Just Journaling ~ and other wonderful stuff ~ Part 3

~ Posted, 29th October 2017 ~
 
27th October 2017 – Friday
This month, my son and I have been very blessed by the kind donations of loving friends and family.  Two people deposited money at the start of the month that helped us make it through to today.  But today, I had the most amazing surprise when another donation arrived in my account unexpectedly and anonymously.  The amount was an answer to prayers, because next month is our student workshops in Pretoria and with as much as 6 days of traveling to and from Pretoria, I was very worried about how I was going to manage with petrol expenses.  It would have been 9 days, but a student has offered to lift me for the three day Introductory workshop, so that's was already sorted out thankfully.  I also worried about how I’d afford the food and water I’d need to take with each day for the workshops, but mostly, I worried about my sister’s holiday visit to this side of the world and how hard it would be to spoil her or do anything with her if I had no money. 
 
The friend who donated at the start of the month said that her father would also send a donation, but I assured her that I had enough already for the month so he wouldn’t need to.  But when the donation came in today, I checked with her and she confirmed that she was sure that it was from her father… What a blessing.  With the amount he so kindly sent, I believe that I will also be able to have the hole through my wall done between our garage and sitting room and hopefully the door frame put in.  We might not yet be able to have a door put on for the hole in the wall, but so long as the hole is made and the frame in, we can worry about the door later on.  Hopefully, we will also have enough to have our car’s worn and noisy break replaced.  I also need the car’s fan belt seen to, because it’s making a terrible noise when I start the car.  And we’ve been told our cars exhaust pipe will need replacing, because it has two holes in it… but that is going to have to wait I’m sure.
 
My kind neighbour also brought some leftovers from her meals for my son which was so kind of her and her meals are a delicious change of taste for my son which he thoroughly enjoys.  My daughter also helped with meals and some salad veggies for me which has been a great help.
 
I am grateful for the beautiful people in this world… I thank each and every one with my heart.
 
My garden news:
​I now start the mornings off with weeding the vegetable and herb beds which will be something I will have to do every morning for a while before I start work.  The compost our dear gardener so kindly brought us is unfortunately filled with nut grass nuts.  The best way to get rid of the sprouting nut grass is to remove them roots and all, making sure to get all the nuts that might be attached to the roots.  Without removing the nuts, the grass will just keep coming back.  I’ve had to disturb the roots of my existing vegetable and herb seedlings to get rid of the nut grass growing among them, so that will cause some wilting and setback of my seedlings growth, but it just has to be for now until all the nut grass is eradicated.  Also nut grass must be removed before it actually goes to seed above ground.
 
Surprise visitor:
What a wonderful surprise I had today when my dear young friend, Sheldon sent a message to say he’d like to take me out to lunch and for a chat.  Sheldon is someone who contacted me about our Logotherapy courses once and when I mentioned that our institute was working towards taking over the Advanced and Diplomate courses from Unisa, to keep all the courses with The Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy South Africa, he immediately responded… “How may I help you with that?” Since then, Sheldon has voluntarily helped us with updating and reinventing our forms and setting up a new and more manageable website for our Institute which is about to be launched any day now www.vfisa.co.za

So, this complete stranger has made such a difference from a distance and expected nothing in return.  There truly are some beautiful people out there in this world.  I was blessed enough to meet Sheldon once when he came to help me with my office computer setup and showing me how to work on the new website, so this was now the second time I was blessed to spend time with him again.  I think that Sheldon is an “old soul”… I feel like I’ve known him all my life and we identify in so many ways, so it seems that we both find our conversation comfortable, sincere and enjoyable.
 
Sheldon took me to the Ocean Basket restaurant where we had a yummy lunch and enjoyed our time together immensely.  He then came back to my office to help me set my computer up on a cloud for backup so that all my important work will automatically update on it… That will take a huge burden off of my shoulders. 
 
My humble thanks to Sheldon for not only all he has done to help me and our Logotherapy Institute, but also for his gentle, genuine and lovely friendship in which I experience total trust which is something quite rare for me.  It’s a beautiful thing…
 
28th October 2017 – Saturday
Today I fertilised my garden, which I want to try to do every two-three weeks, and I planted a few tomatoes seeds that I had dried on tissue paper last season.  Yellow cherry tomatoes and other different coloured and shaped tomatoes.  I look forward to enjoying them in my salads someday… maybe even by mid-December.
 
Our intrepid and hardworking handyman came today also, to put the first coat of paint on our lovely new ceiling in the garage… my soon to be “Happy Place”… I can’t wait.  Since the surprise donation came in yesterday, I asked Peter if he’d please do the hole and door in the wall as soon as possible (before my sister arrives on her holiday)… or at least the hole and the door frame… we will get the door put in when we can raise enough for that too.  We want to buy a solid door for added security… not a hollow one and I believe the solid ones are quite expensive.
 
29th October 2017 – Sunday
Today I went to church… I sometimes just feel it is important to get away from my work and socialise a bit… doing that is a bit like having a mini holiday… and I love listening to the spiritual talks and just being reminded of the good that Life has to offer us in this world if we practice good and look for good around us.
 
Today, a brother at church spoke about LOVE and how it should be experienced not only in churches, but in all the world, regardless of a person’s religious affiliation, race, etc.  I was so inspired by his talk… but somehow it triggered in me the memory of the trauma I experienced in my therapy as a result of the transference and counter-transference (I don’t think I will ever heal fully from that awful time)… I ended up fighting tears and when I thanked the brother for his excellent talk afterwards, I was no longer able to hold back my tears… I just felt so grateful to him, because he had spoken my language (the language of my soul) and reached my heart with his divine understanding on the true meaning of LOVE.  I wish I could have taped his talk to share with the world… it was truly beautiful in every way and one of the best talks I’ve ever listened to at church. 
 
I nearly didn’t go to church today, because I have a lot of work to catch up on still, but I’m so glad I did go in the end.  My second son and family met me as I left church and while I was still in tears… so my son escorted me to my car and chatted with me there for a while which helped to break through the deep flashback-sadness that had risen in memory of that painful time in therapy.  I was able to drive home safely as a result, feeling a whole lot better and after doing a little work my third son and I watched a movie that our friend, Sheldon had shared with us.  We love watching movies together on my son’s days off from work.
 
I did have church visitors during the week which was lovely… they are all fun and visit once a month to check up that all is well with us and leave a prayer and sometimes a short spiritual message.  They have all become good friends, so I do look forward to their visits every month.
 
Well, that’s all I have to share with you for this week.  I’m sure I must have forgotten to share something in the three Journaling posts, but I think I’ve included the most important things that I wanted to share.
 
Thank you for sharing… Have a blessed week ahead.
 
~ Panayiota