style and beauty of .... the mind

Thank you granjura

That made me inspirational

Such a lovely message. I would like to think that I could get to that age and be so positive. I'm going to start practising now!

x

Gulp! This made me want to laugh and cry both at the same time! Thanks for that Granjura lovelyvpositive thoughts to kick off the weekend for us all.

Grrrrr, no matter how often I check...there's always a typo!!

Is this something you witnessed Granjura, or lifted from the Internet?Just asking, because there is a lot of this kind of thing out there, usually made up.

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No! That's not right. [fdt]

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I don't care where it came from its lovely granjura

[tdt] - tongue down throat - Wrong!!! ( so wrong )

[fdt] - finger down throat.

Mmmm. I do wonder where all the saintly old ladies and angelic children are found who feature in so many of the things that are shared round the internet.

Gillybob's gran would have had a field day if she had been introduced to one (so would mine. In fact, I'd love to be a fly on the wall at a conversation between the two of them))

You're right there Elegran my grandma definitely told it like it was.

Something that I loved and loathed at the same time and probably in equal measures. If she genuinely liked something she was quick and generous with praise but if she didn't......... crikey.

My gran and I visited an old neighbour of hers in a "old people home" (her words) not long before she died. The lady who escorted us to her friends room asked my grandma "what do you think of this place? Its nice isn't it?" to which my grandma replied... "bloody awful".

[tdt] - tongue down throat - Wrong!!! ( so wrong )

[fdt] - finger down throat.

how can one ever discuss anything in this manner? I just do not know- I suppose there is no answer.

so what comes up is bile? So sad bordering on the tragic.

Yes, I just picked this up from a friend's FB page- and yes, this lovely old lady's story may be all made up- but as Gilly says, wonderful all the same, and an inspiration. As J52 says, a good time to practice is now. And switching off GN would be the best start.

Hold on to the good things and walk away. See you in MH on 27th those who still want to come- we could all practise together then x

and before I go, I feel truly blessed to live in a country, where- should it ever become 'bloody awful' then I can press the opting out button. GN first, though ;)

My gran's opinion of "charity" was worth hearing - she had been at the receiving end of some of it. On a chilly day she would say "It's as cold as charity - and that's bloody freezing!!"

The lady in the OP comes over as comfortably off, fit and with steady hands and in possession of all her faculties (93 and able to be impeccably dressed, made up and lucid by eight in the morning), and her bladder can stand hours of waiting for inconsiderate care home staff to notice that she is there.

I'd say a real woman would have given them a spot of acid instead of all that unlikely syrup. It would have ensured she wasn't kept waiting as long again.

I loved it

There is a lot of this stuff out there though. When Mum was needing a huge amount of my time and patience because her dementia was worsening and I was trying to cope with getting her out of a terrible care home and into a good nursing home my sis-in-law sent me some schmaltzy thing about a crabby old woman begging to be remembered as the vital young woman she once was. I think they were just about to leave for Portugal at the time!

I suppose these things can be heartwarming but I'm afraid I'm in the jingl camp.

"Free your mind from worries"

Yeah. Just like that.

These things must make many less fortunate individuals feel guilty, when there is nothing for them to feel guilty about. Life can't be lived in la-la land.

It would be lovely if real life could be like that - it's very Pollyanna, isn't it? One of my grandmothers gave me all the Pollyanna stories when I was little, and was very upset when I hated them. I did meet a very elderly lady who seemed so positive that my first thought was, 'whatever it is that she's on, I want some', but I know that no matter how hard I try (not that I ever would) I would never ever be a sweet old lady full of sunshine and positive thinking.

The Crabbit Old Woman thing was going around donkeys years ago, and I think this one probably originates ( as in totally made up) in the U.S. It certainly sounds like it.You Either love that kind of stuff or you don't.