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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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Last day in Portugal, sniff, sniff
(There’s a steep walk from the parking) We found another wall. In the town of Bragança in the north-east corner of Portugal. The town provides free overnight motorhome parking just under the castle walls. Unfortunately, the castle was closed on … Continue reading
Spending time with Vera…
(Notice the colour for the houses here is white and grey) I hear there’s more bad weather on it’s way to you. So I won’t mention that it’s been a lovely day here and I’m outside as I write watching … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, being present, choices, courage, follow your dream, inspire, just do it, little things, photography, Portugal, Serpa, Serpa Lovers, story, travel, wishes
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View from the Bed
(Having a go at grape picking) You know how when you’re buying a house you’re supposed to check out where the sun rises and sets in relation to your garden? Well, we only ever bought one house and we’ve lived … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, France, inspire, Limousine, little things, nature, outdoors, photography, travel
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Show Time
(This is me crafting last year in Canada) It’s that time again – Knitting and Stitching Show time! I’m very excited. Tomorrow I will be in a big room with thousands of noisy people milling around and getting in my … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, behaviour, crafts, Dublin, inspire, Knitting and Stitching Show, little things, patterns, photography
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Pensive on a rainy Monday
(Photo I took of Glendalough round tower last weekend) The weekend before we left Ireland I was down in Glendalough at a family gathering. Sixty-five cousins (four generations) from my Dad’s side of the family came together on a Saturday … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, courage, decisions, follow your dream, impact, inspire, intention, perfect as you are, photography
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You are NOT stupid!
(Lost in a forest of little leaves) “Everyone is a genius, but judge a fish on ability to climb a tree & it will live its life believing it is stupid”. – Albert Einstein. Put your attention on what makes you … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, albert einstein, all is well, genius, inspire, little things, perfect as you are, photography, quote
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Fly birdie, fly!
(What you looking at?) “The shell must break before the bird can fly.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson Is there something you need to break? Mairead.
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Tagged awareness, behaviour, courage, fear, follow your dream, inspire, just do it, nature, perfect as you are, photography, quote, wishes
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Art Works – Caravaggio.
(Clare street looking onto Merrion Square – notice the perspective!) I saw a documentary on Friday in class about Caravaggio (1573 – 1610), his full name is Michelangelo da Caravaggio. Poor guy, he had a difficult life, one of his … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, Art, behaviour, Caravaggio, Dublin, follow your dream, inspire, National Gallery, photography, problems
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Friday Quote – Once upon a time Picasso couldn’t paint….
(Remembering Canada) I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. – Pablo Picasso What do you want to learn to do today? Mairead.
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Tagged baby steps, choices, follow your dream, inspiration, inspire, just do it, photography, Picasso, quote, quotes, wishes
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Leonard and Leonardo…….
(Botanic Gardens, succulents) We were looking at a very good documentary about Leonard Cohen on Saturday night. It was called I’m your Man and had other people singing his songs from a concert tour, while he chatted to the interviewer … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, Art, courage, follow your dream, inspire, Leonard Cohen, Leonardo da Vinci, perfect as you are, photography, problems
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Watch La Luna by Pixar!
(Butterfly on lavender at Powerscourt Estate) I watched a beautiful short movie on Sunday… here’s the blurb about it. There’s a little boy, his father and his grandfather and they are out in their boat. In the beginning of the … Continue reading
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Tagged follow your dream, impact, inspire, La Luna, little things, movie, patterns, photography, 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
The rainy season has arrived…. time for a story change!
(Lovely day in Cashel, Co. Tipperary on Saturday) It rained all day yesterday and it looks like it’s ready to do the same today. As always it’s funny how I get used to the weather and think it’ll never be … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, behaviour, Cashel, change, choices, follow your dream, goals, inspire, patterns, photography, Rock of Cashel, story, Tipperary, travel, wishes
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Helen Kearney’s welcome home.
(Picture of Helen Kearney in London. Source: Scott Heavey/Getty Images Europe) I have more photos and things to say about Canada but first I want to tell you where I was on Saturday afternoon. I went to join hundreds of others … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, courage, decisions, dressage, Dunlavin, follow your dream, Helen Kearney, inspire, Paralympics, wishes
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Friday Quote – You can do it!
(You see that dot on the picture? That’s a man walking a tightrope between two (very tall) buildings in Niagara….) “People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things.”—Norman Vincent Peale Our … Continue reading
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Tagged baby steps, courage, fear, follow your dream, Friday Quote, inspire, just do it, Niagara, tightrope, travel, wishes
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Walking in Delgany Graveyard.
(One of the oldest gravestones with the sunburst motif) On Friday morning when I should have been packing (more about that later…) I was in a graveyard listening to a woman with a passion. It was Delgany graveyard and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Delgany, follow your dream, graveyard, Heritage Week, inspire, nature, photography, story, wishes
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Japanese Gardens Co. Kildare
(The Bridge of Life) Yesterday we went to the Japanese Gardens. Our admission included a tour of the National Stud (horses) but we just went for the garden and the food. We arrived around midday and it was busy, tour … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, baby steps, bridge of life, choices, follow your dream, gardening, inspire, irish monk, Japanese Gardens, monastic cells, nature, photography, travel
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Killruddery Farm Market is on again this Saturday.
(This way…) Last month we went to the Killruddery Farm Market again and it was lovely again. As it happens only once a month (for the moment) I decided to keep the pictures until just before this month’s one, so … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, creativity, farm market, food, gardening, inspire, Killruddery, market goers, photography, story
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A Town of Runners – beautiful.
(Remembering my girls) Last night we went to see a beautiful movie – A Town of Runners. It was set in Ethiopia, in a small town called Bekoji. There was only a dirt road from the town so it has … Continue reading
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Tagged A Town of Runners, Bekoji, choices, dreams, Ethiopia, follow your dream, gardening, hens, inspire, movie, olympic gold medal winners, perceptions, rain, sports
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Be careful with the lettuce….
(Perfect Hands… Granny and grandchild) I will be giving a talk in Dublin on Tuesday night and one of the sections is about being unique. I was thinking… we’ve heard it all before…. each person is unique. From our finger … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, fingerprints, hands, inspire, intricate patterns, j edgar hoover, little things, patterns, perfect as you are, photography, plastic perfect, Unique
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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
Really, Moira, it was no trouble :)
(View from the dart) Friday was an odd day. I went to Dublin on the Dart. I didn’t bring an umbrella, probably just as well – gusting winds. I didn’t bring a hat, so hair a bit streely (old Tipperary … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, Bray, dart, Dublin, Greystones, impact, inspire, just do it, little things, photography, story, trust
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Horas non numero nisi serenas!
(A bit of the sundial and fountain. Sorry, I chopped off the pretty parts…) In the end we went to Powerscourt House and Gardens. The house for lunch and coffee, the gardens for flowers and graves. One of the other … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, behaviour, courage, dolphin pond, inspire, nature, photography, problems, travel
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Kilruddery Food Market has crafts?
(Fiona from Treasurepalace) Yesterday for our Saturday date we went to Killruddery Food Market. I think it just started this weekend, but I could be wrong. Anyway, this is the first we’ve heard of it and it will be running … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloom, choices, follow your dream, gardens, inspire, Killruddery, photography, wishes
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Hello blog, whatcha got today?
(Brooklodge Hotel near Aughrim, Co. Wicklow) Every day to write this blog, I sit down facing a window with a view to the sky. I never know what I’m going to write about. I never know if anything will turn … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklodge hotel, fear, inspire, just do it, little things, now, photography, wishes
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Inspiring Spring
(Soon….) The sun is shining through the window as I write and I think this could be spring… or it may be summer. Whichever, it has certainly imbued me with a sense of possibilities, of renewal, of regrowth, of starting … Continue reading
The stories we believe…..
(Beauty in the eye of the beholder) So… I’m still here at the coffee shop and I’m thinking about the stories we believe about ourselves. When I was a new Mum, with a little baby that cried a lot, I … Continue reading
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A bit of history (apologies to history scholars)
(Lunch) Ok we’re in Berlin… on the west side… not that it matters any more. But it used to matter. Back in 1961 they built a wall, the Russians did, all around west Berlin. Yes, the wall wasn’t just along … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, inspire, little things, perfect as you are, photography, story
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Lazy and Selfish
(Kate and Liam’s unusual sunflowers) For the first time in my life I went to a cafe with my laptop. It was last Saturday. I had a green tea and an egg sandwich (yes…) first. Then I wrote for thirty minutes, without … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, break, easy, inspire, intention, just do it, little things, pause, priority, shame, Success Teams, wishes
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