Asking the big and small questions:
Why? Why not? What if?
There's something to be said for Kitchen Table Wisdom - you know, like in the old days when people sat around the kitchen table after a meal and talked about life, the universe and the meaning of it all - as well as the gossip doing the rounds in town...
Well, that's what this place is - a place to share common wisdom, thoughts and feelings about things important and unimportant, that bring us joy, laughter and happiness and that trouble, sadden, confuse and anger us ...
What I write here is what's 'real' for me. It won't always be PC or 'nice'. We're missing out on true connection and chances to grow and change because there's too little authenticity, too little honesty, too much holding back what we really feel and mean.
Welcome to my world...
I used to have a copyright claim here, but I've removed it...
Ideas don't belong to anyone -
they come to those who are receptive and are to be used for the well being of all...
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Thank You
As You Think, So It Is - Your Beliefs Create Your Reality
If your Reality isn't Working for You, Create a New One!
Life Unlimited!
Namaste
(the Divine in me, recognises and honours the Divine in you)
... lots been churning, burning, inside myself over the past weeks and months - half a dozen 'works-in-progress' posts sitting in the draft queue...
and none of it is ready to be put out into the world yet...
so, I shall communicate what I can...
AND wish you all a happy, happy solstice - may the sun bring us all sanity, peace and joy as we celebrate the longest day and move into summer here in the northern hemisphere...
and for my children moving into the dark of winter in the antipodes, I say: "I love you and I miss you, as does the boy..."
We've been having a snow "event" in Seattle over the past couple of days, and it will continue for one or two more...
This city is more used to rain - lots of it, falling relatively gently over an extended period of time ...
So when snow falls - around six inches worth over 24 hours - it's something of an "event"...
And watching the goings-on has left me with the question:
What is wrong with the American people?
They appear to think the sky will fall and earth will stop spinning on its axis if they stay home from work in a snow storm...
What programming propels people to take sleeping bags to the office, so they won't miss the next day's work if the snow storm arrives over night, as one female manager here in Seattle told a reporter she would be doing...
What huge reward or threat persuades wage slaves to leave their families to cope alone in the storm, while they don snow gear and trot, slide, crawl, off to the office to save the bottom line...
Isn't it time we got back in sync with the rhythms of the seasons?
Snow - quiet, isolating, dangerous... time to stay inside, to protect and nurture the self, to be with the people we love...
It's what our ancestors did...
Isn't it bad enough that homeless people have to survive out in the snow, without choosing to ignore the gifts and comfort given to us, and to endanger ourselves unnecessarily?
I guess the oligarchs really have got it all sewn up, really do rule when we turn our backs so thoroughly on nature and good sense...
Born in Europe and raised in the southern hemisphere, I've lived in five countries on three continents and in two island nations...
I'm a communications, marketing and PR consultant, broadcast journalist, writer, editor, event manager, fund raiser, narration and voice-over artist...
I'm also a personal growth facilitator, teacher, breath worker, shaman, healer, ordained non-denominational minister and celebrant, in private and public practice...
Diversity, equality and equity, social justice and sustainable community issues are important to me and I'm active in social change groups...
I'm the parent of four children, three of whom are grown up and living in other parts of the world... kinda interesting doing the parenting thing again, from the far side of 50! Not as much energy nor as fast on my feet, but maybe a little more relaxed, wiser and certainly more street smart... as I tell my youngster: "with three older siblings, there's not much point in you trying anything - I've seen it all!"
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