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Sunday, June 18, 2006

Do-ers

Hope you're all keeping cool enough this summer! And speaking of the heat, if you haven't yet, I highly recommend seeing the movie "An Inconvenient Truth". I'm sure you'll find it fascinating and enlightening.

Well if you're like me, you are probably quite a do-er. We're always on the go, trying, doing, achieving. This is a wonderful quality that is highly sought after in professional and personal relationships. Bravo to you!! The tough part of that equation is being, and allowing some of that good energy you have created to come back to you. Is your accepting muscle as developed as your giving muscle? Do you find the time to stop and feel that great feeling of gratitude for all the awesome gifts in your life?

Let me start this one.

I'm so grateful for this website created by Kurt Ahrens and the other wonderful people you'll find listed under CREDITS that made this site possible. I'm also crazy grateful for YOU for making this site meaningful to me! Thank you so much for taking the time and interest to share your unique perspective and your essence with this online community!

Have an All Things Possible day!

ATP!
Chris

posted by Christopher Showerman @ 6/18/2006 07:46:00 PM  

13 Comments:

  • At 4:24 PM, June 19, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Hi Chris and Everyone!

    I'm Alex from Turin in Italy and i'm very glad to know you and all wonderful people of this great website.
    I always find time to stop and fell great feeling of gratitude for the awesome gifts in my life and i have to say that the life is a big gift! So i'm grateful for everything and then also for the following things: i'm crazy grateful for YOU, dear Chris, for being not only a great actor-star of stage and screen, producer, writer, massage therapist, singer, musician and a beautiful man with a great physique, smile, eyes but particularly and more important, because you're a nice, wonderful and fabulous godlike-human being. You constantly bring love, goodness, joy, fun, happiness, support, awereness, hope, confidence in our life and everywhere you can and, unfortunately, that's rare in our society! Thanks so much for sharing your life and experiences with all of us!
    I'm grateful for Kurt Ahrens and the other people that made your awesome website; i love this forum, videos, pictures, articles, fan contributions page and the whole site is great! I'm grateful for all the good people of this forum-online community because they're really wonderful!

    All things are really possible thanks to people like you!

    Thanks again for everything Chris, take care and much love to you and everyone!

    Alex

     

  • At 12:42 PM, June 20, 2006 , Blogger Christopher Showerman said...

    Hey Tim! Well put! You have a wonderful way of accepting and appreciating and accepting all the various elements of your life. BTW, Happy Birthday!

    Alex, Wow - thank-you, what a lovely tribute. Welcome (all the way from Turin!) to the forum. You have great passion - and I'm greateful for that!

    All Things Possible!
    Chris

     

  • At 8:09 PM, June 20, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Sadly, it sometimes take tragic and/or near tragic events to make us realize what is really important - and the important things are never "things."

    I don't want to burden readers of this forum with my woes, but suffice it to say that it's been a difficult couple of weeks for me, my family and friends. It's during these times that we all need to remember the positive side of life. It's what gets us through the toughest times.

    Thanks again Chris for providing this forum that helps us to keep focused on the positive!

    Dave

     

  • At 5:43 AM, June 22, 2006 , Blogger Christopher Showerman said...

    Hey Dave, whatever is weighing you down, we're all here with you buddie. This too shall pass. Sorry that you are going through a rough time.

    Hey Tom! How insightful to see you expected everyone to be like you!! Definitely the source of a lot of pain and a few bestsellers. Discovering your personality style and divining the personality styles of those around you helps to know what "language" you are talking in. A couple of good books: Love Languages, Men are from Mars, the Meyers-Briggs personality test and Ennegram Movie & Video guide. Good Luck!

    All Things Possible!!
    Chris

     

  • At 9:34 AM, June 23, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Chris, it's been a while, but I am glad to be back!

    I had to ask myself 17 years ago whether or not I wanted to stay on this earth because I had followed a path that was not physically or mentally healthy. I was very lucky to have good friends that helped me back onto the right path...a path I have been on ever since.

    Every day I make sure I am aware of everything around me--people, places and things. I see even the smallest details and love them--birds on billboards, the briefcase a man carries in a crowd of people, the formation of clouds through the window, cold air, the veins in leaves on plants in the garden, etc. I have a heightened awareness that I would not trade for anything. It is my sense of being part of the universe. I do my best to allow the energy of all things to come back to me, which gives me a great sense of peace and fulfillment.

    I especially love receiving this energy from people--and I give you a lot of credit for generating a HUGE amount of positive energy. It is evident in the way you speak, the way you write, the way you take care of your physical and mental self. It is this energy that feeds other beings in the universe--an effect you may not even realize. As others respond to your thoughts, I can feel them energizing themselves, and some even healing themselves. Thank you and all the others for sharing this energy.

    Have a great weekend--be aware! And Happy Birthday, Chris. May you be with us for many years to come.

    Patrick Farley, Pittsburgh

     

  • At 9:34 AM, June 23, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Chris, it's been a while, but I am glad to be back!

    I had to ask myself 17 years ago whether or not I wanted to stay on this earth because I had followed a path that was not physically or mentally healthy. I was very lucky to have good friends that helped me back onto the right path...a path I have been on ever since.

    Every day I make sure I am aware of everything around me--people, places and things. I see even the smallest details and love them--birds on billboards, the briefcase a man carries in a crowd of people, the formation of clouds through the window, cold air, the veins in leaves on plants in the garden, etc. I have a heightened awareness that I would not trade for anything. It is my sense of being part of the universe. I do my best to allow the energy of all things to come back to me, which gives me a great sense of peace and fulfillment.

    I especially love receiving this energy from people--and I give you a lot of credit for generating a HUGE amount of positive energy. It is evident in the way you speak, the way you write, the way you take care of your physical and mental self. It is this energy that feeds other beings in the universe--an effect you may not even realize. As others respond to your thoughts, I can feel them energizing themselves, and some even healing themselves. Thank you and all the others for sharing this energy.

    Have a great weekend--be aware! And Happy Birthday, Chris. May you be with us for many years to come.

    Patrick Farley, Pittsburgh

     

  • At 9:57 PM, June 23, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Chris, may I add my best wishes to Patrick's for a Happy Birthday! -- Sue and family

     

  • At 6:04 AM, June 24, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Happy Birthday dear Chris!!! and thanks for your hearty welcome! What a great, lovable man and buddy you're! You naturally noticed and felt that i've a great passion. Yeah, i've a great passion for good, true, honest, sensitive, friendly, lovable people like you and the folks involved in this great forum! Being Aware is wonderful: like Patrick said if we are aware, we feel and love even the smallest details of everything around us, every moment, every synchronicity so we feel that people, animals, plants, things have a soul and are full of energy and life!

    Dave i'm sorry that you have tough times and like Chris said, we are all with you!

    Tom i love how you took care of the elderly members of your family! I do the same; i took care of my grandmother until she passed, then of my mother who is feeling better now and i taking care of my last grandmother who is very feeble now and she's about the end of her life! This life! I know what you mean when you need a little help and everyone are too busy; as a matter of fact unfortunately a lot of people are too busy to increase their own ego! You're right when you said we are responsible for making us happy and i agree with Chris: to expect everyone to be like us is the source of a lot of pain. But we must remember that we never are alone because if we want see and feel it, the Universe help us in so many ways! The better example is this forum in which we are in touch with Chris and each other; this is another awesome gift! This world need more true awereness, true love, true goodness, true support, true honesty and less ego!

    Thanks Lara for your kind welcome and for telling us about that interesting article too! I hope your brother and his family have a great and relaxing vacation here in Italy!

    Again Happy Birthday Chris! I wish you all the best and hope you have great times with your loved ones!

    Have a great week-end and much love to you and all!

    Alex
    Turin,Italy

     

  • At 9:31 PM, June 24, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Thanks everyone for your kind comments - what I and my family and friends have been dealing with are a couple of unexpected deaths about a week apart.

    But as we all have too often experienced, death is a part of life too. But as it says in Ecclesiastes 3:4, there is a "...time to mourn and a time to laugh, a time to weep and a time to dance..."

    I'm not quite ready to dance again (if it can be said I ever could) but I've been laughing more and am ready to move on with life. Focusing on the positive instead of the loss as Chris and everyone else hear advocates sure has been helpful.

    Alex and Tom, keep caring for others - those moments will prove to be the most meaningful in the long run!

    Patrick - I'm glad you have found the right path for you!

    Lara - I liked your insights on relationships. I bet that if we all could just understand how each other thinks instead of complaining that we aren't understood we could all get along much better (did that sentence make sense?).

    BTW - I'm confused (not unusual I know) is it Chris's birthday or Tim's?

    Dave

     

  • At 7:37 AM, June 25, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    post for Dave W --

    I'm in accord with everyone's thoughts to you here Dave, and while these events seem to happen close together sometimes, it has to be difficult when they're so unexpected, as you've experienced. Last summer about now, we lost both my mom and my husband's mom just two months apart. Their deaths were not totally unexpected, since they were both very elderly and had been battling cancer for awhile. Yet, both were doing quite well within their circumstances. So in that sense, both deaths were unexpected last summer. Both were actually quite sudden, and we didn't have an opportunity to be with either of them when they passed, as we'd have hoped.

    Mostly, we don't want to lose someone dear to us. I find I alternate between acceptance and still feeling angry that that they left when they did. Often, I feel that they're still with us in spirit, and that helps. To imagine that they're not really gone, but still sharing in our lives. That seems to help. I'm not sure that time really takes the pain away. I don't think so. I think looking at life and death in a larger perspective is the only healing thing.

    Right now, we're seeing how my husband's father is handling his wife's death nearly a year later. This has been a lesson in courage for us to witness. They were so close. He speaks of her often, as though she were still with us. So do we. We know she would have wanted us to go on doing the things we would do when she was here. My father-in-law is doing his best to keep a positive outlook and move on, because he knows that's what she would have wanted.

    We're so grateful that he's doing that, and coming to terms with his loss. I hope you will find healing, too. I' m grateful for Chris' forum and the opportunity he shares for expanding our thinking about life. The thoughts, perspectives, and experiences of everyone on this forum have inspired and motivated me over the past year. I find I'm better able to deal with life events, such as this, when I tune in to possibility-thinking. So it's great to have this website and forum to keep me reminded of that! Thanks Chris for keeping your forum going for us. And all our thoughts and prayers are with you Dave. Keep on keeping on! Sue

     

  • At 6:13 PM, June 25, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    As always, such deep thoughts, I'm always impressed when I visit this site. Thanks!

    Oh, and here's a belated happy birthday to both Tim and Chris!

    Dave

     

  • At 1:49 PM, June 26, 2006 , Blogger Christopher Showerman said...

    What amazing caring people you all are! Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes - I had a great birthday!

    Dave, thanks for allowing us all to flock to you. We all have a need to serve and to be nurtured. As times change, so do our needs. However, i think the population here in this forum has a great need to serve each other. A beautiful trait indeed! Anyway, I'm glad you're laughing again!

    Welcome back Patrick! Thank-you Sue, Lara, Alex, Tim (happy B-Day!) Tom, and Dave for all your openness and insight.

     

  • At 3:39 PM, June 27, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    I'm very glad you had a great birthday Chris!

    Happy belated birthday to Tim and my condolences to Dave.

    Thanks Lara and Sue for so wise, great thoughts and advices; they really help us a lot!

    Tom, i know well what you mean. I helped my two grandmothers and my mother and i didn't have support or care by my relatives. When tough times and problems come i noticed that most people disappear! Obviuosly these people are under the bad effects of their own ego: close mind, close heart, fears, egocentrism, egoism, etc. That's very sad but i don't worry about that, because i always feel the support and the presence of the Universe close to me! SO as you rightly said Tom, this forum is wonderful and as you can see, we're a family!

    I want to thanks once again and always the Universe for giving us OUR Fabulous Chris; he is truly an awesome, special Gift in our life!

    Take care all!
    Alex
    Turin,Italy

     

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