sometimes things start, sometimes they end, sometimes they curl up on a couch ...and wait for a treat...

cuteness

person of the week: Warren van Neel

 WARREN JOHN VAN NEEL

 

 

 

 

The best spirit, the most awesome attitude.

 

soccer player, brother, friend, son and colleague..
all the roles have 1 characteristic:
He is a 100% guy....
100% loyal to Zara ( and life and soccer )
100% committed to his work
100% engaged on the soccer field
100% fun

What a pleasure to have such fullness and abundance of spirit in our lives.
Warren wins person of the week for being 100% real.

 

 

newness

the beauty of a new thing...

 

have that new thing...

time to bow

like the autumn leaves 

we are reminded

that seasons

come

and go

♥

so I take a bow

and say thank you

for following me

on this blog

I'm going to start a new one

soon.

will keep

you

posted

I've discovered Jonathan Carrol's blog...

"Fear pounds on the door to our heart demanding to be let in.

 Joy is modest 

and often comes into our lives 

like a shy person entering a room;

 it can take a while to even notice it’s there."

J Carrol.

you can read his blog here.

I fell in love with it this morning.

He wrote the following as his blog- heading....

"A friend asked yesterday if this blog is addressed to anyone in particular?

 I said yes–

 it’s a love letter to someone I haven’t met yet."  

tuesday tales...

and some folk skip though life, with the occasional toe-bump-against- rock-instance..
and some trip and fall down and get up with some dried leaves in their hair
and some slide and skid and manage their footing and carry on
and some crawl... like they are so scared of the territory that it totally overwhelms them.
and some just dance
  ..  .     .    .   .  even though they are barefoot
                                         and don't have a fancy dress
                                                       and don't bear a ring



they dance.... because they are grateful.

especially for a Monday

Person of the week: Sheryl Sandberg ( married with 2 children )

for being real

and for writing that book: Lean In.

Chief Operating Officer of Facebook

 

For ploughing her energy into the corporate world in a meaningful way...

in a powerful way.

much admiration.

effervescence

(beautiful word... )

and the more I look at it, the more I fall in love with it...

Read more of this talented lady's work by clicking here to go to her blog: Plumb the depths.

she writes: 

"The written word is a powerful one to start with ( when seeking personal insight)

When we’re thinking, 

thoughts move so rapidly that we can talk ourselves out of insights 

 before they have a chance to land. 

But when we write? 

When we write, 

the truth can spill out 

before we have the chance to stopper it up.

When diving for internal insights, 

one of the best tools you can have 

 is a good question. 

 _________________________________

A good question 

will unleash the truths you hoped to,

 but never thought you would, find.

Below are 26 questions to ask yourself 

when you want a good, solid dose of pure insight.

______________________________________________________

1. How do I feel, physically, when I think about this situation?
2. What would {person you admire most} say to do here?
3. If there’s a lesson I’m supposed to learn here, what is it? (Only ask this if it doesn’t make you want to throw up.)
4. What lies am I telling myself about this?
5. What don’t I want to see?
6. What does this situation remind me of?
7. What does my wisest self have to say on this subject?
8. What needs to be said?
9. What sucks about this? (Full permission to complain.)
10. What advice would my five-year-old self give me right now?
11. What advice would my ninety-year-old self give me right now?
12. What beliefs am I letting go unquestioned?
13. What am I bursting at the seams to say?
14. What am I overlooking?
15. If this issue was a physical object, what would it be? What would its texture be like? Its size? Its shape? Its energy?
16. What’s the most outrageous way for this to unfold?
17. If I were telling this situation back to myself as a story, how would that story go?
18. If I decided to go off the beaten path here, what would that look like?
19. Why?
20. Why not?
21. How could I break my internal rules right now?
22. How could I break external rules right now?
23. What am I yearning for?
24. What object near me draws my attention? And what does it have to tell me about this issue?
25. If I had a genie to grant me one wish, what would I wish for here?
26. What am I thinking is wrong that’s actually totally right?

John 10:10

 

blessings roling in....

beautiful and bountiful...

♥

Our puppy is 6 months old today!

 

my little honey is 6 months old today!

yay for puppy love

 

 

oh so true !

“To action alone you have a right, never to its fruits. 

Let not the fruits of action be your motive.”

 

let's try ease.

receptiveness.

kindness

openness. 

truth.

whatever the outcome

awards function glitz... Clock tower....

awards time...

 

Work is so much FUN !!

gifts

drinks

laughs.

♥

 

 

and our new Chief Operating Officer made a lovely speech:

 

 

 

it makes it better

chanel..... and music

Thesaurus: Distress

distress

pain

agony

affliction

life

desolation

unhappiness

Person of the week: Kylie Bellard

This beautiful soul writes about being your own "white knight"  

and has powerful personal testimony to the practice of living your life to the full.

Kylie Bellard

She shares her own wisdom & thoughts:

Be curious about the way people live, even and especially when it’s different from your way.

Don’t assume you know what people mean.

Assume that people like you until proven otherwise.

Stop and smell the lilacs. Make sure there aren’t any bees there when you do.

When someone asks you to take a day off work to go on vacation, do so.

Don’t discuss religion or politics unless you’re in the mood for it.

Try new foods.

♥

Her blog is pure heart!

 

and now

we recoup

refresh

and recap

...

so that we may move forward

day by day

with integrity

and a sense of balance.

...

and now

eat

pray

love.

new life

just admire this precious new little life... 

my cousin's son: Daniel.

prettyness !!

Lizelle has such a magical way of capturing the truly innocent and pure new life...

here is to the sacred:

new life

and

the innocence that truth brings.

♥

The thing I hate the most

is hurting people

it tears me apart.

 

and I don't know how to do this gracefully.

i just want to row away

into the mist

 

Go Shelly Lewin!

This lady has the most accurate description of being in-love...

read more on her blog by clicking here.

Shelly writes:

 "Every single nerve ending oscillates with glee. 

Your flesh is alive; 

you can feel your heartbeat pulsating through your veins. 

Your breath shortens and you can hear nothing, 

only the thoughts of your own desire surging around your head. 

Scent seduces you. 

The rush lasts long after your lover leaves. 

You are smitten. 

They own your heart."

♥

she is so wise....

she has simple theory...

and she encourages us all to look carefully at our happiness-barometer.

ps. I believe in all forms of love... 

and I believe it is important

 to recognize your love for your Creator.

♥

Psalm 28:7
"The LORD is my strength and my shield; 

my heart trusts in him, 

and I am helped. 

My heart leaps for joy and 

I will give thanks to him in song."