Thanks… I will!
Today is World Kindness Day.
Odd to think it’s necessary to remind people to be kind to one another, but perhaps we can all strive to be extra-kind today.
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Yes, EVERYDAY should be KINDNESS DAY everywhere.
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“It wasn’t heard as a joke!”
Time to bring out the MAD magazine collection to get through the next 49-1/2 months.
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Right? It seems like such an easy thing to do.
I’m afraid that has fallen by the wayside. 
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And it’s only going to get worse 
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Happy birthday! I’m sorry you feel that way about the folks you met since you moved here.
Perhaps they’d surprise you? In any event, glad you are celebrating 
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I bought a box of Pinot Noir on Monday. I may live in it for the rest of the week.
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It’s not the most ideal time to be (or become) sober, for sure…more like the worst drinking game one could possibly come up with.
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Thank you. Although I wasn’t clear about it, I don’t think my thoughts/feelings would be different if I were trying to make new friends in Japan, either.
Social media and COVID have just changed things too much for me. I absolutely know I sound like an old fogey, but I long for the simpler days of yore…at least simpler for me.
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Thank you❣️
Somehow my post got deleted and I totally didn’t mean for that to happen!
I’m extremely sorry to those who replied to it!
Covid was rough, but TBH the worst part of it for me was not being able to socialize with my friends.
With 3/4 of my fam dead, my friends (and my PIC, of course) are about the only thing keeping me sane.
As for social media, I try to stay away from drama / toxic people (which can be difficult) & focus on the connections, interesting shares/posts, and positive vibes.
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Guess they’ve changed it. You use to be able to reinstate a post if you accidentally deleted it. Now I get a message that I’ve done it too many times in the last 23 hours. I was just trying to give directions on how to do it which is why I deleted my post.
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Thank you, I appreciate you trying to help me out!
@gaffk was somehow magically able to retrieve my post and send it to me in a message! Thank you. @gaffk
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Below is said message:
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“And it’s also my 61st birthday. I try my utmost to be kind to people. But if you push me hard enough or in the wrong way, you’ll find out that I’m NOT always kind.
This is the first birthday since 2008 that I’ve spent outside of Japan. EVERY year I lived there I did something special to celebrate it there. I’ve been here a bit more than 8 months and though I’ve met a total of 3 people whom I could possibly think of as friends, I’ve neither the confidence to start any relationships nor the strength to stand any mind games that may occur. I wish I didn’t have to say this, but I think I finally understand why so many people have come to realize that being alone is less trouble than the majority of most relationships.
Regarding celebrating, I will, however go out to dinner for a comped steak at a casino tomorrow night with my sister.”
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