I Am ...we all are ...unlimited beings.
there are times that we believe we are limited, and that is perfectly okay. we are allowed to think what we please. it is one of the great things about being on this physical planet
it is time for me to claim the title of unlimited. I see how I am messing with my own head as I try to make plans for my life and then unbundle myself with silly thoughts based in fear
I have, like you, faced many challenges, and since I am almost as old as Methuselah, I guess I can confidently state that not only did I face them, I survived and thrived!
so I am stating, publicly, that I claim the Being Unlimited title ...
I will be back ...but I have things to do - people to see - AddVentures to have ....
cheerio for now
and have a stunning day
....
Monday 20 July 2015
Tuesday 2 September 2014
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 .....
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 .....
Sunday 16 February 2014
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.
......
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.
......
Saturday 15 February 2014
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 ....
......
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 ....
......
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 .......
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 .......
Saturday 19 October 2013
ch. ch. ch. changing ...
It is inevitable
It is inescapable
It may even be un-run-away-from-able
absolute. set in stone. concrete. eternal.
Change - we cannot do anything but!
from the moment of conception, where we changed from sperm and egg into (eventually) THE most beautiful creature on the planet, (ask your mum, she will confirm ...) ...change is what it was ALL about
two cells. four cells. eight. sixteen ....I don't need to go on - because you know the story.
out we popped, and suddenly our lungs and skin and mouths and nostrils all had new tasks. we changed from foetus to squealing little darlings
darlings that could not get anywhere without help. for a while.
we changed that, too
up onto knees. then feet. then onto bikes and into cars. aeroplanes were next on the list for some.
all the time, changing.
from being incapable of verbally expressing what we wanted or required, to being (in most cases) fairly articulate
and as time marched on, we changed our minds. we changed our friendships. we changed from living at home with mum and dad, to moving onto and into a different relationship with others and the world.
we change our jobs. we change from loving some food and drink, to loving other options and discarding some previously adored taste preferences
as we age, our skin changes. the hair changes colour, or disappears entirely. we wrinkle up like little prunes - unless we are super lucky
and yet, when change appears on our horizon, we embrace the fear of it. anything that challenges our comfort zone, gets us whizzing into a frothy spin.
I wonder why that is? when change is the only constant in our lives, why is it that it can hold (or at least, seem to hold) such power and authority over us
perhaps, as a society, we could view change as an awesome chance to review the way things are
perhaps, as a society, we could encourage each other to embrace change
I know for sure that I love change - when I am the orchestrator of it. when I choose the music and conduct the orchestra
my furniture gets dizzy from being moved from one room to another, or across the room to the other side.
but I also know, that like me, when change happens that seems to come from outside of us, we panic. mildly or violently - there is a scale of the anxiety it brings - but not all of us have the skills to embrace ALL change.
and, rather than wondering why it is that change brings some level of anxiety, perhaps it is better to wonder - how we can embrace it more readily
we have become (gosh, I am excellent at generalisations) a consumer society that buys and discards things so readily. but our beliefs and traditions and more importantly, the negative things we have heard people say about us or to us, we hang onto those things as if our lives depend on it
when really, our lives may well depend on letting go, instead ....
let's find the way to accept the challenge that change brings, and learn to orchestrate how we choose to feel about the changes
because, for me, that is where the power lies -in how we see it, and how we feel about it and how we choose to deal with change
because, change is part of being here on Earth. our life on this planet is ALL about change........
It is inescapable
It may even be un-run-away-from-able
absolute. set in stone. concrete. eternal.
Change - we cannot do anything but!
from the moment of conception, where we changed from sperm and egg into (eventually) THE most beautiful creature on the planet, (ask your mum, she will confirm ...) ...change is what it was ALL about
two cells. four cells. eight. sixteen ....I don't need to go on - because you know the story.
out we popped, and suddenly our lungs and skin and mouths and nostrils all had new tasks. we changed from foetus to squealing little darlings
darlings that could not get anywhere without help. for a while.
we changed that, too
up onto knees. then feet. then onto bikes and into cars. aeroplanes were next on the list for some.
all the time, changing.
from being incapable of verbally expressing what we wanted or required, to being (in most cases) fairly articulate
and as time marched on, we changed our minds. we changed our friendships. we changed from living at home with mum and dad, to moving onto and into a different relationship with others and the world.
we change our jobs. we change from loving some food and drink, to loving other options and discarding some previously adored taste preferences
as we age, our skin changes. the hair changes colour, or disappears entirely. we wrinkle up like little prunes - unless we are super lucky
and yet, when change appears on our horizon, we embrace the fear of it. anything that challenges our comfort zone, gets us whizzing into a frothy spin.
I wonder why that is? when change is the only constant in our lives, why is it that it can hold (or at least, seem to hold) such power and authority over us
perhaps, as a society, we could view change as an awesome chance to review the way things are
perhaps, as a society, we could encourage each other to embrace change
I know for sure that I love change - when I am the orchestrator of it. when I choose the music and conduct the orchestra
my furniture gets dizzy from being moved from one room to another, or across the room to the other side.
but I also know, that like me, when change happens that seems to come from outside of us, we panic. mildly or violently - there is a scale of the anxiety it brings - but not all of us have the skills to embrace ALL change.
and, rather than wondering why it is that change brings some level of anxiety, perhaps it is better to wonder - how we can embrace it more readily
we have become (gosh, I am excellent at generalisations) a consumer society that buys and discards things so readily. but our beliefs and traditions and more importantly, the negative things we have heard people say about us or to us, we hang onto those things as if our lives depend on it
when really, our lives may well depend on letting go, instead ....
let's find the way to accept the challenge that change brings, and learn to orchestrate how we choose to feel about the changes
because, for me, that is where the power lies -in how we see it, and how we feel about it and how we choose to deal with change
because, change is part of being here on Earth. our life on this planet is ALL about change........
Saturday 6 July 2013
Knowing your strength
a group of young girls I was working with years ago got the chance to learn to row and sail a boat on a lake
it involved not only learning to tie knots that would keep the boat alongside when required - but all the other skills that one needs on the water for survival
part of the project was putting a fairly heavy wooden boat into the water, and when the day was done, pulling it out again and cleaning it in readiness for the next day
well, I am not sure what happens in your neck of the woods - but in my world I have found that if there is a gaggle of giggling girls, I have found it usual that there a bunch of giggling boys not far away ......
the girls were determined to do everything that was required so that they would become skilled on and off the water, and the boys were just as determined to show that they were the strong and clever ones ...and that THEY could get the boat out of the water faster and more efficiently - and in the process, look like heroes!
the girls took umbrage at this and insisted that the boys stand back and allow them to do the job, so that they could prove how strong and resilient and able girls are....
the girls won the day - the boys had to stand back and watch the girls struggle to get the boat up the slipway - did I mention that it is a big heavy wooden boat?
the girls were asking later on, why it is that the boys see them as weak and useless. there was much discussion for a while. as you can imagine
the next day, as soon as it was 'on the water' time, the girls stood back and let the boys do the heavy work. when the boat had to be dragged up the slipway, the girls watched the boys proving how strong they are
it was a win win situation based on our discussion the night before. once the girls KNEW that they could do it, they could graciously stand back and watch the boys getting wet and dirty, looking like heroes ...
the girls had nothing to prove any more - they had shown clearly the day before that they could do the task..
they knew their strength
they knew their ability
they knew that the boys would want to keep proving to girls that they were the strong ones ....
but the girls knew better - they were getting the task done without lifting a finger!!!
strength and power .....they had it in spades!!!
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