Rjmakmom Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Anyone familiar with Gone With the Wind? Scarlett O'Hara is from a plantation called Tara, and she kind of draws her strength from her childhood home. When life gets rough she periodically goes back and it recharges her for the battle ahead. Anyone out there have a place, an actual physical place, that does that for you? That just by seeing a picture of it, or thinking about the last time you were there recharges your spirit a bit? I do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Looking at any large body of water. I'm fortunate to live a couple blocks from the Atlantic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I have one, too. A particular mountain range in NM. Just thinking of it, my heart opens up and I feel lighter. (Thanks for the reminder today!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 The bathtub. I'm serious. I have turned that shut door in the bathroom into a whole other world. You open that door if you have a severed foot. You do NOT open the door if your brother took your doll or that cat gacked up or whatever. There are times I go up there during the day knowing I cannot have a bath at that particular moment but I know that it is coming. I might pick a bath bomb or spend some time figuring out what treatment I'll engage in - hair masque? Facial? And I feel calmer. That reminds me, I need more bath stuff. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Looking at any large body of water. I'm fortunate to live a couple blocks from the Atlantic. Yes, yes, yes, nono :D. I do love the salt air, but have to settle for being walking distance to the lake. I true to my Aquarian zodiac sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in TX Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 The place I think of where I was happy, and still makes me happy to imagine being there: Puget Sound. The place I go to once a week if possible, to have a pleasurable quiet hour to myself: Half Price Books. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skadi Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Generally, my happy place is a bottle of Kahlua in the back of the fridge. It's not scandalous to drink before 10 AM if it's a White Russian, right? It's just an adult version of chocolate milk, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjmakmom Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Mine is silly, I guess. It's Cinderella's Castle at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World. I guess it's all the happy memories I have from little up, but just looking at it makes me teary eyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Mine is silly, I guess. It's Cinderella's Castle at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World. I guess it's all the happy memories I have from little up, but just looking at it makes me teary eyed. For you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjmakmom Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 For you THANK YOU!! It's been a rough week and I needed that! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Looking out the window at our beautiful mountains here in Utah or, of course....Disney World! 179 days until our next trip! Not that I'm counting or anything. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalphs Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Anyone familiar with Gone With the Wind? Scarlett O'Hara is from a plantation called Tara, and she kind of draws her strength from her childhood home. When life gets rough she periodically goes back and it recharges her for the battle ahead. Anyone out there have a place, an actual physical place, that does that for you? That just by seeing a picture of it, or thinking about the last time you were there recharges your spirit a bit? I do... My wing-backed chair in our sunroom. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 It depends. I love to dream about purchasing my childhood home. I absolutely loved it there! I spent SO MUCH time in the woods, or with friends, or with friends exploring the woods. Living in the desert now, I really miss that! Which is why, since we really need a larger home anyway, I'm looking in a town that has wooded areas! ;) Sometimes, though, since I don't have easy access to that kind of wooded area here, an hour browsing through the clearance section at Half Price Books or the book section at a thrift store calms me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) I do have certain physical locations where it felt like my soul just belonged. But visits to that place are very, very infrequent. My daily happy place is in my car with my Bible, alone and without interruption. I could not live these days especially without God meeting me here every day and filling me. I can then go on with my day, teaching and mothering and decision-making. Lisa Edited November 14, 2011 by FloridaLisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I do love the salt air, The ocean, the beach, is my happiest happy place. "Salt air it ain't thin. It can stick right to your skin and make you feel fine. Makes you feel fiiiine." ~Jimmy Buffett, Tin Cup Chalice I true to my Aquarian zodiac signScorpio (me) is a water sign too. I do love the water. If I can't get away, then being lost in a book is also a happy place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Anywhere on the central or northern California Coast (Dillon Beach, Bodega Bay, Cambria, Montana De Oro, etc.) watching the sunset. Sitting on the balcony of a Disney resort sipping coffee watching the sun rise. Anywhere with DH. Anywhere with my kids when they are not fighting with each other :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfgivas Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 what a great question! once upon a time, many years ago, i got to swim in a place called champagne pond with sea turtles. i visit it in my mind as a way of calming myself when i'm upset or angry. there have been days with my dMIL when i've gone to champagne pond a dozen times or more ;) (this was an idea from Naomi Drew's Peaceful Parents, Peaceful Kids.... we all have a chosen "peaceful place" where we can go in our minds when we need to calm down.....) what a gift that question is to me this morning! ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) Whoops, too big, trying a different one! And, yes, I have a beautiful framed photo of this beach! Edited November 14, 2011 by Mrs Mungo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 THANK YOU!! It's been a rough week and I needed that! :) :grouphug: You're welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 The beach and the ocean. Used to be OC, NJ. Now it is the outer banks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Whoops, too big, trying a different one! Love that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cera Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I can see Mrs. Mungo's happy place from mine. I don't expect to get back often but just thinking about my favorite mountain top on Oahu is calming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Oh yes- Oahu... ahhhhh We 4wd'ed in a rented Jeep to the northernmost point of the island. We were the only two people there. Sunset with the albatross and monk seals, seeing humpback whales spout in the distance. It was amazing..... Talk about a happy place..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kiddies Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Yes, my family has owned a cottage on a local Lake for the past 80 years and that is my place. The moment I see that lake all my stress melts away and I am just a kid again swimming, canoeing and having fun with my parents, grandparents and cousins. Thankfully my parents now live there year round so I get to go there alot :001_smile: I'm also thankful that my kids love the lake as much as I do...I'm sure it makes my grandmother smile in heaven to see her great grandchildren love the lake as much as she did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 At home: On the window seat with a good book Otherwise: Near the ocean when the wind whips up whitecaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World. I could ride that ride all day long. It makes me so happy. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amey311 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 http://www.friendsofcln.org/photos/single-gallery/7855869 here. nearly anyplace in the whole property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Upper peninsula Michigan, specifically a campground we like to go to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMom Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Mine is a certain spot on the Oregon Coast. I love it there and have the scene all set in my mind when I need a break.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Cafe Iberico in Chicago, preferably with a large pitcher of red sangria in front of me. Otherwise, Hawaii will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrookValley. Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 The bottom of a good (and large) margarita. :lol: Seriously, there are definitely a few physical places I would call happy places...a few places in the mountains (of VA or NC) come to mind. I'm not much of a beach person, but I know of a quiet little black-sand beach on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica that I could disappear to for a few years or so. :) Reading about the diversity of everyone's favorite places is interesting. Compared to a lot of folks here, the thought of anything Disney has the opposite reaction for me! Just the word makes me cringe. I think I was 8 when I told my parents very politely to never bring me to that place again. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) Mine's right here. A deep breath, and ahhhh. While Sunday morning is the best, any evening when it's getting dark and the candles are lit and the evening prayers being said is peace-inducing and wonderful. After that, the front of a Puget Sound going ferry on a beautiful day. Edited November 14, 2011 by milovaný Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Looking at any large body of water. I'm fortunate to live a couple blocks from the Atlantic. Which is why I need to be your neighbor! I LOVE water. We live two blocks from the lake here, but it's just not close enough. I love the salty air and listening to the waves. I'm not a beach person, but the sound of water relaxes me. Mine is silly, I guess. It's Cinderella's Castle at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World. I guess it's all the happy memories I have from little up, but just looking at it makes me teary eyed. I'm all choked up just thinking about it. I love that first view as you first walk into the park. Whoops, too big, trying a different one! And, yes, I have a beautiful framed photo of this beach! Where is this? That color is beautiful. Reminds me of Cabo! The bottom of a good (and large) margarita. :lol: : :lol: Mine happy places are the water and WDW, so we now combine them with Disney cruises!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annandatje Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 The Big Sur and the Canadian Rockies in BC/Alberta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmhearn Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Disney World! I had been there as a child and teenager; but like many other things in life, it was a totally different experience when I took my children. Dh and I took our first child when she was 2 1/2. She was a very fussy, high-needs child. But, at DW she was so calm, quiet, and relaxed. It was like she had been bored her whole life, and now she was amused. Ha ha ha! We've been back 5 more times since then. It is always such an amazing time for our little family to be transported to a pretend world where we have no cares, and we're just being together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Nyssa Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 The waves on Long Beach Island, NJ. Too far away now... so... Starbucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Where is this? That color is beautiful. Reminds me of Cabo! It is Lanikai Beach on Oahu. It is one of my favorite spots in the whole world. I cannot tell you how many days we spent there when we lived in Hawaii. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I don't get this view very often, usually only in the winter when the air is clear, but we can see the highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada, all snow covered and it is just magnificent. Makes me catch my breath every time I see it and I've live here all my life. That recharges me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarlaB Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 The ocean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I love being in water. My dh hates it so we don't ever go to the beach. I did take my younger 2 for 1.5 days this past summer--had not been in years. I teach swimming and at different times my main work out has been swimming. Since the beach is out, I have to have a pool. never in my life have I not lived walking distance to an outdoor pool. There are a few indoor options for the winter near me. Dh say that I'm nicer if I've been to the pool regularly whether for playing with my own dc, working out or teaching. I guess I have to immerse myself in water regularly--bath tub is not big enough to get the feeling for me. Really I wish I had a beach. Maybe I could live in south Florida when I grow up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalMom Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 The ocean. :iagree: My #1 happy place.... My 2nd place is the view of the mountains behind our home in AZ. They turn the most beautiful purple color at sunset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I'm not a water girl, although I love the lake or any beach. My happy places involve gardens, sunshine, and fresh air. I have a beautiful garden in the back corner of our acre...trees, an arch, a path, roses, daisies, horse themed art, and a swing. It is a lovely place to swing, pray, think, and dream. Other than that, I love the Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas panhandle. We used to live near the south rim. I LOVED walking, climbing, and horseback riding in and around the canyons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Parrothead Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Physically - Macy's :D Or just driving. Metaphysically - In a good book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferB Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 . I just watched this video again, and "ahhhh" it takes me to Heaven. I feel such peace even in just watching the video, such beauty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Curled up in a warm bed with a good book and a hard day's work behind me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 In my mind. :D Looking at a full moon on a clear night. Or a really starry sky. A beautiful snow-covered mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 As a child I lived about 5 miles outside a tiny town (pop. 500), I loved laying in the back of the pick-up on the way home. I'd stare up at the trees racing above my head and imagine flying far away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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