Tag: life2
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A poem by Wendy Cope “Some Rules”
Some Rules – Wendy Cope Stop, if the car is going “clunk” Or if the sun has made you blind. Don’t answer e-mails when you’re drunk. You fire off something fierce. You’re sunk. It’s irretrievable. It’s signed. You feel your spirits going “clunk.” Don’t hide your face with too much…
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Enough is enough
“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” —Rumi, ancient poet Today’s blog is about some conversations I’ve had recently. The words ‘Enough’ and ‘Stop’ seemed to be recurring topics of conversations…. Are you a people pleaser? Does other people’s opinions worry you? Or,…
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Please don’t let me be misunderstood….
Please don’t let me be misunderstood….Part 1 Have you ever been misunderstood? Have you ever had to “fight your corner” to friends and family who know you well but who just have a certain perception of you? Do you feel frustrated or upset? I’ve had two specific conversations this past…
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In Memorandum: Rejoice!
Organising my Will I’m at a stage in my life where I need to organise my Will. I’ve been delaying it for years not wanting to acknowledge the dreadful day but it’s going to happen. It happens to us all. Fact. So I need to put my big girl pants…
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The Big Smoke
I recently had to complete an exercise as part of my writing course. After imagining there was a fire in my house and thinking about what I would grab, after my son and my cat I would grab this……… It’s probably quite wrong to keep your father in a box,…
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Insomnia
“Hello darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again.” ― Paul Simon 2am. 3am. 4.30am. 6am already. You know that feeling don’t you? Laying in bed, watching the shadows of occasional night time traffic sliding and glowing across your ceiling like a Hitchcock film. The tension heavy in…
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Is it ok to be Christmas-selfish?
“My mother-in-law has come round to our house at Christmas seven years running. This year we’re having a change. We’re going to let her in.” Les Dawson It’s creeping up again: that final month of the year when we round up our families like sheep in a pen. Expectations are…
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Hello, Tree
“You know me, I think there ought to be a big old tree right there. And let’s give him a friend. Everybody needs a friend.” ― Bob Ross As part of my recent writing course, we were asked to write a letter to a piece of furniture, give it a voice,…
