you had a "magical" cow though, I want one of those But yeah if I had a silky garment then I'd let you touch it, just because I know the whole textural soothing thing and wouldn't find it too weird :P

 

[KM76710]

1. Are you feeling peaceful right now?

Definitely. I am most always calm, placid, and content with things.

2. What would help you feel more peaceful?

I sure agree with more money and being able to retire, not work and rest more. More time to do nothing that is taxing and tiring.

3. What are things you find peaceful in general?

Sleep, reading, observing the cosmos and night sky. Fishing with catch and release with the perch in the tank here. My cat looks at me doing that with an expression of why are you tossing food back in the water? Getting out and watching the rabbits that are still about the house scampering to and fro and tossing them leafy greens to munch on. Simple pleasures and the best.

4. Free space - Feel free to talk about anything here - How you are, plans for the day, whatever is on your mind!

No real plans for today except my typical and lazy early to bed and snoozin' time. LOL

 

[Baywasp]

Thanks for the tag @JMG

1. Are you feeling peaceful right now? Kind of. I'm in bed, winding down for the night. Getting a bit sleepy.
2. What would help you feel more peaceful? A soft pet to cuddle with. Maybe some hot chocolate.
3. What are things you find peaceful in general? Certain kinds of calm music that I can slide into and inhabit in my mind
4. Free space - Feel free to talk about anything here - How you are, plans for the day, whatever is on your mind! Just trying to chill for now. Had work this evening, which wasn't too bad today, and I did some reading for school.

 

[1Lefty]

Hi @JMG
Thanks for the cafe

1. Are you feeling peaceful right now?
not, really, though I usually am
2. What would help you feel more peaceful?
I think to shake this depression, or to have a definitive answer how much of the symptoms may be from medication
3. What are things you find peaceful in general?
Music is soothing, and I like being alone. A lot of my non-peaceful feelings come from interacting with other people
4. Free space - Feel free to talk about anything here - How you are, plans for the day, whatever is on your mind!
I'm not great today,
no plans for the day, but someone asked me to find a funny meme or video

peace