[Voyager]

I have a Cocker Spaniel who loves to bring in slugs and snails.

Very bizzare when I see them crawling up the kitchen wall. I also didn't know where they came from until she brought one in and sat very proudly in her box with it. Yuk.............

I used to eat spiders when I was very little.................and soap, but not at the same time, that would have just been plain nasty.

[Still]

My cat brings it just about anything.....mice, squirrels, chipmunks, beetles, rabbits, bats.

A few weeks ago, he brought in a flying squirrel. They tend to stay in the treetops and he is a large cat who doesn't climb trees. Somehow he coaxed it down to his level.

[justasking]

Still

An intelligent cat, not so intelligent squirrel............

V

Even as a child you were meant to wear a viking hat. I drank fairy liquid once to see what it tasted like. I felt very sick afterwards but I was squeaky clean inside lol

[followingbliss]

Hey TTM my cat brings in earthworms too and here in the north of UK they are plentiful. She is very capable of catching all sorts of small mammals and birds as her weekly sacrifices will testify - so not sure  what this one is about - why bother with these spineless creatures who are so obvious eh or is she giving me an mlc metaphor 

[followingbliss]

oops sorry TTM realised I was supposed to  avoid the MLC word 

[True to myself]

No worries, fb. It's a bit like the yes/no game, where you can't use those words. Unfortunately you just got the buzzer but I'll let you piay again tomorrow!

[followingbliss]

OK on a separate note I am in to the benefits of positive psychology  which I believe - along with this site has really helped me with my current situation. It includes things like remembering the things each day taht I am grateful for - usually my kids, ,my froiends and family or ocassionally a beautiful sunny day ( I am in North of UK remember anyway sure some of yoy will already know this but one of the ways to wellbeing-happiness is to make use of our character strengths. I have seen very positive evidence of strengths of all on this site. Idea behind character strengths for example is to try and use them as much as possible and in particular id how they may help us overcome challenging times. We all have "signature strengths" which are our top  or so - mine include curiosity and humour for example, I believe the former led me to this site in first place and second allows me to experience the therapeutic effects of the humour of belly laughs of so  many contributions here  . Anyway you guys in US have the headstart on strengths stuff with free accesto some really good resources. Take your free strengths survey at   http://www.viacharacter.org/Surveys/SurveyCenter.aspx
tand lets talk about how these might help us in these challenging times. You are all the strongest people I have encountered

[Voyager]

FB
I've just taken that survey, really interesting!!
Definitely worth a go.

xx

[followingbliss]

Voyager, hopefully it is useful for validating who you are , if we can use our strengths on a daily basis then we will feel good, authentic and energised. If we are lucky we might get to do this through our work , if not we can make a conscious effort to use our strengths in our day to day lives and experience the benefits of being our best.

I posted the link because there is a suggestion that we can look to our strengths to help us overcome adversity, eg those of us who's character strengths include kindness and forgiveness  could engage in acts of kindness with friends, family etc and foucus on forgiving the mlc spouse. someone else who had eg appreciation of beauty and zest could go running in the countryside  the point is focusing on our unique strengths is the best way forward for us as individuals - so worth knowing what our strengths are.

I think it is some of your own posts Voyager which have appealed very much to my own Humour strength so thanks for that

[rediscover]

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and that you are surrounded by friends and family who love and appreciate you!