I get a Little Help from My Friends

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Each day you wake up to possibilities. A fresh new day means it's already a perfect day. You look to what needs to be done and what you can look forward to. As you brush your teeth and look in the mirror, you tell yourself it will be a great day.

Over the day, little things pop up. Hiccups, let us call them. They chip away a tiny bit at your enjoyment of the day. You look at the clock and see in the scope of things those little hiccups are just a small part of a day filled with happy things.

Friends reach out and ask how you are. Conversations are had with a lot of laughs thrown in. The hiccups are forgotten as you realize how lucky you are to have people that care enough about you. The day goes on.

Hiccups start to become molehills. The web of tunnels runs deep under those hills. You shovel as much dirt into the holes to the best of your abilities. Notes are made. Answers on how to eradicate the moles will be researched another day. Right now, the plugs you made covering the holes will have to do. It is getting near the end of your day.

You let your guard down. You start to relax. You feel good about what you accomplished in your day. You bask in the quiet before the storm that will soon smack you in the face.

The same plot, different day, a category five sweeps through laying waste.

You are left numb in the aftermath. Your body goes into shutdown as the red warning signs beep. You missed the sirens and now find yourself buried deep. You wait it out in the shelter of your mind. Knowing the storm needs to run its course. Once over, you are exhausted.

You pick your way through the debris on the way to bed. The need to close your eyes and breathe deeply is a must. Oblivion comes in the form of a nap. You wake up knowing it is time to start rebuilding.

You do the best you can righting the mess. Music becomes your solace.

You search through the archives of your mind for just the right tone of the music to make everything right. You want something that touches your dead soul.

Memories come folding back of days when life was simpler. You become renewed as the story in the songs plays out. You smile thinking of the days when album sides told a tale from the first song to the end.

Vinyl wasn't made to pick and choose which track you wanted to play. The test of a great album was if you could lay down the needle, sit back with your headphones on, and not have to get up until the side was done.

In a better mood after the journey to your past, you carry on until morning. Your last thoughts echo before going to sleep for the day.

Once again, Thank you, @Ablaze, for making the Three Tune Tuesday ( #ttt ) tag.

A HUGE 'Thank you' to all my friends who are here for me daily.

Help someone smile today. It can not hurt you.

Snook

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When you see those dark clouds.
Think of the silver lining.

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I try very much to do that

HUGS!

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Hang in there, Snook... sending you a big hug 🤗I hope you can see over all the dirt plugging those holes... and that it soon becomes rich soil upon which to start some things anew 💗 !LUV !ALIVE !LADY

By the way there is a great creative non-fiction prompt in the Ink Well this week that you might love... due date is early hours Sunday... so still time to write...

The music in you 😊

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The Beatles version of “a little help from my friends” is nice but has no soul, so I knew straight away you’d be going for a version with heart! Gosh and I’m pretty sure you picked the best one 💕

I love the very real struggle you outline here. Some day it’s a molehill, some days it’s an endless mountain. Are we the mole, but we forgot? Perhaps we are the snake that ate the mole? None of this matters much, when you are in the dirt. The sun is persistent, and will poke through a hole to find us there… yelling for friends “she’s here!” And they will pull us forward, if not out of the ground ❤️

My dad always talks about this time in music too. I remember being a teen and listening to kind crimson, about 7 minutes had passed and the song was still going. What the heck? 12 minutes pass. 20 approaches- Dad didn’t you mean this was an ALBUM? No, songs just weren’t created for radio then…

They day of radio is all but over, yet the 3-5 minute song standard stayed. None of my generation commonly experienced music by playing the whole album again and again. I’m going to endeavor to do that with the Rush album you shared today- should be easy, I love them!

Thanks for a fabulous post, you FABULOUS being ❤️😘🤗

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I love Joe Cocker. You should look up some of his older songs. I think you would like them too :D

Rush is great :D and your Dad is spot on :D best songs are over 5 minutes long LOLL

yelling for friends, “she’s here!” And they will pull us forward, if not out of the ground ❤️

Agree!!!

HUGE HUGS!

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You just gave me meaning to life this is not just a content but an uplifting content and also a motivational words for me Thanks for this peace of mind content.

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'Tis a good thing storms only last so long. Love and hugs!

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Agree, or else we would all drown.....Let's not do that okay?

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Hello lovely lady! 😊

Sending you the biggest HUG ever! One day at a time is all we have to do, they are all flying by so quickly now, so just focus on the little things, that's the motto for those of us with chronic, energy-sucking pain. 😊

God bless you and your wonderful family. Have an awesome day my fabulous friend! 😊

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I've had many days like this where I wake up enthused for the day and slowly that enthusiasm gets sucked out of me little by little. Music is a great way to breathe some life back into it and take away some of the pain, only leaving a dull ache most times. Beautifully written @snook 🦋

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Thank you @emma-h !!!!

I am sorry you too have felt these feeling but I guess that is what life is all about..the ups and downs and how we deal with them at the end of the day. Why I love Hive. At least I can write about it and get it all out

HUGS!

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Hi @snook

Thank you so much for your reply. Life is really a rollercoaster some days but we do what we can to ride it out and today I had a good day so can't complain. I love Hive too. I've been able to express things here that I probably wouldn't have done elsewhere and meeting genuine people that are dealing with similar reminds me that we are never truly alone in our battles. Thanks for the post, it moved me.

Hugs to you too x

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First two tunes is on time.. the third.. mmm if you like it I am happy.

This too shall pass, is what I remind self almost daily! You always got us to pick yo ass up off the ground and dust you off. Then we can fun on ya for falling down... j/k ofc!

What are friends for though? 😃

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 🤗

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I LOVE the movie that made the 3rd song. That movie is in my top 3 fav's of all time....or at least 5 five cuz I am sure I am forgetting something :D

Friends are what makes the days worth living.

Thank you for being one of mine!!

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Some times friends saves us!!

i send you a big hugh and my best wishes i hope everything gets better for you

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Thank you so much @malos10. Yes, things are better today. I guess the bad days make the good ones better? :D

Have a wonderful weekend!!

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hi my snook!

after I took Sam home - we went on retreat and just got back! but now i'm back for a month before i leave again lol

hmmm this post. i'm finally starting to come out of the trenches (i think. lol) but i am not so far away from them that I can't remember the feel of that dirt covering over me in my hole!

my friend and I used to say we want side by side holes. LOL with just enough space to reach out and hold each other's hand. hehehe

i just took a deep sigh. I hope that you're getting rest. cuz we know how important that is. the mind starts to unravel when we push too hard. (i'm preaching to the choir lol....and crackikng up because its 11:36 right now and my day literally began at 5:45 am ROFLLLLLLLLLL) blah . why is it so hard to find that balance? LOL i don't know. i dont' think i'll ever know.

but ... we are still here.

and we still know good music. not like @inthenow and @grindan HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (SORRY GUYS I HAD TO lol)

AND WE STILL HAVE LAUGHTER. hehe

and love

i love you snook :) gonna come find you on whatsapp tomorrow

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Now, now, @Inthenow and @Grindan can not help that they like their music. It's just a missing gene or something :D

And yes, we all burn the candle at both ends but really I think that is part of being creative and who we are or how we got to be like we are? Just like the ups and downs.

It makes me happy you are finally rested and waking up!! Now I do not have to pick up your slack LOLLLLLLLLLLLL J/king :D Even I never had your energy :D

Love you my friend and I will have you know Hubby and I went out to dinner tonight so there is that. A once a year thing :D I will feel it tomorrow but sometimes you just need to get out and ask your hubby to take a photo of you OUT of the house and then get home and look at the photo and say to yourself....... There is NO freaking way I am posting that anywhere...... WHAT was HE thinking??????????

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

HUGE HUGS!

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Now, now, @Inthenow and @Grindan can not help that they like their music. It's just a missing gene or something :D

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Whoa.. Hold up! You and @dreemsteem need to put down the pipe for minute. We are not missing any genes TYVM. You two preferring oldies but goodies, and top 40 radio is not good for your brain or reputation... just sayin!🤣

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HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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I thought you were without a computer???????? Hmmmm? :D

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

oh my gosh... I'm dying....I'm picturing me and @snook rocking out to Richard Simmons exercise tapes hahahahahahahhahahahaa

"put down the pipe"..... I'm pissing myself 😂😂😂😂😂😂

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ok wait..
.I thought I was dreaming.....but I THINK I saw a picture in my WhatsApp or my discord??? and then it was gone!

I went back to see it and I'm like....did I dream that???? lolololo

I'm so glad you went out! and yes... @inthenow and @grindan are missing a gene...the old lady music gene 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. I guess they should be happy about that hahahhaa

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Take it easy @snook & @dreemsteem, we know you prefer the slow lane. Be careful to not break a hip or anything! 😆

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I'll break your hip if you don't watch it!!!

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I've seen her do it 😧😭 Please Snook NOOOOOO not again 😂

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hahahahaha ok this is worse than Richard Simmons 👵👵🤣

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HEY! I am perfectly okay with you feeling that way 😝

Hugs to you Dreem 😁 !PIZZA

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hahahahhahahaa no...just teasing you young un's ..... I love that we get to hang around with spring chickens....it gives us something to gripe about...

"those young folks with their dag-blastin hippety metal rock!!!!"

hehehhehe love you @grindan

but that @inthenow....hehhee better watch out...you might get a hip broken too if you're in his company HAHAHAHHAA

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Each day you wake up to possibilities. A fresh new day means it's already a perfect day. You look to what needs to be done and what you can look forward to. As you brush your teeth and look in the mirror, you tell yourself it will be a great day.

I love this outlook, I try to have a similar one myself.

Music becomes your solace.

I am so glad to hear that you find solace in music and I am so sorry to hear you say things like "You want something that touches your dead soul."

I really hope things get better for you and if you can at all, try to remove yourself from thoughts of past and future and spend some time in nature being completely present. It may help? Hopefully just opening up and talking about it hear with friends from around the world might help? Lots of love foing your way from Ireland.

Vinyl wasn't made to pick and choose which track you wanted to play. The test of a great album was if you could lay down the needle, sit back with your headphones on, and not have to get up until the side was done.

Ya, I far preferred listening to full albums aswell and growing to tolerate them, then like them, then love them. Everything in this modern age can be so rushed and disposable, we could all do with slowing down and smelling the coffee and hearing the birdsong more often.

Thanks for the tunes too, which were top class as usual!

Mind yourself.

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