Our friends are the icing on the cake of our lives.
Friday, 2 October 2020
Monday, 7 September 2020
About being ok in our own eyes
Help us to learn the lesson
that we do not have to be defined
by other people's opinion of us.
Whatever I am,
if I am ok in my own eyes,
I am ok, let the world say what it will.
Thursday, 6 August 2020
About getting on with life
Life can be very daunting.
We just have to open our eyes
and get on with whatever is in front of them.
Monday, 3 August 2020
About being imperfect
No-one is born into a perfect world or raised by perfect people.
Imperfection is all around us.
Is it surprising then that no-one is perfect? Of course not; it's inevitable.
All we can do is to try to be the best we can be and do the best we can do
and forgive ourselves when we fall short of our ideals.
Friday, 24 July 2020
Sunday, 12 July 2020
About the safety net of anonimity
Aren't those of us who are not in the public eye
relieved that snipers are not scratting about
in the dustbins of our own lives!
relieved that snipers are not scratting about
in the dustbins of our own lives!
A plea for change
What kind of world have we created
when, in order to protect one another,
we have to mask our faces and keep our distance!
This is the exact opposite of what human life should be.
I despise masks of all kinds and wish to reach out and hold the people I love.
Please, please, please, let us stop, consider and act.
when, in order to protect one another,
we have to mask our faces and keep our distance!
This is the exact opposite of what human life should be.
I despise masks of all kinds and wish to reach out and hold the people I love.
Please, please, please, let us stop, consider and act.
Thursday, 28 May 2020
About our response to the corona virus
Is this nature, knocking at the door of our hearts and minds?
If so, may we open those doors,
to look, to listen, to learn - and to act.
If so, may we open those doors,
to look, to listen, to learn - and to act.
Monday, 25 May 2020
About 'knowing you, knowing me'
The title of this Abba song has intrigued me for a long time and has, to my mind, relevance to my blog. Whatever thoughts, opinions, views I write, however inconsequential or trivial they may be, are a reflection of me. If you should be interested enough to follow them, you are 'learning me'.
As we 'learn' each other, we 'learn' ourselves, I feel. I would love to think that I might be a little point of reference in the 'landscape of someone's life', however unknowingly. So here's to "knowing me, knowing you - aha", now and in time to come, hopefully.
As we 'learn' each other, we 'learn' ourselves, I feel. I would love to think that I might be a little point of reference in the 'landscape of someone's life', however unknowingly. So here's to "knowing me, knowing you - aha", now and in time to come, hopefully.
About silence - strength or weakness
Sometimes silence is strength
and sometimes silence is weakness.
May we learn to judge which is which -
and have the strength to act accordingly.
and sometimes silence is weakness.
May we learn to judge which is which -
and have the strength to act accordingly.
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
About the joy of our electric blanket
We live in a typically long and narrow Victorian semi and our bedroom is, without any shadow of a doubt, by far the coldest room in the house. Therefore, it goes without saying that an electric over-blanket is one of the necessities of our existence.
Nothing beats the bliss of climbing into bed on a cold winter's night to remove the last items of clothing to be discarded (it being an impossibility to remove all one's outer garments before being in the shelter of the bedding) and then snuggling down to feel the warmth of the blanket.
Each night finds me uttering such words as "this is heaven" or "this is my favourite moment of the entire day!"
Much as I love being in bed, I often muse on the fact that it's only in the winter that I appreciate this warmth. In the summer, when even I don't think about turning the blanket on, it's far more likely that I just take bedtime for granted.
In other words, we need to experience 'cold' to truly appreciate 'warmth'. Sometimes, it is only the absence of something which makes us aware of its presence.
Nothing beats the bliss of climbing into bed on a cold winter's night to remove the last items of clothing to be discarded (it being an impossibility to remove all one's outer garments before being in the shelter of the bedding) and then snuggling down to feel the warmth of the blanket.
Each night finds me uttering such words as "this is heaven" or "this is my favourite moment of the entire day!"
Much as I love being in bed, I often muse on the fact that it's only in the winter that I appreciate this warmth. In the summer, when even I don't think about turning the blanket on, it's far more likely that I just take bedtime for granted.
In other words, we need to experience 'cold' to truly appreciate 'warmth'. Sometimes, it is only the absence of something which makes us aware of its presence.
A list of things that are worth paying good money for.
I'm as happy as the next person to buy a bargain but there are some things which are the 'real deal' and are definitely worth paying a higher price for because they really are light years better than cheaper versions.
These are top of my list:
These are top of my list:
- Jam
- Fairy liquid
- Sellotape
Monday, 4 May 2020
Some more thoughts for parents
Whatever you do, dear parents, please do not make your children the centre of your lives because, one day, they'll be off doing their own thing - and this is right - but you do not want it to leave an unfillable hole in yours.
Make each other the centre of your lives and that will be the best gift you can give them to help them fly off from solid ground and that security will stay with them all their lives.
A PS for single parents, of which I was one for the best part of ten years when my three children were very young; I always made sure that they knew that I had friends and a life of my own so that they wouldn't worry about or feel responsible for me and would feel free to have their own lives.
In two out of the three cases, it went well. Well, you can't win them all, can you.
Make each other the centre of your lives and that will be the best gift you can give them to help them fly off from solid ground and that security will stay with them all their lives.
A PS for single parents, of which I was one for the best part of ten years when my three children were very young; I always made sure that they knew that I had friends and a life of my own so that they wouldn't worry about or feel responsible for me and would feel free to have their own lives.
In two out of the three cases, it went well. Well, you can't win them all, can you.
A thought for this new covid day - or any day, actually
Isn't it good to have someone to hold on to,
someone who is always there, someone who will stick by you
through thick and through thin, come what may.
someone who is always there, someone who will stick by you
through thick and through thin, come what may.
Thursday, 30 April 2020
Three thoughts for our lives
May we learn from the past
and plan for the future
but live in the present.
and plan for the future
but live in the present.
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
About what our friends are to us
Our friends are the jewels in the necklace
and the notches in the yardstick
of our lives.
and the notches in the yardstick
of our lives.
About mastering nature - or not, as the case may be - and is.
We thought we had the power
to master nature in all its forms
but nature is showing us
that it is able to and has mastered us.
May it lead us to acknowledge
that we have ignored it at our peril.
to master nature in all its forms
but nature is showing us
that it is able to and has mastered us.
May it lead us to acknowledge
that we have ignored it at our peril.
Friday, 13 March 2020
Saturday, 29 February 2020
About our backgrounds
It's not where we've come from that matters,
but where we are now
and where we are heading
(or hoping and trying to reach).
but where we are now
and where we are heading
(or hoping and trying to reach).
Thursday, 20 February 2020
About charity being said to begin at home
Maybe charity does begin at home
but it shouldn't end there.
but it shouldn't end there.
About spite
A week or so ago, I heard some news, which I recounted gleefully to my friend as 'gossip'. It aroused secretly spiteful thoughts in my head which I acknowledged, even at the time, as shameful.
I genuinely regretted my thoughts, even though they could be said to be 'only human' and not long afterwards this phrase popped into my head.
Spite despoils the spiteful.
I hope to be able to keep this thought in mind!
I genuinely regretted my thoughts, even though they could be said to be 'only human' and not long afterwards this phrase popped into my head.
Spite despoils the spiteful.
I hope to be able to keep this thought in mind!
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