Nice to see you!

Three major events occurred for me last year (2010), all in the space of about 2 weeks. I turned 50. The following day I got married. Two weeks later, my oldest daughter became pregnant with her first child and my first grandchild.

Most middle-aged people will tell you that in their minds, they still feel 20 something. It's the same for me.

Wasn't it only yesterday that I was planning a night out with guys from the surf club? That gorgeous new perm. Flaired, cuffed denims and the red t-shirt with the off-the-shoulder frill. Corked platform wedgies. **sigh**

Suddenly I'm looking in the mirror and wondering how 30 years can flash by so damned quickly!

So here I am in cyberspace, sharing my genuine shock and horror with anyone who'll listen and maybe I'll even meet some other over 50s who find themselves in the same predicament!

Welcome to my dilemna!!

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

A set of Good words to follow!

Hopi Indian Chief White Eagle commented a few days ago on the Covid situation: 

"This moment that humanity is living through can be considered a door or a hole. The decision to fall into the hole or go through the door is yours.

If you consume information 24 hours a day, with negative energy, constantly nervous, with pessimism, you will fall into this hole.

 But if you take the opportunity to look at yourself, to rethink life and death, to take care of yourself and others, you will go through the door.

Take care of your home, take care of your body. Connect with your spiritual home. When you take care of yourself, you take care of others at the same time.

 Do not underestimate the spiritual dimension of this crisis. Adopt the perspective of an eagle that sees everything from above with a broader vision.

There is a social demand in this crisis, but also a spiritual demand. The two go hand in hand. Without the social dimension, we fall into fanaticism. Without the spiritual dimension, we fall into pessimism and futility. 

You are prepared to go through this crisis.

Grab your toolbox and use all the tools at your disposal. Learn to resist by the example of the Indian and African peoples: we have been and continue to be exterminated. 

* But we never stopped singing, dancing, lighting fires and having joy.

Don't feel guilty for feeling lucky in these difficult times. Being sad and without energy doesn't help at all. 

* Resilience is resilience through joy! 

You have the right to be strong and positive. You have to maintain a beautiful, cheerful and bright posture.

This has nothing to do with alienation (ignorance of the world). It is a strategy of resistance. 

When we walk in the door, we have a new view of the world because we have faced our fears and difficulties.

This is what you can do now: 

- Serenity in the storm, 

- Keep calm, meditate daily, 

- Make a habit of encountering the sacred every day. 

Demonstrate resilience through art, joy, trust and love. " 

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It was a great day in the shop with fantastic sales, lots of happy visitors and lots of animated conversations.

We closed late because of some stragglers that wanted to spend their money. 

I gathered all of the loose coat hangers from the change room to bring home - it will be the first time in my life that I’ve had all matching coat hangers in my wardrobe! I’m a bit excited about that!

I started sorting through the artwork in the training room.

I found some extra stock in the drawers and cupboards so I priced it and put it on display.

Clearing the shop is going to be a hell of a job!

Clearing space in my house so that there is somewhere to put the stuff from the shop is also going to be a hell of a job!

And that’s only the stuff that is not for sale!

😳😳😳

So far, this week has been pretty damned good.

I hope yours has been good too!




Nite all.

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