Post if you're happy or cheerful

**acatalephobic** · 05-14-2015 08:07 PM

=}
On Sunday when I surprised my Mom at home, she surprised me with the fact that her tiny baby cat Miss Caroline became a first-time mother herself the night before Mother's Day.

All SIX of them were born in what was my old bedroom for most of my life. Right there where my bed used to be. Each of them born with six TEENY tiny mitten toes, just like their momma. Man I hope at least some of them get her eyes too! Too young to tell yet...

She literally grew up overnight though.
Went straight into mommy-mode so quick too, so fiercely alert around them, but showing such tender care when gripping them with those little mitts of hers...

Mom said there was a moment halfway through, when she saw a look in her baby's eyes that said her tiny body might not be able to withstand all that stress.* But mom said Caroline heard one of the babies cry out for her, and then her eyes came back to life and she popped out three more.

I could've sat there and just watched them for hours like that, when I went back to visit again the next night.

**EbbTide000** · 05-21-2015 05:35 AM

Roof

Your sunny avatar makes me Happy and your ussername reminds me of the Smash Hit "Happy" when Farrell Williams says:

"Clap a long if you feel like a reem without a roof (!!!)"

♥

https://youtu.be/y6Sxv-sUYtM

♥

Lyrics

Happy"

[Verse 1:]
It might seem crazy what I'm about to say
Sunshine she's here, you can take a break
I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don't care baby by the way

{Uh}

[Chorus:]
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

[Verse 2:]
Here come bad news talking this and that, yeah,
Well, give me all you got, and don't hold it back, yeah,
Well, I should probably warn you I'll be just fine, yeah,
No offense to you, don't waste your time
Here's why

[Chorus]

{Hey, Go, Uh}

[Bridge:]
(Happy)
Bring me down
Can't nothing
Bring me down
My level's too high
Bring me down
Can't nothing
Bring me down
I said (let me tell you now)
Bring me down
Can't nothing
Bring me down
My level's too high
Bring me down
Can't nothing
Bring me down
I said

[Chorus x2]

{Hey, Go, Uh}

(Happy)*[repeats]
Bring me down... can't nothing...
Bring me down... my level's too high...
Bring me down... can't nothing...
Bring me down, I said (let me tell you now)

[Chorus x2]

{Hey, C'mon}

Originally Posted by Roof

I get a call from my dad and I'm happy for awhile, and I reaffirm my confidence and my motivation, I don't know how it works, but it does. Only wishes are to go up there and just talk with him.

Also

I am ecstatic because

A brand new member (only 5 posts) has started a share dreaming thingy.

I don't lucid dream but I got a tiny dreamlet last night.

After I posted it I began seeing something funny about it. See if you can see it .... Hint, maybe the host is the Daddy sea horse, (heeheehee ???)

♥

http://www.dreamviews.com/beyond-dre...ml#post2159042

♥

**acatalephobic** · 06-01-2015 09:06 PM

Yesterday was my Dad's birthday, he would have been 54.
He's been gone two months now almost exactly...feels like an eternity though...

So I go to him, take small gift. It rained so hard, so windy and cold all day. When I was a kid his birthday coincided with the last days of school, always summery and warm and happy. But this year without him, so cold, so grey and dreary...

I was there a while, but I told him "I love you Dad, always, but I must go, or else catch cold out here in this rain". So reluctantly I went back to the car, and turn the radio to a station he loved, just on a whim. Half a second later a song starts, and I shit you not it was one by his ALL TIME FAV band!

So I crank it wayyyy up, drive closer to his spot, roll down the window and say "You hear that Daddy! This one is for you!"

The lyrics go:

"We're just talkin bout the future,
Forget about the past,
It'll always be with us
It's never gonna die,
Never gonna die!

I say "hear that Daddy? It NEVER gonna die, it WILL survive, yes it will HA HA!"
(/chuckle like pirate)
x}

THEN, as I was pulling out of the cemetery, the very next song that came on was The Foo Fighters and it is one of my all time fav songs, called "Everlong".

Now, my Dad was wayyyyy picky about his rock, almost NEVER liked the new stuff, but he LOVED the Foo. We found two copies of one of their albums in his glovebox, he loved it so much he needed a back-up copy...

That one starts out:
"Hello, I've waited here for you
And later, there's a special part where he whispers, and the lyrics are just TOO PERFECT, they go:

"So Dad would take the Sunday's off,
And that's the only time he could ever get any rest,
And so, because we were loud on Sundays,
He'd make us hold his construction Boots over our head, till we'd sleep
And they were really heavy Boots and id used to say dad come on please
And like start crying, cause they're too heavy."

So there I was, on a Sunday, his birthday, in the wind and rain, thinking about how hard he worked, ALWAYS, just like the lyrics said, about how now he is finally RESTing, but that I miss him sooooo bad, he feel so very far away sometimes...

But when those songs played, my heart swell up with happy, I say "You hear that daddy? DON'T STOP BELIEVIN, eh?!"
x}

And for a minute, I felt like we shared that moment together.
Just as giddy as I was, so would HE have been to hear two favorite songs of his back to back like that...like they were dedicated just for him!

It was perfect. I felt like he was right there with me. <3

Granted, I would be happier if he were here with me, in good health, and enjoying himself. BUT. In life, the silver linings may be subtle, but they are usually there somewhere, if you take the time to find them.

He called himself a realist and I do too, but it's important to never give up an opportunity to feel grateful or happy...sometimes you just have to look closer!

Like the lyrics of another very wise song say:
"You can't always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes, you just might find
YOU GET WHAT YOU NEEEEEEEED!"

=}
(/little happy dance)

**Wisher** · 06-01-2015 10:52 PM

Hey alcatalephobic, Everlong is a great song, you had a solid playlist for today, I love it a lot!

Here's another I love for moments like these

http://youtu.be/23OVbFx4hl0

A gift, I hope u enjoy, and happy 54th anniversary of such a wonderful day

**acatalephobic** · 06-01-2015 11:39 PM

Aye say Wisher, many thanks to you for such a beautiful gift!

I read, think "For me? Gift from a strangersay, what could it be?"
And THEN, you speak right direct to my heart with that song, like thunderbolt! <3
LoveLoveLoooooovvve the beat African...

The words though...

Wait!
There's no mountain too great
Hear the words and have faith
Have faith

Hela hey mamela! (hey, listen!)

He lives in you
He lives in me
He watches over
Everything we see
Into the water
Into the truth
In your reflection
He lives in you"

Such beautiful words, just perfect for a beautiful song, and a wonderful great notion of hope...
Makes me feel so happy, like all of a sudden the sun shining on me somehow despite the clouds and rain... =}

No longer a stranger eh, you are a friend to me now.

Very grateful now, you see, time to give thanks.
Aye say manymanymany thanks, for reasons to be HAPPAY! x}

**Wisher** · 06-02-2015 12:16 AM

For sure!

**RaveCrazedDave** · 06-03-2015 05:26 AM

I'm always happy OR cheerful. Never both though, or my head will explode.

**acatalephobic** · 06-11-2015 08:32 AM

Damn, why is this place cold as ice?
Of all the threads to leave lie fallow...

Anyway, a couple days ago i went from feeling cloud nine to just poop.
But i still had a bonfire to bring wood to, so i tried to focus on that.
Right before i got to the house though, a song played that reminded me of the reason i was feeling BOTH ways. And i was trying so hard not to feel bad but all i was feeling was sad...

But the lyrics to the song go: "one man can change the world"...so beautiful and uplifting...
So i choked up for a second but thought no, just buck up!
So, turned it off and went for the wood.

And it sounds wacky, but whenever i'm out in a grass that has clover i'm just scanning, always on the lookout for that treasure... So just like every time i'm just checkin, hoping, thinking like "it ain't IMpossible" but at the same time not expecting at all to actually spot one...

But for the third time in my life that i can remember, i found one! A bonafide four leaf!
It took checking maybe...four or five different areas before finding one next to the tomato plant closest to the backdoor to the garage.

I showed my mom, and she asked me, "how are you always doing that?"
The clover is just all over where i grew up, i told her "it's this place that grows it, not me!'
Made me feel super crap though because then she told me she has never not ONCE in her life found one. And of the previous two i remember finding, the first i lost and the other i gave away.

This one is going straight into my treasure box, even though i waited too long to press it and some of the edges got curled and yellowed...

I've missed two too many opportunities already!

**Wisher** · 06-11-2015 10:53 PM

Hmm ur right acatal XD too good a thread!

I'm happy I've been working at an exciting company
My family friends and life are a perfect fit for me
I'm extremely thankful I have such an open and exploring imagination
I'm greatful for my indomitable will
And of course lucidity

**Original Poster** · 06-18-2015 04:37 AM

I need money so I can... er... begin HRT.

I found a great job opportunity, it fell on my lap, it'll hold me over and get me the resources I need to complete my aspirations.

I don't even morally object to the job, what are the chances? One of my friends has worked it for a while and he's talked me up to his boss making me a shoe in.

Why, suddenly, does my original plan A present itself then? Probably to remind me I'm not doing this because it's the only option. I have a choice now, and I know why I'm choosing this. I know what I want to do, and why I want it. The beautiful thing is, that feeling I had when I first hit the road--that my rat race was over, that I was free to pursue my truest dreams, and make no more compromises regarding my happiness--I still have that feeling. I can always walk away, any time I choose. I can literally go to the road and stick my thumb up and go fucking anywhere, into the burning sun if I so choose.

My new moon dream seems more clear to me now. Rarely do I realize my power to fly in non-lucids, but the understanding came so easy. Of course I can fly, I merely forgot how. It makes me laugh now, what was initially so confusing is now so clear, made even clearer by the dream. I was hovering on the road with my thumb out, and this motor cycle driver had to pick me up because how do you ignore a flying hitch hiker? I got on the back of his motor-cycle, and I could see why he was so stoked to pick me up, because I could relate. Speeding that fucker down the road, it was a bit like flying itself. Not quite, though.

This aspect of the dream has given me a clear answer. Why would I hitch, when I can fly? Hitching the road from place to place is becoming the cul-de-sac I originally took to the road to escape from. Forward progress requires me to be ready for any new change and any opportunity to grow. Nothing can respite me now, all my pains and difficulties and tragedies I release thee to dust, to spectacles of the past. For surely, you cannot chain me now. I run from nothing, for I can fucking fly.

There's more to the dream, the rambling finish that I feel it necessary to include. Eventually he picked up another hitcher, a big ole fat guy, and the physics of dreams allowed us to all uncomfortably fit on the back of his bike. This fat guy got gifted like 40 bucks from some random woman at the next gas station, creating a tinge of jealousy. At this point, things got confusing, characters started to shift, and next thing I know I find myself and a female, who was apparently in our party the whole time, leaving with the dude's car. Well, she's leaving, I'm in the back seat letting it happen. But I have doubts, it's my choice, again, whether we make off with his car or not. And I choose no. I see him driving his motorcycle behind us, trying to catch up to his vehicle. I get out of the car, I fly, I careen the vehicle, I slow it down, I use my power of flight to create enough resistance he can catch up. Then I help the girl make an excuse that she wasn't stealing it at all, he puts his bike in the back seat, gets in the driver seat and we go on to the next destination.

Choices are real, even in dreams. They mean something, perhaps I woke up to a whole new reality based on my decision not to allow myself to participate in something I defined as a theft. Perhaps my experiences created this person. I wonder if people in the ethereal plane, where nothing material can ever be found nor lost, and our expectations are instantly manifest, ever deal with getting their feelings hurt. I've had nightmares, but I'm unfamiliar with a dream made memory of that terrible type of disappointment and grief I've come to know in waking life.

I almost posted this in the rant and rave thread because I thought I was lamenting about my current impasse, but as I wrote it, it turns out I was not.

**acatalephobic** · 06-21-2015 08:52 AM

So last night I dreamt that I popped my hip FINALLY.
And I looked to the person next to me just so excited, saying something about how I had been trying to for WEEKS !

Cut to me actually waking up and for the first time in MONTHS (actually), my hip feels 100% again! I could not even believe it I was so grateful!

Oh, and Purple Rain is on?
Life is actually spoiling me right now!

Spoiler for it gets better!:

**Marm** · 06-30-2015 12:24 PM

Found a decent sleep app (and it's free too!).

Shows REM cycles and has a nice dream journal feature at the bottom.

**Forg** · 07-10-2015 02:52 AM

Well, this hapiness after a good night betrer turn out jn some rem rebound

**Saizaphod** · 05-07-2016 04:28 PM

Summer! Finally!! I just wanna take off and run to the fields and jump around and sing ah, what a bliss!

**Linkzelda** · 06-06-2016 01:30 AM

I found a tutorial on how to do 3d anime eyes. They're always a hassle for me because the wider and bigger they get, the more difficult it is to make a perfect circle that can conform to the crevice of the eyelids. It's a weird compensation that I found, but it's also one that seems pragmatic in animating the eyes REALLY easy. I got the face part nailed down, but it's just the eyes that gives me a hard time. It means I'll have to dig a little less, which will save me some time. I'm happy, because I can finally try to take on those concept arts where the eyes where the main turn off. And, this wrap I bought for my head is working great!

**Chigurh** · 06-06-2016 01:41 AM

Whiskey be like, "Hey Chigurh, post in this thread." And I'm like, lol okay let me focus on the keyboard first.

**Saizaphod** · 07-02-2016 12:20 PM

Had a great workout week and today I'm gonna watch a ton of movies because Im a movie lover. I feel great!

**mooseantlers** · 03-11-2017 07:43 AM

Some random cute guy from the city across the bridge from mine just added me on facebook and gave me is number. FUCK I hope he's 18....

**CaesarVD** · 03-13-2017 02:04 AM

I am very happy with myself lately :U

**Azaleaj** · 03-13-2017 05:16 AM

I'm happy because I got to sit in a field of green grass with my dog, my houseplants are thriving, my cat is cute and because I learned to lucid dream. Also happy because life if fascinating despite being hard and sad sometimes.

**Dreaamer** · 03-21-2017 06:08 PM

I am happy because I am doing stuff with my family today.

**mobwicket** · 03-29-2017 09:55 AM

I can't say that I'm truly happy but rather, I'm thankful for everything I have now....family, shelter, work, friends and so much more.

**mooseantlers** · 04-03-2017 02:06 AM

Trailer Park Boys Season 11 is out!!! First few episodes have been soo good, reminds me of older seasons, hands down better than the previous Season 8, a close competitor to season 9.. Man this show is brilliant, I hope it goes for another few seasons.

**tropicalbreeze** · 11-28-2017 10:15 AM

Not many happy and cheerful people here. I've been feeling happy and cheerful lately. Well for a while. Not sure if there is a good reason for it. Perhaps its the pursue of a passion.

**LighrkVader** · 11-28-2017 02:52 PM

Not many happy and cheerful people here. I've been feeling happy and cheerful lately. Well for a while. Not sure if there is a good reason for it. Perhaps its the pursue of a passion.

Nice thread, though I can see how complaining is more appealing than bragging about your happiness

..

I saw your photos.. you're traveling? What is your passion?

I don't know how long it's been, but I have been having a lot of fun with life for quite a while. And no... I'm not gonna share my secret

There isn't one.. I have just as many things to be sad about as I did when I was unhappy...probably even more..they tend to stack up as we go on living.

Edit: pretty happy with a pizza I made. Mysteriously tastes like fajitas...