Everyday Fearless – The Book
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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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Feeling the Sky
(Star rising) I wish I could show you the sky last night. It was the same as the sky above you but maybe you weren’t outside. Or maybe you were busy and you forgot to look up. Anyway, last night … Continue reading
The eBook is out!
Well it’s finally happened…The eBook is live on Amazon! You might remember I mentioned it last September on this blog post in Creative Calm. So I wrote, edited, got scared, edited some more, went into a small decline, edited some … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, baby steps, behaviour, choices, courage, decisions, eBook, fear, goals, Graiguenamanagh, Ireland, just do it, Kilkenny, little things, photography, story, travel, wishes
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Kickstart Your Creativity in 2014
Creative Space Sessions. You might think you haven’t a creativity bone in your body and you might be right! Creative bones need to be nurtured and what have you been doing to nurture them? Saying things like, “I’m no good at drawing… … Continue reading
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Tagged baby steps, crafts, Creative Space Sessions, creativity, follow your dream, just do it, little things, story, wishes
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Fearlessness in Baby Steps
(French window) Ok….. so, I’m supposed to be practicing (from the dictionary: the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method as opposed to theories about such application or use) my fearlessness this week. I was figuring that might include … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, behaviour, choices, courage, fearlessness, follow your dream, little things, perfect as you are, photography, shame, wishes
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I’m bursting to share this thing…..
(Lavender) AAAAAh I was taking to someone over the weekend and they asked me what I was up to and I mentioned my Kickstart you Creativity course was starting in November. And as I mumbled and stuttered through some kind … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, awareness, baby steps, behaviour, calm, crafts, fear, follow your dream, KickstART your Creativity, patterns, photography, problems, productivity, sadness, story, wishes
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If you only had one… What would you do… With that day?
(Cute (Little gazebo in the walled garden in Marley Park) I have lots of old magazines. I brought three with me to France to use in my collages and montages. I didn’t really think three would be enough, which reminds me of … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, crafts, impact, Ireland, little things, Marley Park, photography, thinking, wishes
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Where do all the clothes come from?
(We had no idea there was a lovely walled garden in Marley Park, about 30 minutes from home) Right so we’re back where we started, everything’s the same but nothing’s the same. And my most pressing question is… where did … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour, coffee, Dublin, Ireland, little things, Marley Park, photography, problems, wishes
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Just Walk
You might remember my budding exercise regime? I was going to walk everyday. I was even thinking of walking on the wet days.Well, it’s been faltering a bit. Now, I had read somewhere that if you can repeat something for … Continue reading
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Tagged baby steps, choices, decisions, just do it, little things, nature, photography, wishes
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I have a very little fridge and I’m not going to fill it up with rain
(Some perfect scraps of paper) It seems to have rained all night so the ground was very wet this morning…. but it’s sunny now so I’m sitting outside on the swing. Since we got here I’ve been making craft stuff … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, behaviour, being present, choices, crafts, focus, follow your dream, goals, little things, outdoors, photography, problems, rain, wishes
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The art of being scared to death….
(Street lighting outside the National Museum in Kildare Street, Dublin.) Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you’re scared to death. – Harold Wilson Kinda scary being who you want to be…. Mairead.
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Tagged all is well, courage, Dublin, fear, follow your dream, little things, museum, perfect as you are, photography, problems, street lighting, wishes
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Imagine that!
(1,213 year old leather buttons on Psalter at the National Museum) “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but Imagination!” – Albert Einstein Let the daydreaming begin, Mairead.
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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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Happy New Year
(Way too much chocolate….) Is it morning already? I’ve been away in the land of Christmas and I have jet lag (or… sleigh lag.) So just enough time and energy to wish you a Happy New Year – it’s 2013 … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, dreams, follow your dream, happy new year, intention, photography, Success Teams, wishes
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What’s Christmas?
(Christmas is warm…) It’s almost Christmas, just another week and I’ve had very little time to prepare in the usual way, but I’ve had a lot of time to prepare in a different way. The usual way involves copious grocery … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, Christmas, hope, joy, little things, photography, story, thinking, wishes
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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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Good Luck!
“I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson Today could be your lucky day! Mairead.
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Tagged behaviour, choices, follow your dream, goals, just do it, photography, quotes, wishes
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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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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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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 – Begin it!
(When my sister began planning her move to Canada I wonder did she ever dream of this picture of her daughter swimming at their private beach?) “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic … Continue reading
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Tagged Begin it!, Canada, decisions, goethe, just do it, move to canada, nature, outdoors, photography, private beach, travel, 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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Friday Quote. Start a “good” Habit.
(One of the houses in the Fishing Village) “Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do)” – Stephen Covey More about the fishing village on Monday, Mairead.
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Grow your own… dreams.
(Ripening tomato) There were a lot of things growing while I was in the Wilderness, tomatoes, courgettes, lettuce, weeds, to name a few. Each night as I watered the plants in the greenhouse I was able to notice their progress. … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, baby steps, calm, courgettes, follow your dream, just do it, little things, nature, photography, plants, tomatoes, wishes
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Report from the Wilderness.
(River on one side) I’m out in the wilderness for a while….. and I don’t mean metaphorically. I’m living in the middle of the forest with a lake on one side of the road and a river on the other. … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, follow your dream, heart's desire, little things, now, photography, wishes
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My garden is in the work phase.
(Not my garden… another view of the Birds and Bees garden at Bloom) The sun is shining and it was very easy to get out of bed, not least because I’m off on an adventure with Ashleigh and Megan today. … Continue reading
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Tagged all is well, Bloom, choices, garden, just do it, little things, patterns, photography, productivity, shame, wishes, work
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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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We’re Back in Ireland
(We didn’t take think it was worth the risk) We’re back on Irish soil again and for a few days it’s been very hot and sunny. Today is rainy but I have high hopes for tomorrow. I also have high … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour, calm, choices, decisions, habit, just do it, patterns, photography, thinking, wishes, writing
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Early morning Bath, England…
(I often see huge birds as we drive along French roads and now British roads but I have never managed to get a picture – it took three drive-bys but I eventually got one picture of this bird of prey … Continue reading
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Tagged Bletchley Park, decisions, England, goals, intention, photography, television, wishes
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