Lifting the spirits

Kadinsky was like Nijinsky before the gin and smokes

My way of helping ,myself going to the local park with my book,and either reading,either in a corner in the cafe,or just on a bench under a tree.

Kadinsky

Minerva

NanKate something that would make me feel better today would be to find the person who told you something dreadful was going to happen to a close relative a year ahead and give them a piece of my mind. What a horrible thing to say to you. I imagine you have had months of that playing on your mind that has left you feeling low and taken it's toll on you.

I wouldn't have anything to do with that person again.

The weather will soon be warming up, hopefully, so you can sit out in the sunshine and take all of the good ideas from the lovely GNs above and lift your spirits.

I do wish you well.

I drink a bottle of rhubarb gin and smoke.

I throughly recommend it.

Walking the dogs, swimming, horseriding, gardening, sewing and reading.

Just booked on for first total knee replacement in June. This will make all the above much easier, even better when the other one gets done. Hope they are as good as the hip one. Next will be lens replacement and possibly bunions. Going for bionic woman.

I garden, walk and sew. (Not all at once). All of these help to lift my spirits.

Sunshine on my face, birdsong ( get loads on YouTube if I can’t get out ), my garden, my daughters, my friends. I’m very lucky but on my down days I cheer myself with happy memories of times gone by and all of the above

I go to a car boot sale and mooch around. This morning I bought a book, two saucepans, a phone, and three magazines. That's me all set for an afternoons reading.

Minerva , I pray for a miracle for your son.

I have just read a book called Solve for Happy by Mo Gowlat and I have found it very helpful in dealing with a difficult situation. Maybe others would find the same?

I have been feeling low lately due to a broken wrist and also have polymyalgia and take steroid tablets every day which probably helped to cause the breakage but I am on the mend and at 80 years old am still able to walk without any problems
Reading about some of the problems people on this site have helps me to put things into perspective

If I feel blue going for a walk round our small town centre usually cheers me up especially if I am naughty and treat myself to something nice??

I also love reading and go to our local library every week

My husband and I have a special treat tomorrow as my daughter and grandchildren are coming up from Cambridge to take us out for lunch

Good wishes to everyone on here who have problems and just take things one day at a time

Minerva xx

Fennel. Have never heard that before. I can see me playing it often!

EllenV I’m with you!

Sorry for those feeling low.

I take my kindle out into the garden but end up watching the birds on the feeders or just enjoying all the lovely scents. My Choisia and lilac arecin full bloom and will be followed by my roses, all chosen for their scents.

Then I have my dogs who never fail to raise a smile. They ask so little and give so much.

I like to learn new tunes on my keyboard or play a well-practised one on the piano.

I’ll be seeing my granddaughters later today. They are a joy. And tomorrow the grandsons are staying overnight.

Apart from that just keeping busy and doing things I enjoy.

So sorry to hear your son is so poorly Minerva I am not surprised you can no longer escape in a book. You must be so worried . My thoughts are with you and your family x

Doing something for someone else! Amazing how good that makes you feel. Not feeling virtuous at all. Just a warm glow that kindness to others can bring.

Minerva I am so sorry . I am thinking of you.

Like many others I like to be outdoors. My spirits were lifted at the beginning of this week when I heard my first cuckoo of the season and also the cattle appeared in the field behind my house for the first time. The simplest pleasures are sometimes the best.
I hope you will feel brighter Kate

If I feel really low, which thankfully is rare, I open my computer and look at the beautiful photos and videos of the lovely holidays I have had in the past, and now cannot afford, or at least, no so often. Sitting in my sunny garden reading and hearing the birds sing is another cheering thing.

All the already said - and a good blast of www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-qgum7hFXk

I find baking helps me cheer up. Lovely fruit cake maybe. Eating it cheers me up too. :-).

Looking at all my pics & vids of my lovely Grandchildren then going for a walk by the sea. Come back to put on my music & read a book! Feel better then!

I’ve got what seems like a never ending sinus infection which I acquired a day after an eye operation.... three weeks of antibiotics later I’m not feeling much better. Been signed off by the surgeon re the eye operation but still suffering with the sinus problem. So I’ve decided to take myself of on a walk every day of about three miles. It near kills me but hopefully doing me some good as well. It certainly lifting my spirits just to be out of the house.Good health everyone.

I like to walk with the dog, she is so happy it's infectious! I also find a visit to the garden centre does the trick - ones that have great floral displays.