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Permission to Feel SadPermission to Create Something Ugly. I waited a very long time to give myself this permission. I was waiting until I could create perfect, first time, straight away. I didn’t know that was impossible. I needed to practice, I needed to write without pausing to edit, I needed to get it wrong before I could get it right. I needed to go through the ugly duckling stage with my creativity. We all have permission to make ugly on the way to beauty. Don’t wait any longer.Permission to Believe I’m Doing Enough.Permission to Ignore What Does Not Serve Me. There’s a lot grabbing our attention. Including some self-sabotaging thoughts. You don’t have to listen to everything. You can give your attention to what helps you function well and stay on track. You have permission. I know those self-sabotaging thoughts really well. They tell me I don’t need to go for a walk or oh look get some of that chocolate or no one needs your input. You’re not here for the chocolate or the silence, you have permission to listen to what serves you and ignore the rest.Permission to Let Go of Shame.Permission to Go for A Walk.Archives
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What’s your story?
(Mount Usher in Ashford, Co. Wicklow) The story of our lives is not the story of what happened… It’s the story of what we are. The story that starts “I am….” The story we think we became because of our … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, Ashford, awareness, behaviour, choices, gardens, healing, little things, Mount Usher, nature, perfect as you are, photography, problems, story
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Friday Quote – There are many types of slavery.
(Flowers from the National Stud in Kildare) “The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.” – Mahatma Gandhi A slave… to fashion, to social standing, to … Continue reading
Wake up Time.
(Agawa Canyon… picture by Doris or Grahame (forgot to ask!)) I’m rushing off to a course this morning (more later) so instead of a post here’s a story from the book Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh that explains what … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, Agawa Canyon, all is well, awareness, being present, Canada, healing, little things, nature, outdoors, perfect as you are, photography, problems, story, Wake up, wishes
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The Walking Machine…. another gadget or a guru?
(Collage) We have a walking machine, we’ve had it about six months now. Having one doesn’t contribute to good health but using one might… I’ve started using it. It has an added benefit of allowing my mind to drift away and … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, all is well, awareness, behaviour, healing, little things, perfect as you are, photography, problems, thinking, walking machine
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Princess Affreca and my new hens.
(We travelled the peninsula and the lough) We went to Northern Ireland for the weekend to visit friends (Hi Naomi and Liam!) They were excellent travel guides and packed a lot in – including a picnic. I’ve grabbed a map … Continue reading
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Tagged cistercian abbey, gardening, healing, hens, little things, nature, Northern Ireland, photography, travel
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Friday’s Quote. The path to beauty holds a little pain.
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, healing, perfect as you are, photography, problems
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Fear and Hand Holding in Swansea…..
(Butterfly enjoying the sun) The last stop on our Round the United Kingdom, Short Motorbike Tour was Swansea. We went there to attend our daughter’s end of year exhibition. Twelve movies in one evening… don’t worry they were short, about … Continue reading
Little Chick’s Story
(A perfect seed ball) Once upon a time there was a little chick who went in search of adventure. She travelled to the sea shore and found a beautiful turtle shell. She put it on and wore it everyday for … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, awareness, courage, fear, healing, inspire, little things, perfect as you are, shame, story
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Perfect as you are…..
(The leaves and wine red shoots) Ok I seem to be drawn to the perfect as you are theme again today, so bear with me….. We have a plant in a tub in the back garden. Every year in June … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, awareness, healing, inspire, little things, now, perfect as you are, story
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Happy Days
(A sail boat off Bray beach) The de-clutter continues and yesterday I was going through the drawers in the sitting room. Three drawers in particular were lovely. At some point they had become the dumping ground for old birthday cards, … Continue reading
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Tagged big wheel, Bray, declutter, healing, homemade, inspire, little things, perfect as you are, plastic perfect, real perfect, story
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Yarn and Patterns
(sigh…) I love making scones. In fact I’m finding it a little difficult to write because my mouth is watering in anticipation. And since I’m not actually making them, just writing about making them there is nothing to anticipate….. Usually … Continue reading
Awful Arabella
(Maybe it’s time to cut the grass) Ok, assignment well on the way to being finished… so I’ll take a break to tell you a story. When our children were little I used to love reading to them. I think … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, awareness, Awful Arabella, blue flower, children's story, forgiveable, healing, inspire, little things, loveable, perfect as you are, photography, story, yellow flower
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Debugger is not a rude word!
(Old door handle at Sheena’s house) Last Friday night Denis and I sat on the sofa together and watched a session from the Apple Developers Conference. I was not sitting there because I wanted to watch grown men applaud software … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, code, healing, little things, patterns, photography, problems
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Morning Pages
(Come on in….) A long time ago I read the book The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. In it, there’s an exercise called Morning Pages. The idea is that every morning before you do anything else, you take our your … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, calm, grounded, healing, little things, morning pages, photography, practice, Practice makes Perfect, problems, thinking, writing
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Why are we here?
(More patterns) I’ve started my de-clutter project. So far my room is beginning to feel clear and un-cluttered….. in one corner. This isn’t going to be a rush job. It took a long time to get this way, it will … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, baby steps, being present, choices, decisions, fear, healing, intention, little things, photography, wishes
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Pause between the Cycles
(Raspberries in Liam and Kate’s garden) Today I’m doing housework. Sitting here on the sofa, squashed up between the upside down side tables, the books and the cushions, it looks like I’ve been very busy. I like this moment. Before … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, being present, Breathe. pause, healing, little things, photography, productivity, story
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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” – Eleanor Roosevelt.
To celebrate the inauguration of a new president in America I started reading Barack Obama’s book Dreams From My Father. In it there’s a story about his father (also named Barack) at college in Hawaii in 1961 or 1962. One … Continue reading
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The story of Zac and the pooh.
During December I spent some time with my nine year-old niece, who seems to attract trouble, skillfully! She has inspired me to write the following story. (By the way, my sister, her Mum, discovered that she had started to re-write the … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, awareness, behaviour, calm, healing, inspire, little things, patterns, perfect as you are, problems, story
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What programs are you running?
I’m reading a lot at the moment, and different ideas are popping into my head. I’ve started to call this “organic study.” One of the books I’ve been reading is called Using your Brain for a Change by Richard Bandler. … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, awareness, behaviour, choices, healing, John Grinder, nlp, patterns, perfect as you are, problems, programs, Richard Bandler, wishes
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