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Middle-aged, but still young at heart. I've navigated my own journey of healing and self-discovery. I find comfort in nature, music, books, movies, art, and the kindness of warm-hearted people. A parent of two, actively working and volunteering. I'm passionate about psychology, personal growth, and envisioning a brighter future world.


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The Story of the Orange Jacket ;-)
Positivity & Gratitude / by jacek73
Last post
 January 7th
...See more One day, when the winter was coming, I had to buy myself a new jacket. And an orange one caught my eye. I've never been too much of a fashion guy, so I asked my then very close friend for some advice. Her hair were orange at the time, so she had no doubt my new jacket and the colour on her head would match perfectly. I've never been comfortable with wearing any other colour than navy blue, grey or black. It looked as if I was standing out from the crowd too much in an orange jacket. I felt not very safe with that. One night while I was going home some not nicely looking guy was rudely smoking in the back of the tram. I was very angry about that, because breaking some very basic rules by someone often makes me angry. And it was only me and him in the tram. But... my orange jacket... If I did something wrong, I could be easily recognised either by the guy, seeking revenge, or by the authorities. Many months later, in a different city, two young drunk guys started to play a very loud rap music on another tram. I told them they should stop that, maybe not in the politest way. They started to shout at me. And yeah... knowing about the cameras on the tram and my orange jacket... again... But then a security officer stood up out of nowhere, with another one behind him (I guess they didn't know each other) and told those youngsters to behave. Another town. I had to walk a mile from a bus stop to my workplace. Just then it started to rain cats and dogs. The moment I reached my work my orange jacket was soaking wet, and I had to leave it to dry until the end of my shift. But in an hour a friend came to me, nicely yelling at me that she saw me walking in my orange jacket in this heavy rain, but just had no safe place to stop her car and pick me up. In another hour exactly the same story repeated with another lady. Another day I went to my volunteering activities and suddenly a guy from the other side of the street started to wave hands and yell hello to me. It turned out to be one of my funniest co-workers. He recognised me from far away by... my orange jacket, and we had some nice off-job chat. I had no idea he was living on the same street. The bottom line is: maybe that is worth sometimes to wear an orange jacket? The world can be full of dirt, scum, greys, hatred or injustice. But it can also be a pure magic! It all depends what you wanted to see...
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Signing out of a Christmas lie? Going for the real thing instead? 😉
Positivity & Gratitude / by jacek73
Last post
 December 3rd, 2024
...See more Hello Everyone 😊  You know, I am not a great fan of Christmas time and I can tell you why. Maybe there are some people here thinking the same way? I think there are so many wrong things we do about Christmas: 1) We buy lots of huuuge or expensive gifts, because "the tradition requires from us doing so" - and it is not as beneficial to us, our family or friends as for the industry, turning our planet into a pile of rubbish more and more every year. 2) We buy lots of foods, later suffering from overeating or just throwing away the remains of plant or animal products which could make somebody else not hungry or still alive. 3) We put on fancy clothing we don't need next 360 days in a year (with an effect described in #1), smiling to a photo no matter how confused, lost or uncomfortable we may feel - instead of concentrating on what is inside us. 4) During the Christmas shopping rush the sales people are deadbeat and longing to go home, many hours a day being forced to listen to songs about the "Christmas charm" with not much rest, what is making them really sick 😉  5) There is a real invasion of Christmas ads anywhere, telling us this time we should buy and consume even more than we usually do. 6) We forget that there are people around who don't have Christmas or do not celebrate it at the same time - and this is not at all about them being any way "morally disabled" but it is just a matter of diversity, respect and tolerance. 7) I really don't like the tradition in my country, of a midnight Christmas Eve mass in the church, some people go to just to be free to start drinking first thing in the Christmas morning, or some of them being already drunk when entering the church. 8) Christmas cleaning and shopping obsessions - once I was in a very bad mood I tried to talk to someone, and a few weeks before Christmas everyone was so busy they had no time to meet or just talk - it seems by preparing for Christmas we are forgetting what it is all about. 9) Sadly so many people before Christmas are just rude, unkind or revengeful to shop assistants, other shoppers, drivers - or anybody they meet on their way to sit at the Christmas table and acting like an angel. 10) Sending "standardized" Christmas wishes by "send to all" options to people we don't know too much on every day, just because they are on our contact list. What kind of Christmas I prefer: 11) Understanding that people around are "like objects in the car back mirror": they are really closer to you than you thought they were 😊  12) Putting an end to fighting over small things, competing, jealousy or misunderstandings. 13) Being happy by just having a nice winter walk or a ginger tea together. 14) Enjoying the closeness with the family we might have not had enough time sometimes, being hurried by our busy schedules, work routine and deadlines. 15) Saving some time and care for strangers who are lonely or in need. 16) Being good to animals (even if they do not speak on Christmas Eve 😉). 17) Meeting or getting closer to someone special ❤️  18) Finding a magic in every moment before sitting at the Christmas Eve table (things like digging in the garden can turn into a magic no advertising can offer 😉). 19) Looking at the Christmas time as the summary of the way you spent your year, not the time you can easily compensate in one hour all the negligences or bad behaviours you committed within 50+ weeks before 😜  20) Remembering that while you a good person, your Christmas of giving out and receiving true gifts might be every day 😊 This is the kind of Christmas I wish to you 😊 
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A new Men's Issues Community already working!
Men's Issues / by jacek73
Last post
 December 26th
...See more Hello Everybody 😊  I am not sure how exactly it works here (so I am sorry in case I did anything not very recommended), but I really disliked seeing the blank space in this Community we needed - and this message is to let you know that thanks to some efforts by many good people here at 7 Cups the Men's Issues section is already open! 😊  Despite the popular myth about men, we are not all "alpha males". We, men, are sometimes open and talkative, sometimes intelligent, sometimes thoughtful and sometimes very sensitive. We are not indifferent and we care about our lives, our partners, our children, our friends and other people around. We believe it is not the power or violence, but wisdom and love that make us men. Certainly, this Community is also not going to be any "men vs. the rest of the world" debate, because beside the qualities described above I believe we also tend to be self-critical, too 😉  Also, sometimes we suffer from feelings that may have their sources in events buried deep in the past. We are strong, but not indestructible. Some of us might have lost their fathers or haven't known them at all. For some of us our fathers have been alive, but not emotionally available or not setting a good example, so the only parents we have really known were our mothers or grandparents. We are humans, so we may suffer from things like depression, grief, fear or anxiety. And some of them may be connected to us trying to fulfil our positive roles in this world as men, fathers, brothers, sons or husbands, to some specific feelings we have as a result of our experiences and specific events or traumas we have been going through. I believe this is what Men's Issues Community on 7 Cups forums might be all about...
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