@Andy *********

Yes, I realized that when I posted. I am grateful to you and this forum for aiding me in moving along the new path of life I have chosen.

@Beverley *******

It has to do with the wonderful impact that those who have kindly shared advice and ideas have contributed to my life journey. It has to do with the gratitude I experience and the impact this gratitude has on at least one person, me, on this forum. It has to do with saying such things out loud and not just thinking or feeling them. I will continue to contribute to the forum in the usual way and continue to learn from this forum. The impact is simply, sometimes, more profound than might be expected. I wish many blessings to you and thank you for asking.

@Charlie ********

Thank you. I agree. I will be vigilant to attend to life being something I participate in and feelings being something to accept and value and evaluate as they come.

@Ellen ************

Thank you and I so much agree with you

I had no trouble with a marriage visa and no trouble with a retirement visa opening an account. I used Bangkok Bank. Needed the visa stamp in my passport, a home address and a Thai phone number

I am 72. I think I knew all of this as a child but then I began to clutter my mind and heart with thiings I then thought were "more important." I have been thinking and writing about gratitude frequently over the past two years. With each new essay I rediscover some new understanding that was long lost to me. I hope to put together a transcript to share or perhaps e-publish with some place in mind for a donation. It is probably 100 pages by now. Blessings to you and thank you for asking.

Not sure what you mean, but thanks for commenting.

It is a challenge to write about negative or judgemental/demeaning posters without sounding the same. My personal belief is that I not better than anyone else. I do not want to react in kind to someone who is speaking in an unkind way. Often my initial response to such posts is a strong negative emotion. For me, I have learned that is a time for simple silence. A te to let the negative energy pass until I can get to a place of hoping the upset person can find caness and joy as part of a meditative wish. Then I can experience gratitude for all of the good and kind and helpful people in this group and not get distracted by the ments of negativity. This is just a path I have found that helps me. I do wish to thank all of the consistently kind and helpful people in this group.

I have AIS and an iPhone 13. I have both my IS number and my Thai number as e sims in the same phone. Both numbers work fine for calls text and data.

@Giacomo *****

no difference. With regard to taxes that Ihave found. Spousal Visa only requires 400,000 tbt in bank instead of 800,00 required by retirement visa at the start