Scotland ...Yes or No to independence

On 18 September 2014, Scotland will vote to be / or not to be ...an independent country


I have dear friends and family who are in either the Yes or No camp ....and I have not been able to figure out for myself, what the best way forward will be for this strong and beautiful nation

I know too little of the story - I am too far away and essentially it is not anything much to do with me - other than that I am a citizen in this world. Yet I feel as if it is very important, this vote.

I care. Very deeply, I care about how it will all unfold. Some loved ones are going to be very excited when the vote goes the way they want it. Other loved ones will be unhappy.

The thing for me is .....this Yes / No vote reflects something of myself back to me......

I am in the space of making decisions about my life, about my way forward, and I know how important it is for me to MAKE decisions. To say No to the Old and Stuck and Exhausting ....and Yes to the Future filled with Mystery and AddVentures ....

My mother was Scottish ...my roots are there ...and the vote will take place on what would have been her birthday.

I have also been told that I should keep an eye on world events, as there is an aspect in my astrological chart that shows that I can be affected by world events ...(okay - I am sure Rod Suskin would whack me on the head for not explaining this correctly - suffice to say - he suggested I keep an eye on events and work out how they relate to my life - any pedantic astrologers out there are welcome to consider me uninformed or ignorant ....I know that what others think is not my concern.....I am going with what I remember - the essence of what I understand about his words to me)

The vote in Scotland is important to me - more than it was an hour ago when I began this blog. It reflects a Bigger Picture to me than just a tiny mighty nation deciding on it's way forward.



Like me, she has experience, resources, knowledge, wisdom, skills......I know that the world will love and accept and support us .....

Me and Scotland ...always intertwined ...and together we go forward ....I know what I am choosing for my life ...and I wait with excitement to see what Scotland decides for herself .....

cyclical creatures

I keep forgetting that we are cyclical creatures. 

We live in a world that passes from day into night and back into day. We circle around the Sun, the Moons circle around us, the Solar System probably circles around something else - or is being circled by different system. I am guessing - in the absence of actual knowledge - and basing my guesswork on all that I have observed during this lifetime.

So why am I constantly surprised when my mood takes a slump and makes me believe that there is no hope, I am a lost cause, I am unfocused and unproductive and therefore not adding value to the world, but merely a burden upon it and on my family and friends?

It seems so silly, because when I turn the corner into an upward mood swing, I realise that it was a natural cycle. We tend to appreciate the great and glorious more, when we have seen the less than lovely......


I shall attempt to remember this next time I go into a negative headspace. Would you please refer me to this blog when I start whining about being useless, a victim, a miserable excuse as a human? Please...!

Because as I said in the first line - I keep forgetting that we are cyclical creatures ...and this too shall pass ...

it is yin and yang. it is up and down. it is near and far. it is beloved and unloved, it is happy and sad. it is north and south. it is kind and harsh. it is laughing and crying. it is everything inbetween ...and it is all okay.

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word!!!

if there is one thing I know for sure about myself - it is that I love words.

I love reading them

I love writing them

I love using them and sharing them and listening to them

and I love learning new words

I have friends who process their thoughts and their challenges in peace and quiet, alone.

I have to talk through my stuff. 

as others offer words of advice or wisdom, I begin to see my issue from another perspective - which allows me clarity and solutions

I am going to buy myself a beautiful teddy bear

I am going to give it a lovely name (we will choose it together) and then that beloved bear will be my sounding board when I am not able to call someone 


hey Sounding Board Bear ...when are you arriving? I am looking forward to meeting you ...


and I am so keen to know what name we will choose ....

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concentration is easy!

I know I can concentrate! I have done it before. I can do it again.....

I look forward to the time when it is easier to think. I am so adept at finding many solutions to one problem, which is great for brainstorming, but it does become debilitating when there are so many options available and I struggle to decide which path to follow.

Schoolchildren get drugs to help them concentrate. I use supplements in the hopes that I will be able to calm my mind down to a mild panic. It doesn't always work.

I chose to sit and read a book, since it is such a warm day that most other things feel like too much effort. After 5 pages or so, the thought about writing my blog popped up. So, here I am ... writing instead of reading.

I wonder what it is that I am doing that is causing this endless chatter in my brain. And I wonder what it is that I can do to get it quiet and allow only one voice to speak at a time ...

All pieces of advice appreciated .......