Family

Treasures In The Garden

 

The greatest achievement in my life.......

 

FAMILY

Like the branches on a tree
 We grow in different directions 
yet our roots remain as one.

....... are the children who still remain cossetted in my heart 

and I call "Family!"

The Ripple Effect

Welcome to my front door.

             From My Garden

Happenings in life are like a series of chain reactions

- just like when I throw a stone into the water and the

ripples circle out. Each event has an effect on the the

 next one down the line. I may remember the end result,

but not all the small choices I made each day that either

 got me closer to my goal or took me farther away.

Well, life is back to the mundane again - washing and ironing and cleaning and cooking dinner. I have done none of these in the last 5 weeks, not even making my bed.

And yet the mundane is important. This brings me back to earth and grounds me into who  I really am. Iam not the served but the server. There is no pleasure or achievement in being served and having no accomplishment other than having a good time. However, there is a accomplishment in having a clean house in making a pleasant, tasty meal, in being able to make someone happy, in being a human being with purpose a and worth.

And my memories are still there from my wonderful holiday, sharing my experience with my work colleagues and listening to their aspirations and dreams for their coming journeys or journeys they have already travelled on. Yes, I am back at work already. I didn't know haow much I missed the company of my younger work mates or the babble of small children asking me where I had been. Even they were interested in the story of being on the plane and the boat.

 I am glad to be back to the mundane. There's excitement and fun even in that. That is who I am.

Hoping all your dreams come true and I can be a part of your sharing of the fulfillment of your dreams as well . C.

Positive Day

And hello, on this great Tuesday!
Once again, today is the first day of the rest of my life!

And I am being positive and productive in today's journey through my life.

I let go of all negativity that rests in my body and mind.

Well what a productive day.
I did more than I planned to do. That is so great.

The sky is still overcast. We still haven't had any rain other than a few spots here and there. But I know God is going to send some soon. He's not going to let my garden keep looking so drak.

We mowed a lawn. It's quite a big lawn and we have to look after the garden too. But when it is finished the yard just looks so good. And I did my favourite part of gardening....pruning. That improves a garden so much. Came home feeling elated. So.... I did the ride on mowing in our yard. But no, I didn't stop there! I pruned the jasmine tree and got 2 barrow loads of branches  from there. Was I finished yet... oh no! I pruned all my cactus pot plants and geraniums and repotted aother plant. And then I had to finish because I received a reward of a beautiful, yummy pear and kiwi fruit SMOOTHIE!
Then after all that grubby work, I had a shower, washed my hair, scrubbed my nails and felt thoroughly wonderful! And just for good measure I did a workout on my abs pro machine and some weights for my arms and some toe touching, and then I came to do my blog.

And 2 good things that happened this morning...... well 3 really! Received the itinerary for our day tour of London and our day tour of Paris. And.... I booked tickets to see "Lion King" in London on June 9th. and lucky last, I weighed in at 88.3kg., the lightest I have been in 10years. Whowee!

And the only planned thing in amongst all that was mow the first lawn.

I think that was pretty good day, don't you?

I wish eveybody in the world peace and happiness and a day full of love. C