This week my mind has been full of opportunity and things I want to do. There is a clear picture forming in my mind and I have started to draw it all up in my diary. It is really exciting for me and the best is that it is all so utterly achievable. And this trust in opportunity and possibility is definitely the reason I am most thankful this week. I still get freaked out by my courage (like yesterday when I posted the link to my photography website on facebook) but the moments don’t last that long anymore and have lost much of their power.
Many other reasons to be thankful for:
- Anthony has a freelance gig in London for two weeks which will recoup one month salary (now month 4 of not being paid by his employer). It is great financially but also great for his CV, his confidence and his experience. And I am super proud of him. They absolutely loved his showreel and were very complimentary. Have I mentioned that I am proud of him?
- Dharma has been a little star this week, very well-behaved and a real pleasure to be with.
- I did some great window shopping yesterday.Window shopping is great fun if you free yourself from the thought of wanting to buy it. Just try an admire stuff because it’s lovely.
- I lost another kilo, which brings my total weight loss to 7.7 kg in 7 weeks.
- I took pictures of my first neighbour as part of my photography project. I will continue my project despite not being able to go to class now that Anthony is away. I do it for myself.
- I’ve been chatting so much with random strangers it’s untrue. It’s lovely because I think that they go away a bit happier than before.
- I am thankful for the Charter of Compassion
- Thankful for walking places, I am 10 minute walk away from a lovely cafe, shops for daily needs. I can catch a bus an am in the city centre in 20 minutes. There is a wonderful park 5 minutes away and several other wonderful parks easily reachable by bus. It is important to look at all the positives aspects of where you live. And now that I am becoming more and more certain that our days here are numbered I want to take it all in.
- Reminding myself to be kind. Even when someone winds me up. I want to be kind. I am thankful for the constant reminder in my diary when I open the first page there it says: I am kind to everyone – in thought and action. I am not there yet, but I am trying. And sometimes you just have to thank yourself for trying. It’s like a stage show. You don’t start with opening night, no you rehearse a long time, things go wrong, you have to start over …
- Thankful for realizing that I can really do anything I want to do. I can achieve anything I want to. Work hard. Believe. Trust.
- My business website getting there. It’s almost finished. Some design tweaks, some re-writes, some more photos.
Have a nice weekend everyone.






As to sleep is what I would really love to do right now, here a little ode to sleep by dear John Keats, a poet I fall in and out of love with on a regular basis. “O soothest sleep”… yep, John, right there behind you.


