Be not the first to try the new...
I am finding this out the hard way. It is so difficult when nobody can give you the steps to take when you are the first. How difficult can it be?  Lesson to self: start with the end in mind so you don't confuse others. Clear objectives, outcomes and steps to take.
At the end of the day, when the endeavour is over, I will probably look back and laugh, but today I don't feel like laughing...

Change

Although change is necessary for growth, no change comes without certain apprehension. And, although we are supposed to grow with this change, we take the first step with the awe of a child.
I was chatting with a friend who has decided it is time to make a change in her life. She has been saying this for some time now, but it would seem she is adamant about it. Good for her. She is wasting her real potential as a professional and a person. But I could see the apprehension in her face and feel the awe in her voice. It was interesting to see that I was not the only person to approach change in this way.
But why do we really need change?
Is it because we are really seeking some sort of perfection or perfect state we cannot find in our current situation? 

Destiny

'It is a big word "destiny". I am not sure I understand my destiny ... or at least am not sure if this is called destiny.'

'If you consider that everything happens for a reason, then there is a reaction to every action you take. Running away is the action and where you are now is your reaction and there is a reason for both the reaction and the action. Destiny is but a coming together of actions reactions and reasons.'

I'm back

I can't believe it's been that long since I posted on this blog. Hopefully I'll be back with more to share and tell.

Life goes on...

Forgetfulness is a gift
The power to lift
The pain from your soul.
For pain is inevitable
Seemingly unforgettable
But just for a while.
But then life goes on
And with the pain gone
It is a joy to remember...

(13/5/09)

One Plus One

One plus one is two-
Boy do I love you.
One plus two is three-
I know you love me.
Two plus two is four-
Every day I love you more!
But I can't think of another sum,
To show you're great, Dear Mum...

(Written in 1995 for a pre-school Mothers' Day show)

Shall I Blog or Shall I Not?

To blog or not to blog, that is the question…
Whether tis nobler by my own to suffer
The silence and the turmoil of my world,
Or to fling my words amongst a sea of others’
And by engaging theirs forget my silence. To refrain
No more and in a blog to end all silence,
And a thousand other silences
That privacy is heir to. Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be abhorred by others.
To blog, perchance to speak the truth; ay there’s the rub,
For in our blog what truth may come,
When we have laid our breasts bear in our words
and caused some woe, and then be loathed by others