tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post2019697803130840074..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Counting your blessings... Cecilia BusbyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-48669631290581087432015-11-11T13:01:18.657+00:002015-11-11T13:01:18.657+00:00Count your blessings was always my Mum's fave ...Count your blessings was always my Mum's fave phrase and when she said it she used to pat the heads of her grandchildren. Unfortunately she was carried away after four - there were six altogether. Its a wonderful phrase and I try - I really do - even when I'm grumbling. Lovely post Cecilia!Miriam Halahmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841164190139769948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-38291364550029392052015-11-08T17:10:17.850+00:002015-11-08T17:10:17.850+00:00I like the other quote:
'If life doesn't a...I like the other quote:<br />'If life doesn't also give you water and sugar, that lemonade is gonna suck.'Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-63773248750119269312015-11-07T20:38:29.368+00:002015-11-07T20:38:29.368+00:00Sara isn't really that cheerful though. She...Sara isn't really that cheerful though. She's nothing like Cedie or Pollyanna.Ugokihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03908907332173511773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-70357920793009143072015-11-07T13:33:06.513+00:002015-11-07T13:33:06.513+00:00Thanks for your comments - I'm amazed at how m...Thanks for your comments - I'm amazed at how many Pollyanna fans there are out there! Will check out your links, John. (And yes, 'If..' is a much more masculine version of the same thing, isn't it?! Had never thought of that!)C.J.Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288574235370421625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-19620961050816925432015-11-07T01:42:01.797+00:002015-11-07T01:42:01.797+00:00I love that idea of getting your daughter to think...I love that idea of getting your daughter to think of positive things by promising her 10p for each one - makes me think of a game my mum used to play with us on long car journeys: the first child to spot, say, a caravan/articulated truck got 2p; a tractor got 3p...a fire-engine got 10p and so on...it kept us quiet, and emptied her purse of spare change!Becca McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339982441409936532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-61794900155897301642015-11-06T14:51:15.837+00:002015-11-06T14:51:15.837+00:00What a great idea, Cecilia! I really liked Pollya...What a great idea, Cecilia! I really liked Pollyanna too, though even when I read it I felt she was rather too piously good to be true, but I think promising your daughter 10p for every plus in her life was brilliant! (It reminds me of when my son came to me grumbling that he couldn't find his socks, toy, pencil case or whatever, I said, "Okay, so if I go and look for it and I find it, you'll give me 10p, will you?" "Ummm - I'll just go and have another look," he said - and inevitably he found it!) 10p is obviously a perfect amount!Lynne Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412874594191347503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-39014764357237773482015-11-06T14:28:14.441+00:002015-11-06T14:28:14.441+00:00Another Pollyanna fan here - I actually blogged ab...Another Pollyanna fan here - I actually blogged about her <a href="http://awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/be-fair-to-pollyanna.html" rel="nofollow">on this site, back in 2008</a>.<br /><br />And according to <a href="http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2015/09/make-you-happy-2/?utm_source=sumome&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sumome_share" rel="nofollow">this article</a>, the act of looking for something to be grateful for - or, perhaps, glad about? - can help to make you happy. Maybe Ms Porter was on to something, after all...John Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937505376169411724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-17977370429027725782015-11-06T11:57:51.256+00:002015-11-06T11:57:51.256+00:00Such a brilliant way of dealing with this, Celia! ...Such a brilliant way of dealing with this, Celia! Thanks for passing the idea on.<br />I admit to liking Pollyanna too, because it was a change to live (through the reading) as a happy child for a while.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-33731075789682983092015-11-06T11:10:31.700+00:002015-11-06T11:10:31.700+00:00I really detested Pollyanna as a child too, but I ...I really detested Pollyanna as a child too, but I suppose it's just a (saccharine) sweetened way of saying, "Take it on the chin." Or, indeed, "When life throws a dagger at you, will you catch it by the blade or by the hilt?"<br /><br />Or even, 'If you can make one heap of all your winnings<br /> And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,<br />And lose, and start again at your beginnings<br /> And never breathe a word about your loss...'<br /><br />All of which make this attitude sound much more butch. Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-37103531513168722752015-11-06T10:16:12.748+00:002015-11-06T10:16:12.748+00:00Oh dear - have to admit I loved Pollyanna - but af...Oh dear - have to admit I loved Pollyanna - but after seeing the Hayley Mills film rather than reading the book. I so wanted her long, thick, blonde hair...Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-69206087107152261132015-11-06T09:55:13.599+00:002015-11-06T09:55:13.599+00:00That is a really great game - and somehow adding m...That is a really great game - and somehow adding money to it takes off that Pollyanna yeurckiness splendidly!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com