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Out Of Site *but* Not Out Of Mind. ❤

by Sunisshiningandsoareyou

October 15th

...See more Hey hey lovely people coming across, I hope July is treating y'all well. 💛 (❤This is not a farewell thread❤) I was a bit hesitant to make this thread, mostly because I could consider a "why" behind "some" people not being on the same page about this. And hey, that's okay, we all think and work differently, have different experiences and lessons and how we apply those learnings in our future etc, makes sense for two people not agreeing over something, or having a different perspective on the same thing. Glass half full or half empty lol. Having said that, I'd go ahead with it anyway xD because I have my reasons in place and I for one, value them enough to give them a space. Hopefully we have some others who'd be on my page too, or least be willing to see it the way I do. I promise it won't hurt to try. 💛 When I was new to the forums (or 7 cups in general) I remember coming across these farewell/ on hiatus threads and it really spoke something haha, it was lowkey strange crying and feeling upset about someone leaving, someone that I don't even know or would ever know. Un-freaking-believable how things work for empaths sometimes. All the empaths in the house, I gotchu! :') Being in those threads, reading the different posts, what really stood-out for me was the "mass-tags", or simply, tags, a lot of them. Newbie me used to think if I would ever make a post in one of these threads meant for farewell, not too hard though, just passing thoughts that would I even be umm "important" enough that someone, anyone, an apparent stranger on the internet, would want to know if I'm around or not, or care about my where-abouts and how-abouts in general, and then I used to think if I'll find any people that would want to know or be tagged in these posts, if I do eventually make one someday. I've always been fascinated by these threads and have realised that tags in these posts hit different, it's a bittersweet feeling that someone cared enough about you to let you know or make you aware of their where-abouts, to use their 'apparent' last moments in this platform (for the timebeing) to let *you* know that you've made some impact on them and their journey so far, that they remembered you in those moments, or that they didn't want to go before that one last "glance" at you. I love-hate getting tagged in these posts. I love it because of the above said, it feels *unexplainable* kind of good to realise that someone would think of me right before they decide to leave (for whatever time frame that is), it's nice to know that I created some sort of impact that they knew in their heart and their mind that hey hey atleast Sun would want to know and would care enough to know about me. (Sun really does care and appreciates every single of these tags, yall) And well ofcourse, hate (it's a strong word and I typically avoid using it, but really haha I hate goodbyes of any kind xD), hate because oh my, now that you've tagged me, it's just another reminder that we've established some sort of bonding and it is really awful to imagine this place without you now. But *sigh* it be like that sometimes! :') Okay now all of that aside. And to quench your confusion about how the title links to the content lol. Let's move ahead xD I've been on this platform for over 2 years now, and I've met countless people here, all amazing in their own wonderful ways. Some I meet through forums, some via personal chats, some in group chats, by working together in a project and so on. Different people and different ways to meet them and see them around, I must say, I don't forget people quite easily, and definitely not the ones that have been kind, to me or in general. Now thing is, on a platform like this, there's a plethora of kind people haha, human brain can only memorize somewhat heh? xD Soooo the other day, I was randomly thinking about someone from here who's unfortunately not around the site anymore, and it clicked that, we should have a place to throw in these random reminders out there. A place to not just show gratitude towards someone who once was a more connected part of your life here, but to also sort of leave a "tribute". I get this might sound too mushy and philosophical (in a way) too lol, but I kept myself in this place (again, #PerksOfBeingAnEmpath 😛) and thought to myself, that if I were to take a break or step away from this wonderful place and people for a while, somewhere I'd want to be "not-forgotten" also, and then another thought to support, how gratifying it would feel to someday come back and see that there was atleast one person that thought of me even when I wasn't really around, or that, maybe just maybe for one person even, me being out of site, didn't have to mean, me being out of their mind altogether. Trust me when I say this xD it felt beautiful to just picture this haha. Now I'm only wondering how it must feel "actually" someday, when it does happen, because *sigh* as much we'd like to deny, we know there's a life off cups, that can go all things demanding and pull us away sometime, something I believe everyone here has experienced in their time being here (especially on a listener account) or should be willing to accept, because again, #reality is definitely a good mirror! What I do also know, is that, I'm not alone. I'm not the only one who randomly thinks of people here when they aren't active or around, for xyz reasons. Have seen so many people mentioning how a certain someone has made their life better and how they wish they could check on them or simply thank them for it. A simple message like "I'm thinking of you." works magic. Hoping that we all can use this space to give a shout-out to those that randomly cross your mind, be it while coming across a forum post by them, a series they mentioned they like, remembering someone with the name "orange" when you're nomming one (it has happened lol) or someone with "moon" in their name when you're gazing at night sky etc etc there's countless opportunities for these kind souls to cross our minds. I know you know it already. 💛 Who knows, some day they may or may not come across the tag and I can bet anything on this, it would make them feel happy and *remembered*. Orrr even if not, it'll be a good surprise to yourself how much you remember someone or about them still, despite the many days/ weeks/ months/ years being passed. Disclaimer: We do want to be mindful about the guidelines, so ofcourse no sharing any personal information or chat details, or anything that you'd know is not good for a "public" forum space, that affects your anonymity or chat confidentiality or someone else's. We'd use this space for giving a shout out, a message. Something as simple as "I'm thinking about @AwesomeHooman today, they supported me with _____ (brief topic if you're comfortable) or like they were my mentor/ they lead great discussions, they were a friendly face in rooms, they made a good forum post etc anything. Or an even simpler message-- @AmazingBeing I miss you. Sounds good, people? 😮💛 *sending lots of love and light to everyone* and *offering hugs to those that need them* ❤ We're all real, all humans with emotions here, it's okay to miss people, feel upset about or maybe even cry. None of us are alone in #BeingHuman. ❤ Positive, Caring, Appreciative shout-outs only. Any messages violating such are subject to be removed under forum guidelines. Refer Here [https://www.7cups.com/community-guidelines/Forum-Guidelines-3c989621981b4b6db6c722d76274b058] if there's any confusion. 💛

"Wish You Knew" Master List :)

by jesusredeemedme2425

September 23rd

Let’s Celebrate Your Special Moments Together! 💜

by Suryansh

August 19th

...See more Have a birthday, Cupversary, or another special occasion coming up? We are so happy to let you know that you can celebrate your special days with all of us here at 7 Cups. We value your presence, and we love having you around; so whether you want to celebrate yourself or surprise someone you care about, we’d love to share the moment with you. Want to celebrate in a room?You can host a small celebration in the Community Room (MCR/TCR) or Free Hugs Room!If you’d like a banner for your celebration: * Please check the Community Calendar [https://www.7cups.com/forum/communityCalendar.php] to make sure your planned event does not clash with any other scheduled event/discussion. * Please share with us here and reach out to Community Mod beforehand, so we can help set up banners and alerts for you and help more people join the fun. * Celebrations are open to the community, so everyone who joins is welcome to participate! * Banners can be up to 30 minutes long. The session host must be present for the entire event and make sure everyone is welcomed. NOTE: The current shift schedule for Community Moderators can be found <here> [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/CommunityModeratorsLounge_2143/CommunityModSchedule_318786/]. If a moderator is unavailable and you require urgent assistance, please fill out <this> [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6mgwzVCA-TTDzahtCH7mXdmxE5jTakstcQDWoQ_nXk2CfdA/viewform] form. Want to celebrate someone else? You can definitely throw a party for someone else; it's a great way to show you care. Simply share with us here and follow the guidelines mentioned above. That way, we can help set everything up. Let us make the celebration special for them while giving everyone a chance to join the fun and enjoy themselves. Prefer the forums? You can also create a forum post <here> [https://www.7cups.com/forum/gratitude/CupversariesBirthdays_179/] to celebrate someone's birthday or cupversary and share the celebration with the wider Cups community. It's a great way to get everyone involved and make the person feel special. And if your special day is coming up and you would like to celebrate yourself, that's perfectly okay too! We encourage you to celebrate yourself, your journey, and the time you have spent in our community. Small or big, surprise or announced, let's celebrate you and your special day with you! 💜

Why do you admire yourself ❤️?

Self Exploration & Self Love

by ListemerFatim

August 17th

Some thought provoking questions that I wrote in my journal

by midnightsmarie

July 2nd

...See more Hello lovely Positivity & Gratitude Community! I hope all of you are doing well! Today I was looking through some prompts to help shape a better image of the person I want to become. I came across some very interesting questions and I thought I'll share them with you all. Feel free to use them if they make you think or if you feel you'd like to answer them! This is not an exhaustive list, just some I found to stand out to me personally. I think asking questions to ourselves and having that 1-on-1 session with ourselves can be very enlightening and worth it for us. I hope you feel the same about these questions! Questions 1. How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? 2. Would you accept the gift of reading other people's minds if it meant you could never turn it off? 3. In what ways are you the same as your childhood self? 4. What words would you pass to your childhood self? 5. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you? 6. What stands between you and happiness? 7. What do you want to be remembered for? 8. What’s the one thing you wish you had done at this point in your life? And why haven’t you done it yet? 9. What is the lie you tell yourself most often? 10. What are the day-to-day things you do that really make you feel good? Do you find yourself doing them as often as you’d like to? If no, why not? 11. What is your favourite thing about yourself? 12. What does it feel like to remember something? 13. Does social media make you in general happier or sadder? If sadder, why do you keep participating in it? 14. What harsh truths do you prefer to ignore? 15. If you could teach everyone in the world one concept, what concept would have the biggest positive impact on humanity? 16. What life-altering things should every human ideally get to experience at least once in their lives? 17. What are you capable of achieving? 18. By what standards do you judge yourself? 19. Where do you think is the most worthwhile place to find meaning in life? Work, family, hobby, religion, philosophy, helping others, all the small miracles, or something else entirely? 20. What do you think your future self will remember about you now? Sources from where I have taken these - 1. https://medium.com/misstiffanysun/questions-that-truly-reveal-someones-personality-and-capabilities-ecf9f37fc4e2 2. https://ideapod.com/10-questions-that-truly-reveal-someones-personality/ 3. https://www.thecut.com/article/questions-to-make-you-think.html 4. https://conversationstartersworld.com/philosophical-questions/

✨ Your Story.....Your Way 💖

June 21st

🌷 Be You...

June 8th

Day 1: Being True To Ourselves

by Sunisshiningandsoareyou

June 4th

...See more If you’re following the Love Month Celebration [https://www.7cups.com/forum/gratitude/SelfExplorationSelfLove_178/TheLoveMonthCelebration_374326/] series, I welcome you to celebrate Day 1 of the Self-Love week with me! 🥰 I feel nothing can be truly achieved without being honest to ourselves first. And taking off the delulu-gear (unfortunately, sometimes delulu is not the solulu) from our eyes. Can’t get out of something without first even acknowledging that you’re in it. I know “self-love” is often “sold” as something gimmicky online. Like a “quick-fix” to every problem in your life is just feeding yourself “think happy” thoughts. It’s great if this works for someone, but I know that it doesn’t for most of us, in the longer run. Which is why, it’s so important to remember that: Self love doesn’t mean always seeing yourself in a positive light. It means being honest with yourself while still choosing kindness and grace. A lot of us avoid the truth because we’re afraid we’ll judge ourselves or fall apart if we look too closely. But avoiding the truth often hurts more in the long run. Oh and mind you, this is not about blaming yourself or fixing everything at one go. It’s about noticing what’s real inside you and letting it exist without pushing it away. If you feel ready, sit with one or two of these and write whatever comes up: 💌 What feels unfinished or unresolved in my life right now? 💌 What emotion do I keep distracting myself from feeling? 💌 What am I pretending doesn’t affect me, even though it does? 💌 Where am I being hard on myself for something I didn’t fully choose? 💌 What do I wish someone would notice or understand about me? For those of you who like to journal (pen/paper or through text), I’d encourage you to actually reflect on these in your own quiet corner, if sharing here feels too much. 🫂 If emotions come up, that doesn’t mean you did something wrong. It means you listened, you made an effort. Being truthful with yourself is not self sabotage or self-criticism. It’s the beginning of self respect and self-acceptance. It’s how you start to show up for yourself. 🥰💖

What animal do you think best describes you and why?

by Hedgehogs83

June 2nd

Day 8: (Re)Building Self-Trust

by Sunisshiningandsoareyou

April 27th

...See more Hey hey everyoneee! ☀️💖 I’m happy to see y’all’s participating in the Love month celebration series [https://www.7cups.com/forum/gratitude/SelfExplorationSelfLove_178/TheLoveMonthCelebration_374326/] thus far and we are closer to wrapping this one up, so just wanted to remind you to take yet another moment to pat your back hehe. I am so so proud of youu! 🫂🥰 Something I’ve been thinking about after the last few days of this series is how easily we lose trust in ourselves… sometimes without even realising it. Especially after moments where we feel like we made the “wrong” choice. It’s strange how quickly the mind goes from “that was a mistake” to “maybe I just can’t trust myself at all.” Or simply a “I don’t even know myself”. And once that thought settles in, it starts quietly affecting so many other things. We hesitate more. Second-guess our instincts. Ask ten other people what they think before listening to our own inner voice. Almost like we’ve placed ourselves on some sort of internal probation lol. But something I’ve slowly started noticing is this that the very fact that you can look back at a decision and recognise that it didn’t align with who you want to be… already means something inside you is working. Your awareness is there. Your values are there. Your ability to reflect is very much there. And honestly? That’s the part of you that can be trusted. Self-trust doesn’t come from never making mistakes. If that were the rule, none of us would ever trust ourselves again. It grows from something quieter. From knowing that when you do notice something feels off, you’re willing to look at it honestly. From knowing you’re capable of learning. From knowing that the version of you today is not the exact same person who made that choice before. Growth changes people in small but very very real ways. Sometimes the person you were back then simply didn’t have the same clarity, emotional awareness, or strength that you have now. And that’s not failure people, that’s literally what growth looks like. Trusting yourself again doesn’t have to be some huge dramatic shift either. It can start with really tinyy things. Listening to that little feeling in your stomach when something doesn’t sit right. Letting your own opinion matter instead of constantly outsourcing your decisions or letting someone else give you that green signal before you make a choice for yourself. Giving yourself permission to believe that you’re capable of figuring things out as life unfolds. Because honestlyyyy? you probably already have. There are moments in your life where you handled things better than you thought you would. Situations you navigated better than you thought you could. Decisions you eventually learned from. Those moments count too. And a lotttt! Sometimes (most times? urgh) we just forget to give ourselves credit for them. Something to sit with when you’re ready for it: 🧡 When was the last time my intuition tried to tell me something? Did I listen to it, or did I override it? 🧡 What is one situation in my life where I actually handled things better than I expected to? 🧡 Do I tend to trust other people’s judgement more than my own? Why might that be? 🧡 What is one small decision this week where I can simply listen to myself first? While I’d encourage you to reflect/ respond to everything, the following I believe could really help some brain-juices flow hehe! 🥰 🧡 What does trusting yourself currently look like for you? 🧡 You don’t need to suddenly become someone who has everything figured out. Most people don’t. But slowly rebuilding trust with yourself? that’s a really beautiful place to start I believe hehe! And if you’re even thinking about these things right now, chances are that inner voice of yours is already trying to guide you again. Sometimes it just needs you to be a lil attentive, listen to it and show some acknowledgment that you are trying to show up for yourselfu. 🎀 💖

TC's Tangled Talks!

by trueconfidant123

April 21st

How to Fill Your Cup: Use These Questions!

by Heather225

April 18th

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