tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54700347838383349242024-02-19T07:12:38.480+00:00The Ramblings Of Bry...A free thinker
A free spirit
feeling trapped
in this bullshit
'society'
http://www.gofundme.com/The-Ramblings-of-BryBry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-57092115291069147212015-09-01T08:48:00.001+01:002015-09-18T22:01:01.832+01:0033. Another birthday passes by33. It has been a great month [apart from the 'summer' weather], which has seen me wearing a coat and hat, having to put the heating on at night, and getting pissed upon on more than one occasion... English summer rain at it's very best!!!<br />
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But, we have walked every single day, spent time in Worcester, North Shropshire, South Shropshire, Cannock Chase and Nottingham... and made new friends along the way.<br />
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Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-48934488558777049042015-08-02T17:34:00.001+01:002015-08-02T17:34:19.325+01:0032. A year on the road32 A year on the road...<br />
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Well, a quick year, lots of changes, good times, bad times, and crazy times... it has had a bit of everything this year. But, all things considered, it has been a wonderful year, full of glorious sights, nice people, fun times and many other experiences....<br />
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I am still doing and still enjoying my art, and [for the most part] selling it. I am proud of my work. Yes, it takes forever to do, people will never realise just how long- but I love it. It has become my living, and my head is always throwing new ideas forth...<br />
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Ishi went straight through the MOT, so no hassles there. This year saw me back at where I purchased Ishi, with two water leaks. But on the whole, it is all good, 8,000 miles later, and my home rolls onwards.... On to year two...........<br />
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I am still making videos, you can find me on YouTube, THE RAMBLINGS OF BRY. Mostly, the comments have been very supportive and it seems I am leading some kind of a march forwards, for many people...<br />
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So....year two begins, and we are off............. be well !!!<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>How many moments have you lived so far? Ten years contain about 5 million, so go and do the calculations. How many things have happened to you during those minutes, or have you made happen? Billions and billions. When you piece together an identity, a story of who you are, you choose only a fraction of these events as components of the narrative, a narrative already determined by millions of pre-existing ones, and you emphasize some episodes over others, and slant the tale to support your idea of self.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>You find yourself a character of a great mad/happy/wonderful and sad novel composed for you for untold centuries. People may remember you, or parts of what made you, when you leave this place. They may remember their version of you.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>I believe by being honest and true and living your life your way...they just might remember the character that was actually you.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>I feel that I have no one other than myself to please, no parents, no boss, my time and my life are of my own making. I simply please myself, dress as I please, go where I want, do what I want, become who I want to become. Life is all about living it...and I am living my life, and loving what I do, regardless of what others may say, do or think- that isn't important to me, never has been and never will be.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>While I see some people, many people, working for tomorrow, thinking and worrying about tomorrow, planning for tomorrow, they are missing their life today, forgetting to live in the now, tomorrow never comes! I live today.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>So June eh? A cold wind yet sunny, what's that all about? I spent the first week of June house/dog sitting...then headed south for a week, desperate to feed my wanderlust soul, Barton-on-sea, then Highcliffe, Christchurch, Poole, Milford, Kimmeridge...then up to the Cotswolds on a whistle stop tour...magical, and the summer has arrived, blistering too......</b></span></div>
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Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-76532080569277781982015-06-01T07:33:00.002+01:002015-06-01T07:33:40.552+01:0030. C'mon Summer...<span style="color: purple;"><b>Anyone know when Summer is due please? We have had some lovely days, cold mornings and chilly evenings and often a cold wind in the days- where has my summer gone?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>So, this is the 30th entry!! Seems a lifetime ago that I started this blog!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>In the past couple of months I have been to Dorset, Worcester, Shropshire, Avebury, Stonehenge etc... and still love the travelling life, it suits my wanderlust soul.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>Right this second I am in Oxfordshire, house/dog sitting, with 5 dogs!! It's all cool though, I love animals.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>We are having Mums ashes interned on Saturday 13th July. It sometimes feels like a very very long time since she died. I miss her every single day, and it still feels totally unreal to me. Grief is the price we pay for love.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: purple;">30 years since the beanfield, where the police proved they were pigs, acting like wild animals, the tories had ordered their removal, and these thugs went in with the frame of mind to smash up every home and hurt as many people as possible, then the rspca came and started destroying perfectly healthy dogs, just because they belonged to travellers. We live in a sick world. 30 years, but not forgotten....</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">Take care...and be well !!</span></b>Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-91331947048683220112015-05-01T14:38:00.000+01:002015-05-01T14:39:29.923+01:001st May '15. Photos<b><span style="color: purple;">1st of May already? Where does the time go?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><b>Be well -x-</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>It is nearly 2 months since my Mum died. I thought I would get over it, but I haven’t. This is not a plea for sympathy, I’m fine, life is good. This is just an observation, a report. Firstly, I miss her, we all do, but that is obvious. I knew one day she would go, one day I would have to deal with this...but I had no idea what to expect.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I guessed though, that the experience would not differ from other violent emotional traumas: first the shock, then a blank aftershock, then the busy period, the pain, disbelief, that constant ache, displacement activity, then perhaps a relapsing into grief. And after that and over many years to come, a slow but steady process of what sensitive people might call ‘healing’ and the rest of us would call getting over it.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Here I am living a few weeks of false-normality. Still numb, but with arrangements of a practical nature to busy myself with. I have had too much to do to mope around. The bungalow clearance seems to be pretty much down to me, I have had help on maybe 10 </span></span><span style="line-height: 24px;">occasions</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">, which is greatly appreciated. It is hard work, and my back has been killing me, but I plodded on...for Mum.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">There’s plenty to fill close relatives days when somebody dies, and hardly time to miss my Mum. Maybe we somehow put it to the back of our minds and just get on with life, forgetting that a quick call or text just might mean the world to someone? I knew that we would all come together to help each other over the initial days of pain and grief... but I also knew that we would very soon just get on with things, go our </span></span><span style="line-height: 24px;">separate</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"> ways, and not bother with each other too much.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>The waters had closed over my Mums head and the ripples subsided. I missed her, of course, but from now on, with each day that passed, I would surely miss her a little less. Time heals all wounds, etc. So now, I thought, begins that famous healing process.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I thought wrong. I wake up in the night, missing her. The endless questions... Should I have called the ambulance, could I have called sooner, was there anything more I could have done for my Mum, Should I have organised to take her to the sea side, or out for an evening, was I able to spend more time with her, do more for her, help her more, visited more, called or text more often.... I never told her that I loved her!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I now begin fully to understand, with an intensity that grows, that the world had changed when she died, that there was still a big gap where she had been, and that it was not closing over.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>And now, 8 weeks later, I see clearly that it never will. Now never a week passes, or a single day when I do not remember her, see a cloud, flower, star, sunshine, child, dog...anything and everything seems to remind me so much of Mum. Not only in the night now, but during the day, even at busy times, and at happy times, she enters my imagination, a welcome guest.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Quite simply, she has left a space that will never be filled, therefore she is [paradoxically], still here because the space is still here, and I can feel it all the time. The gap Mum left is not a vacuum, a void, a soft area of low pressure to be filled. The gap is hard-edged, chiselled by her into my life, measured by her worth, and ineradicable. It is a gap that contains memories that I thought I had forgotten.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>With this realisation has come another- that this sorrow is not itself a cause for sorrow. Regret is not a cause for regret. We ought to be sorry. We ought to regret. Death is not a ‘wound’ to be ‘healed’ or a ‘scar’ to ‘fade’. Once someone has been in the world, they have always been in the world, and once they have gone their absence will be in the world forever, part of the world, in Mums case part of mine. This is a good thing.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>How stupid then, is all this talk of ‘getting over’ death. How empty, how wrong-headed the exhortations we make to those who love us that they should try not to miss us when we’re gone. Why not? You do miss someone you love, don’t you, when they’re gone? How self-negating is the wish that others should not feel sad when they remember us. Of course they should feel sad! They can’t talk to us any more.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>It is right that we make an imprint on the minds and lives of others, right that we should be needed while still alive; and therefore right that the imprint remains and the loss hurts, and continues hurting.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>So I’ve decided that I don’t want to ‘come to terms’ with Mums death. It’s fucking horrible that she isn’t here. It still cuts me up, and this is a fact of love. I’m perfectly capable of keeping things in proportion, as Mum always did, but I don’t want to ‘get things into perspective’, if by that one means wanting them to grow smaller. It’s a fact, her life is a fact, the gap now is a fact, it’s not getting any smaller... I’m sad, but I’m happy that I’m sad.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>This makes us think of our own mortality. Will people think the same questions that I am thinking, when it is my time to shuffle off to the next life? Will they ask if they could have done more...or will they watch my videos and read my blogs, and hear my plea to them to keep in touch? Will they feel guilty, will they try to remember the last time they called or text me?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">I remember so much about my Mum. Her last ever spoken word to me was "</span><span style="color: #990000;"><i>Thankyou</i></span><span style="color: purple;">". Her last text to me said '<i>Very poorly at mo xxx</i>'. Her last card said <i>Thankyou for all you do</i>.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">AND ALL THAT BREAKS MY FUCKING HEART.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Even in happy times, it seems to be tinged with a touch of sadness. When I complete a piece of art, I want to show it to my Mum, when I stop and soak up a glorious view, I want to show that to Mum. I want to talk to her, to see her, to smell her, to be with her....</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">I didn't deserve a Mum like you, and am now full of regrets that I should of and could have done more, to make your life easier.... I love you Mum, I will always love you, and in time as the family fades away... I will still have you. My special, wonderful and inspirational Mum. I feel so blessed that you were my Mum... But I sometimes feel angry, bitter, confused, lonely, desperately sad and often simply numb. Life hurts.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">But, I know that it is OK to feel all those things and more. You were in my life through every single breath I ever took, every heart beat and blink of my eyes- I have the right to feel whatever feelings come my way, they are <u>MY</u> feelings.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">I hear the well meaning comments of 'she is at peace now' and 'no more pain', or 'she is always with you' etc. But I question whether those left behind will find some peace and feel the pain less....</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Obviously death is all part of the cycle, we know that. No one can live forever, but if I had just one wish right now...</span></b></span><br />
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Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-28291730067653772802015-03-01T08:34:00.000+00:002015-03-01T08:34:30.375+00:0027.RIP Mum27. <b>RIP MUM</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">I really have no words. Life just doesn't seem the same now, and the emptiness..........</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I wrote the poem below, and [somehow] managed to read it at Mums funeral. I really wanted to as it is my final words to my Mum.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I can't explain how I feel right now... but these words sum most of my thoughts up...... </b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>It is called 'I'm OK'.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">My Mum never forgot a birthday card</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">even when her life was really hard</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">she coped with illness in a dignified way</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">with a simple response of "I'm OK"</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">The best teacher this earth has ever known</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">worrying about us all, even though we're fully grown</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">always making sure we had plenty to eat</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">and often something special, or a nice little treat</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Even when life was cruel, and dealt you another blow</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">never once did you complain, or even let it show</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">We asked how you were, every single day</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">the answer was always the same "I'm OK"</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Mum was the glue within the family</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">always a nice meal and a pot of tea</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thinking of others and never herself</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">quietly dealing with pain and failing health</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">A brilliant Mum to Alan, Gillian, Kevin, me and Trevor</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's now quite obvious to us that angels can't live forever</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">With tearful eyes we watched you slowly fade away</b></span></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Although we loved you dearly, we could not make you stay</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The kindest and most thoughtful soul, its such a great loss</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now you're dancing in the magic dust, out in the cosmos</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">The hardest thing I've ever had to do</b></span></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">is say 'Goodbye' now your life is through</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I'll see you in the moon, and on the rainbow too</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">now every text I get, I'm hoping it's from you</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Not only my Mum, but my dearest friend</b></span></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">and it breaks my heart to see it end.</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nothing will make me stop missing you</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">but the lessons you taught will see me through</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">When the sunshine warms my face, I shall think of you</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">or when it snows, or I see a glorious cosmic view</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">we will all carry you close by our side</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">you will journey with us all, far and wide</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Now we have to move forward, remembering the lessons she taught</b></span></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">and hold on to her memory, and the things she bought.</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">She was so selfless, she would hate all this fuss</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mum is all around, and inside each of us</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">You're my guardian angel now Mum, sitting on my shoulder</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Whispering your words of wisdom, to use as I get older.</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sometimes I felt we were worlds apart</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">So much unsaid, now you live in my heart</span></b></div>
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<b style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Part of me died when you went away</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I miss you Mum, every single day</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">You loved all kinds of people, we knew from the very start</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">with babies and small children being closest to your heart.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Life goes on here, but it will never be the same</b></span></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">we try and help others, and we do it in your name</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">For if we try really hard, for the rest of our days on earth</span></b></div>
<div lang="en" style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Maybe we can come close, to what your life was worth</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">The most inspirational woman there will ever be</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">You were MY Mum, and I'm as proud as could be</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">A fighter, a giver, a great sense of fun,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The greatest gift I ever received is that you were my Mum.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;">On to other news. My art is really doing well, I am <u>very</u> pleased to say that after all this time, I am actually selling it- loads of it!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;">Thankyou to anyone who has bought a piece...you are amazing!!!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">During the first week of this month, I am going to have a sort out, and add LOADS of art to my eBay. During the last week of this month, there will be some absolute bargains to be had...so keep an eye on my eBay..............</span></b> <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/ishiart?_trksid=p2047675.l2559" target="_blank">eBay, Ishiart</a><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">Many thanks to all who have stuck by me. I love you all -x-</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIZMoAefiCI" target="_blank">Ishi-art sale here....</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>So, what will March bring? I am hoping that it will bring me some kind of peace, some sleep and some smiles. I am hoping the bad memories will fade and be replaced by the happier ones. I am hoping for sunshine...and I am hoping to get travelling again asap!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>As you can imagine, there is still a lot of sorting out to do, and we have to now clear Mums little bungalow.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I miss my Mums texts, her sparkly eyes, her humour and kindness. I miss her being around, miss her smile, miss chatting to her...I just miss seeing her.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I love you so much Mum -x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x</b></span>Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-17931553672741985302015-01-31T19:31:00.000+00:002015-01-31T19:31:58.548+00:0026. January/Art/etc<div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>You are born, and you will die. In between, you can do anything you want to do. It's society that creates the rules for us, but we can break out of that anytime we choose... some never will and some have a hard time living how other people think they should live!</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Find a way, not an excuse!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>You are 100% responsible for yourself, your actions, and the consequences of those actions – no matter if:</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>1. your behavior is positive, productive, and progressive toward your goals</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>or</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>2. your behavior is lazy, limiting, self-sabotaging, and stagnation-laden.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>You and you alone must decide when, where, and how to act.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Understand that nobody is coming to rescue you.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>No one will (or can) force you into action.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>You are responsible for your victories as well as your failures.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Nobody can orchestrate said victories or failures in the first place other than you.</b></span></div>
<b style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Is it time to wake up and act?????</span></b><br />
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<b style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Well, I missed my usual monthly blog last month- so much going on, and enjoying this life of freedom.</span></b><br />
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<b style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">The new[ish] news is that I have my own website </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">www.ishi-art.com</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I am STILL doing my YouTube videos... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRDl-IO1CLc" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">and... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8n5r4TlX4Q" target="_blank">poetry...</a></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">Oh...and eBay!!!</span></b> <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121552372858?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649" target="_blank">Bry on eBay</a><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>So, my first winter is nearly done, living in a van. Apart from freezing up once, running out of gas once, and being moved on twice [once by the wind, once by security]... it hasn't been a problem at all, I have honestly enjoyed it, probably more that I thought I would. Life is cool.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>My Mum turned 81 on 25th Jan, and ended up in hospital a week later, she is still there with very serious breathing difficulties. Bless her... and fingers crossed.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">I have been vaping all month- no more smoking [although I would </span><span style="color: #990000;">love</span><span style="color: purple;"> one!!] </span></b></span><br />
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Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-42100669536492176972014-12-01T01:00:00.000+00:002014-12-02T09:02:47.126+00:00If you try to live that which is past, that which IS will bypass you.<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>In many ways, life is change. We change. Our partners change. Our bodies change. Our goals change. Our circumstances change. Our environment changes. To be precise, all those things are constantly in flux. Sometimes, we go looking for these changes ourselves, but more often than not, they find us.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Dealing with this reality, and reacting to it, is perhaps one the greatest challenges we face. It’s also the key to our happiness, inner peace, and fulfillment. Learning to accept and welcome change is a life long journey. Each experience is an opportunity to explore this further and face our fears and illusions. It is a delicate balance of maintaining our sense of self/self worth and inner strength, letting go of our need for control, surrendering to the wisdom of our hearts, and being present, while also seeing and feeling our paths unfold before and behind us.</b></span></div>
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">As I said, it’s is an ongoing process. We cannot expect ourselves to be flawless and never to feel fear or anxiety or loss or other powerful emotions. In fact, you should experience them. They promote growth. But if we are aware, and through it all, remain at peace.. then all will be well. This peace I am referring to is the true peace – inner peace. It is not flawlessness, lack of emotion, lack of change, or a static state. No. Peace is simply the ability to maintain your sense of self, your core while walking through swirling chaos. It is the ability to maintain your sense of self through change.</b></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>To do this, it is helpful to begin to understand change as a cycle. To begin to sense the expanse of the swirling, twisting path that stretches out around us, that constitutes our past, present, and future. Many traditional cultures and beliefs have used a swirl or combination of interconnected swirls to represent life, the spirit world/the material world/etc. We are going to apply that concept here today, and use it to represent our individual journeys.</b></span></div>
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Since all existence is a reflection of itself, the cycles that we ourselves experience are also represented in nature, or perhaps, one could say it is the other way around. Think of a magnolia. This beautiful tree flowers in the spring. I love seeing it bloom since in my mind it represents new beginnings, and abundance. The magnolia begins its existence as a seed, and then grows. It changes, each season is different. Years go by and it changes again and grows. It blooms in spring, its leaves flourish in the summer, in autumn they fall, and then comes winter. Those seasons make up years. Years make up decades, and entire lifetimes. These lifetimes reflect greater cycles within the ecosystem, and then within the earth itself. It is like a beautiful, layered, swirling pattern, each loop dependent upon the other, each loop continuing on from the other.</b></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>The point where one loop, which consists of a series of smaller events or choices, ends and changes to another is where we find ourselves faced with a huge change. This is where the magnolia is plagued by fire, or flooding, or harsh winds. But we differ from the tree in that these changes provide us with an opportunity. The opportunity to choose. Not just to choose our outfit for the day, but to choose which direction that next loop will go, to choose our path. Note that the event marking the end of one loop and the beginning of another will be momentous. In fact, I guarantee that if you reflect on your life right now, you will be able to pinpoint 2-3 situations (or more) that serve as markers for significant directional shifts in your life.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>This change, while hinging as I said upon one main choice, will also be characterized by a period of transition that begins prior to the punctuated moment, and continues shortly after. When you reflect back on your past, or your current situation, consider if you are in the middle of a loop – in the middle of a series of decisions and growth stemming from one shift. Or are you nearing the end of a loop – do you feel stagnant, restless, slightly lost? Do you feel like you are searching for greater understanding, or something new? If so, it is likely that you are in the beginning stages of that cycle of change.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>If that is the case, take this time to build. Address what it is that you need to work on to resolve or fully benefit from the current situation you are in. Learn. Do the things you always wanted to do. And when life suddenly comes knocking on your door, you will be prepared. Make your decision with conviction, and then expect to settle in for another period of transition – this one more forward oriented, where instead of tying up loose ends, you will be building the foundation for this future you have chosen. Note that this can be a challenging time, and you may feel like you are scrambling up hill. But if you are aware, and conscious of what life has in store, then that preparatory work will seem joyous rather than tedious to you.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Understanding the cyclic nature of change is empowering really, in that we begin to realize that we are truly free to determine our paths. However, it can also be a bit scary in that we inevitably fear making the wrong decision. “What ifs” plague us, and we search for certainty. The thing is, that certainty is not to be had. The control we seek over our circumstances is illusory. The only certainty we will find is that within our knowledge of ourselves, and it is this that we must follow. Know too that even what may seem to be the “wrong” decision is never such. It is simply a different path, a different loop, but also one that will come around full circle to another opportunity for choice. So whatever decision you make, be true, be introspective, and then make it. Do not let fear grip you and paralyze you, because that too is a choice. It is a path. Inaction is action, after all. Nothing is static in this life, we are part of a dynamic environment and journey. All we can do is reflect, and do our utmost to ensure our choices and paths align with our understanding of our selves and our vocations.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Take some time over the next few days to consider your experiences and your story. Start to trace your personal swirl and cycle of change in your mind. Where did this loop you are in start, how did all the little decisions lead you or pave the way to the larger ones? What events were outside your control, and how did you react? What choices did you make? How did that lead you to where you are now? And most importantly – </span><span style="color: #990000;">where are you now?</span><span style="color: purple;"> Are you in the middle of a loop, in preparation for a change, or have you just recently been faced with a choice? Where are you going? Reflecting on these questions will give you a better sense of the “meaning” and flow of it all, of this complex thing called life. It will help you to appreciate where you have been, where you are now, and even perhaps provide a glimpse of where you are going, thereby allowing you to more energetically invest yourself in your present situation.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">It will also serve as a reminder that you are, quite literally, the creator of your life and the maker of your destiny. You are strong, and capable, so do not cower, or write off the responsibility to others. It is yours, your responsibility, your happiness, your empowerment....and your life. As I </span><span style="color: red;">KEEP</span><span style="color: purple;"> saying in my videos!!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>May every sunrise bring you hope, may every sunset bring you peace, One thing about this life is having the time to soak up nature and the wonderful sunrises/sunsets of October. I have seen some amazing views, although the camera really doesn't do them justice.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>This is not about my ego wanting to do something different, It is about living to my full potential, and if I am truly passionate about every aspect of my life, then I know I will realise very easily what I am good at.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I honestly feel that my life has improved 100%, it has taken on a new meaning, and every single day is certainly worth getting up for...finally! </b></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Life should not happen in a trickle, it should happen like a flood in you all the time.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I am still loving this life, and have accepted all the good and bad things, the bad are just little niggles to be honest, the good far outweighs them. Good gets better.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I have an amazing little new memory stick which enables me to upload videos much faster, mostly at the library...I prefer making videos to writing in this blog now, so please keep an eye on my channel... I also have a new wireless wifi modem for the internet- finally!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>You'll</b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> know </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">you've</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> made the right decision when there is peace in your heart. Stop listening to what the world says you should do and start listening to your own heart. There are only a few people in this world who will stay completely true to you, and YOU should be one of them. Listen to your own voice, your own soul, too many people listen to the noise of the world, instead of themselves. Deep inside, you know what you want, let no one decide that for you.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>My only regret is that I should have done this years ago...... </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>93 days of living on the road, and hardly <u>any</u> calls or texts from the family! I also noticed that only 3 of them have subscribed to my YouTube channel- I guess that tells its own story? I also asked them to share the advert for my car, none of them did.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I know sometimes/quite often, my texts are simply ignored, which is a real shame.</b></span><b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"> But they say never be afraid to let go of what wasn't meant to be.</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">However, I now have over 130 regular YouTube subscribers, which [to me] is amazing that all these people want to watch some silly old hippy banging on about life and rubbish whilst sitting in a van!!! [100th video now uploaded!!]</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>There is only one important point you must keep in your mind and let it be your guide. No matter what people call you, you are just who you are, keep to this truth. You must ask yourself how is it you want to live your life. We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone. No one can help us, not even the Buddha. So consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life? Also remember it is not your job to like me, its mine!</b></span></span><br />
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them. To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">the success of others as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile. To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticise others. To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble. To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words but great deeds. To live in faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you.</span></b><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s walking in the woods, chatting with friends or spending time with loved ones. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored. Everyone lives, but not everyone lives!</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple;">If people don't </span><span style="color: #20124d;">seem</span><span style="color: purple;"> to be want to be part of your journey, simply journey on without them, they will catch up if they want to, if not- keep pushing forwards expanding your life and creating a new </span></span></span><span style="color: purple; line-height: 18px;">horizon</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">If people really are too <i>busy</i> to stay in contact, search for new contacts who <u>can</u> stay in touch.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway, thats it from me, with new albums by Morrissey and Pink Floyd, I shall be beside myself drifting away on a beautiful cosmic journey, so do not disturb if you see a motorhome with a Buddha on the back and hear very loud music coming from it.....</span></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Being </span>considered<span style="font-family: inherit;"> '<i>crazy</i>' by those who are still victims of cultural conditioning is a compliment!</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Well, what a wonderful and magical time I have had, mostly in Cumbria, but also Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Dorset and the midlands, learning to live in my small space, and loving it!</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of simply being. That, in a nutshell, is what my journey is all about, a time to slow the pace of life down, feel gratitude and to remember that I am blessed.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;">That stress you’ve placed upon your shoulders is going to crush you. Get rid of it. You don’t need to be perfect, you don’t need to have it all sorted and you don’t need to please everyone. Place that heavy burden on the ground, throw it into the sea, expel it from your being. You will be lighter in mind, body, and soul. Say no without explanation.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Apart from that, all is cool, weather amazing, and I am making plans......its all in the videos!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Be well. Peace -x-</b></span>Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-56660028324908372012014-09-01T07:46:00.002+01:002014-09-01T07:46:39.844+01:0022. 'ISHI'22. Sept 2014.<br />
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<b>My [half a] plan is this:-</b></div>
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<b>1, Sell my house</b></div>
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<b>2, Buy a Motorhome</b></div>
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<b>3, Live in the Motorhome for a year, and still work fulltime</b></div>
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<b>4, Save as much as possible</b></div>
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<b>5, Jack in work, and travel</b></div>
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<b>6, Live a more simple life on the road</b></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>So I did it arse about face, but numbers 1, 2 and 5 have been achieved, and 6 is where I am at! Not too bad to have done it all in 15/16 months. If it wasn't for all the time I have spent helping my old Mum out, I would have done this within the year.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>We all make excuses as to why we can't change our lives, yet when it comes down to it, we all can, but most [secretly] don't want to.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I really wanted out of the dead end town I was in, for lots of reasons, mostly it held nothing for me on a spiritual level. It is one of those towns where people just tend to plod on, not really enjoying where or how they live, but to them it is home. To me, it never was.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">When you meet someone who is spiritually healthy, </span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;">you're</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> immediately drawn to that person. You feel good just by being around them. These people are magnets for happiness, freedom and generosity, and have a unique ability to enjoy the present moment. They are more relaxed and at ease with themselves, feeling that they do not need to impress, but simply be.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">I don't think in the 7 years I lived there, that I could point out one single person like this!</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>The only way you can achieve true spiritual satisfaction is by following your heart’s desires. Are those people really following what is deep within themselves, and if they are, why continue in the same town, often in the same house with the same job and friends? </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>1. You stepped out of the victim role and now play the game of designing your OWN destiny.</b></span></div>
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">4. You got off the emotional roller coaster, and your emotions feel like smooth waves on a clear day most of the time.</b></div>
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">5. You simply enjoy nature, and get out as often as possible to be amongst the trees, you sit under the clouds, and gaze at the stars at night</span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">6. You </span></span><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">don't</span></span><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> fear making the wrong decision, because </span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;">you're</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> aware that there can always be a spiritual lesson.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">7. You understand that freedom and happiness are qualities you cultivate from within, and the more you work on them, the more they grow.</b></div>
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">8. You no longer feel like you need to hide out of fear of judgment; you are the full expression of yourself personally and professionally.</b></div>
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">9. You spend time in silence daily and crave it when you miss a day, because you feel like something is<i> off</i>.</b></div>
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">10. You have the courage to let go of relationships that no longer benefit you because you understand that they already served their purpose.</b></div>
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">11. Your soul is happy because you find a moment to play and dream every single day.</b></div>
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">12. You </span></span><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">don't</span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> feel lonely or disconnected, and you highly appreciate alone time.</span></span></b><br />
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">13. You seem to notice details, colours, tastes and beauty with a sensibility that makes you feel like a kid.</b></div>
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">14. You express your needs and desires with complete confidence and without confrontation.</b></div>
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">15. You </span></span><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">don't</span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> feel like you have to explain your lifestyle, because you understand how it serves you and might not serve others.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">16. You’re able to be in the now at least 25% of the time; </span></span><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">you're</span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> fully present and in joy.</span></span></b><br />
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">17. Without smugness, you know you are awake, and understand it is impossible to wake others.</b></div>
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">18. You trust that life is on your side and problems are always opportunities or lessons to be learned.</b></div>
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">19. You are aware that society needs to change, and have started with yourself by side stepping it.</b></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: purple; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>The way it actually works is the reverse, you must first <u>be</u> who you really are, then <u>do</u> what you need to do, in order to <u>have</u> what you want.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="border: 0px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: purple; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: purple; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>For the most part, I am really enjoying this way of living. It suits me just fine. Obviously it is very frustrating not being able to watch and upload youtube videos, but there you go, shit happens. There is plenty for me to do, without that.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="border: 0px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: purple; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>The small problems I have had with hot water [lack of it], no electric etc, has bugged me, but not got me down, I am soaking up this new life, and making the most of every minute.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="border: 0px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: purple; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: purple; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>So life is good, I feel somehow more contented, at peace with myself and the world, I have let go of so much, and have no clue what is going on in the world. I know what is happening in <u>MY</u> world, that's all I need.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">I have had what you might call 'teething' problems, but again that is to be expected, and has not phased me. I have really enjoyed </span><i><span style="color: blue;">Ishi</span></i><span style="color: purple;"> coming to life and looking, feeling and smelling like my home.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>We have another family meet up later in the month which will be nice, especially if the weather is kind to us, it isn't often we all get together- and the kids all enjoy themselves.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>If any family are reading this and want to book a few tables, please see the files part of the group, I have asked on the group a couple of times if someone can phone, but no one has yet.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>My Mum had a nasty fall, bless her. So it stopped me in my tracks for a while, but she soon bounced back- especially after we did her front garden for her.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><b>A giraffes coffee would be cold by the time it reached the bottom of its throat, ever think of that? No, you only ever think of yourself!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E3Ph_iRErw" target="_blank">Video tour number TWO of my new home- enjoy!</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I spent a week in August doing my Mums garden for her, she now has a reasonably flat astro turf front lawn with a bench. Just the new fence and farmyard animals to go...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">August was a month of great change and new </span>beginnings. Finally the house went, and I am now living on the road fulltime in my motorhome named 'Ishi', I have joined the rolling people and I honestly couldn't be happier.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I got to see quite a few old friends, and some new at the end of the month, and have experienced freedom and a deep inner peace is currently washing through me.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">My life isn't perfect, but I am finding a new side to myself, I feel blessed and so very grateful every single day. I now feel as though my life is coming together.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's funny being parked up somewhere, not being quite sure where I am, yet I am at home!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I met up with Andy and Lore, and had a great time, just chatting and chilling together- often life needs no more than that. Wonderful people.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>So, onwards with my travels............. be well. PEACE -x-</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRhnxc8wsR4" target="_blank">my birthday on the road...</a> Me, waking up to find someone had stolen another bloody year from me!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCaUisbF70" target="_blank">Click and watch this... go on!!!!!!!</a></b></span>Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-19027212845662720642014-07-30T11:12:00.000+01:002014-07-30T11:12:03.195+01:0021. The whole universe has come together to make your existence possible.<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>21. </b></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>The whole universe has come together to make your existence possible.</u></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>This is my LAST ever blog, whilst '<i>living</i>' in a house!!!! Yep- finally, I have managed to break the shackles of the mortgage, utility bills, council tax and all the other bullshit that we as a society readily accept as the way it HAS to be............</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>This blog was written during the month of July, so obviously certain things may have changed by the time you get to read this.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I can hardly believe we are in August already! Such a quick year...the years seem to pass faster as I get older, maybe that is why I am on this quest to slow my life down, and do things I have never done before? It is a short life- so we might as well enjoy it.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>If life doesn't seem to be moving in the direction you thought it might, Just chuck it in the fuck it bucket and move on.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Do not try to reason with government, that is impossible.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Only try to realise that the idea of external authority is an illusion, there is no higher authority in your life than you.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>The rest are simply a few life lessons/observations that either I have learnt or need to remember, based on my thinking that t</b></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>he whole universe has come together to make your existence possible.</b></span></span><br />
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">NOTHING, is becoming rare and precious, everything is hype, noise, desire, desperation, speed and greed. We in the modern world are good at 'doing', but anemic at 'being'. Entertainment, computers, television, shopping, texting whilst we are supposed to be spending precious time with someone, or whilst walking and even driving. We cannot 'do' properly until we first learn to 'be' fully. If we practise doing nothing then we can achieve anything.</b><br />
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Most people spend more time at work than they do with their loved ones! Sooner or later, you just want to be around the people who make you smile. So today, spend time with those who help you love yourself more, and remember, the people you take for granted today may be the only ones you need tomorrow. Never be too busy to make time for those who matter most. Family can sometimes be friends, friends can sometimes become family, I am blessed to have several spiritual brothers and sisters out there, for that I am more grateful than I can express -x-</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">The most beautiful thing is to see a person you love smile, and even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Hearts are sometimes broken by the words we leave unspoken. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Today, the only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday. Prove yourself to yourself, not others.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>Sometimes your mind needs more time to accept what your heart already knows. Breathe, be a witness, not a judge and listen to your intuition.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>Instead of complaining about your circumstances, get busy creating new ones. You either suffer the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. Most of the time, the only difference between who you are and who you want to be, is what you do. </b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be? Stop living for other people and their opinions. Be true to YOU. I actually know of several people who modify their lifestyle or conform because it is expected of them, this fills me with nothing but sadness.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>There is good reason why you should wake each morning and mindfully consider what and who you will give your day to. Because unlike other things in life – love, money, respect, good health, hope, opportunities, and many more – time is the one thing you can never get back once it’s gone.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Sometimes life seems hard, but we often make it harder than it is. All you ever have to decide is what to do next. It really is this simple. You </span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">don't</span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> have to have it all figured out to move forward. Just do the best you can until you know better. Once you know better, do better.</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>In life you are either a passenger or a pilot, it’s your choice. </b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Not everything that’s faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it’s faced. Problems are not stop signs, they’re guidelines. If you want it, work for it. It’s that simple. Strength </span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">doesn't</span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you couldn’t. A problem is something that can be solved, otherwise it would be called an impossibility.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Remember, growth and change may be painful sometimes, but nothing in life is as painful as staying stuck where you </span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">don't</span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> belong.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>You may have to go through the worst, to get to the best. Good things take time. Stay patient and stay positive, everything is going to come together; maybe not immediately, but eventually.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Never forget where </span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">you've</span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> been. Never lose sight of where </span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">you're</span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> going, and never take for granted the people who travel the journey with you.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">We often forget that happiness </span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">doesn't</span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> come as a result of getting something we </span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">don't</span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> have, but of deeply appreciating what we do have. No, you </span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">won't</span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> always get exactly what you want, but remember this: There are lots of people who will never have what you have right now. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>Happiness is not determined by what’s happening around you, but rather what’s happening inside you. Too many people depend on others, or outside sources, to gain happiness, but the truth is it always comes from within.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Happiness never comes to those who </span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">don't</span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> appreciate what they have. You must be willing to loosen your grip on the life you have planned so you can enjoy the life that is waiting for you now.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">This month alone, I have taken her to 6 doctors appointments and to see the nurse 4 times. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">She has now decided on getting a mobility scooter, </span><u><span style="color: red;">PLEASE</span></u><span style="color: purple;"> can someone help her with this, in arranging it? She is trying to do it herself, but can't hear anyone on the phone.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>She needs a shed built first, with electric and a decent lock. I think her neighbour from down the road is going to build it, but this needs following up.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>She also needs a wooden fence built at the front, and would LOVE a water butt out the front, she is paying for water via a water meter, so it is costing quite a bit to water her little pots, plus she has to <u>drag</u> 4 watering cans from the kitchen down the steps to the front garden- is there anyone that could possibly do this for her, she will pay for the butt and give you some money for doing the job? If no one wants to do it, could someone ask around, and perhaps find someone who can do it- who won't rip her off?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>At the moment she is paying to have her grass cut, but I have arranged for the council to visit once a month, so this should now get done.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>She was also paying another neighbour to walk her little dog, as she is struggling with it, but after he disappeared for over 3 hours [a friend of hers saw him take Toby into his house], that is obviously now not happening!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">I just feel that it is a real shame that this old lady is paying people to do her garden, shop for her, walk her dog etc- life really shouldn't be like this, </span><span style="color: #351c75;">should it?</span><span style="color: purple;"> Is this really how things have to be, when we get older we have to pay people to give us a helping hand?</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">I know she is difficult to deal with, and I know she has been offered help and asked what jobs she needs doing- I know she wants people to visit her, rather than doing jobs etc. But if we are all aware what needs doing, maybe we can [between us], just get things done?</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>I am flat out with the move, then buying the motorhome, then moving in and decorating it etc, then I will be travelling. I will no longer be about, so <u>please</u> could someone kindly do some research on astro turf please? Mum would like it on her front garden- maybe someone could measure up, and have a trawl of the web, please?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>Obviously a lot of this has been written early this month, so maybe some of this stuff has been done by now?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b>I think I have finally sorted out her much needed ramps front and rear- watch this space!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">She is also really worried about shopping, and wonders if she could manage to bus into Abingdon once a fortnight. Obviously, she can't struggle on like this. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Please, is there </span><span style="color: blue;">anyone </span><span style="color: purple;">that could run her in just for an hour once a fortnight, any day or evening will be great? She will pay you.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">I think it is best just to text her, and say I am over on whatever day, and will be going to Tesco, you can come with me- that way you are not 'putting yourself out', which is generally what she thinks and worries about!!</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;">The whole universe has come together to make your existence possible, to exist in a decent way is to be kind, considerate, caring and helpful.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;">I hope at the next family meet up that people tell me they have cut her brambles down, built a shed, found out about astro turf, got a water butt, helped her with phone calls or taken her shopping. I hope this does happen, she deserves it.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">More than that- I hope she will accept your help! All we can do is to keep on trying, and hope we eventually get through to her?!</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Despite asking people for help, </span></span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">unfortunately</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> everyone seemed to be too busy this year, which was a great shame, as I could have <i>really</i> used their help, not just now- but any time during the past year. Moving furniture on your own is <u>never</u> a good idea! </span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">It is difficult to move on your own, even getting the motivation is virtually impossible, especially when I didn't know what to do next! Some days my head was full of stuff, do I take some stuff to the tip first, or box up some more, shall I start with sorting through cupboards, advertise my stuff for sale, clean and tidy, sort through a </span></span></b></span><b style="line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit;">myriad</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="color: purple;"> of stuff, clean out my shed, throw away clothing and unwanted items, or shall I do another charity shop drop.... I found that my energy was very soon </span></span></span><span style="color: purple; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">depleted</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">, especially as you have to carry on with normal life, like walking the dog, cooking, taking my Mum shopping and to various medical appointments. </span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">I have honestly never been this hot or this tired in my whole life. It has been back breaking at times. I shall need a good rest to get over this!</span></span></b></span><br />
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<b style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">What I think is a real shame is the amount of stuff I had to take to the tip, it seems such a waste. I did a few charity shop drops, and one of my nephews is doing a boot sale which will include a box full of my stuff.</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Although I don't like waste, it has to be this way I suppose, as I can't take it with me. I have offered stuff for free time and again, but no takers. I suppose this reflects the world we live in, we all have too much shit. But I had some nice stuff, a pc, printer, brand new or newish things including iron, toaster, dvd's, cushions etc etc -now all binned!</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">I already know that I am taking far too much, and will no doubt be downsizing even more once I get everything into my motorhome.</span></span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><span style="color: purple;">I have learnt that from now on, I will also be far too busy to help anyone move... </span><u><span style="color: #20124d;">EVER</span></u><span style="color: purple;">.</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><span style="color: purple;"><br /></span></span></span></b><b><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><u style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;">***</span><span style="color: purple;">THANKYOUS</span><span style="color: blue;">***</span></u><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"> To my nephew for storing my crap! Also to another nephew for agreeing to try to sell some bits for me, Ant for helping to pack some boxes, to my neighbour Vee for the amazing gifts and well wishes.... and a </span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">BIG</span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"> thankyou to all the people named below for their time and effort in helping this year to sort out, shift boxes, pack, decorate, empty my shed, load my car, go through cupboards, grab some shopping, cook for me, shift furniture, do tip runs, tidy up, look after Bodhi and generally helping me out:-</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Now, I am sure you will all be pleased to know, that from now on...my blogs will be </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">much</span><span style="color: purple;"> shorter!! Please read on to find out more. I know I RAMBLE on, but thats the idea of 'rambling'! But thanks, to those who have stuck by me, and read each blog. It does mean a lot -x-</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;">This house moving process is painfully slow</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;">I'm counting the days til I can 'up and go'</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;">I'm bored with packing now, I just want it done</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;">To be able to say my new chapter's begun.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;">The bookshelves are empty, the cupboards are bare</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;">I feel so knackered, as I sink into this chair</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;">I'm surrounded by boxes, by clutter, by mess</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;">But at least I now have one day less</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;" /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 20px;"><br />I've emptied the drawers, I've sorted the shed<br />Its all packed in boxes, i've dismantled the bed<br />I've taken the pictures all down from the walls<br />And they stand bubble wrapped out in the bare hall<br /><br />Brown tape and packaging litters the floor<br />I've had enough for today, I can't pack anymore<br />Still I plod on, nice and steady<br />Secretly wishing I was gone already</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I changed my mobile phone number this month, then promptly lost all the bloody numbers!! Every single number gone, and trying to get them back has been a nightmare, however- this is a blessing in disguise really. I had 97 numbers stored, now I am down to just 21. Perfect!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I have mentioned before that I might be making you tube videos once I am travelling, and I may even give up this blog forever.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Although there isn't a lot on there at the moment, please <i>subscribe</i> to my you tube channel, it is called 'The Ramblings of Bry'. Thankyou -x-</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">So thats it, by the time you read this, I <u>will</u> have moved out of the house, and hopefully bought a motorhome and moved into it!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I am not looking forward to sleeping in the car between the house and the motorhome, but in a way it will make the first night in the motorhome even better/special/magical!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Today is Thur 17th, 4 more sleeps in this house, and 3 days of back crippling work! After working til 1:30am this morning, and up again at 6:30am, you can imagine that I have <span style="background-color: yellow;">WISHED</span> that someone/anyone would just call to see if I would like a hand, even for just 10 mins, sadly it didn't happen. I know that sounds sad and perhaps selfish, but everyone has known that this day was coming for well over a year, but it seems there will be no help, no good luck cards, no calls or even a simple text. Again, this is the sad reflection of how life is now, everyone too wrapped up in their own stuff and working like mad to keep a roof over their heads.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I don't live like this, I certainly don't need this society, I want to live in a world that cares, helps, loves and isn't thought of as being fucking mental if you give someone a friendly wave or smile. We should be ashamed of ourselves for creating this vile insular world, I know I am.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I am here til Monday 21st, but already know that my door will not knock, and my phone will not ring over the weekend. I can't blame people really, moving anyone is hard work. I do appreciate that people are busy, and understand they have other priorities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">If I had any money right now, I would <i>definitely</i> pay someone to give me a hand. But I'm skint...so onwards and upwards!!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I have had no help all year long, and in that time have decorated all rooms, shifted furniture alone, and generally sorted the place out with tip runs etc.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Well, all that sounds fucking miserable! Sorry about that, I don't <u>expect</u> anyone to help me, but that didn't stop me from hoping, wishing and feeling </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-center;">exasperated</b><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.629920959472656px;">. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.629920959472656px;">I'm not having a 'go', simply stating fact, and I am fully aware that if it wasn't for my amazing nephew Gra, I would be totally stuck for storage, he has given up a huge chunk of his lounge for me, and I am truly grateful and blessed to have him in my life.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.629920959472656px;">I appreciate the offers to stay at various places, thankyou for the cuppas and meals, kind words and love that I have been shown.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">In my September blog, you will get to see my new forever home on wheels, a home that will give me the freedom I desperately need. I'm full of v</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>orfreude when I think ahead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><b>I'm sure it will take a bit of getting used to, but I already know that it will be a million times better that paying a rip off mortgage, and living in a place that has trapped me and tried squeezing the life out of me for far too long. It will be so nice to be away from the </b></span></span><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><b>fluoride victims of this dead end town.</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><b> </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;">The most exciting thing to ever happen in this town is the </span></span><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;">demolishing</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"> of 3 cooling towers, hardly </span></span><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;">riveting</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;">, but many people were pissing themselves, posting RIP messages, changing their covers on FB to that of these ugly and miserable towers, which people hated due to all the shit they pumped into the air, covering washing with little black specs, and cars with a nice fine scratchy powder!! People are now saying they were iconic, sorry- I prefer trees, scenery and natural views.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;">The landscape will eventually become one of beauty once again, and all these people feel is sadness...WTF?</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;">Sadly, the demolishing team did <i>not</i> expand the area, to include most of the town!!!</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">If I do make videos, which I think I will, they will be similar to this blog. The reason I called this </span><span style="color: #660000;">the ramblings of Bry</span><span style="color: purple;"> is that the word </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">ramblings</span><span style="color: purple;"> has a double meaning, walking and talking. As you are aware, I love to walk, and hopefully my videos will show you </span><span style="color: #351c75;">some</span><span style="color: purple;"> of what I get to experience along the way as I tramp around any place I choose to call home, for how ever long. I will probably also make videos where I just ramble on about life, my thoughts and other bullshit!</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><b>You might find it entertaining, so join me on my journey of m</b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>etanoia</b></span></span><b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.629920959472656px;">? It will save you from reading a very wordy blog, which I no longer intend to do.</b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><b>Maybe it will be more fun for you to sit and watch a video, soaking up the scenery and seeing me ramble on- than reading my millions of words?</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16.629920959472656px;"><b>I'm sure the videos will be crap at first, until I get used to my new camera and editing etc, so please stick with me. It will be nice for me to know that my friends are there with me in spirit.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<b style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">People, lets change the world shall we? If we know, or even THINK that someone might be able to use a hand, lets knock their door and ask. If we see a broken down vehicle, lets not drive past, let us stop, we might not be a mechanic, but we can offer moral support, a friendly ear, shelter in our vehicle or let them use our phone. If we know of someone struggling financially, lets just quietly put a fiver through their letter box. If we see a cry for help facebook status, lets not 'like' it, lets send them a personal message. Lets push an old persons shopping trolley to their car, help someone on the bus, stop and wave someone across the road, give a cold drink to the dustmen, say please and thankyou all the time, smile at strangers, help people up steps, take someones bin out for them, offer to mow a lawn or cut a hedge, do all we can for elderly relatives to make their final few years a little more bearable - lets change things. If we see someone who looks upset, lets stop and ask if they are OK. Lets become human, shall we?</span></span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 0.44cm;">I now leave this drab town which has become a bore</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 0.44cm;">Shutting behind me a chapter from my past</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 0.44cm;">finally the time has come to move on at last</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 0.44cm;">scanning empty rooms I shall never again step into</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 0.44cm;">How strange they seem when stripped and bare</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 0.44cm;">Till the house is but an image fading from sight</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 0.44cm;">like a street light dying in the dead of night</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 0.44cm;">my wanderlust soul is happy to be heading somewhere new</b></div>
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<span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>There is a lot of negativity in this months blog which I don't apologize for as I write from the heart. Moving is said to be one of the most stressful things you can do, so maybe that is part of it?</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I also believe we become like the environment we find ourselves in, and living in a drab and dull town wears you down...</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>But life is moving on now, I can let that crap settle and fade from me now, onto pastures new.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">Update. Just a quick update, as you can Imagine, I have been and am </span><span style="color: red;">very</span><span style="color: purple;"> busy right now, and will be for another 2 or 3 weeks.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">My internet connection is a bit hit and miss right now, but </span></span></b></span></span><b style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">I have 2 internet dongles to get to grips with, plus my new camera- so lots of reading, playing and swearing ahead!</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have now had a couple of calls and texts from the family, which I really appreciate. I have stayed in my car in a couple of places, which has been fine, I have loved the cool air on my face, the stars, the solitude and the much needed time to chill out and calm down.</span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have stayed at my wonderful nieces place, thankyou Hayley -x-</span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to Mark, for the lifts and for being there when I chose 'Jibz'. Thanks to Zoe and Aydan for the address, and to anyone else I have forgotten -x-</span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><span style="line-height: 0.44cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">The best news...<span style="font-size: large;">I now have purchased my home!!</span> I will be picking </span>JIBZ<span style="color: purple;"> up shortly, obviously that is what my next blog will be about, but here are a few pics....see you next month!! </span><span style="color: blue;">[Keep an eye on my YouTube channel !]</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-72686803306742465162014-06-30T20:41:00.000+01:002014-06-30T20:41:10.669+01:0020. Ridiculous<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">What is 'normal' to one person can seem totally <u>ridiculous</u> to another. Some recent Facebook statuses from my friends include these Gems:- </span>Great, stuck on the M25 again, another shit Monday<span style="color: purple;">. </span><span style="color: blue;">What a start, woke late had to rush to work and got flashed by a fucking camera</span><span style="color: purple;">.</span> I hate Mondays, I hate my job more<span style="color: purple;">. </span><span style="color: blue;">So ill but i have to go to work</span><span style="color: purple;">. </span>Another bollocking at work, tears flowing this evening<span style="color: purple;">. </span><span style="color: blue;">I wish I was appreciated at work...even just once</span><span style="color: purple;">. </span>Grr Can't go out, I'm working tomorrow<span style="color: purple;">.</span></b><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>These fill me with sadness.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>You have a <u>choice</u>, you have <u>options</u>, you can live your life on your terms. You can change jobs, work part time, ask for a better position where you work, leave ...people have become sheep, scared to go against the grain, to think, to act.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>We are spiritual beings, yet act as if we are slaves!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Normal is people dragging themselves out of bed too early, getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, use your petrol whilst driving through traffic in a car you are still paying for, in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes, petrol and car, and the house you leave empty all day so you can afford to live in it! You save a little each month so that you can escape this drudgery and have a holiday, where you sit and wonder what is going on back at work.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>You get a job so that you can afford to live the life this incondite society has created for you, but then you spend all your time at work, and end up with no time to live the life you are working for!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>It seems to me that the only way forward is to create your own life, not one mapped out for you. </b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">Life </span></span><span style="line-height: 25px;">isn't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25px;"> about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">The simple truth is, most of work just to get by. We work to make someone else rich, most of us will never get rich by working, plus- the more you earn, the more you spend!</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">So how do we get rich? Maybe by forgetting money altogether! We are [all of us] rich beyond measure, we have a life, we have as much freedom as we allow ourselves and each of us are a valuable and perfect human being who can tap into the deep personal and spiritual core of our souls, if and when we want to feel rich. Material things will never really make us happy, just create a fleeting moment of happiness. We need enough money to have a roof over our heads and food in our ever expanding </span></span><span style="line-height: 25px;">bellies</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">. The roof we choose and the food we eat, does NOT have to be the same as everyone else....we see everyone else struggling, is that <u>really</u> what we want for ourselves? </span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">Just think of all the things in life that money can't buy... love, respect, happiness, inner peace, truth, honesty, time, manners, clouds, integrity, trust, an enlightened person, patience, sunshine, good karma, wisdom, decent friends, sunsets, sunrises, </span></span><span style="line-height: 25px;">tolerance</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">, compassion, meditation, hope, fresh air, beauty of nature, a hug, a babies smile, the colours of autumn, dreams, fresh snow, a starry night, laughter, an awakened mind, kindness, memories etc.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">You can have some, or all of these things without spending a single penny, if we only learn to embrace the true wonders of humanity and accept what is <u>really</u> important.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">We didn't always have this ridiculous hang up over [paper] money. Before THEY invented money people used what they owned. Gold, Barley, Beads and even salt were all a currency at one time. I think we should go back to a bartering system. When something is done out of love and respect, the idea of money exchange never enters your head.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">But now we have people working too hard, even doing extra hours, seeing less of their loved ones, and experiencing less of life. What have we become?</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Too many people buy things they don’t need with money they </span></span><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> have to impress people they don’t know. Don’t be one of them. Stop buying stuff on impulse! </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Do not fool yourself into thinking wealth is measured in material objects. Manage your money wisely so your money does not manage you.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>The 'freeman' movement, 'wake up britain' and 'anonymous' etc, make me laugh. I do admire them all, and some of what they say is interesting to me, I also think they have some very valid and well thought out points and ideas.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>But it would seem that the large majority of their followers are probably just pent up people searching for some kind of validity, whilst doing the opposite, and playing right into the system. Very few of these people have the determination or even the balls to live by their convictions. Many still vote, most work, most pay income tax, drive a car, pay rent or a mortgage, pay council tax and are on the electoral role. They probably all register their childrens birth and some even get their kids christened! Some even get married in church, most give their signature away on the millions of forms we are supposed to fill in. They are taking out credit to buy a car or go on holiday, and pay all their so called 'bills'. Most would do anything the police ask of them as they don't <i>really</i> believe in admiralty law or common law, but they would like to!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Seriously, if you are working, saving in a bank, have a mortgage, pay road tax and income tax- then you ARE the system that you are trying to fight against!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Fuck the system, it is THEIR creation, not mine!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">I have found that owning a house, paying the mortgage, has become a noose around my neck. It traps you, makes you continue to work full time, often in a job that does not feed your soul. It also traps you into living in one place, makes you feel unhappy and unhealthy and drains your spiritual energy. It isn't like that for everyone, but that is </span><span style="color: blue;">exactly</span><span style="color: purple;"> how I feel.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Some people wait all day for 5pm, all week for Friday, all year for the holidays, all their lives for happiness. They allow themselves to become slaves. </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">Don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> be one of them. </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">Don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> wait until your life is almost over to realise how good it could have been. The good life begins right now, when you stop waiting for a better one. One day you will wake up and there </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">won't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> be any more time to do the things </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">you've</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> always wanted. Do it now.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 20px;">Your life is your own. Don’t waste it trying to be what others expect you to be. Don’t sacrifice your happiness to make everybody happy. Don’t give up on your dreams to build other people’s dreams.</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; line-height: 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;" /><span style="line-height: 20px;">YOUR LIFE IS YOUR OWN, SO BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE.</span></b></span><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">If all of that sounds stupid to you, I would rather be ridiculous than normal. </span></span></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 12.288000106811523px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Change starts with you but it doesn't start until you do.</b></span></span><br />
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I am concerned that there are not enough people that will turn their heads away from X factor and involve themselves in what is REALLY happening outside the confines of their four walls, but since people stopped thinking, what else should they do? They are now incapable of any rational thought, or sometimes even a single original thought at all. This is now 'normal'.</b><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>If someone stopped you in the street today and said 'how do you feel about Big Pharma', what would your reply be?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Normal, to me, is TRYING to live as free as possible, living more out of the system than in, living off grid. Wearing what I want, rather than what most people buy from the half a dozen shit 'fashion' shops. Normal to me, is being me. Tattoos, piercings, music, poetry, meditation and my spiritual life are not influenced by <i>anything</i> that society/work/people and the system tries to impose on me.</b></span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.</span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>A meaningful life is not being rich, popular, highly educated or perfect. It Is about being real, being humble, being strong and being able to share ourselves and touch the lives of others. It Is only then that we could have a full, happy and contented life.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Normal to me is being away from the madding crowd, doing my own thing and forgetting all the crap that attacks us from all sides, religion, politics, consumerism etc... I love to meditate and to be outside somewhere peaceful, that is where I feel most 'normal'. </b></span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Often people will not understand your way of life, or how and why you think the way you do, but thats fine, it isn't their journey you are on! Some will condemn you, as that seems to be an easy thing to do, rather than live and let live, it seems people are quick to judge something they have no idea about.</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Even friends and sadly family, can be too quick to try and shit all over your life. It is a sad reflection of todays money grabbing, brain washed arseholes.</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">Peace and love will always win in the end, and your inner peace can create an </span></span><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">invisibility</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"> cloak.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">I think what is often wrong in this world is that people are afraid to say what they really feel, they hold it inside. We are slowly </span></span><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">becoming</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"> very insular, afraid of our emotions, of being open and honest. Ask anyone how they are, the reply will be 'fine'. They are sad, but they don't cry. They are happy but they won't dance or sing. They are angry but won't scream. If they do any of these, they might feel ashamed or embarrassed- so everyone walks with their heads down and no one sees how beautiful the sky is.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">People pay tax, they pay a TV license or fill in the census, they pay parking 'fines' and never question bank charges...they don't justify any of this, they have no need- they just plod on, slaving away, brain dead.</b></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I called my water company back before Xmas asking for a copy of the contract between them and me, there isn't one. Water </span>companies<span style="font-family: inherit;"> do not contract with their customers, they simply send out bills, which most people just pay! No contract means no obligation. So I stopped payments to them last year. I got 2 begging letters, then nothing- apart from free water!</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>People seem to believe the media and politicians, we have been and are being fooled and treated like complete idiots. We are being lied to at every turn.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>People choose to bury their heads in the sand, and have very little idea of what is going on around them. We are all part of this world, wake up!</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">People jump up and down over the likes of Gary Barlow and Jimmy Carr paying less tax than they should- that is how <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">brainwashed</span> people have become! The richest woman in the world, the queen, never used to pay ANY tax at all, she now pays a </span><span style="color: red;">voluntary</span><span style="color: purple;"> payment. There is </span><span style="color: #20124d;">NO LAW </span><span style="color: purple;">to say you must pay tax. The fact is people must be </span></span><span style="color: purple;">jealous</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"> of those that either don't pay tax, or have found a nice little loop hole...yet they will continue, brain dead!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">When you wake up, you start to realise how fucking ridiculous this world is. However, waking up is clearly a choice it would seem!</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">What do most people know [or care] about Fracking, Chemtrails, GMOs, </span>Fluoride<span style="font-family: inherit;">, Monsanto, HAARP, </span>Vaccinations<span style="font-family: inherit;">, GCHQ, Fukushima, Big Pharma, Atos, </span></b></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Aspartame,</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"> </span><b style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Banks or politics.... not a lot is the answer.</span></b><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yet they know much more about so called celebrities and the complete bullshit they are fed via the television and newspapers!! But thats being 'normal'.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would urge people to learn about/research/understand each of the things I have just mentioned, and many more, before they next post a photo of their dinner on Facebook, or veg out in front of their brain stealing televisions.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Isn't it time you woke up? Don't you owe it to yourself to understand the world you are living in?</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Everything you've ever done, every person you have ever met, every experience you've ever had, is a part of who you are today.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>The mellow and the mad times, happy and sad. All this adds layers to your being and colourful depths to your soul. Everything needed to be as it was, so that you could grow into who you are and will be.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Each new sun, each new day is a gift to be cherished...and lived.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Remember the good times and learn from the bad. Enjoy living your life your way, find peace and follow your bliss.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR0n9HUdeiM#t=44" target="_blank">Click this...safe in place [for Lore] -x-</a></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Click the above. </span>Daughter<span style="color: purple;">, are a new band [to me]. I have been playing them non-stop this week. They have loads of vids on You Tube... <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ohdaughter?fref=ts" target="_blank">Daughter on Facebook</a></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Here is something new [and amazing] for you, his name is </span>Ed Alleyne-Johnson<span style="color: purple;">, you can find him on you tube... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQYj9kdF_Es" target="_blank">Shine on</a></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Far too talented for the likes of Britains got talent etc, well worth a listen. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EdAlleyneJohnson" target="_blank">Ed on Facebook</a></b></span><br />
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">1, If you read newspapers, stop now.</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">2, If you watch the mainstream news, again STOP!</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">3, If you can imagine a different way of life for yourself- go for it.</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">4, If you didn't spend some time in nature today, hang your head in shame!</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">5, Turn off everything electronic, and have a think how to simplify your life.</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">6, Ask yourself, do you work because of the love of it, or for money?</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">7, How can you live by spending less? Maybe even earning less?</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">8, Stop watching TV, just for one week. Talk, walk, live. Sit under the stars.</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">9, Pull a sickie from work, walk barefoot on the land, and do some soul searching.</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">10, Wake up, the info is out there.</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">11, Do something different today, go somewhere new, start a hobby.</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">12, Meditate or think deeply about life and what you REALLY want to get out of it.</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">13, Treat yourself. Have a crazy spending day, a new tattoo, a huge cake, something new to wear?</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">14, Think of yourself in a week, then a month, then a year. How will your life move on, how will you have grown, where will you be and what might you be doing?</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">15, Plan a trip, a break and evening out- but somewhere new and interesting.</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">16, Pick 5 places to visit, and aim to spend a day in each of these places over the next 6 months.</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">17, Throw your TV in the bin!</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">18, Buy some new books, go to an evening class, or do something that challenges you.</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">19, Try to catch as many sunrises/sunsets as you can this next month.</b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">20, Turn your mobile phone off, even just for one day!</b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>The start of this month found me in real gut wrenching pain, I actually felt sick with the pain from my back and hip. It is the Osteoarthritis. I don't think the meds I am currently taking do a thing! I go to bed in pain, wake during the night in pain, and spend all day long in pain...it is a fucking pain!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>So, I actually made a doctors appointment. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative condition [my doc called it a degenerative <i>disease</i>], it would seem that mine has accelerated recently.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I am now on much stronger painkillers and they have upped the strength of the </span>anti inflammatories<span style="font-family: inherit;"> as well.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Things are better, not great, but better. My mornings are definitely the worst, it seems to take ages before I can do very much and I am often still in pain for the first few hours.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The truth is, I am pissed off with it really. Getting up in pain and remembering to take various meds throughout the day. I think I have been fooling myself into thinking that it will go one of these days, it is hard to think that this is now the way things are.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">But I have to be positive and put it to the back of my mind as much as I can. I can't do all the things I used to be able to do- but I can still do a lot, and I intend to live life to the full. Fuck you Osteoarthritis !!!!!!!!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>You will remember from my last blog that I was taking my Mum out for a surprise day? Well it all went to plan, the weather was beyond fantastic. We went on a steam train through the glorious Buckinghamshire countryside, she loved it! Her little face was blissful and glowing... <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">We had wall to wall sunshine with wonderful white fluffy clouds. The train chugged away from the platform billowing its steam high into the still air, and we were off into a magical summery landscape. The dog roses seem so big this year? It was a wonderful day, and to see my Mum happy, relaxed and smiling was just perfect.</b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>She doesn't like surprises, but text me later that day to thank me for an experience that she will '<i>never ever forget</i>', bless her.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I thought I would just mention the complete shit that sometimes goes on with certain people on Facebook. Facebook has [for me] become a necessary evil in todays society. For keeping in touch, it has become peoples main choice, even texting or calling less, due to the fact that we are able to send a quick message to each other.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I really enjoy keeping up with what is happening in my friends and families lives, but certain things drive me mad, the constant silly posts, which people know [or would if their brain worked] are not true, it is full of silly hoaxes and spam bullshit.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I have recently been trying to find out how someone in the family is doing, health wise. I put a short message on the boys mothers wall, just asking what the hospital has said, and this was deleted! No message, no comment- just deleted!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Two days later, I was blocked and deleted! I'm heartbroken!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Sadly, it means that this person is no longer a member of the 'family meet up' group, tells its own story I suppose?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>So, I think that once I am in my motorhome, I shall have to have a good clear out of my Facebook, and only keep people that are interesting to me, or that I feel I have a strong connection with. So the morons of the world will fade away, allowing me time to connect with decent and intelligent people, rather than having to wade through a mountain of shit before something interesting crops up!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>As I say, Facebook does seem to have two sides to it, and I love feeling connected with family and some close friends, I love seeing their photos, and hearing what they have been up to and seeing the places they go to. I have connected with some old friends too, which is fantastic. But a lot of stuff on Facebook is crap which takes time to either try and avoid, report or skip by, it also sometimes takes head space!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Bodhi is doing very well, and seems to be very settled here with me. He makes me laugh every single day, some of the silly things he gets up to!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>He really is a great little dog, I can say that I love my little pogonophile to bits. He loves to be outside, we walk every single day come rain or shine. On Friday 27th June, we both got a good soaking, after leaving in the sunshine, the sky opened up, although I was probably only a mile from home, I was soaked to the skin- right through my clothing! Sometimes we have a series of short walks, other times we go on a bit of a treck. He seems very content out in the woods and fields, and will walk his legs off.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>He comes back every time I have let him off the lead and generally seems to be a happy little dog, still a way to go with his confidence, but we are getting there.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I can't stand being indoors, life is too short to sit at home, so we are very well matched. I will make sure he has a happy life, is well travelled, and knows just how much he is loved.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Sometimes, when he is outside, I go upstairs and hide. He comes rushing up, looking everywhere for me. When he finally finds me, he stamps his front feet- asking me to chase him! I am learning to read him quite well now.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>He still loves to be brushed and is really happy to get in the car. He loves every single dog he has met, although he isn't too keen on certain people at first, it takes him a while to find his confidence, but he has such a sweet nature, not a bad bone in his body.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>He desperately wants to catch a fly or moth, but he is crap at it. It keeps him happy and busy for ages just trying to catch the little bastards!!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I think [and hope] that dogs take after their owners, so hopefully he will be a laid back little boy- although I shall go mad if he comes back home covered in tattoos and piercings!!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I have only had him for 7 weeks, but I couldn't imagine life without him now!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Someone called me 'a right rebel' the other day. </span><span style="color: #990000;">What does that even mean?</span><span style="color: purple;"> I am not sure why and when I asked, she replied '</span><i style="color: purple;">just look at you</i><span style="color: purple;">'.</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>As I say, I'm not '<i>normal</i>', infact I'm quite ridiculous, but we live a ridiculous life, so I probably do fit in quite well really?!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I'm still not sure what she was referring to, but if being a 'rebel' is being yourself, then yes- thats me. I can only see 3 different types of people around me, the slaves, the sheep and the free.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25px;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The only person you are destined to become is the person you </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">decide</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to be....</span></b></span></span><b style="color: purple;">the slave, the sheep or the free- <u>you</u> decide.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Rebellion is when you look society in the face and say I understand who you want me to be, but I'm going to show you who I actually am.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion, </span></span></b></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.</b></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">To me, I think as we age, we become more comfortable in our own skin, the middle and the last part of life is a spiritual concern where you find your own ataraxia. You need to find a context to put your life into, that will allow you to go through it with as much grace and balance as possible, even if there is rebellion and adventure and exploration and resistance.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Naturally, we could all toe the line, wear beige, don't stand up for what we believe in, live life set by someone elses rules, believe in the system and become a slave to it. We could simply lose ourselves and fade away, but how fucking boring would that be?</span></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I'm here, a pilgarlic </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">free spirited</span><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> man with my own style and thoughts, my own opinions, ideas, dreams, wants and needs. I have always done what I want to do, and always will- if that makes me a rebel, so be it. We are here </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ONCE</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">!</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>This once that we are here should be an amazing time, we should be blessed to live each day, each second of every day.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Don't let the actions of others make you cold and bitter on the inside, learn from it, there are arseholes in this world, allow them to be exactly that and move on past them towards decent people with love in their hearts. You will attract decent people to you, if you are a decent person. If you are an arsehole, don't be surprised if all around you are arseholes.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Wake up in the morning and do what you feel is right, follow your dreams and above all, just be yourself. The peace you seek is already inside, let the barriers down, show yourself in all your glory and be the type of person that you want to meet. </span><span style="color: #20124d;">Who are you when no one's watching?</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Some people will judge you, even though they have no right. But that says more about them than it ever could about you. They might have formed an opinion through stories they have heard about you, but they have never felt what you feel in your heart.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>The people who are meant to be in your life will always gravitate back towards you, no matter how far you or they wander.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>But, sometimes, we have to allow some people to distance themselves, even let them go, so that we can continue on our journey and continue to grow. We can do this safe in the knowledge that we tried. Somethings are not meant to be... but there are a lot of 'somethings' out there.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>So please, know yourself, be yourself, and allow the universe to guide you and attract like minded souls towards you. Souls recognise each other by the way they feel, not by how they look or what they say.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Fact: Some people will better your life by being in it, while others will better it by staying out.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Sometimes you meet someone, and it’s so clear that the two of you, on some level belong together. As lovers, or as friends, or as family, or as something entirely different. You just work, whether you understand one another or </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">you're</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> in love or </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">you're</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> partners in crime. You meet these people throughout your life, out of nowhere, under the strangest circumstances, and they help you feel alive. I </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> know if that makes me believe in coincidence, or fate, or sheer blind luck, but it definitely makes me believe in something.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Personally, I have found that by really being myself in this fucked up world, that slightly alternative type people have gravitated towards me, which I am more than happy about, as these people have lived a life, have a story to tell, and are the decent honest people that my heart seeks, even if they are </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">considered</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> to be 'rebels'.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A present from my sister, Thanks Gill. <br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">All in all my June has been pretty good. Although I started the month in a lot of pain, the new meds seem to be helping a lot [most of the time].</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I have still been out and about every day, and enjoyed being in nature as much as possible. </span></span></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Wherever we may come alive, that is the area in which we are spiritual. </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realising that you <u>are</u> the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves</b><span style="color: #000066; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></span><br />
<b style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The sunshine on my skin each day really makes me feel alive, even the rain has its own kind of magic. It is so nice to see the trees all plump with their greenness after a miserable long and wet winter. The floods from a few months ago are now a distant memory, apart from in the grass which is lush and vibrant green this summer.</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I have really enjoyed the quiet early morning walks, there is something very satisfying about going out early wearing just a t shirt, safe in the knowledge that your dick won't drop off in the cold whilst soaking up the views and allowing my mind to wander in silent reverie. I really love seeing all the wildlife, the wild flowers, and especially the beautiful trees. At every turn there is something different and wonderful to see, this time of the year is made to be outside as much as you possibly can. <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it.</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #304050; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><b style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">truest</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> saying ever must be '<i>time spent in nature, is never wasted time</i>'.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Naturally the weather </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">forecasters</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> have </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">predicted</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> some terrible storms and issued a number of 'severe weather warnings', as they like to do. We have had [I think] 5 days of rain this month, 25 days of either fantastic or pretty decent weather! The one true storm we had this month was fantastic, thunder and beautiful blue </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">lightning</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">- lasting for hours. I laid on my bed with the curtains wide open, savouring every second. Bodhi showed me he is just a little puppy after all, burying his head under my </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">armpit</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">, and needing buckets of reassurance, bless him!</span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Obviously I have been on a steam train this month, something new to me!</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I have also been to a few different woods, lanes and other places with Bodhi, it is so nice seeing him progress into a happy little soul. I think he enjoys soaking up the views as much as me!</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">One late evening found me and him walking along the ridgeway til about 11pm, it was warm still, and we were blessed to see a lovely orange and red sunset, my camera doesn't do colours very well, so no point in a poor quality photo on here, but my eyes and my heart saw it.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Its nice being up so high, and seeing the day settle into night over the valley, and the air as it cools down and softly blows over my hot skin is wonderful.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I have woken very early this month, often at 5:30am. But if the day is nice or looks like it will be a nice day, then an early start is fine with me. There is something magical about waking up as the day is also waking up, the air is clean and pure, and the sky is often magnificent.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I love greeting the morning sunshine, seeing the birds full of life and generally being out there, right amongst it all.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I completely did my Mums garden for her, including all the pots, weeding, mowing and rubbish removal.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Sadly I didn't hear from <u>anyone</u> in the family about any ideas they may have to help her, so I don't know what will happen now. But, for now, she is happy and proud of her colourful little space. </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I'm not sure I have the energy, but she would still like a wooden fence erected, also she wants her new side fence and gate creosoted, if anyone wants to help?</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Also, anyone fancy spraying some weed killer on the brambles in her back garden? She cut her face on the bloody things, and is worried her little dog might get cut. Maybe someone could strim them down?</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The front gravel area also needs weedkiller sprayed on it.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">A nice thing that someone could do for her would be to take her to Southsea for the day, or even just a few hours. She has asked me to look at coach trips there, she wants to take Toby along the beach for an hour. I'm sure she would like it if someone could drive her, or maybe go on the coach with her, just to help her on and off, and give her some company? Obviously any week day or even a weekend would be fine with her. Anyone fancy it?</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Also, she would love a tower [like the council displays] in her front garden. Either metal or wood. That way, she would only need the one display, and could actually reach it to weed and water it. You know the sort of thing, large round at the base, with two more rounds each getting smaller!</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Anyone have any ideas, please?</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">She has had a lot of trouble with her hip and knee during this month, and even got me to take her to look at some disabled 'carts'. She is worrying about being housebound once I am off on my travels. She would need a little shed built at the side of her place, if she was to ever get one...but this is not something I can easily do or afford at the moment. Again, I would ask the family if they can suggest anything, please?</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">She had to cope for two days without her mobile phone- and was crawling the walls, bless her! She said she felt miserable without it, it is her lifeline....and there was me thinking it was just dead head teenagers with their heads bowed towards their phones every 2 minutes!!!</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">So yeah, a pretty good month. However, I dearly wish that I was somewhere else! I can't wait to move on now, I never tend to settle for too long, and this place has more than worn out its welcome!</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I find this town to be one long bore, there is very little here for me on a spiritual level, if the sun shines and I feel like a walk, I have to head out of the town. There are some nice places once you leave this drab place behind.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The UK has approx 2000 towns, 5000 villages, 60 plus cities, plus lots of beaches, countryside areas, hamlets, woods and forests. Why would anyone want to be stuck in just one place?</span></span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple;">Most</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: purple;"> of my stuff has been sold, given away or thrown away now, and the house is actually quite empty. It is no longer a home.</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple;">I </span><span style="color: #990000;">really</span><span style="color: purple;"> miss my meditation room. Obviously I still meditate, but it isn't the same. Most of my stuff is boxed up and stored away. I dream of the day I can put everything around me once more, certain things are good for the soul on a deep spiritual level- and I really do miss those things, </span><span style="color: blue;">A LOT</span><span style="color: purple;">.</span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Perhaps in my next blog I will be in my Motorhome?! Lets hope so!</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I am actually getting quite excited now and during the long hours of insomnia, I often imagine decorating the inside of my new home, and imagine how it will look and feel. I want to get away from it all, have some solitude and be able to breathe, to move, to live.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I really want to get back into my meditation -and will have a little sacred place in my motorhome. I also want to do more Japa walking, get back to writing poetry, do my terrible drumming, read some books, take photos and maybe even make videos of my journey...and life!</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">You don't need to ask me to keep you as a friend on Facebook, those that are decent and interesting will be staying. But it is getting towards the time where I need to delete a lot of groups and pages that I am in, and get rid of the brain dead <strike>people</strike> sheeple too.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">As you know, I am going to simplify my life, this is just one more step I need to take.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The pic below was taken on Friday 13th in Chilton, Oxfordshire. I just happened upon this glorious site. I posted the pic on Facebook, and the following day my spiritual brother Stu [and man of the earth], felt compelled to go there, and took even better photos! The following day saw at least 4 other friends visiting this magical and inspirational field. Proof that nature connects.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNSPTbcslwA" target="_blank">A like minded soul- 20 mins long tho!</a></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QeuyqR9EyA" target="_blank">I could have written this....well worth 6 mins?</a></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></b></span><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">If you only have time to watch one of these, firstly that is a great shame, you should ask yourself <u>why</u>, but if time is a problem for you- please watch the 6 min vid, it is so worth your 6 minutes...</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></b></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 15.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">May every sunrise bring you hope and may every sunset bring you peace. </span></b><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Be well, enjoy your July. Keep being ridiculous [or a rebel, if that fits!] </span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">PEACE -x- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/323165571155177/" target="_blank">The Quiet Storm...click this.</a></span></span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Contracts have now been signed, my completion date is just around the corner!!!!! EXCITED!!! </span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #20124d;">There is a bit of a delay, due to my buyers buyers solicitor being a slow arsehole! But there is light at the end of the tunnel, maybe a few more weeks- then I'll be dust !!!</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #20124d;">I may not blog next month, depends on where I am, my internet access, and if I can be bothered! </span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #20124d; line-height: 20px;">I shall be very busy from now on- but all in a very good cause. Wish me luck. Don't forget to add your Email address top left, and you will get a notification when I next blog. Thankyou for taking the time to read my blogs, it does mean a lot to me. <i>See you on the other side</i>. -x-x-x</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: #20124d;">FAMILY</span></u><span style="color: #20124d;">:- If there is anything you want/need, give me a bell please THIS WEEK, I need to get shot of a lot of things, also- if anyone has a couple of hours spare and would like to give me a hand, I would really appreciate it, thankyou -x-</span></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">One other thing- once I get the motorhome, does anyone have any </span><span style="color: #660000;">carpet/rugs/mats or carpet tiles</span><span style="color: #20124d;"> they don't want, please? Also, any sheets, single or double will be cool? Thankyou -x-</span></b></span><br />
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1st June 2014. >>>Click this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVW_0tfq0Go" target="_blank">Elephant</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>Well, its been a crazy few months for me, lots of things have been happening, that sometimes it is hard to keep up! Just to recap, I have sold my house and once complete I am buying a Motorhome and going travelling. I write about this in my blog as something to eventually look back on, maybe miles away on a rainy afternoon?</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>I have much to say in these blog posts, just my [warped?] view on society, the way we are EXPECTED to live our lives, and the crap we are supposed to deal with!</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>This blog is just a forum for me to empty my head into, so if you agree or like it- keep reading, if not- give it a miss!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple;">This blog is how</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"> <span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">I</span> </span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple;">see the world, my</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #0c343d;"> </span><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">PERSONAL</span> </span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple;">views and opinions. Enjoy?</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple; line-height: 20px;">During May, on a </span><span style="color: purple; line-height: 20px;">particular</span><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple;"> warm and sunny Saturday, I took my old Mum to a local fete, which she loved, she doesn't get out much, so it made a nice change for her. Sometimes it is the simple pleasures in life, at the end of the day she said "I </span><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">LOVED</span></i><span style="color: purple;"> today".</span></span></b></span><br />
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">The following day found me travelling for a couple of hours to have a look at a lovely border collie called WOODY. </b><br />
<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">Sadly he wasn't for me, it was quite clear that he had severe mental issues!</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Then on the Monday I was off on my travels again... and I can now introduce the newest member of the Fox family. He is a 5 month old little rascal, and I am calling him '</span><span style="color: #20124d;">BODHI</span><span style="color: purple;">' [pronounced Bow-dee]. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">He needs lots and lots of training and buckets of love, then he will be ready to become my travelling partner! He was born and lived on a farm, only ever meeting two humans, and never going on a lead- so everything is brand new to him right now, and obviously a little scary too, he didn't like my music, jumped when the kettle clicked or I ran a tap! Bless him. I love his odd little <span style="font-family: inherit;">natu</span>re and the fact that he has a floppy ear!</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;">I think [and hope] that he will be ideal for me, the farmer I bought him from said he loved travelling in </span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;">the landrover, and he seemed very contented in my car.</span></b></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I will however be keeping an open mind, and if it doesn't work out with Bodhi, if I feel he is too stressed and better off with someone who has lots of land, then I am aware that I do have an option.</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">But, I am very determined, I have patience and understanding, and will do my best to coax him along with nothing but love and praise, I expect him to come out of his shell, and be a happy and well loved little boy.</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bodh</span>i in Buddhism is the understanding possessed by a Buddha regarding the nature of things. It is traditionally translated into English with the word enlightenment and literally means awakened. So I shall be spending my time training, looking after and showing Bodhi what it is to be loved and constantly cuddled! </b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"><b>I love walking, my doctor says it will do the Osteoarthritis good, and I am sure little Bodhi will not want to sit still for very long!</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"><b>So, all going to plan, myself and Bodhi would hope to be out of the house for a life on wheels very soon. Exciting times ahead.</b></span><br />
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Isn't it crazy how we can look back a year ago and realise how much everything has changed? The amount of people that have left your life, entered, and stayed. The memories you won't ever forget and the memories you wish you did.</b></div>
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In a year, I have changed jobs, been sacked, been skint, become the main carer to my old Mum, been diagnosed with Osteoarthritis, seen people fade away and welcomed new people into my world.</b></span></div>
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People have died, and people have been born. It’s crazy how all that happened in just one year.</b></span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: purple; display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><b>It’s funny how someone who was just a stranger last year, can mean so much to you now. It’s terrible that someone who meant so much to you last year can be just a stranger now. It’s amazing what a year can do.</b></span></span></div>
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: purple; display: inline; font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><b>But, in a way, that is the beauty of life, never knowing what's around the corner, not being stuck in a rut and embracing the change when it comes along. </b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Life is so unpredictable and you never know what is coming next. </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">Don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> ever get too comfortable, always be ready for change.</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple;">I know a lot of what I say may be '</span>hippy bullshit<span style="color: purple;">', but these are my thoughts, deep and reflective, but always honest.</span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">We are born in one day. We die in one day. We can change in one day, and we can fall in love in one day. Anything can happen in just one day so make this </span><span style="color: #134f5c;">YOUR</span><span style="color: purple;"> day, and every day after it. </span></b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Sometimes you will never know or appreciate the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">Too often we are entangled in short sightedness. We need to adopt a more far reaching view, have we </span><span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">forgotten</span><span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"> our basic human values? If we want to live in a better world, who do we think is going to bring it about? Only we human beings. Such change </span><span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">won't</span><span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"> come about if we wait for governments or the UN to take action, but if we take initiative as individuals. The more I become awake, the more I see the whole world is ridiculous, greedy, nasty and totally short sighted!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><span style="color: purple;">What we need is confidence and determination. Once we have those, we can set our </span><span style="color: blue;"><u>own</u> </span><span style="color: purple;">goals towards life in a better world.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">Time is our most precious treasure because it is limited. We can produce more wealth, but we cannot produce more time. When we give someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will never take back! </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">The true fact is, your time is running out. It really is. You have lost today, and will never get it back. How did you spend that very precious time today and how will you spend your time tomorrow? Do at least one special thing each and every day, give thanks for this day, because [sadly] one day, it will be your last day. Make each day count.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">One day you may find yourself walking down the lane of regret and sorrow.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">Life is short, smile while you still have teeth!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">Time [to me] isn't really that important, I don't have a bedtime or a time to eat, I tend to sleep when I feel sleepy, get up when my body wakes me, and eat if I am hungry. But this is worth thinking about...</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">Time decides who you meet in your life, your heart decides who you want in your life, and your behaviour decides who stays in your life.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">I think we all have this perfect picture in our minds of how things are supposed to be, and thats why we all end up </span><span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">disappointed</span><span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">! The sad thing is, rather than recognising this, we tend to just plod on, whilst feeling a little disappointed becomes the norm. I firmly believe that once we look around, see what life has to offer, and the feeling of either </span><span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">negatively</span><span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">, disappointment or even perhaps resentment creeps into your mind- then it MUST be time to take stock, before</span></b></span><b style="color: purple; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> you find yourself walking down the lane of regret and sorrow.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px; text-align: center;">We must stop and think, really think about what we have created. It seems to me that we sacrifice our health in order to make money. </span><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px; text-align: center;">Then we sacrifice money to recuperate our health, and then we are so anxious about the future that we do not enjoy the present, the result being that we do not live in the present or the future, we lives as if we are never going to die, and then we die having never really lived.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><span style="line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">Perhaps I don't take life seriously- but then again, I don't want to. If the meaning of life is to rush off to work and get a bollocking for being 5 minutes late, or being controlled because of work [wear this, don't wear that, shave, speak this way, think our thoughts...]- then count me out!</span></span></b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Being true to yourself is the first step to happiness.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>So... I have to mention the saga of my dear old Mum once again. She is desperate for help in her garden, so she got some random bloke to 'help'. She said he did no more than 5 minutes work and promised to come back the following day to mow her lawn and finish off what he never started. Obviously she has never seen him since!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>He fleeced her of £25! My Mum is upset and angry, so am I.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Something terrible is going to happen if she uses any old dickhead, I can't allow that.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>What do you do with old people eh? Even those in the family that offer to help get told 'No'. She told me she wants the family to visit, not to work! Bless her!!</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I am managing my Osteoarthritis quite well, it is painful most of the time, but I am usually able to put it to the back of my mind, and just get on with life. However, after a particularly busy day of potting up, mowing grass and weeding for my Mum- I was in agony!!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">So, what are the options? I continue to do it? The family sort out a rota? We club together and pay a gardener once a month? Anyone in the family got an idea, please? Can we sort this out..this week?</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">She sometimes has the bloke from across the road do her lawn, but he is 70 this year, </span></span></b><b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">and broke his back a couple of years ago.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">She was looking forward to seeing one of her sons, that she hasn't seen since last September. He visited her this month, arriving at 1pm and going by 3pm. Sad.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Anyway, after a recent chat with her, where she said that she would like to ride on a steam train before she dies...I have arranged this, and next weekend we will be on a very old steam train going across the Buckinghamshire countryside. I am keeping it a surprise tho!!!</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">It does bother me that <u>anyone</u> could have arranged this. It also bothers me that I have taken her to 5 fetes or sales this month, again anyone could do this for her. The reason it bothers me is that in a very short space of time, perhaps just a few more weeks, I will no longer be able to do this for her... what then?</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I am more than aware that I think and feel differently to a lot of people, I have no real idea why. It is true that I have become </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">disillusioned</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> with society, I don't fit in and don't want to- it has little to offer me. But [on the whole] I love life and love many people, I feel like the richest person in the world at times and am blessed with decent friends...but at the same time, I feel 'lost'. </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I may not be someone’s first choice, but I think </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">I'm</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> a great choice.</span></span></span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;" /><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I may not be rich, but </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">I'm</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> valuable. </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> pretend to be someone </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">I'm</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> not, because </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">I'm</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> good at being me. </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I know that I am confusing to some people, and often to myself! I describe myself as a hippy, Pagan, Buddhist, Lightworker, Spiritual wanderer who speaks in a punk/hippy way, dresses in tie-dye and rags and loves music, poetry, nature and meditation. I'm a bit of a miss-mash of things, unconventional, different, a contradiction who stinks of Patchouli... but I'm always open and honest. Some people will never like me, and I will never give a fuck.</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery anyday!</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I might not be proud of some of the things </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">I've</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> done in the past, but </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">I'm</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> proud of being able to let go of who I once was, and welcome who I am today. I may not be perfect, but I </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> need to be. Take me as I am or watch me as I walk away!</span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>The only people I owe my loyalty to are those who never made me question theirs.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>May we all wake up. May we all become enlightened. May Mother Earth come back into balance. May we all heal - physically, emotionally, spiritually and on a planetary level. May love become our religion. -x-</b></span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span>
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #444444; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 20px;">This isn't true for everyone, but it might </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">resonate</span><span style="line-height: 20px;"> with some.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 20px;">I want to live simply, I </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="line-height: 20px;"> want to be governed by money, I want to live without governments, control, the clock, or any artificial restraints that humanity willingly imposes on itself. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>I want to listen to my body, fall asleep when the moon is high and wake slowly with no place to rush off too.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>I want to sit by the window when it rains and read books, go on the internet, write poetry, meditate or snooze.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>I want to paint, draw or write not because someone is going to pay me for my time or because I have something to prove.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>I want to walk, with no place in mind and at my own pace. I want to eat and drink when I feel the need, not when I am told it is lunchtime.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>I want to spend time in nature, soaking up all it has to offer, I want to watch clouds drift by, knowing I am not supposed to be somewhere else. I want to watch wildlife and enjoy all the seasons.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>I don't want to prostitute myself, feeling tied down to earning money in a job I don't like.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>I want to travel, to see many different places, to take photographs and enjoy the places I find. I want to do this knowing I can take as long as I want.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>I don't want to live within four walls, I want less 'stuff' to clutter my life. I want to soak up scenery so that it fills my very soul. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 20px;">I want to live simply, in a life that I create for myself, doing as I please, tasting freedom and experiencing total peace, </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">fulfillment</span><span style="line-height: 20px;"> and </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">happiness</span><span style="line-height: 20px;">.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>I want living to become the important thing, not making a living.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>I just want to be me, boundless and infinite. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>It’s not my job to change who I am in order to become someone else’s idea of a worthwhile human being. I am worthwhile. Not because other people think I am, but because I exist, and therefore I matter. </b></span></span><br />
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I live my life MY way, and to be honest- fuck everyone else. This is my journey...a spiritual wanderer...When you're walking, your senses are alert. You are truly alive.<br />
You notice curious birds hovering overhead, a blade of grass fluttering in the breeze, the sounds of a trickling stream, the shape of the cloud, and the way the wind ripples the water on the lake.<br />
You will marvel at how the combination of all these things on this particular day at this particular moment will never again be repeated in the entire history of the universe in quite the same way, and feel so grateful.<br />
Others may be making the same journey as you, but the paths they choose to the top may be different. They’ll see different things, and experience the day uniquely.<br />
No one will ever experience this moment in the same way as you.<br />
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That could easily be said about ALL your life.<br />
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Like many, I made the mistake of thinking the outside ‘things’ made me happy, but I realised that true happiness comes from within. Which is why I meditate. Meditation keeps me centred and level, therefore I can deal with anything that comes my way in a calm measured way.<br />
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I'm a Buddhist, a hippy, Pagan, dreamer, Lightworker, Meditator, Author and spiritual wanderer. I am awake. I am Wanderlust.<br />
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I write a blog 'The ramblings of Bry', which I usually update on the 1st of the month. If you want to follow my journey, or just read some thought out stuff from my head, send me a PM, and I will send you the link. PEACE -x-<br />
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My interests include.................. Music, Meditation, The Sky, Family, Love, Peace, Ishi, Light, Truth, Bliss, Lightworking, Spiritualism, Feathers, Harmony, Energy, Native American Indians, Thinking, The woods, Atheism, Love, Travelling, Reading, Agnosticism, Trees, Hippies, Drumming, Stone circles, the internet, Psychology, Honesty, Buddha, Species, Nature, Hugs, Dreams, Cosmic ordering, The Great Spirit, Cosmos, Spirit, Soul, music, Angels, Past lives, Clouds, Tranquillity, Teaching, Chocolate, Choices, Nirvana, Travellers, Reincarnation, Ocean, Eyes, Freedom, Reflexology, Mountains, Clairvoyance, Telepathy, Empathy, Anarchy, Crystals, Night, Astrology, Unidentified flying object, Rain, All 4 seasons, Free spirits, Books, Peace, Photos, Candles, Soulmates, the colours of the sky, Alchemy, Magick, Wishes, Dreams, Mysticism, Infinity, New Age, Third eye, Eternity, Dimensions, Quantum Physics, DNA, The Isle of Avalon, Pyramids, Rainbows, Moon, Sun, Stars, Camp fires, Drugs, Art, Sociology, Psychedelia, Consciousness, ‘into the wild’, Graves, Avalon, Scenery, Silly socks, Purple, Walking, Thinking, Being, Occult, Esoteric, Politics, Sleeping, Autumn, Lucid Dreaming, Next Life, Magnets, Eating, Confucianism, Buddhism, Science, Tattoos, Perception, Friendship, Shadow people, Children, Theology, Spirituality, Words, Meditation, Poetry, Glastonbury, Nag Champa, Karma, Writing, Crop Circles, Stonehenge, Life and Ishi-my spirit guide.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family meet up, May 2014.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>Finally, I have arranged for the family to have three meet ups per year. Often people only get together for weddings and funerals. Weddings are OK, although people tend to stay within their little groups, funerals are obviously not the time or place to have a chat and a laugh whilst the kids play.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>So I have decided that once every 4 months, <i>Jan, May and Sept</i>, we could all get together.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>So this month saw the first of these meet ups, it was a VERY wet day to begin with, but dry after 11am, and despite a 5 car pile up on the A34, loads of people turned up, 20 adults and about 8 kids. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>Sadly a few people that I thought might turn up, didn't. Maybe there was something on the tele?</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>For those that did make the effort, it was so nice to see all the kids spending time with each other, they spent a long time in the garden playing 'tig', and generally running around to let off steam with lots of smiles and laughter.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>The rest of us enjoying a meal and a few drinks, and a catch up with various family members, some playing pool, others having a natter- a really nice day [for all concerned], lets hope for a sunnier day in September?!! </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>Mark came in carrying a present for me, a glorious and beautiful feather!! Thankyou, it really is absolutely appreciated mate.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>It is now quite obvious that certain family members don't see themselves as such, minimal contact with anyone, missing out on two of the kids recent birthday do's, not attending a wedding last year, not going to my Mums <i>special</i> birthday meal and now not bothering with the family meet up. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>I think it is a shame for their kids, who really miss out on these special days. But some people live in a closed off little bubble I suppose. I only hope that one day they don't regret their decision to keep their children away from these fun times.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>Saying that, it is a decision that they have obviously thought through, so I respect their decision, and wish them well.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Lets hope for better weather in June, where we can all get out and about every single day to soak up some much needed vitamin D, and reconnect with mother earth and all she has to offer.</span></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">I hope that wherever you may find yourself that you do actually find yourself, and that you are blessed with sunshine, smiles and good health.</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">May every sunrise bring you hope and may every sunset bring you peace. </span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span>Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-91426945865640287562014-05-01T19:27:00.000+01:002014-05-01T19:27:36.983+01:0018. Liberation<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;">1st May 2014. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7t-3oofRdA" target="_blank">WHY? Click here!</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">BELTANE BLESSINGS beautiful people -x-</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Well, here we go........I have </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">SOLD</span><span style="background-color: white;">! </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">My house wasn't actually on the market, someone contacted my estate agents to ask if anything new had come in, he looked around even before they could do the photos and paperwork- and made me a decent offer!</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;">So thats that. Nice and quick too, just how I like it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;">I have always lived a divergent lifestyle, selling the house and getting rid of stuff [for me] is very cathartic, you could look at this in many different ways- failure to be able to afford to keep the house, which it is. Following a dream of getting out of the rat race, which it is. Living a life more on <u>my</u> terms away from the pressures of society, which it is. Enjoying a life of travel whilst being mortgage free, which it is!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">But I just wasn't prepared to struggle on anymore, feeling trapped in a lifestyle that didn't feed my soul, so it is the right time for letting go.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">There is a big difference between giving up and letting go. Giving up means selling yourself short. It means allowing fear and struggle to limit your </span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" id="f567acfc-825b-4dd3-952c-10dfbea0ba9d" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; border: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" id="57c87108-7205-4b4b-ab76-465533d70950" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">opportunities and</span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;"> keep you stuck. Letting go means freeing yourself from something that is no longer serving you. Giving up reduces your life, letting go expands it. Giving up is imprisoning, letting go is liberation. Giving up is self-</span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" id="5a9b3b31-2f33-41be-a915-03925b700546" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; border: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" id="fa2fa7fe-7038-4513-93ff-90efb5f8b81f" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">defeat, l</span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">etting go is self-care.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">So the next time you make the decision to release something or someone that is stifling your happiness and growth, and a person has the audacity to accuse you of giving up or being weak, remind yourself of the difference. Remind yourself that you </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="line-height: 20px;"> need anyone’s permission or approval to live your life in the way that feels right. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">No one has the authority to tell you who to be or how to live. No one gets to decide what your life should look like or who should be a part of it. No one, but you.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;">Sometimes we just have to cut off the dead branches in our life. Sometimes that’s the only way we can keep the tree alive. It’s hard and it hurts, but it’s what’s best for us to grow as people.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">Imagine your life a year from now. Two years. Five. </b></span></div>
<b><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Imagine living a healthier life, one in which you </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">don't</span><span style="line-height: 21px;"> just look better, you </span><em style="border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">feel</em><span style="line-height: 21px;"> better. Imagine a life with higher standards. Imagine a life with less clutter, less stuff, fewer distractions. What would it look like?</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">Imagine your life with less—less stress, less debt, less discontent. What would it feel like? Now imagine your life with more—more time, more contribution, more elation, happiness, freedom and peace.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">Imagine better, more interesting relationships. Imagine sharing meals and conversations and experiences and smiles with people who have similar interests and values and beliefs as you. Imagine growing into the direction that you want to.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">Now imagine living the dream until you can’t imagine a day without pursuing it. Imagine creating more than you consume. Imagine giving more than you take. Imagine a consistent commitment to growth. Imagine growing toward your limits and then past your limits and waving back at your previous limits with a smile.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">Imagine still having problems, but <em style="border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">better</em> problems, problems that fuel your growth and excitement, problems you <em style="border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">want</em> to face.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">Imagine real success. Imagine making your priorities your real priorities, Imagine feeling lighter, freer, happier, less stressed, at peace...</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">What you’re imagining is a meaningful life. Not a perfect life, not even an easy life, but a simple one. There will of course still be hardships and pain and times when slipping back to the old passive world is appealing, but you </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">won't</span><span style="line-height: 21px;"> have to, because the real payoff is worth the struggle.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Imagine your life doing the same as you did last week, and the week before and the week before that..and probably next week, and the next. Imagine living in the same town for years and years, going to the same places, seeing the same people about, doing the same things, being the same person- never allowing yourself to become the person you could be. To me, its a frightening thought!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">So this month has seen me sorting out, packing, selling stuff and giving stuff away. Sadly none of the family contacted me, I had some great stuff to give them, which is now in a skip! I had some good stuff too, an ironing board, 2 computer desks, my pc, monitor and keyboard, books, DVD's, furniture, hoover, clocks, decorating </span></span><span style="line-height: 21px;">equipment</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"> and pots of paint...all sorts really. </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">But I certainly can't keep it...and it hurts to be throwing things away, but as no one seems interested, it has to go!</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">I still have more to get rid of, including kitchen stuff, pots and pans, bowls, plates etc... so it looks like a few more trips to the skip and charity shop for me!</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">As I unclutter my life, I free myself to answer the callings of my soul.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">I had a lovely new tattoo done as way of celebrating selling the house, I had promised myself a year ago that when the house goes, I would get these autumn leaves, they represent CHANGE, and are a way of embracing my new life. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">I have said many times before that life is all about changing, moving on, creating something new and different and generally experiencing the different places that the UK has to offer. The thought of living in just one place year after year, or working in the same job actually sends shivers down my spine!</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">So this new tattoo fits in well with my wanderlust soul. Its all about lifes cycles, when one thing goes, another rises up.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">I think we as humans are a little like the seasons, and as such should reinvent ourselves when the opportunity allows, we simply cannot grow as people if we don't allow ourselves to create and accept change.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">I also love nature, in all its forms, especially trees and the Autumn, so this tattoo also nods towards that.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">I also had the 'original' on my fingers re-blacked, which looks nice.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Sometimes in life, you find a special friend. Someone who changes your life just by being part of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can’t stop. Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. Someone who convinces you that there’s an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it. This is a forever friendship. When </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">you're</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> down and the world seems dark and empty, your forever friend lifts you up in spirit and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full. Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times and the confused times. If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows. If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you and cheers you on. Your forever friend hold your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay. And if you find such a friend, you feel happy and complete because you need not to worry. You have a forever friend, and forever has no end.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b>Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you've never been to, </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">I overheard a conversation my old Mum had in her local shop, the woman asked how she was and said </span><span style="color: #20124d;"><i>'it is nice of your son to help you out'</i>,</span><span style="color: purple;"> my Mum replied </span><i><span style="color: #20124d;">'for now, god knows how I shall manage when he isn't here'. </span></i><span style="color: purple;">Bless her.</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I can only hope that, once I am travelling, that the family can rally around a little more, visit her, take her to the doctors and shopping, mow the lawn, walk her little dog and collect her pension.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">It isn't much to ask, but after 6 months of me hinting at that on here, she </span><span style="color: #20124d;"><u>still</u></span><span style="color: purple;"> only has me to take her shopping or to the doctors. </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">She has the two regular visitors each week, which she really looks forward to.</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">She needs to go shopping just once a month, even when I have the motorhome [must think of a name for it], she won't be able to come with me as she won't manage to clamber into it!</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Part of her whole shopping 'experience' is actually going there, getting out of her bungalow for an hour, and seeking out any <i>bargains</i> they might have!</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Maybe the others will step up a bit? I can dream.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Actually, a bit more on this- Whilst out walking her dog and delivering Easter cards for her today, one of her friends had a chat with me for about half an hour. My Mum won't tell anyone this, but she is really worried regarding how she will manage when I am flitting about.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Out of all the family living close, children and grandchildren, she gets just TWO regular weekly visitors. Disgusting. The rest hardly ever phone or pop over!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>She told me that not one single person text or called her on the first anniversary of her husbands death, that must have hurt her more than any of us could ever imagine.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>So, its over to you now family. My Mum needs you. Get together, sort out a rota <u>PLEASE</u>. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>There are currently 6 people with cars, they could take it in turns taking her shopping etc..........</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">She is 80 years old, has chronic backache, has trouble walking far or carrying anything. Her fingers don't allow her to open up things and she struggles on every day. She hardly sleeps, has a nebuliser and asthma </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">ventilators</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">. She takes a dozen pills each day and had just been told that she has the pneumonia virus. </span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Yet she remains positive and NEVER asks for ANYHING.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>At the moment she is desperate for someone to pop over for an hour to sort her garden pots out. She is also going to pay [probably through the nose] for a firm to come round and erect a wooden fence!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>She is going to pay an unemployed lad to help sort her garden out- whilst the family are living within spitting distance!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Anyway- I'm fed up with asking now.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">One thing I have never been able to do is to conform, I have never felt comfortable trying to live how other people think I should live. This is my life, a short life, and a life where I try to live exactly as I please. I figure the only person I need to really please in my life is me. So, some advice, or words of wisdom [maybe] </span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>You'll</b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b> learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on <u>your</u> terms, and never ever apologise for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less travelled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">You </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> have to be what other people want you to be. You </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> have to be interesting or agreeable or entertaining. You </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> have to tone yourself down, quiet your voice, or hide your feelings. You </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> have to be outgoing or spontaneous or sociable. You </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> have to be thin or beautiful or anyone’s definition of attractive. You </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> have to be anyone other than who you authentically are, and you sure as fuck </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> have to spend your time and energy trying to convince people that </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">you're</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> worth keeping around. </span></span></b></span></span><br />
<b style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The right people are going to recognise your worth. They are going to respect you, appreciate you, and accept you, without forcing you to compromise who you are. Life is too short, and your happiness is far too important, to make room for anyone who treats you otherwise.</span></span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">All you need to do is be yourself, live your life on your own terms. No compromise, this is my life I am living and I will live it according to my own moral compass.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Just as a madman becomes crazy and is put into a lunatic asylum, so we, losing sight of our spiritual identity, become crazy and are put into this material world. Therefore the material world is a sort of lunatic asylum, and we can easily notice that nothing is done very sanely here!</b></span></span><b style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I'm not crazy, my reality is just different from yours!</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><b>A lot of bad things are going to happen to you- First off, you are going to die! So, that said, theres not much to worry about. No matter what else happens, you really only have two options: You can either handle things well and be happy, or you can handle them poorly and be miserable!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><b>In any given moment we have two options, to step forwards into growth or step back into safety.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><b>I refuse to accept other peoples ideas of happiness for me, <br />as if there is a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I'm pretty sure that many people feel like me [even if only at times], the misfits, the outsiders, those seeking 'something', the freespirits amongst us.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Right now, there are people all over the world who are just like you. They are the different ones, the quirky ones, those that have their own thoughts and opinions and live their lives in search of peace, knowledge, inspiration and wonderment. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">They have secrets you </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">wouldn't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> believe. They wish and they dream and they hope, and they look out the window whenever </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">they're</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> in the car or on a bus or a train and they watch the people on the streets and wonder what </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">they've</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> been through. They wonder if there are people out there like them. </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">They're</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> like you, and you could tell them everything and they would understand.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>They are the seekers, the truth givers and they feel the weight of the world crashing down on them at times, they are the ones who care so deeply that it hurts. They are the ones searching for a connection, the ones that can lose time looking at the sky or trees, or get distracted by shiny things.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">And right now, </span></span><span style="color: purple; line-height: 20px;">they're</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> sitting here reading these words, and </span></span><span style="color: purple; line-height: 20px;">I'm</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple;"> writing this for </span><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">you</span><span style="color: purple;"> so you </span></span></span><span style="color: purple; line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> feel alone anymore. {{{HUG}}} -x-</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I asked a question in my last blog, trying to find out if people would like more regular updates via this blog. There wasn't much of a </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">response</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> to be honest, so I think I will keep it monthly for now. I am writing this blog for me, something to look back on in years to come. Obviously it is nice if anyone else reads it, but essentially it is for me.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">As I have mentioned, once travelling, I might do a kinda blog via You Tube- we will see.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">So there we go, thats April done and dusted. A warm and beautiful month for the larger part, that let go of the last throws of winter, we can now let the spring and summer wash through our souls, warming us, waking us up, energising us and transforming us into the outdoor creatures that we should be.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I'm so pleased to have sold the house, I am also a little <i>amazed </i>that I managed to get all the decorating, jobs and tidying done. </span></span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple;">The last 6 months have been quite a struggle in many ways, obviously I have needed to spend a great deal of my time helping my poor old Mum out, and with the Osteoarthritis coming to attack me- things have been difficult. </span><span style="color: #4c1130;">But I'm here, I'm on my way....</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 20px;"> Only dead fish go with the flow!</span></span></b><br />
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Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-39254778843275272592014-03-31T22:58:00.001+01:002014-04-01T00:03:18.944+01:0017. What do YOU deserve out of life?<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*<b>**WARNING***</b> <b>A very wordy blog, as I had so much to say, so make a cuppa- this may take a while! All I can assure you is that it does <i>eventually</i> end!! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>There are some great links, wonderful music and a few surprises along the way, plus some bad news and some good news [even exciting news], so grab a snack and take a seat...... we will begin....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1st April 2014. </span> <span style="color: red;">Press <b>play</b> here</span> >>> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Ok7_KFuZw" target="_blank">Wake up</a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b> OK, as many of you will know- this is my last blog, <u>ever</u>! </b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b> I am also deleting my Facebook account.</b></span><br />
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<b style="color: purple;">April already, where do the months go?!</b><br />
<b style="color: purple;">I hope this finds you all well, and enjoying the sunny springtime?</b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>I had a nice bimble in early March, assisted by my walking stick! </b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>I came back to find that some wanker had smashed my rear window on the car, and stole an old coat! Desperate times I suppose?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>We all, at times, do bad things in our lives, but to steal an old jacket that smells of patchouli and has had dirty dog paws on it just seems ridiculous to me. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>In a way </b></span><b style="color: purple;">I am lucky, as in all my years of driving, this is only the second time this has happened to me. </b><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>I wish the <strike>wanker</strike> thief knew about the hassle, stress, time, work and money that it costs to put right. Also it has now put me in a position where I really need to think about where I park. I will freely admit that I didn't give it <u>any</u> thought at all before, but now I find myself thinking about the safety of my car, and wondering if it will be in one piece on my return! </b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>The trouble is, I love to visit out of the way places, stone circles, woods and other special [and quiet] places. I can't and won't stop going to the places I love... but I also don't want to run around, trying to race back to my car before some bastard decides to smash it up!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>Anyway, thankyou to my nephew Mark, for coming to my rescue, and working so hard in sorting it out for me, I appreciate it more than you can know.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I have been diagnosed with Osteoarthritis ...not nice, but as expected! </span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">I have it in my neck to a lesser degree, but the real problem is in my lower back and right hip. </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">It is <u><i>very</i></u> painful to be honest, and there doesn't seem to be much they can do about it, apart from drown myself in painkillers!! </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The doc said it would do me good to lose a bit of weight, around a stone. Also to gently exercise, and to take it easy.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; line-height: 18px;">I feel miserable right now!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; line-height: 18px;">The truth is, I am worried, I am concerned, and this news has shocked me. I am frightened for my future health.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; line-height: 18px;">I have had a bad back [on and off] for years. My neck has always [as far as I can recall] caused me problems, so it is clear that this has been with me for a very long time, before finally rearing its ugly head.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple;">As you all know, I love walking, love being outside, love connecting with nature. I </span><span style="color: #20124d;">don't</span><span style="color: purple;"> want this to stop</span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"> me!!! You will have seen that sometimes I have to walk with a stick- better than not walking at all.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">What frightens me most about this is not being able to do what I do, I need to be outside wandering around, taking it all in... </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">I know it can, and will, get worse- and the thought of sitting indoors looking through photos of the places where I once walked...well, it doesn't sit comfortably with me. </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">I was made to live outside, I need things like stone circles, forests, ruins, beautiful views, hills and standing stones to feed my soul, I come alive there, and take energy from these wonderful and inspirational places- MY places!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">Although my doctor told me that this is a progressive condition, meaning it will get worse over time, for now I am going to continue as much as possible as I always have- with the help of medication!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">I know some people are happy to sit around watching TV, or breathe their centrally heated homes on a daily basis, but that has NEVER been me.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">We live a short life, do we really want to waste one single day sitting in front of a television?</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">I think that spending time with my Mum, and seeing her struggle and in constant pain has made me think how cruel getting old can be. However, I don't see myself as 'old', </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple;">I think I am full of self pity right now- but... I DON'T FUCKING WANT THIS! </span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sorry.</span></i></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">Anyway- that's my crappy news. Yes, I am pissed off about it, but I know there are many much worse off than me, it could have been better news today, but I am fully aware it could also have been much worse. </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">Now I just have to learn to live with it, I suppose.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Most of the people [family] that I have told, seem to just have brushed it off with the '<i>you are getting old</i>' comment. It's understandable really, although not helpful. Not that I wanted tea and sympathy, but perhaps a conversation about this condition? Maybe they are just unsure of the condition, or lost for words? People don't like to think of the future, and what old age may bring.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Never be fooled by what you see on the outside, because on the inside it’s often a different story.</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">But... I am going to take the positives from this, and when I can, I will get out and about...and appreciate nature, freedom, and life MUCH MORE!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;">Some days your life is all about your dreams, hopes and visions for the future. But there are some days where life is just about putting one foot in front of the other</span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" id="efafbad6-59ff-40da-ba86-ee59ac2f729e" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; background-color: #fbfbfb; border: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">…</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;">and that’s OK.</span></span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Sometimes there is sadness in our journey, but there is also beauty. We must keep putting one foot in front of the other even when we hurt, or we will never know what is waiting for us around the next bend.</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">I will no longer take it all for granted, I will learn to manage the pain... </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">I will see you on a hill, a quiet little lane or a stone circle real soon!!!</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Still out walking, and sometimes paying the price... but the spring sunshine has been so welcome, and lifted my spirits no end. </span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Even just a </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">manageable</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> short walk is better than sitting around at home, feeling sorry for myself!</span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I am determined to keep on going, I need fresh air, sunshine and beautiful views...often!</span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b style="color: purple;">I haven't bought baccy since Xmas, and not felt the need to, now that I have become a vaper! However, I do still miss having a roll up, if the truth be known! I think having to charge the battery, and remembering to, plus buying the e liquid etc is a bit of a hassle. I sometimes think that it would be nice to have the best of both worlds, and buy a little bit of baccy every now and then- but knowing me, I would just be a smoker again in no time!</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">Here's some [new to me] music, maybe you would like to search you tube, and give your ears a treat. Look for </span><span style="color: #351c75;">BANKS, BIRDY, A GREAT BIG WORLD, THE LUMINEERS, IMAGINE DRAGONS, OF MONSTERS AND MEN</span><span style="color: purple;">...you never know, you just might like one/some of them? </span><span style="color: #351c75;">Banks</span><span style="color: purple;"> are probably the best of this bunch... </span><span style="color: #351c75;">Birdy</span><span style="color: purple;"> is amazing too...</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>I could go on putting up BANKS links, but there stuff is brilliant! Enjoy!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>Did anyone bother to listen to the track right at the start of this blog entry?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>Where would we be without music to lift our weary souls?</b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;">Is this the third question in a row?</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">My friend on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lcuthbertmusic?fref=ts" target="_blank">Lisa Cuthbert</a> is well worth lending your ears to, she has a few tracks on You Tube.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">So, after the ladies had their turn of promoting cancer awareness via Facebook, by showing their natural beauty and stripping that disgusting make up off... it was the turn of the men...so I </span><span style="color: blue;">HAD</span><span style="color: purple;"> to have a go. Shame that Facebook decided to keep deleting the various photos though!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Someone asked what my plans are now, and if I have changed my mind, or had it changed for me after being diagnosed with Osteoarthritis... </b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;">The whole idea of this blog was to document my journey, I am </span><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: red;">still</span><span style="color: purple;"> on it!</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>I think this health news has spurred me on even more to be honest. We live a short life, and really need to grab hold of it, and enjoy it in our own way. I am moving on, and always looking forward to reach the place where I want to be.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>I now plan on sorting the house out to get it ready to sell ASAP. It will be a slower pace, as I need to do a bit, then rest, take painkillers, and do a bit more.....</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">One thing I wish I could sort out is a few people visiting and helping my old Mum out a bit more. I go over about 3 times a week, and pushing her hoover around, walking her dog, taking her shopping and doing a few jobs for her is really crippling me, I </span><span style="color: #660000;">CAN'T</span><span style="color: purple;"> do my house when I come home, my back simply won't let me.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;">But, I am not far away, a concerted effort is required. I obviously want to get as much for the house as I can, so need it to be virtually immaculate...</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>I know that living on the road will bring its own problems, I have mentioned some of these before. But the freedom it will bring will very easily overshadow any negatives.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>A life on the road is a slower pace of life- perfect for me. I need to live a quieter and slower paced life, I think we all do. I see no real point in chasing around. I also see no point in getting into debt, having a mortgage etc, they only trap you, strangle the life out of you, and force you to work hard, to rush around... we put ourselves in this 'prison' !!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>I want to live in many different places, hills, near the sea, down a quiet lane, in the woods, looking over valleys and mountains. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>Places that really appeal to me are; Glastonbury/Somerset. Cumbria. Scotland. Wales. Hereford. Devon. Cornwall. Dorset...and many other places between them! Not that I have any real plans in my head, just see where the wind blows me, I guess.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>I want to see sunsets and sunrises, and not feel compelled to rush off to work. I want to breathe fresh air, see the seasons change- and be out there changing with them!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>To travel, to go where I like, to see new places and experience new things is living. As you know, I really want to try to live more off grid by using the sun and solar panels to provide me with power, I want to live a simpler way of life.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I only hope that once I am on the road, others will find it in their hearts to visit my Mum.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>During March, my nephew Mark had chance to go to Scotland and on his way back stopped off in Cumbria for a while. He was kind enough to send me a couple of photos he had taken that morning, rolling hills, lush clean green grass, a wonderfully blue lake and mountains...!! Incredible place.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>I was so jealous of him, to actually witness such a majestic place and time is so inspiring, so jaw dropping and [to me] so spiritually uplifting... how can people be happy living every day in just one place, when we have such amazing places like this?</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">So </span><u>NO</u><span style="color: purple;">, my plans have not changed- just got more real.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>So many of us seem to settle for the average, I wonder why?</b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;">There is a life out there, just waiting for us to go and soak it up, there are wonderful and amazing places, with inspirational views, there are exciting adventures ahead, beautiful people, fun times and a life </span><span style="color: #660000;">worth</span><span style="color: purple;"> living.</span></b><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>Yet we tend to settle for the way things are!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>It doesn't matter what possessions we have amassed, they only trap you. It doesn't matter about all the material 'stuff' we have that is keeping us tied down to a certain place or even a certain lifestyle.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>There is no point in trying to buy a house or nice car when that only forces us to work even harder, in the process making someone else very rich!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>It doesn't matter what we drive, what matters is what drives us.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>For me, what drives me is a thirst for life, a need to break free from the mundane, to live a life that I have chosen.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>So many of us are living in what we refer to as <i>home</i>, but we didn't choose to be where we are, either someone else did or circumstance forces us to be where we are.</b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;">Either way, settling for an existence is </span><u style="color: purple;">not</u><span style="color: purple;"> living a life! </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">[What do you deserve out of life?]</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">Someone sent me this:-</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 11.263999938964844px;">Dont worry about how slowly you feel you're heading to your dreams, or how many roadblocks you find, or detours you need to take, you're still cruising far ahea</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 11.263999938964844px;">d of everyone who's too afraid to even try.</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #990000; font-size: large;">FAMILY: Contact me, I am selling, and giving away a lot of 'stuff', if anyone is interested- let me know what you want -x-</span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><u style="color: #990000;">Sat 24th May 2014. 5:30pm.</u><span style="color: #990000;"> Make a note in your diary- this is the next </span><span style="color: red;">FAMILY MEET UP</span><span style="color: #990000;"> date. I hope to see you all there? -x-</span></span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my magic supply of pills and potions, plus a little positive thinking,<br />
meditation, relaxation, music and exercise!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><br /></b></span><b><span style="color: purple;"> </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><i>My beard is 3 months old today! Just saying!!</i></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: purple;"><b> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Into-Wild-DVD-Emile-Hirsch/dp/B000YIAXJ6/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1394787122&sr=1-1&keywords=into+the+wild" target="_blank">For the best film ever - click this...</a></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: purple;"><b> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Opiates-Revised-Thomas-Feiner-Anywhen/dp/B0019KWE6S/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1394787261&sr=1-1&keywords=thomas+feiner" target="_blank">For the best album ever - click this...</a></b></span>
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<span style="color: purple;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBwxrt5iaVU" target="_blank"><b>A man worth listening to - click this.</b>..</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b> <a href="http://sadhguru.org/" target="_blank">A site worth a few minutes - click this...</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrLSDpJj6dk" target="_blank">Cumbria - click this...</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><br /></b></span><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"> <u>SILENCE IS BETTER THAN BULLSHIT</u></span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Will you look back on life and say "I wish I had" or "I'm glad I did"?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Life</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 11.263999938964844px;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Each one of us has to ask ourselves, What do I really want? Do I really want to be Number One? Or do I want to be happy? If you want success, you may sacrifice your happiness for it. You can become a victim of success, but you can never become a victim of happiness.</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ishi.wanderlust.5" target="_blank">THE OTHER SIDE...</a></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;"><br /></span></span></b><b><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> Wherever you go - leave a heart print -x-</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b><b><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"> What do YOU deserve out of life?</span></span></span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;">So, what do you deserve out of life? Do we 'deserve' anything? I think we are born free, and should TRY to remain as free as possible. I also think that we do actually deserve something, we deserve to live our lives our way, to be as happy as we can and to do whatever we want to do, within legal </span></span><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;">parameters</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;">of course</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;">!</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;">We should NOT be controlled all the fucking time, told what to do, how to act and what to think. We should make a nuisance of ourselves, we should grow old disgracefully!!</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;">Take a look around you, at where you are living and working...ask yourself- are you living and is it working for you?</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;">No, the truth is, we work so someone else can benefit from it. Life is mostly one stupid fucked up game. We even vote in a group of people who we already know will control us and rip us off!</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;">We all need help!</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I'm sorry that this blog is so long, but as I said at the start, I had a lot to say- but we are getting there!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I can now tell you that today [22nd March], I think the meds are all kicking in, and I have been able to really get on with the house, sorting, cleaning, mowing the grass, throwing shit away and making plans!! I'm knackered, but I feel that I now have one foot out of the door!!!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="line-height: 11.263999938964844px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I need to hear from the family THIS WEEK regarding my 'stuff', so once you have read this blog, gimme a bell, please -x-</span></span></b>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ishi Wanderlust</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">So, right at the very top of this blog, </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">I said about this being my last ever blog entry, </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">and getting shot of Facebook.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">I hope that you will forgive me</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">and understand that the naughty</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">made me type that.... </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Did you fall for my April Fool ???!!!</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Follow your bliss<br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">I may have mentioned this before, but I have a website ready for when I start travelling, to put all my photos into [as I plan on buying a decent new camera]. I will probably do a monthly album, to make things easier. I will post the details when I am ready.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;">I am also thinking of doing a kinda blog via video, and could upload them to you tube, we will see.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">One question I have; Would those that are currently reading my blog like it to be kept monthly, or would you like more regular updates, say weekly or fortnightly? [If/when I have something to say!]</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;">Any thoughts on this? If so, either leave a comment, or let me know via Facebook, text etc.. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/323165571155177/" target="_blank">Facebook 'ramblings' group</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">I have put a question up on the Facebook group.</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My next tattoo will probably be a few autumn leaves</td></tr>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Just some random thoughts and opinions, as I empty my head...</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">You </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> need anyone’s affection or approval in order to be good enough. When someone rejects or abandons or judges you, it </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">isn't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> actually about you. It’s about them and their own insecurities, limitations, and needs, and you </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">don't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> have to internalize that. Your </span></span></span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" id="23c5502b-7110-40bd-93b5-405ce4556347" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; background-color: #fbfbfb; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">worth</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">isn't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> dependent upon other people’s acceptance of you- it’s something inherent. You exist, and therefore, you matter. </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">You're</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> allowed to voice your thoughts and feelings. </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">You're</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> allowed to assert your needs and take up space. </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">You're</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> allowed to hold onto the truth that who you are is exactly enough. And </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">you're</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> allowed to remove anyone from your life who makes you feel otherwise.</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">we're</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> settling for.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Sometimes you have to love people from a distance and give them the space and time to get their minds right before you let them back into your life.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Everybody has gone through something that has changed them in a way that they could never go back to the person they once were.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Sometimes it is necessary to limit or eliminate your contact with certain individuals who bring you more misery than peace and do not reflect or allow you to be the person that you truly are or aspire to become. Instead, surround yourself with positive thinkers who are not always creating drama. Choose people who make your day brighter simply by being around them. Find those who you admire, you are proud to know, and who support, motivate and encourage you to grow.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Most of all, be yourself, be original, know yourself and don't even think of trying to conform to what someone else thinks you should be. Follow your bliss and wherever you go, go with all your heart -x-</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">UPDATE- As from <u>TODAY</u>, my house in on the market!!!!! Finally!!! </b></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">I will post a link on Facebook, and contact family. Can I ask you all [in Oxfordshire] to share the link please? Thankyou -x-</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">It will take a few days now before my house is actually online and advertised everywhere, as they are now writing up the description, getting paperwork done etc. They came round last night at 5:30pm to take the photos, but I sent them away, as it was quite dull outside by then, so they will return in the </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">daytime</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> when it is likely to be brighter, and obviously show the house off looking its best.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>But [after what feels like a lifetime!] I am there, and exactly where I want to be.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 20px;">During the past year, since I decided to sell up, I have been sacked from work, had no money, ended up more or less as my Mums carer and been diagnosed as having Osteoarthritis, but some of the positives have include some of the wonderful places that I have visited, I have given up smoking, and right now- I am finally on the right path!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I learned that who doesn't look for you, doesn't miss you and who doesn't miss you doesn't care for you.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>That destiny determines who enters your life, but you decide who stays. </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">T</span></span></span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" id="00eb1357-2a48-4092-bbeb-0f2ae1adf461" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; background-color: #fbfbfb; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">hat</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> the truth hurts only once and a lie every time you remember it. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #660000; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>That there are three things in life that leave and never return: words, time and opportunities.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The things I find most beautiful about a person are almost never </span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" id="7747f05d-b4bb-4f62-af6d-9653053c07bb" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; background-color: #fbfbfb; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">physical</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">.</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I'm</span></span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> humble enough to know that I'm not better than anybody but wise enough to know that I'm different from the rest.</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #660000; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>The most wonderful places to be in the world are: In someone’s thoughts, someone’s dreams and in someone’s heart.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #660000; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Sometimes you have to do what’s best for you and your life, not what’s best for everyone else.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #660000; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Life is unpredictable and you never know what is coming next. Don’t ever get too comfortable. Always be ready for change.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #660000; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>You cannot travel back in time to fix your mistakes, but you can learn from them and forgive yourself for not knowing better.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #660000; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>They say the people who exhibit the most kindness have experienced a lot of pain. The ones who act like they don’t need love, are the ones that need it more. The ones who take care of everyone else’s needs are the ones who need it most. And the people who smile a lot may be the one’s who cry when there is no one around.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #660000; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Therefore, value whoever values you and don’t treat as a priority whoever treats you as an option.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #660000; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who don’t, and believe that everything happens for a reason. </b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #674ea7; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><b>You have now made it to the end of the blog!! Congratulations, and thanks for sticking with it! -x-</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">Go to you tube, listen to </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">any</span><span style="color: purple;"> track by Thomas Feiner, [they are all amazing]... be moved.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">PEACE -x- </span><a href="http://sadhguru.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">sadhguru</span></a></span></b>Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-6526130153120859452014-02-28T20:53:00.001+00:002014-02-28T21:01:44.016+00:0016. Back!!!!!!!1st March 2014. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isIABK-0ohQ" target="_blank">Click here- Wilhelm scream.</a><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Hello! Its March, spring sunshine, new flowers, blue skies, walks, the earth waking up and preparing to lead us into summer...lets hope so anyway!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Last month was a <u>very</u> wet one, flooding everywhere, in some cases it was severe, enough to destroy homes and businesses. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>Anyone who doesn't believe in Chemtrails, geoengineering, HAARP or the terrible danger of fracking, needs to either wake up, or at the very least- do some research. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>I heard something recently that made me smile and feel sad at the same time... </b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>An alien came down to earth and asked a man what the best invention was, the man said 'the internet', he explained we have the world at our fingertips, we can see what is <u>really</u> happening, we can study and research just about anything, we no longer need to bury our heads, we can see the news and the politicians treating us like sheep and fools, everything is just there- right in front of our very eyes. The alien asked 'is that what all you humans use it for'. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>No, said the man, we just look at pictures of cats and get into arguments with complete strangers!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>I took advantage of the floods, and made a little album up, which is on my Facebook. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>Although it is terrible, and naturally I feel for those affected, there is a simple beauty of water and reflections that I couldn't let pass me by.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>I came across this video that I uploaded to you tube, then forgot it! You might like it... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rULYYuTyeA4" target="_blank">Bry-Video</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Also, to celebrate Facebook turning 10, they have made a little film of each of us...here is mine-</b></span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1425992037638693&set=vb.100006837304092&type=2&theater" target="_blank">Bry on Facebook</a></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>This past month hasn't been very kind to me. I have had a bad back for the last 2 or 3 months, and it finally came to a head- enough for me to actually see a doctor!!! </b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>I am not sure what it is, she seems to think it is arthritis, but I am not too sure, I have had blood tests, and will get the results in a week or so.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>All I know is that it has been <span style="background-color: yellow;">VERY</span> painful, and really dragged my spirits down.</b></span><span style="color: purple;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Today, I feel miserable to say the least. I have been in constant pain for days, and for every second of every minute, day and night. This is shit!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>I have had a busy week, been over at my Mums helping her out, she has problems breathing right now, so I have taken her to the doctors a couple of times, plus the hospital to have her feet looked at, to the clinic for blood tests, and shopping etc. When I am over there I usually make a few cups of tea, hoover, wash up, tidy around and walk her little dog.</b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;">To be honest, I really feel like I need a break from it. I know others are busy, but I </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wish</span><span style="color: purple;"> she had someone else to rely on, at times. Then I could completely rest my back, and see how it goes.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Not only that, but I had a call from my mortgage company. They are just being bastards really, they said I should now be thinking of selling the house, or the bank will be forced to, plus they will start to fine me for late payments and non payments.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>I need this back to allow me to sort my place out...then I can fuck off !!!!</b></span><br />
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<b style="color: purple;">Anyway- I have managed to get out and about a few times, the fresh new daffodils and lilac crocuses lift my spirits, I could either sit indoors with a bad back, or get some fresh air with a bad back- no choice really!</b><br />
<b style="color: purple;">Often we just need to sit back and relax, let nature wash over us, feel connected, awake and alive.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Out and about, taking a look at the floods.</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue;">So much water! Even with a bad back, I HAD to get out and take a look</span></b></td></tr>
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<b style="color: purple; line-height: 18px;">So, here we are....a year on! I can't believe I have been writing this blog for a whole year, the years pass so quickly now!</b><br />
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<b style="color: purple; line-height: 18px;">There really isn't a lot for me to write about, apart from a very quick re-cap for the new readers to this blog....</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I started this blog in March 2013. I think I probably just wanted to document my journey after thinking through what life has to offer me, and becoming very disillusioned with society and its pointless trappings!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">So I had decided to sell up, buy a motorhome and go travelling..........</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple;">Obviously [a year on] I am </span>still<span style="color: purple;"> at stage one! The reason for this is that my poor old Mum ended up in hospital, and I became like her carer for a few months, so put my plans on hold.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I have managed to decorate every room that required a freshen up, I have stored many belongings and sold a few more.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">During the last 12 months I was sacked, and am now very skint!</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">With my back playing up, things are on hold <i>AGAIN</i>... but I WILL get there.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Fingers crossed, THIS MONTH will see me finish the house and get it up for sale, perhaps by April or May I will be on my way? Watch this space..............</span></span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Thankyou trusty stick!</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></b><b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">As you can see, there is a lack of words this month, I hope being video and photo heavy has made up for it?</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Be well.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">PEACE</span><span style="color: purple;"> -x-</span></span></b><br />
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Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-6818848737981000512014-02-01T00:01:00.000+00:002014-02-01T00:01:31.473+00:0015. Computer Fag!<h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
1st Feb 2014. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaZMST-vHfM" target="_blank">SAIL. Press play, then carry on reading...let this soak into your soul. -x-</a></h3>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>January is over, what a month...winds, rain, flooding, gales, chilly ...and glorious sunshine! Often it was all that in one day!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>We have had a little frost, some huge hailstones, foggy mornings, drizzly days- you name it !!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I have managed to get out and about, been to Rollright stones, Abingdon river, Minster Lovell ruins, Hagbourne old railway sidings, Wittenham clumps, Godstow nunnery etc. Yeah, I have at times got muddy, cold and wet...but so what?</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">January wetness [and FREEZING!]... be a drought soon enough?!</td></tr>
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<b style="color: purple;">I absolutely love the cold air in my lungs, the burning feeling on my face and the quiet beauty that winter brings us. At times, I could have easily been walking in the spring, the sun feels so good at this time of year, it feels like the earth is waking up. </b><br />
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">January has been kind enough to allow us some absolutely <span style="background-color: yellow;">amazing</span> and <span style="background-color: yellow;">magical</span> sunsets, some with incredible layers of wonderfully deep colours.</b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Heres hoping that February will settle down a little, and give us some relief from the rain and flooding. But- this is still winter, and [in my view] it has been a nice mild winter, the summer of 2013 was amazing too- so we have been very lucky. Besides, all seasons bring their own kind of magic.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>For me, when I walk, I feel free. It really is as simple as that. Walking is a kind of meditation, it allows you to think, to get some air, to feel connected, and most importantly- to let go of those things that we feel are weighing us down in life. When you walk, you feel awake, alive and free.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">For those of you that are waking up, or simply want something to think about, can I suggest the wonderful </span><span style="color: blue;">Sadhguru</span><span style="color: purple;">. Look for him on You Tube....... <a href="http://sadhguru.org/" target="_blank">Sadhguru</a></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>EVERYONE</i> DIES, BUT NOT <i>EVERYONE</i> LIVES</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wetness of January can still be a magical and inspirational month, the quiet calmness leaves its imprint on my soul, a beautiful way to start the year. With all this water, the spring and summer will look lush and green -x-</td></tr>
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Right, on with January. Well, firstly I would like to tell you that I have given up smoking!!</b><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Yes, it is true! After smoking fairly consistently since I was aged 12, about 15 plus roll ups per day- I am now smoke-free!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>All this is thanks to my nephew Mark, who kindly bought me a computer fag, or electronic cigarette!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">This allows me a little bit of Nicotine, but none of the harmful and </span>carcinogenic<span style="font-family: inherit;"> smoke, tar, chemicals and all manner of other shit they put into it.</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #351c75;">So I am now smoke free</span><span style="color: purple;">. I have become a vaper!</span></span></b><br />
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<b style="color: purple;">It hasn't all been plain sailing, as I have a naughty little demon inside my head...who likes to try and wear me down with his constant nagging about how much I am missing smoking etc...the little bastard is right actually! Smoking became like a friend, a past time perhaps, and YES- I </b><b><span style="color: blue;">really</span></b><b style="color: purple;"> did enjoy a smoke.</b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I miss smoking, stupid- but I do! I am sure my body is craving the drugs, often it makes me irritable and sometimes my stomach is in knots, but- I have done so well, one day at a time...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>A problem with this little plastic fag is the battery, which can die [without warning] in a few seconds. Leaving you high and dry!! Reading up on it, you have to charge it for around 2 hours, so that it can last approx 6 hours. There are other batteries and fags available- so I have done a little research... and thanks to my brother-in-law [kind of...] Aydan, I now have a smart new 'fag' with a longer lasting battery. I have a eGo-CE6, it is great, this kit comes with 2 batteries and 2 tanks, you also get a hard case. I have 3 bottles of various flavoured e-liquids.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>This new fag needs a charge of around and hour or so, then lasts nearly 24 hours! Much better, plus I feel more satisfied, it produces more vapour, and just somehow works much better for me. I now know that I will NEVER be buying baccy ever again!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I now feel totally free from smoking! I'm saving money, feel fitter and healthier, and am enjoying this 'new' way of being. So, no more smoking for me, </span>FOREVER MORE<span style="font-family: inherit;">!!!! .....vape away!!!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thankyou Mark! What an incredible present. They say money can't buy your health, ...they fucking lie!!!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>The past 3 months, I have been arranging a nice birthday lunch for my Mums 80th. A simple task- you might think? </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Well, it <i>should</i> have been. However... </b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">The </span><span style="color: #20124d;">majority</span><span style="color: purple;"> of the family are fine and decent people, who clearly just wanted to celebrate an 80th birthday.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>But we get the <u>other</u> side, where everything I say and do is cause for concern to the brain dead. On the group I set up to arrange this meal, there were pathetic and not needed comments regarding how to contact certain family who do not use Facebook. Comments and concerns as to who is going, who is invited, are all family invited, what the point of the group was.... all very boring and sad.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">The group is simply a vehicle to invite all the family to a few get togethers. But, despite asking, some people will </span><u><span style="color: red;">never</span></u><span style="color: purple;"> confirm if they are going or not. My texts to my brother were ignored, and it feels with certain people, they are intent on trying to diss a good idea, with comments such as </span><span style="color: #351c75;">'<i>are all the family invited, because they should be</i>'</span><span style="color: purple;">. If the brain dead could read, they would see that 'everyone' and 'all' are welcome.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>So this has left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth, having first been forced to abandon the idea of a little party, then booking a new place- then having to cancel it. Finally booking somewhere else for 30 people, to be told there might be more coming a few days before the meal!!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Then a text from my dear old Mum saying she was </span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><i>worried</i> </span><span style="color: purple;">about it, didn't want the </span><span style="color: #4c1130;">hassle</span><span style="color: purple;">, and wanted to know exactly who I had invited. So, no surprises for her then. A shame. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I had thought several times about simply not going myself, to free up a space for one of the late comers. But fuck it, after going into the pub 4 times to arrange and rearrange the seating area, I deserved to be there!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>My poor old Mum told me she didn't feel like going, because of a couple of peoples attitudes, nasty remarks, and general bitchiness!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>From now on the get togethers we have arranged for May and Sept, are a simple case of turn up if you want to, don't if you don't want to- much easier!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">If people can't be bothered to get out of bed, book time off work or arrange a lift on these </span><u style="color: purple;">three</u><span style="color: purple;"> occasions each year, then shame on them- but it will be them who miss out. My hope is that some people turn up to each 'meet up', have a nice time, a few laughs, and take some nice family photos. I plan on going to </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">EVERY</span><span style="color: purple;"> meet up.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Saying all that, the meal was a </span><u><span style="color: #351c75;">great</span></u><span style="color: purple;"> success, and my now 80 year old Mum certainly enjoyed herself.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>She ate a half rack of ribs, had a few lagers, and spent the time chatting away, cuddling babies, playing with children and talking about old times with a few friends. It was nice to see her standing tall, and walking with just one stick- she has come on so well.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>It was only a few hours over the lunchtime [as she won't go out at night], but she had a great time. She had some horrible pains in her legs, so we left to get her home, so she could take some painkillers. </b></span><br />
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<b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">So happy birthday to a dear old lady. My hope is that this special day has woken a few people up, and maybe she will now get a few more visits from family members. No one knows how long we have on this earth, and as we get older I believe the simpler things in life mean so much more to us, I know that my old Mum would be absolutely thrilled with a few more visits- I hope today has inspired people and motivated them. Just a 20 minute minute visit, a quick cuppa and a chat about the weather- thats all it takes. Remember, </b><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;">YOU</span></b><b style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"> might be the only visitor she gets that day!</b><br />
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<b style="background-color: cyan; color: purple; font-family: inherit;">{It has been a week since the meal- only the usual 3 visitors...so far!}</b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>The day was great, food was excellent [cooked by a traveller who lives in a motorhome!!], and it was especially magical for me, as I got to meet little Jake!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d;">Here are some things to
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1. Your parents - For
giving birth to you. Because if there was no them, there would be no you. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2. Your family – Not all, but <i>some</i> are amazing! </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3. Your friends – For
being your companions in life, and for being there when family can't. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">4. Sense of sight – For
letting you see the magical colours of life. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">5. Sense of hearing -
For letting you hear the trickle of rain, the voices of your loved ones, and the
harmonious chords of music. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">6. Sense of touch - For
letting you feel the texture of your clothes, the breeze on your skin, the hands
of your loved ones, for massage and comfort. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">7. Sense of smell – For
letting you smell the forest, perfumes, coffee and nice warm meals.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">8. Sense of taste – For
letting you savour chocolate!</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">9. Your speech – For
giving you the outlet to express yourself.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">10. Your heart – For
pumping blood to all the parts of your body every second since you were born; for
giving you the ability to feel. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">11. Your lungs – For
letting you breathe so you can live. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">12. Your immune system –
For fighting viruses that enter your body. For keeping you in good health so you can do the things you love. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">13. Your hands – So you
can type on your computer, flip the pages of books, and hold the hands of your
loved ones. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">14. Your legs - For
letting you walk, run, swim, and curl up in the
comfort of your seat. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">15. Your mind - For the
ability to think, to store memories, and to create new solutions. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">16. Your good health –
For enabling you to do what you want to do and for what you’re about to do in
the future. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">17. Your school - For
providing a environment conducive to learning and growing. [Kind of!!]</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">18. Your teachers – For
their dedication and for passing down knowledge to you. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">19. Tears – For helping
you express your deepest emotions. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">20. Disappointment - So
you know the things that matter to you most. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">21. Fears – So you know
your opportunities for growth. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">22. Pain – For you to
become a stronger person. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">23. Sadness – For you to
appreciate the spectrum of human emotions. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">24. Happiness – For you
to soak in the beauty of life. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">25. The Sun - For
bringing in light, warmth and beauty to this world. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">26. Sunset – For a
beautiful sight to end the day. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">27. Moon and Stars - For
brightening up our night sky. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">28. </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Sunrise</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> - For a beautiful sight
to start the morning. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">29. Rain – For cooling
you when it gets too warm and giving you an excuse to sleep in on weekends. For making this land green and for growing food. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">30. Snow – For making winter
even more magical and beautiful. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">31. Rainbows – For a
beautiful sight to look forward to after rain. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">32. Oxygen - For making
life possible. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">33. The earth – For
creating the environment for life to begin. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">34. Mother nature - For
covering our world in beauty. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">35. Tattoos, poetry, psychology – For allowing me to be me, and adding
to the diversity of life. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">36. Internet - For
connecting you and me despite the physical space between us. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">37. Transport - For
making it easier to commute from one place to another. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">38. Mobile phones – For
making it easy to stay in touch with others. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">39. Computers – For
making our lives more effective and efficient. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">40. Technology – For
making impossible things possible. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">41. Cameras – For
providing memories. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">42. Books – For adding
wisdom into your life, allowing yourself to wake up. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">43. Blogs – For connecting
you with other like-minded people. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">44. Shoes – For
protecting your feet when you are out. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">45. Meditation – For keeping you grounded, peaceful, relaxed and centred. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>46. Autumn – For
giving you a scenic explosion before trees settle down for winter.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">47. Music - For lifting
your spirits when you’re down and for filling your life with more love. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">48. Your bed - For you
to sleep comfortably in every night. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">49. Your home - For a
place you can call home. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">50. Your soul mate[s] – For
being the one[s] who understands everything you’re going through. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">51. Your best friends –
For being there for you whenever you need them. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>52. Your enemies – For
helping you uncover your blind spots so you can become a better person. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">53. Kind
strangers – For brightening up your days when you least expect it. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">54. Your mistakes - For
helping you to improve and become better. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">55. Heartbreaks - For
helping you mature and become a better person. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">56. Laughter - For
serenading your life with joy. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">57. Love - For letting
you feel what it means to truly be alive. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>58. Life’s challenges -
For helping you grow and become who you are.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">59. Travel - For opening yourself to new adventures and growing as a person. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>60. Life - For giving
you the chance to experience all that you’re experiencing, and will be
experiencing in time to come. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b><i>I AM LEARNING TO GRACEFULLY LET GO OF THINGS NOT MEANT FOR ME.</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Before I go, I just wanted to thank </span><u><span style="color: #351c75;">YOU</span></u><span style="color: purple;">, for reading this blog. It means a lot to know that someone is reading what I spend my time thinking and writing about. THANKYOU!</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>An invisible thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place and circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Thankyou to my family, I may moan but I DO care -deeply! </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Thankyou to my friends, you know you mean the world to me -x-</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I may be complex, different, unusual, weird, a free spirit, deep thinker...and many other things, but please know that I think of you all <u>very</u> often. I feel blessed to have the people I do in my life.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I never really think of myself as different, but I have been told many times over that I am odd, unconventional, alternative... and a few other things!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I don't mind. I just have my own way of thinking, and I know that I view the world differently than a lot of other people- its just how I am.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">I'm not apologising for being me, and I can only live my life </span><span style="background-color: cyan;">MY</span><span style="background-color: white;"> way, the way I know how.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I will continue to live as I please, even if it ruffles a few feathers. We are only here for a short time, and this journey of ours MUST feel comfortable.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>It has taken me a very long time to feel comfortable in my own skin. I know I seem anti-authority and that I go against the grain as often as possible, with my hippy/punk attitude. But I believe we are born free, then have 'life' dumped upon us, being told how to act, what to do and how to feel.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>That is no way for me to live!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>So if you don't understand me, that is absolutely fine with me, because I have trouble understanding many people too!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>All I ask is that I am left alone to live my life my way, as I let you live your way. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Namaste -x-</b></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world, I know because I have done it hundreds of times!</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Have a great February everyone, and remember- we might not have the hover car, or be able to time travel yet, but we now live in the age of the plastic fag! Happy Vaping!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I'm off out for a walk, to feel the wind in my beard!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>[I suggest you do the same before the government ban it or tax it!]</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: inherit;"><b>Mark- thanks once again mate. -x-</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: inherit;"><b>Maggie- All the very best. You deserve all the good things that life has in store for you. This is the first step on your dreams ladder. I miss you, but feel <i>happy</i> that you are showing those Americans your wonderful spirit -x-</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: inherit;"><b>Pauline- take this time to reflect, think things through, ACT and refuse to be treated like shit again! -x-</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: inherit;"><b>Lisa- Although you will find yourself a long way from home, remember you [and Jack] are only a seconds thought away -x-</b></span></span><br />
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Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-985686973709278012014-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:002014-01-01T00:00:45.190+00:002014... HAPPY NEW YEARD.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1st January 2014.</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/323165571155177/" target="_blank">My blog...on facebook </a></span><br />
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<b>2014 eh? </b><br />
<b>To be honest 2013 wasn't a great year for me, for many reasons, which makes me more determined that 2014 <i>WILL</i> be much much better. </b><br />
<b>Happy new year everyone, make it <u>YOUR</u> year!!! -x-x</b><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Well, we survived December, more importantly we survived the silly season especially that <strike>shit </strike>greedy day called Christmas! I certainly did anyway, I bought one card and a couple of small gifts. Done!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Judging from some of the comments on my Facebook over the past couple of weeks, it seems that people still don't understand or accept that many people refuse to take part in celebrating christmas. I haven't bothered with it for many years now, yet peoples comments seem to imply that either I <i>should</i> be bothering, or I must be mad!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>To be honest, I think the madness comes from the people spending a fortune, eating their own body weight in food they don't want or need, shopping like crazy and swallowing the media bullshit!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I will never understand why someone would buy a TV, Laptop, kindle etc...when, if they waited just 24 hours- they would get it for half price!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I couldn't be cooped up in a centrally heated house all over xmas/consumermas/giftmas, with a bunch of people all doing the same. I think winter is a wonderful time to get out walking and taking photos, it is so nice to feel the winter sunshine on your skin and if we are blessed with snow- it is even better!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>It is just one day, a normal day for me, that only 2 billion people celebrate- meaning that over 5 billion don't! </b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I accept and respect peoples views and their decision to celebrate it, if they want to....but I'm with the majority who don't.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Each of us tend to look at life from our own point of view. For many of us it is difficult to even conceive that there is more than one valid way of seeing things – we think we are always right! That leads to an endless variety of disagreements, quarrels, and disharmony which make work and personal life difficult. Spiritually, there is a seed of truth in every viewpoint. When we genuinely recognize that truth, we find other people becoming reasonable and amenable to our way of thinking or to a better alternative that neither of us even thought of before. Taking the other person’s point of view is a spiritual method that expands your soul and makes other people respond positively to you. Taking the other’s viewpoint is a Spiritual Skill.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I hope everyone has had a nice relaxing time off of work, and is looking forward to a happier, healthier and better new year. I wish you all well, follow your dreams and make 2014 really count.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: purple;">I intend </span><span style="color: blue;">NOT</span><span style="color: purple;"> to drag anything negative from the last year into this new year. If something no longer serves us, we should have the conviction to let it go. Life is what you make it, it is also about moving on.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Life is very short, and for those that intend to sit around watching TV again all year, or those that seem to be intent on working every available second they get --- When you are on your death bed, what would you wish for? A little more time perhaps? To work more or watch more TV?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I see the world as a </span>wondrous<span style="font-family: inherit;"> place, my place. I have lived 51 years and the things I would like to experience, and the places I would like to go...well, I would easily need another 51 years!!</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">Looking through my blog, I have mentioned I want to </span><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: red;">work
less and live more</span></i><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> </span>a few times. What do I mean by this? Well, I see people all
around me working maybe 40 hours a week, rushing about to get there on time,
often not really enjoying what they do, not earning what they feel they are
worth, perhaps feeling fed up, tired and unappreciated …then they do it all
over again next week- and the next!!!</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>They call it ‘<i>earning a living</i>’. But are you really living,
whilst you are stuck in traffic, being reprimanded and treated like a slave.
You prostitute yourself for a few quid an hour, not feeling fulfilled or happy,
missing your kids, your partner or friends, the things you enjoy, your
hobby…your life!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>How can it be making a living, when you come home tired and
all you want is a shower some food and some sleep. Is this living?</b></span></div>
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now THAT would be living. </span><span style="color: #20124d;">Work less, live more</span><span style="color: purple;">!</span></span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCFBT6hvFzlFk4lSoWLP4ItLKPQ-_KKQhi2M_k_adZlaGrf7Vf35zW70mlKYu9Wf3tCckEOP3FHle9Iez8lXs1egoGMheew9fp2iT0hae_BK_KEz2vKUW2SzkmYAEGurWsM3-WM7iS9k/s1600/DSCF9064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCFBT6hvFzlFk4lSoWLP4ItLKPQ-_KKQhi2M_k_adZlaGrf7Vf35zW70mlKYu9Wf3tCckEOP3FHle9Iez8lXs1egoGMheew9fp2iT0hae_BK_KEz2vKUW2SzkmYAEGurWsM3-WM7iS9k/s320/DSCF9064.JPG" width="270" /></span></a><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Also, following on from last months blog. I think that some people
[for whatever reason] create this kinda bubble around them. Sometimes they
allow this bubble to get tighter and tighter, until others are not really
welcome into their tight little bubble. Which is <i>probably</i> the reason for lack
of calls, messages, visits and texts. </b></span><b style="color: purple;">Closeness has nothing to do with distance. </b></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Like I have said before, this is a shame, but I suppose we
have to respect and accept that this is what they want. I will admit that I have
found this incredibly hard to do, but finally- I am getting the message.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Sometimes you don't need to hear their excuses or what they have to say for themselves because their actions already spoke the truth. Sometimes your heart needs more time to accept what your mind already knows. The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross, and which to burn. However, I believe in giving people many more chances than they deserve, but once I'm done, I'm done! No point in throwing your love at a brick wall.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>My December was actually pretty good, my car surprised and pleased me by passing the MOT needing only 2 new tyres! Quite a shock as it looks like it is held together with rust!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">My Mum is improving every day, she went from hardly walking a single step to hobbling around on two crutches, to walking steadily with one stick, to not using any sticks indoors! She is a fighter and a very determined woman. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">All this means that I now need to spend less time over at her place helping her out, which is very welcome news for me. I obviously don't mind helping her, but the place is so hot, and she refuses to wear her new hearing aids, so every time I come back from there I have a banging headache where I have been shouting the same </span>sentence<span style="font-family: inherit;"> to her over and over again!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am arranging a meal for her 80th birthday towards the end of this month with approx 30 people, which should be a lovely memory making day for her. So hopefully she will have a happy and pleasant day, it will also be nice to gather together most of her family and a few of her close friends to share and celebrate this special day.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am also trying to arrange a family get together every May, Sept and Jan. I think that will be nice, especially for my Mum and all the kids together. I have set up a Facebook group, to make it easier for everyone.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some of the family get together over xmas, but not all. I think having a chance to get to one or more little gatherings would be great for everyone. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I think getting together at xmas is fine for those who celebrate it, but no one has a huge house, plus at that time of year there is the cooking, clearing up, present buying etc... so these 3 dates should/could see all my brothers, sister, nieces and nephews plus their kids there, and no washing up!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>I have spent equal amounts of my time taking advantage of the mild December weather whilst out walking, plus sorting through quite a bit of my 'stuff', selling some bits, and throwing away some bits. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>Still a way to go- but I am getting there, and would hope that January will bring me plenty of time to myself so that I can put the house on the market in February...which could mean that spring time will see me darting off to new adventures!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">We are blessed to start this new year with a new moon, which is actually quite rare! </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">When the Moon is new, the </span>Sun<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> and </span>Moon<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> are aligned in the same sign, and a powerful energy portal is opened. New moons are a great time to set intentions for things you'd like to create, develop, cultivate, make manifest. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">There are many ways to initiate this communion with the Universe from lighting a candle to elaborate rituals. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">What matters is that you're committing yourself to your vision, and open to receiving guidance, healing, support from the cosmos. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple;">This </span><span style="color: blue;">could</span><span style="color: purple;"> be a great year to bring real change into your lives, if you want it. We will have two new moons to kick start the year, the 1st and the 30th. A great time for change and for mapping out what you want to achieve this year. All good stuff.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue;">WE TRAVEL NOT TO ESCAPE LIFE, BUT FOR LIFE NOT TO ESCAPE US.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 12.727272033691406px;">I live my life MY way, and to be honest- fuck everyone else. This is my journey...a spiritual wanderer...When you’re walking, your senses are alert. You are truly alive.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 12.727272033691406px;">You notice curious birds hovering overhead, a blade of grass fluttering in the breeze, the sounds of a trickling stream, the shape of the cloud, and the way the wind ripples the water on the lake.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 12.727272033691406px;">You will marvel at how the combination of all these things on this particular day at this particular moment will never again be repeated in the entire history of the universe in quite the same way, and feel so grateful.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 12.727272033691406px;">That could easily be said about ALL of your life. </span></b></span><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 12.727272033691406px;">Like many, I made the mistake of thinking the outside ‘things’ made me happy, but I realised that true happiness comes from within. Which is why I meditate. Meditation keeps me centred and level, therefore I can deal with anything that comes my way in a calm measured way. </span></b></span><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 12.727272033691406px;">I'm a Buddhist, a hippy, Pagan, dreamer, Lightworker, Meditator, Author and spiritual wanderer. I am awake. I am Wanderlust.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">So, a new year, new beginnings and fresh starts. I hope this year brings only good things, for everyone. To each member of my family, and to my wonderful friends... I wish you all:-</span></b><br />
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52 Weeks of Fun,<br />
365 Days Success,<br />
8760 Hours Good Health,<br />
52600 Minutes Good Luck,<br />
3153600 Seconds of Joy<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I have been watching a few videos on YouTube about '</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">yeards</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">', basically it is blokes growing a beard for a whole year, just to see what it might look like. This has made me curious. The past few years I have had a little grey/white squirrels tail hanging off of my chin! </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I have grown a couple of gingery-brown beards in my time, and now I am curious to know what it might look like now, will it be all grey or browny-grey? Straight or straggely? </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">So, I might give this a go, I say might because I am so fickle...it might last a month, a year or just a few days- lets see......</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Also, I am thinking of giving up smoking! I am not sure when, but will keep you informed. Be well. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: inherit;">Peace</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"> -x- </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I’m the dust upon
forgotten books<br />
useless blood on fishing hooks<br />
long lost songs and poetry<br />
the tiny things people never see.<br />
I’m the lost, forgotten and dead<br />
and everything no one has ever said<br />
I’m years wasted, minutes lost<br />
melted snow; forgotten frost.<br />
I’m every treasure ever sold<br />
I’m every secret never told<br />
deserted paths where no one goes<br />
the empty insides no one shows.<br />
I’m weary hands and tired eyes<br />
I’m blackened hearts and hidden skies<br />I'm wanderlust with few regrets<br />
lost lullabies and silhouettes.<br />
I’m <i>raindrops</i> left upon the ground<br />
treasures lost and never found<br />
I’m needles used and thrown away<br />
summer dreams from yesterday.<br />
I’m all the cheaters, all the liars<br />
I’m all the dreamers, all the criers<br />
I am autumn’s fallen leaves<br />
I am why a family grieves.<br />
I am love and I am lust<br />
I am tears and broken trust<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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an Indian spirit burning bright.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I am the world your
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and the quiet storm in the back of your mind<br />
I’m memories, old friends, and recognition<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>who takes the word
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I’m the sky spirit
far above</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>the stars and clouds
and snow white dove.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I’m the feather along the way</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>a spiritual wanderer every
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>the alien prophet or
just plain Bry.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>But, you know, that all these things<br /><span style="font-size: small;">
teaches us what they bring</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">
yes, all these things that you ignore</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">
amount to something much, much more.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;">Live your life for you not for anyone else. Don’t let the fear of being judged, rejected or disliked stop you from being yourself. Often it is difficult to actually be yourself, we are pressured by society to be and look a certain way, to do certain things...but it is not societys life you are living- it is YOURS!</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;"><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do. We are not sheep and should have no wish to be sheep, we should accept and love ourselves for being unique and original.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;"><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">You have your way, I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. Follow your own path and find your place in the world, it is good to look at other peoples opinions as long as you remember there is no right way, just the way that is right for you.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;"><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">Peace is not something you wish for. It’s something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away ~</span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">PEACE! </span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">-x-</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Have a beautiful, magical, perfect and blessed new year, </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">be healthy and be happy. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Thankyou for taking the time to read my shit</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">it doesn't matter what troubles and problems found you last year, </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">there is no need to drag them into this year,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">this is a new year- make it YOUR year! </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">See you in February. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Lots of love ~Bry -x-</span></b></span></div>
Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-47687785944738292402013-12-01T06:06:00.002+00:002013-12-01T12:05:42.625+00:0013. What other people think of you is none of your business<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>November, a sometimes cold sometimes sunny
month, in many ways the gateway to the winter. I think of November as the
still month, the month that takes our chilly hands and leads us from autumn
into winter.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I have enjoyed some wonderful sunny walks in order to reconnect with our earth. Funny how something as simple as going for a walk can bring such a feeling of relaxation, peace and harmony pumping around your body. Autumn walks are amazing, the colours, the crisp air and dazzling sunshine- really helps feed the wanderlust in my veins, for a while at least!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I am in an odd mood, obviously I am still
trying to spend a lot of time over at my Mums, as the rest of the family seem
to be too busy, but I am also trying my best to spend two days a week in my
house. Why the odd mood? Well, when I do get some time to sort my place out, I
can hardly be bothered! I think I am more tired than I care to admit, also
after you have been hovering, tidying, gardening, shopping etc… it is somehow
boring to do it all over again!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;">But, I am making some headway. Doing it all on
my own </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">isn't</span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> much fun, but I will get there. It is just a case of determination. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;">However, I have finally made a start at dealing with the paperwork, why we keep such things as an instruction leaflet for a lawn mower, is beyond me. 2 sacks later, and I have only done one room. <i>THIS SHIT HAS TO GO</i>!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;">My Mum is improving now, and able to do much more. Obviously she needs me to run her to the shops and do the hoovering etc, but I now feel less guilty about wanting to do stuff in my own home. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;">At the start of the month I was over there 7 days a week, but now I go over 4 or 5 days, meaning I will now be able to sort my stuff [and house] out. Onwards and upwards, its all cool.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;">I have bought her a photo album, that can hold 200 photos, and have been busy filling it up. I am going to put around 150 photos in, so she can fill the rest with any special photos she has or gets from the family. I will give her this on her 80th birthday in January. At 39p per photo, it is costing a bit, but she will love it.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; line-height: 13.5pt;">[Family, for those of you who haven't confirmed if you are going to her birthday meal- please do so ASAP, I need to know numbers, and get the place booked, thankyou!]</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;">It is a shame, but we don't really bother to print photos now, we just sling them into an album on our pc's or our phones, meaning that many [especially the elderly] do not get to see them. I have created a total mix, mostly of the grandchildren, but added a few of my Mum and the family, plus a few to make her smile. This'll keep her entertained on the lonely dark evenings.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Although computers are great, they are slowly killing off other things, photos, dictionaries, calculators, record shops, books, maps, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">encyclopaedias</span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> and our brains!!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">So here we are in December, I wonder what this month will bring? Snow?</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">Obviously Christmas will happen, although I have </span><span style="color: #351c75;"><u>NOTHING</u></span><span style="color: purple;"> to do with Christmas [or cosumermas as I like to call it]. When I was a kid, xmas was one day. The decorations and crap used to go up a few days before xmas day, usually around the 21st or 22nd. Now we have 'the christmas season', which runs from late september until late december... I would hate to be a kid these days!</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">I have another persona on Facebook, incase they decide to kill me off again- send me a friend request, if you like... <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ishi.wanderlust.5" target="_blank">ISHI WANDERLUST</a></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: purple; line-height: 13.5pt;">I had [yes, again..] a couple of small tattoos done! </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: purple; line-height: 13.5pt;">Most people either don't mention them, well not to me, or they say they like this or that etc. But after a recent negative comment, it got me to thinking. But- I stand by this... </span><span style="color: #351c75;"><i>What other people think of you is none of your business</i></span><span style="color: purple;">.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>So....</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Tattoos are as old as humanity itself. Sadly, some peoples attitudes to them are also very outdated! A tattoo is a personal reflection of yourself to the world, a statement [if you like].<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Many cultures have embraced the art of tattooing as a form of spirituality.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Even some Buddhist monks wear tattoos for spiritual strength and protection. Neo-Pagans and Wicca followers often wear the pentagram or pentacle to represent their hallowed beliefs. Tattoos can certainly be spiritual symbols on skin!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>My ‘<st1:place>OM</st1:place>’ on my hands reminds me of the higher realms. Tattoo symbols are an energetic imprint full of meaning and power.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Getting a tattoo involves commitment, not unlike a spiritual journey. Even the smallest of tats is still an indelible mark. Barring laser removal, your ink is with you forever. And so it is with the path to spiritual growth. It is always with you. Not only does it take conviction, it can also take a great deal of time, effort and yes—pain.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Sitting in the tattoo studio experiencing the sting of the needle can be a metaphor for the difficulties of life that we must endure. But once we come out on the other side of that pain, a beautiful tattoo emerges to become a permanent part of us. It’s the same with life. The hardships faced can mold our souls into something colourful and exquisite to behold.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Even the designs you choose can serve as part of your spiritual journey, each mark made on your skin captures a moment in your life and can be a milestone along your path. It’s all <i><u>very</u></i> personal but ultimately it illustrates your journey and shows who you are at each point in time.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;">And sometimes we find that our tattoos no longer truly exemplify who </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">we've</span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> become. That’s also an indication of growth and change along the path. You may appreciate having that reminder on your skin or you may decide that the energy of that symbol no longer fits. But you still learn about yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>My tattoos have various meanings, some I got just for the fun of it, others are deeply personal and some are there to remind me of who I am, where I am going, and where I want to be. My new one on my fingers says ‘original’, a message to myself, to remain the person I am, despite society and certain people trying to knock me down. I don’t and won’t conform, I was born original…<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I’m addicted to tattoos, and probably should have been a tattooist…but I am happy to have been <i>part</i> of the tattoo world, I have met some amazing people over the years, and some of the deep and meaningful conversations I have had whilst being tattooed are still with me!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>To me, getting a tattoo is exciting, it is relaxing and brings on a wonderful feeling afterwards- when it leaves me with a little message to the world.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>A tattoo is a true poetic
creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded
on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human
condition.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>When the designs are
chosen with care, tattoos have a power and magic all their own. They
decorate the body but they also enhance the soul.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The
tattoo is the mark of the soul, it can act as a window through which we can see
inside, or it can be a shield to protect us from those who cannot see past the
surface.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.2pt;">Tattoos
tell stories of crime and passion, punishment and regret, and can hint to the world about the person we are or the journey we have been on. They express an
outlaw, </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">anti-authoritarian</span><span style="line-height: 16.2pt;"> point of view and communicate a romantic solidarity
among society's outcasts.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: cyan;">>>></span><span style="color: red;"><b>FAMILY</b></span><span style="color: cyan;"><<<</span></span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">... </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #4c1130;">Contact me if you read this and are interested in any of my furniture and bits and bobs, should be January/February [with any luck].</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">I have lots,</span> <span style="color: #0c343d;">a single divan bed base with two huge draws under</span>/DVD player/<span style="color: #0c343d;">Fridge freezer in silver</span>/Washer dryer in silver/<span style="color: #0c343d;">Pine double bed base</span>/computer table/<span style="color: #0c343d;">books</span>/ornaments/<span style="color: #0c343d;">pictures</span>/Stereo/<span style="color: #0c343d;">lounge furniture</span>/mower/<span style="color: #0c343d;">gardening stuff</span>/pine bedroom furniture/<span style="color: #0c343d;">CD shelving</span>/book shelf/<span style="color: #0c343d;">mirrors</span>/kitchen utensils/<span style="color: #0c343d;">2 large lamps/</span><span style="color: #660000;">CD's</span> ...<span style="color: #4c1130;">and lots of other things...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;">3. Life is too short - enjoy it YOUR way.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;">4. Your job won't take care of you when you are
sick.</span><span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Your friends and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"> </span><span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">family will.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">5. Get outside and love nature, often.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">6. Tattoos, poetry, music, art...express yourself in a way that is right for you.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">9. Be original, don’t conform.</span></div>
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futile.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up
the present.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">12. Remember- if voting changed anything, they
would make it illegal.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no
idea what their journey is all about.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">14. Be kind, honest and decent.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter
weighs you down in many ways.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you
stronger.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">19. It's never too late to be happy. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">20. When it comes to going after what you love in
life, don't take no for an answer.</span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">21. Never</span><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"> </span><span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">save
it for a special occasion. Today is special.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">22. Meditate.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear
purple tie-dye!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">24. The most important sex organ is the brain.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">44. Always take time for YOU, music, mediation,
massage, art- whatever feeds your soul.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">45. Follow your bliss.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">46. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">If you really can't make time for the elderly, Karma will get you in the end.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">47. Be yourself, no one does it better.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">48. If you have a dream, act upon it.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">49. Turn your TV off, there is a life waiting for you out there.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">50. Relationships are a two-way thing. Make an effort NOW!</span><br />
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is a precious and valuable relationship you are investing in. Sometimes we just have to
keep putting ourselves out there, playing the part, as it were, of the
supportive and helpful uncle, son and friend, and trust that
eventually, those that seem to hardly bother going out of their way to contact you, will do. Sometimes when we act as if there is a
relationship, and take some practical steps towards achieving it, it evolves. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Once a connection between two people starts to fade, it <i>HAS TO BE</i> up to <u>both</u> people to put it right.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>As
in all relationships, there are two sides. Over the years I have had to</b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> make the lion’s share of the effort to
keep certain relationships going. It annoys me, and hurts me, that it seems to be <u>always</u> me doing the visiting, sending texts, messaging on Facebook or making phone calls. Often, my texts or facebook messages simply get ignored!</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">In this day and age, keeping in contact should be so easy!</span></b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Some people even get free calls or free texts on their phones.....</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I had what I thought were good friends for many many years, when I moved back to Oxfordshire, it was me calling, me visiting, me texting! I did this every other month, for 3 years. Each time I left, I said "stay in touch, give me a bell or a text, better still- pop over when you can". They never did.</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">One day, I decided to stop all the calls, texts and visits...to see how long it would be before they bothered to contact me. </span></b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">4 years on- not a single word!</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I would hate this to happen to family. With friends- there are always more friends...</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">But...</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Today, I give up! </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I give up trying to control things that I can not control. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I give up trying to be someone I am not. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I give up resisting the things that just are. I give up! </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Today I accept that I am not perfect. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Today I tell myself that despite everything, I am a good person. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Today I accept that for some people, staying in touch is not what they want. Today I let go, if contact dries up, then that is <i>their</i> decision.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Today I accept that things will not always go my way. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Today I float with the current rather than beat myself up swimming against it.</b></span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">So this year, my new years resolution is to care less.</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Care less for people who care little for me, care less for people who judge and condemn me for being the person I am. Care less about lack of contact, knowing that I have always done my <span style="background-color: yellow;">very best</span> to keep in touch.</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Should it really always be me making the effort, trying to keep some fading relationship alive? I no longer think so.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">some will be there, some can’t be found</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Days come and go, true hearts stay close</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> and if you haven't stayed close, it's hard to love you</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> this is life in a way that is sadly true.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> To leave behind such a feeble mind</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Bry Fox 2007</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the thought will be too much to bear...</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just say you love me</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I'll be there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: xx-small;"> <i>Bry Fox 2003</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>Congratulations to Hayley and Dan on your marriage, also congratulations to Adam and Rissa on the birth of Rosabel, and to Wes and Kamila on the birth of Jacob!!!! -x-x</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana;"><b>....and that is it for now. Enjoy your December, drive safely, and wherever you go- go with all your heart -x-</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Most of October turned out
to be quite stressful for me, for several reasons. My Mum is doing well, and
starting to get about a little easier, although there are loads of things she
can’t do at the moment, mostly carrying things, she struggles on with hovering,
washing and tidying the place. She is unable to poop scoop her garden, walk the
dogs, carry her dinner plate in and several other things. I have been going over 6 days a week, to take
her shopping, sort the dogs out, mow the lawn, help with dinner, make her drinks and do her
washing and hovering etc.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">At the start of the month,
I was there from </span><st1:time hour="9" minute="0"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">9am</span></st1:time><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> to around </span><st1:time hour="21" minute="0"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">9pm</span></st1:time><span style="font-family: Georgia;">, but by the end of the month I had limited my time
over there to about </span><st1:time hour="23" minute="0"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">11am- 4pm</span></st1:time><span style="font-family: Georgia;">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Zoe goes over one evening per week- which she loves. I know everyone else in the family is busy, but you would think someone has one evening a month to spare, just to keep her company. We are all going to be old one day, lets hope people are not as fucking ignorant when it is our time to ask for help.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I feel exhausted, to be honest.
I have put the house/motorhome on hold for this month, but it has made me even
more determined to live this lifestyle, it would suit my free spirit nature, I
now feel that I ‘NEED’ this!<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Also- being on the dole is
[in my case] NOT an easy option, I get begging calls from the mortgage company,
letters too…and have to call them with updates once a week. Dealing with
officialdom from the unemployment office fucking kills me every fortnight! I
hate it!<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I got a letter from the
tax office saying I owe £717 for overpayments of working tax credit. I knew I
owed this, but they can whistle!<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">I have a little bit in the
bank, but that is for my MOT, new tyres, welding and to tax the car…that’s </span><i>my</i><span style="color: #741b47;"> money!!! Fuck the government!!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>So, it has been a shit
month really, I feel I have been stopped in my tracks. But, hopefully November
will see me moving ahead once more……….<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">My faith in </span><i><span style="color: #20124d;">family</span></i><span style="color: #741b47;"> has gone, sure people bang on about family, but when it comes down to it, they show just how little they care. Sad really.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>My faith in society as we know it is also gone,
I believe most politicians to be liars and manipulators – my faith in political
activism is gone. After years of being political [<i>whatever that may mean</i>] I am,
like many, apathetic. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I see hardly any distinction between any of the parties,
they are out for themselves, and by me voting, means I am playing their game-
and voting for more of the same. Fuck the lot of them.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I believe the system is corrupt. I believe
that personal freedom is under siege.<br />
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I ONLY believe in action now, action for the good of yourself and those closest
to you.<br />
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I now need to break free from all this bullshit. I desperately need to walk the
talk, need to face the man in the mirror, and desperately want to reclaim
independence and self-reliance. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Maybe I'm looking</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">to find
the sense of togetherness/solidarity/community that I feel we have lost?</span></b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia;">Society has become so suffocating and so unjust that I simply want to leave it. </b><br />
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I know this sounds radical to most people. “<i>Well, it’s not THAT bad</i>”<br />
But it is, and it is getting worse.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I believe the problem of modern politics
is that it has become a matter of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #741b47;">ingroup/outgroup
dynamics.</span></span> </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It has become a matter of bashing the opponent- not
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Being close to nature, getting outside
every day, living a simple life: it has only made me even more preoccupied with
the way we treat it.<br />
The world, that is…and our human potential.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">I know that stating such hippie emotions
will disqualify me in any rational debate I might engage in. But I have never
really thought of myself as rational anyway, but I do feel more ‘</span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">awake</span><span style="color: #741b47;">’ than
ever before, more able to see through the bullshit that we in this so called
society have created.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>There is a lot of talk about people being
like sheep, ‘sheeple’, and I am now seeing that more and more. Sure, we all
think how marvellously individual we are…all in jobs we hate, all working too
many hours, all paying a mortgage, all taking the governments shit, all
thinking we are so different from the rest of ‘them’!<o:p></o:p></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I, at some stage, must have made a significant
decision when I was young that I have never regretted. Simply put, I decided
that I did not have to live my life like everyone else. I would live my own
life. I would pursue things of lasting value rather than the newest fads
of society chased by everyone else.</b></span></div>
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<b style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.5pt;">It sounds simple enough. Yet, countless
multitudes will never make that decision.</b></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Instead, they will succumb to the pressure to
conform. They will live their life purchasing the trendiest products and
fashion released to the masses – not because they actually need them, but
just because their neighbours bought them. </b></span><b style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.5pt;">They will base many of their life
decisions on the celebrity spokespersons pitch of the day. They will waste
their energy trying to keep up with the Joneses, all for the elusive purpose of
conformity. And in exchange, they will lose their life and forfeit their soul.</b></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Decide today to
live<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>your</u><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>life. You do not need to live life
like everyone else. Your life is far too valuable to be wasted on the life
that everyone else is choosing.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Your life was never meant to
be lived like everyone else. You don’t look the same, you don’t sound the
same, and your personality is special. Your deep-held values are
unique. Even your laugh sets you apart. Throwing that away just for
the sake of looking and living like everyone else is one of the cruellest
things that you can ever do – it will always prevent you from fully living
your life. Instead, champion the things that make you unique. Celebrate them.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Do not be fooled. The better
life is not being mass-produced in a factory… you won’t find it on the shelves
in Tesco. It has never been found there, and never will be.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Regularly pull away to meditate,
contemplate, and reflect. An unexamined life is not worth living
because the pull to conform has always been too great. Our lives will
always </span><i><span style="color: #20124d;">drift</span></i><span style="color: #741b47;"> in the direction of conformity if we lose our directional
bearings. Withdraw often, review your list of values and reflect on the current
path of your life. Are you happy with your life, yourself? Is this how you saw
yourself living?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Your life is valuable. It is the greatest
asset you own. It holds potential for great things. Don’t let it slip into
mediocrity by choosing to live it just like everyone else. Be special, be
unique, be the person you always should have been. There is no need to conform,
the only person holding you back from living the life you want, is <span style="font-size: x-large;">YOU!</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.5pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">As you will see, I have decided not to make this private. Although [at the moment] no one reads my blog, it doesn't mean they won't ever read it. Besides, as I have said, this blog is for me. So I am keeping it going ...for me! </span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">However, I welcome any <span style="background-color: yellow;">feedback</span>, and would love to know why people don't read my blog. I suppose this is a personal blog, so it wouldn't appeal to many people, and you might have to know me or have an interest in the things I write about, or perhaps be partly on my wave length? Who knows? Without your feedback- I will never know why people stopped reading my stuff. But, like I say, I shall carry on for now- and see where this goes.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial; text-align: start;">Sometimes a part of us must die before another part can come to life. Even though this is a natural and necessary part of our growth, it is often painful or, if we don’t realize what’s happening, confusing and disorienting. In fact, confusion and disorientation are often the messengers that tell us a shift is taking place within us. These shifts happen throughout the lives of all humans, as we move from infancy to childhood to adolescence and beyond. With each transition from one phase to another, we find ourselves saying goodbye to an old friend, the identity that we formed in order to move through that particular time.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial; text-align: start;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial;">Sometimes we form these identities in relationships or jobs, and when we shift those areas of our life become unsettled. Usually, if we take the time to look into the changing surface of things, we will find that a shift is taking place within us. For example, we may go through one whole chapter of our lives creating a protective shell around ourselves because we need it in order to heal from some early trauma. One day, though, we may find ourselves feeling confined and restless, wanting to move outside the shelter we needed for so long; the new part of ourselves cannot be born within the confines of the shell our old self needed to survive. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial;">We may feel a strange mixture of exhilaration and sadness as we say goodbye to a part of ourselves that is dying and make way for a whole new identity to emerge in its place. We may find inspiration in working with the image of an animal who moults or sheds in order to make way for new skin, fur, or feathers to emerge. For example, I'm forever holding a feather, or some other symbol of transformation, which can remind us that death and rebirth are simply nature’s way of evolving. We can surrender to this process, letting go of our past self with great love and gratitude, and welcoming the new with an open mind and heart, ready for our next phase of life... </span></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;"><br /></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">The first 3 weeks of September
saw me decorating, sorting, cleaning, painting, storing stuff, throwing stuff...I have actually worked really hard, and the house has never
looked better. It has been a hard month, moving furniture around on your own is never a good idea!</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I have also been helping my poor old Mum who is having real problems walking. I feel so sorry for her, the pain she is in, yet she says "Still, it could be worse"! Bless her!</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I am now just about ready to take the next [</span><span style="color: #351c75;">big</span><span style="color: purple;">] step of putting it on the
market. </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I don’t know if this is the right time or not, but the house is nearly ready,
so I had better be!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I had
kind of imagined that I might be ready for this by the spring of next year, but
there is never a better time than now, which suits my capricious nature.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I have
all my ‘bits’ [the stuff for the motorhome] boxed up and stored at my nephews -Thanks Graeme -x-.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I
shall probably walk away from this house with a heavy heart, if I am honest.
This sale is partly <i>forced</i> upon me, and partly what I <i>want</i> to do.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">But,
looking forwards, I know I am doing the right thing for me. Just to clarify- someone asked me the other day how long will I travel for, this is a life decision. There will be no coming back from this. My home will be on 4 wheels forever more now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I have
no idea where I shall stay between selling the house and buying the motorhome!</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I have
no idea how I will pay the solicitors fees.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I have
no idea where I will buy the motorhome from.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I have
no idea where I shall be parking it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I have
no idea where I might store stuff like tools etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I have
no idea how I will fund my lifestyle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I can
only hope the cosmos looks at me kindly, and points me in the right direction!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">So, it is all coming together. I only started this blog 6 months ago, with half a plan/dream...</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Now October is with us, I can see the leaves turning. I hope it is a warm October so that I can get out and be with the trees, Autumn is simply a magical time of year to me.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">And now- a moan and a groan...</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">As no
one seems to be reading my blog, I think I shall either give it a miss or make
it <span style="background-color: #ffe599;">private</span> from now on. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I had
hoped one or two people might like to follow my journey, but people seem to be
so busy, but that’s cool. The fickleness of human nature- bored with my ramblings after just 5 months!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">So I
shall make it private, and just have a blog for me, to put my thoughts into,
something to look back at from time to time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">It is
a shame, as once I am travelling, I had intended this blog to become like a
diary, with photos of where I have been, and a few words about my adventures, something for people to follow, connect and join me on my journey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I put
‘updated blog’ on my Facebook, so that people know there is something new here.
But looking at my admin stats, it is quite clear that no one reads this, I have been asking people to comment, just
to let me know, but there hasn’t been </span><span style="color: #351c75;"><u>any</u></span><span style="color: purple;"> comments.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Oh
well, I suppose this journey is <u>MY</u> journey, it doesn’t matter if anyone
else wants to share in it or not really.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;"><br /></span></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">But my journey </span>HAS ALREADY BEGUN<span style="color: purple;">.. if local friends/family followed this blog, they might be able to help me out. Perhaps by seeing what I have for sale, and letting others know, or [when the time comes] to maybe put a link on their Facebooks of my house for sale?</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Still, there is always a greater sense of achievement when you do things for yourself, I suppose.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I have no right to expect anyone else to be as excited as I am, or even interested, but I do think it would be nice to keep up with people, once I am travelling.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">If
anyone does ever come across this blog, here are a few ‘Life lessons’ …<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span class="uistorymessage"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Believe. The world we live in is full of elements that we
can't see with our eyes - electricity, the air we breathe and of course magic! <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="uistorymessage"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I believe magic to be coincidence, luck, wishes and
intentions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="uistorymessage"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Today rather than looking at how I will achieve
something, I create a clear vision in my mind of what it will look like and
allow the magic to do the rest!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="uistorymessage"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Be Real. We are spiritual beings but we also have a human
side. This usually shows up when we are fearful or stuck. Magic happens when we
use our human side to take the next logical step to improve a situation,
allowing our spiritual self and the laws of the Universe to see where we want
to go. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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make, and take one step towards it.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="uistorymessage"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Be Grounded. We spend so much time using our minds and
emotions - thinking or worrying - that we forget we have a body! <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="uistorymessage"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;">Take 3 deep breaths and send some energy down to your
feet and into the earth. Feel that you are attached and ask your body if it's
happy...the answer may surprise you. Wear colourful socks or red nail </span></b></span><span class="textexposedhide2"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;">varnish to remind you
to be on the planet and aware of your body, then your spirit can float!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="uistorymessage"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Are you breathing? Of course you are as you are still
alive, but check to see if you are taking full, deep, breaths that reach down
into your belly. Maybe you only have time to take 3 deep breaths 3 times a day
but even this will add to your energy, clear your mind and give you time to
focus. Remember small steps climb mountains!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="uistorymessage"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Be Silent. Have you ever got to the point when you don't
know what to do for the best, or been trying so hard you reach utter
frustration? Step back, be silent and observe. Also listen, for within that
silence is the <i>sound </i>of peace and once you tap in to that peace you will be
able to also hear when an angel visits you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">STOP!
You are </span><span style="color: red;">not</span><span style="color: purple;"> a machine. Your natural design does not tolerate 1-2 hours of
travel per day, 8-12 hours of slave-labour 5-6 days per week for whatever
monetary compensation on 5-6 hours of sleep in a system built on penalistic principles
and a life under judgemental surveillance. Like it or not, you <u>are</u> human.
Stress, harassment, constant financial worries, fear and sense of inadequacy
destroys the health of any human. This is a scientific fact. So why is it that
we accept and tolerate a system that in actual reality demands that you erase
your needs, and in effect commit a slow joyless suicide for someone else's
profit? You have a choice, stop pretending that you don’t.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Gratitude:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Family and Friends,</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I am grateful for good friends,
old and new, for my cosmic friends and my Facebook friends. Also for my family,
again old and new, for not judging me and allowing me to follow my own path in
life, and for those that love me no matter what! <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I am
grateful for all the good/bad experiences I have had that have all given me
certain lessons on this journey, which enabled me to learn from them, and pass
them on, making me a better man.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Because
I am quite a complex person, people have asked me for years about my
'religion'. Are you a Buddhist, Pagan, Wayseer, Wicca, Atheist, Lightworker? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Does
it really matter, and why are so hung up on 'religion'? I don't like <u>ANY</u>
organised religion, especially Christianity. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">But
being religious, or not, does not define a person. I'd rather be </span>decent<span style="color: purple;"> than religious
any day!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I am a
Lightworker who describes himself as a hippy pagan Buddhist! Tomorrow that may
change! I am grateful not to be a sheep.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">I have
a real love of words, more importantly the conviction to act upon them.
Important words for me that I am grateful I can do 'something' with are; help,
advice, care, encourage, inspire, teach, love, guide, comfort, give, learn,
light, support, uplift and motivate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Friends.... I've discovered
that, people will come into your life and then often fade away, leaving you
with happy memories of the time you have spent together. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">But if those people have
faded away, it is only because you have different paths, and different goals in
life. Therefore, I do not grieve for lost friendships, but I am grateful that I
had the opportunity to know friends who have taught me something about myself,
or about life, that I needed to learn at that time. I carry on my journey
looking back only to remember, with a smile.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="uficommentbody"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">LOVE. A gift of the heart
is</span></b></span> <span class="uficommentbody"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">letting people know You
love them.</span></b></span><br />
<span class="uficommentbody"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It's easy to take our feelings for granted and
to assume that the people we care about know how we feel about them. But while
those we love are often quite cognizant of our feelings, saying "I love
you" is a gift we should give to our loved ones whenever we can. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Letting people know you
love them is an important part of nurturing any kind of loving relationship.
Few people tire of being told they are loved, and saying "I love you"
can make a world of difference in someone's life, take a relationship to a new
level, or reaffirm and strengthen a steady bond. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Everyone needs to hear the
words "I love you." Three simple words</span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span><span style="color: #073763;">- I - Love - You</span><span style="color: purple;">. When you
declare your love for someone you admit to them that you care for them in the
most significant way.</span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></span><br />
<span class="uficommentbody" style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It can be difficult to express your love using
words, particularly if you grew up around people that never expressed their
affection verbally. But you should never be afraid to say "I love
you" or worry that doing so will thrust you into a position of excessive
vulnerability. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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your feelings with those that matter to you. Part of the fulfilment that comes
with loving someone is telling them that you love them. Besides, love exists to
be expressed, not withheld.</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></span><br />
<span class="uficommentbody"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">If you love someone, let them know. Don't be
afraid of the strength of your emotions or worry that your loved one won't feel
the same way. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">Besides, the words "I
love you" are often best said to another without expectation of a return
investment. As each one of us is filled with an abundance of love, there is
never any worry that you'll run out of love if your expression of love isn't
said back to you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="uficommentbody"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Saying "I love
you" is a gift of the heart sent directly via words to the heart of a
recipient. Even though it may not always look that way, love from the heart is
an offering that is <i>always</i> unconditional and given without strings attached.
That is the true essence of the gift of "I love you”.</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;">My
interests include.................. Music, Meditation, The Sky,
Family, Love, Peace, Ishi, Light, Truth, Bliss, Lightworking, Spiritualism, Feathers,
Harmony, Energy, Native American Indians, Thinking, The woods, Atheism, Love, Travelling,
Reading, Agnosticism, Trees, Hippies, Drumming, Stone circles, the internet, Psychology,
Honesty, Buddha, Species, Nature, Hugs, Dreams, Cosmic ordering, The Great
Spirit, Cosmos, Spirit, Soul, music, Angels, Past lives, Clouds, Tranquillity,
Teaching, Chocolate, Choices, Nirvana, Travellers, Reincarnation, Ocean, Eyes, Freedom,
Reflexology, Mountains, Clairvoyance, Telepathy, Empathy, Anarchy, Crystals,
Night, Astrology, Unidentified flying object, Rain, All 4 seasons, Free
spirits, Books, Peace, Photos, Candles, Soulmates, the colours of the sky,
Alchemy, Magick, Wishes, Dreams, Mysticism, Infinity, New Age, Third eye,
Eternity, Dimensions, Quantum Physics, DNA, The Isle of Avalon, Pyramids,
Rainbows, Moon, Sun, Stars, Camp fires, Drugs, Art, Sociology, Psychedelia,
Consciousness, ‘into the wild’, Graves, Avalon, Scenery, Silly socks, Purple, Walking,
Thinking, Being, Occult, Esoteric, Politics, Sleeping, Autumn, Lucid Dreaming,
Next Life, Magnets, Eating, Confucianism, Buddhism, Science, Tattoos,
Perception, Friendship, Shadow people, Children, Theology, Spirituality, Words,
Meditation, Poetry, Glastonbury, Nag Champa, Karma, Writing, Crop Circles,
Stonehenge, Life and Ishi-my spirit guide.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: purple;"> Peace -x-</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">A quick update. My Mum broke her hip and ended up in hospital, so I have been [and am] staying at her place. I am close to finishing the house...I just need to get back there, and get things sorted.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">Be well Mum {{{HUG}}} -x-x-x-x</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">Probably the worst thing to come out of all this is the realisation that the old adage of '</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I'm alright Jack</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">' is alive and kicking...right in the very heart of my own 'family'.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">I have been asking for 8 days for someone to come over to where my old Mum lives, to help me get the place looking nice for her, for when she comes out of hospital. The place is in a bit of a pickle, she is 79 [ a hoarder] and not in the best of health- bless her.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">Do you think people dropped everything to help out their 79 year old Mum and Nan?...NO!!!!!!!!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">Do you think they finally came over after much nagging from me? Or do you think they just could not be bothered?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">It turns out it was a mixture of the last two, I did get some help eventually, but had to ask every single day for 8 days, before someone showed up! Sadly one or two family members didn't ever bother to reply to my requests.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">I also asked for a whip-round to make the place more secure, firstly asking for a donation to purchase security lighting, then asking for help to get a bigger fence and gate put up.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">Not one single person helped towards the security lights! Despite mentioning the gate every day for a week, just two people put their hands in their pockets.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">I am very grateful for those who eventually came and helped to get the house nice for her return, and for the donations towards her safety. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">As I say I have been helping a lot, because at the moment I am not working. Now that she is out and recovering slowly, I am spending as much time with her as I can. I am very grateful that a couple of the family are also helping her out as often as they can- she will need all the help she can get for a while...but even this has had a downside!!! </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">I set up a group conversation to keep all the family informed, where we can all comment and say a little about her days etc. But the fuck-wits soon ruined that, after me being accused of being 'sarcastic all the time', then 'trying to make people feel guilty', then 'you make it out than no one else bothers' and finally 'you do everything'...I deleted the conversation altogether. What is the point in back biting? Idiots.</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">This wonderful old lady, who never forgets a birthday, who always has a kind word to say about everyone, who never asks for anything, who deeply cares about her family and would do ANYTHING for them, was repaid by absolute luke warm interest. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">Not even all those that could, visited her in hospital. Those same people couldn't even find it in their heart to send her a card!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">This shows peoples true worth and has deeply saddened me, I feel it is cruel, ignorant, hurtful...I actually feel ashamed. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">Is this honestly what things have come to- </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia;">I'm alright, Fuck everyone else</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">? What a nasty fucking attitude.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">They carry on with their lives not giving a fuck for the safety and well being of a sweet old lady...a sweet old lady who will <u>STILL</u> bother with them, still get them birthday and christmas cards. A sweet old lady that knows the value and meaning of the word '<i>family</i>'.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">Those that didn't and probably never will bother with her, well, one day they will need something, and one day I shall say "Remember Mum/Nan".</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">KARMA</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;"><i>Without this little old lady- they wouldn't even have a life!!!</i></span></b><br />
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Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-57857941565074407472013-09-07T14:15:00.001+01:002013-09-28T18:23:42.513+01:0010. Taking action<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Just a quick <i>additional</i> update. I normally post just one post at the beginning of the month, but things have moved on a little...</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #741b47;">I have been busy decorating, my wonderful meditation room is no longer [I am actually </span><i><span style="color: #073763;">sad</span></i><span style="color: #741b47;"> about that!], it is now a bland and boring as fuck magnolia and white box.</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>My bedroom is also now completed, again it is boring- just the sort of thing that sells [apparently].</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I am in the process of doing the bathroom, so it is a busy time for me right now. But I do feel as if I am taking action...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Work sacked me!!! I have no idea what to do next, but will continue this weekend charging around with paintbrush in hand. I shall start looking for another job on Monday. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Something HAS to turn up, I have bills and a mortgage. I live [and have done for 4 years] on my overdraft, so obviously no savings. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>My MOT is looming in the background...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Watch this space!!! </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Talking of watching this space...does <i><u>anyone</u></i> read this stuff? </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Leave a <span style="background-color: #ffe599;">comment</span> below if you do, it would be nice to know. Cheers.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>You can also 'follow by email', meaning that when/if I post, you get a short message letting you know. See the box, top left...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>As this is just a short update, I will leave you with TWO 'thoughts from within'...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>THOUGHTS FROM WITHIN;</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Know yourself!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The purpose of life is to recreate yourself anew. Challenge your
present way of thinking and move into a grander and larger experience of who
you really are. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Know yourself…really get to know yourself. I think that spending
time alone with yourself can only be a good thing, it doesn't have to be
boring, personally I meditate, but you can just sit quietly for a few minutes a
day, go for a walk, sit alone in a meadow, try to see yourself how others might
see you- ask yourself, is there something I need to change about myself, then
work on how.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes, you are human, but you are also so much more. In truth you
are a perfect spiritual being having a human experience, encountering life in
the world of form. That sounds really great, even poetic and magical, but life
can be hard anyway. Let’s face it, we all experience the imperfections that
come with the territory of being human. Often, we feel like tremendously
limited, ordinary people who enjoy occasional moments of spirituality. It’s
certainly not easy to practice spotless ways of living all the time so we’re
sure to fuck up and have days when our attitude is more than a little
self-defeating. And that’s OK.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To be honest, everything is OK, you are you, warts and all.
However, there is always a much deeper version of you hiding just under your
skin, once you start tapping into who that person is, it is like being reborn,
becoming awake. Even becoming FULLY you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Focusing on what you appreciate can help you feel more spiritually
connected. Being or feeling grateful also helps, it is a nice way to live, and
you will begin to see more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lost many friends over the years, and <u>my</u> years are numbered! There comes a
point in everyones life when they suddenly realise that they have probably lived
over half their life, then they realise they have lived more years than they
have left to live, then the realisation that you have maybe 10 or 20 years
left…just 10 or 20 more summers, perhaps 20 more times of walking through the
autumn leaves! </span></div>
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yourself, and finding that spiritual connection is so important- time is
running out!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Close your eyes, sit quietly and think. Meditate. Do guided
imagery. Stare at the ocean. Let nature inspire you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It’s hard not to feel the presence of something magical and
spiritual when you’re admiring the grandeur of mountains, deserts, streams,
oceans, lakes, forests, wild animals, and gardens. Drift away whilst watching the
sky, connect with the inner you, the real you, and allow yourself to shine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Start to think what is it that you </span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><b>REALLY</b></span><span style="color: #20124d;"> want out of life, where
do you want to go, what do you want to do, what do you want to experience?
Knowing yourself will allow these questions <i>and</i> their answers. We have one
life, a life that can either pass us by, or a life that we take hold of and
lead us into a direction that we WANT to be heading in. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Get to know that
spiritual part of yourself, and </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>follow your bliss</b></span> </span><span style="color: #20124d;">-x- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I admit that once I actually loved Facebook, and to a degree, some
parts of it, I still do. But lately, I am finding it less and less interesting,
even annoying! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">People post the same old shit, same old scams and hoaxes that have
been going for years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Seeing my friends and families photos, and sharing my own, is what
I like/liked most about Facebook, a photo and a caption can generate a belly
laugh or bring tears to my eyes. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But, for me, the annoying part is where
you have what you think is a <u>great</u> photo, you might get one or maybe two
comments, perhaps a couple of likes as well, then you see a photo of someones dinner
or their dog, which has 30 likes and 20 comments! Totally ridiculous, whats the
point in me sharing my photos on FB, why not put them into instagram, Flickr or
any other site? At least that way, they don’t get lost in a pile of statuses,
videos and other pointless shit.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Turning
the details of our lives over to Google and Facebook is making them rich at the
expense of our freedoms. Most people hate the idea of big brother, yet there we
are all offering up our personal info, helping big brother out. Yes, I am also
guilty of this, I have said where I have been, who with, and then shared the
photos! If the government want to track me, I am actually working for them, and
for free!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I suppose when a service is free, you are the product! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fools are parted from their privacy just as easily as from their
money, it seems.... I try to overcome that by not using my real name, I have
changed my name on FB half a dozen times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Whilst it is true that through FB I
have made possibly 4 or 5 real friends, friends that I talk to and see outside
of FB, well for the majority of them, there’s a reason we don’t associate other
than on Facebook. For most, it’s not because of a geographic disparity or
because they don’t have an email address or phone number—it’s because we’re
simply not actual…friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One thing that has really bugged me over the past 4 years is that
FB has shown me quite openly and quite obviously, that people, and especially
family, either don’t care, or can’t be bothered! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I put a serious status up, as I have the last 3 or 4 statuses, not one single
comment from family at all! </span></div>
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status up during that time, finally work sacked me! 3 or 4 statuses relating to
all this stuff going on and I got just one comment from a family member. I
would have liked maybe a friendly word, some advice or anything from my
family!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bullshit/boring/pointless statuses from their friends. Perhaps I am reading too
much into this, but a serious status is like a cry for help, doesn't it deserve
just a simple comment? Maybe not!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm on a mission to simplify life, to slow it down to a pace at
which it can actually be consumed, not just tasted. I don’t want to hide
behind the ubiquitous, “I'm <em><span style="font-style: normal;">really</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>busy”
as a badge of honour. </span></div>
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financially) and a higher quality of life. I want to limit the number of
things that compete for my attention so that I can apply more attention to
those things I care the most about.</span></div>
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spending so much time on there!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, although I am not ready to delete my FB once and for all, I am
taking a back seat. I will pop on there from time to time, if I can be
bothered- we will see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The fact is the real people in my life will still remain in my
life, if they want to and can be bothered. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;">I think a phone call, email and
especially a meet up, is far more important than anything FB can offer me. I
will now see who wants contact with me, as they will have to actually think
about me, and pick up the phone or knock at my door…</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nature is my church</td></tr>
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Bry Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556746474157548822noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470034783838334924.post-78777208341679076402013-09-01T01:25:00.000+01:002013-09-28T18:25:53.655+01:009. Sunny September<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time spent in nature<br />is never wasted!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well,
here we are, hurtling towards autumn already. The mornings are quite chilly,
but the days warm up until they become blessed with the heat of summer towards
the late afternoons. The trees are heavy with leaves right now, but showing
slight changes as the weeks move on. Some months [some years] go by so quickly.
I do love trudging through the autumnal leaves, and each year the colours just
blow me away, I shall miss the summer, but welcome the change that comes with
autumn.</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #741b47;">August
saw me suspended from work on some </span><i style="color: #741b47;">silly </i><span style="color: #741b47;">allegations, which has resulted in a
few phone calls, emails, letters and an official hearing which I had to attend.
I then had to attend a disciplinary hearing on my birthday, what a treat! It is
all bullshit, but I have treated it as a nice long paid </span><b style="color: #741b47;">EXTRA</b><span style="color: #741b47;"> holiday, and have
been out and about most days, as the weather has been amazing. I was never
going to let it worry me one bit. My wonderful friend Lore sent me a text that
sums it up, and something that we would all do well to remember ‘</span><i><span style="color: #20124d;">you are not
your job</span></i></span><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">’. What a wise friend I have there. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I spent a
night in the woods, which was so nice to reconnect. The crows were <i><u>very</u></i> loud
this time, especially around <st1:time hour="21" minute="0">9pm</st1:time>. Once they settled to roost, the
woods took on a nice relaxed feel, it was warm and quiet. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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just before </span><st1:time hour="5" minute="0" style="color: #741b47;">5am</st1:time><span style="color: #741b47;">, to be greeted by a wonderful dawn, the sky was
</span>black<span style="color: #741b47;">/</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">blue</span><span style="color: #741b47;">/</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">red</span><span style="color: #741b47;">/</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">purple</span><span style="color: #741b47;"> and </span><span style="color: #ffd966;">yellow</span><span style="color: #741b47;">…really magical. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This
taught me that one day I shall invest in a good quality camera, the one I
currently use does a nice job, for £50, but it can’t capture what I actually
<b>see</b>.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have
managed to sell a few of my ‘items’, although I have learnt that many of my
things are quite unusual, and are proving difficult to sell. I have also began
decorating, and having a general clear out of my crap. It feels that the chains
are getting looser all the time, a nice feeling. Although I want to sell as
much as is possible, I feel that I shall end up dumping a lot in the nearest
skip! Whatever will be, will be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I bought
a Swan double saucepan, which a traveller recommended. Basically, it is like a
large saucepan, [but its two!] split in the middle, with separate handles. You
just need to cook on a nice low gas, cooking both sections at once- saving on
gas.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6r7XpcdeoCZIqIYF_WHaiLLr49OS1K7ZEl7jJjbbdJ0IDRaMsR9F9w_jR7fdGyk3jgNHdAE7GFbOo3Bj_MAebrLJC2XBxPupoKDp2BFr6iiO_BU4TRyPvGliwfSpgx3AqiCsppfD0Gb0/s1600/DSCF8011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6r7XpcdeoCZIqIYF_WHaiLLr49OS1K7ZEl7jJjbbdJ0IDRaMsR9F9w_jR7fdGyk3jgNHdAE7GFbOo3Bj_MAebrLJC2XBxPupoKDp2BFr6iiO_BU4TRyPvGliwfSpgx3AqiCsppfD0Gb0/s200/DSCF8011.JPG" width="191" /></a><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had my
hands tattooed yesterday, it is a design that I have been carrying in my head
for a long time. It is an ‘OM’ or ‘Aum’ symbol, I have it split in the middle,
so that when my hands come together it makes sense, to me it is all about
connecting, when we connect we feel whole. A connection could be a friendship,
it could also be about connecting with nature, or with your inner self. I also
had the word ‘Wanderlust’, for obvious reasons!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I say
that being tattooed and having tattoos are good for the soul, which probably no one
understands, but I love getting a new tattoo, the whole experience [to me] is
quite spiritual, a tattoo is a permanent change to your body and the way you
look, and sometimes it changes peoples perception of you. But it also brings on
a permanent change inside, like letting go of the old you, perhaps? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have been
trying to think of both the positives and the negatives of a life on the road.
To be honest, when I think of a negative, there are far more positives
surrounding it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have
though about it being a really hot night, and leaving my windows open- imagine
a hand coming through the window at <st1:time hour="0" minute="0">midnight</st1:time>!!! But with a shout, a torch,
flash of camera etc, they should bugger off. I know that is unlikely, but it
was just a passing thought. I always have a baseball bat at hand, due to my
past, and that has spoken for me in the past!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another
negative would be that I could breakdown down some lane somewhere. Again,
turning that around, I have joined a fantastic group on Facebook called
NATMECH, they are all new age travellers, and loads are mechanics, obviously
they are all mobile, so can come to my rescue, plus I could join the AA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Water and
electricity will probably prove to be a pain at times, but there are ways round
that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #741b47;">I couldn't really find many negatives, the positives [as I have mentioned before]
are what is driving me forwards. Waking up to a sea view, a forest view, hills
etc… money </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>can’t</b></span><span style="color: #741b47;"> buy that! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Being off
grid, away from the matrix would be amazing, and living a quiet and peaceful
life, doing things on my terms is what this new life would be about.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is, I don’t and can’t fit into the life I have tried living- for far too many
years!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, I am still pretty much set on the idea. I am making progress, slow progress, but things are coming together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #741b47;">There is a </span><b><span style="color: #351c75;">comments</span></b><span style="color: #741b47;"> section at the bottom of every post, if you would like to ask/know something- or simply wish me luck?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Although I write this blog for myself- it would be nice to know if someone, somewhere reads it?!!!!! </span><b><u style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">LET ME KNOW</u></b><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">, please. You don't need to leave a long message, just 'me' will do, or your name...anything! I am just trying to find out if anyone reads my posts- or perhaps I am wasting my time?</span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: red;">You can also 'follow by email', meaning that when/if I post, you get a short message letting you know. See the box, top left...</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Peace</i>. -x-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d;"><b><u>Thoughts from within.</u></b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d;">Authority and respect.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I have <u>always</u> had a problem with authority, or
those in their supposed authority positions, this includes the police,
churches, the council, bailiffs etc. I also have no respect for out dated
ridiculous traditions like the monarchy or the </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="background-color: white;">vatican</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="background-color: white;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This has caused conflict in my life, time and
time again, especially with bosses, who I regard as <i>just</i> another person at
work- I don’t and can’t hold them in some kind of misinformed esteem.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Things like the TV licence, bailiffs, the poll
tax and the census ruffle my feathers, in a big way. I have been to court a
number of times, and that in turn also winds me up, with their supposed
authority over me!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those in positions of power got there by screwing
over those beneath them and don't deserve any respect. I don't think anyone
should have power over anyone else, we should all be equals and free to do as we
want as long as it isn't harming anyone else. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I do have respect for people that have earned it,
like doctors and nurses, that have proven they are good at what they do and
have valuable skills that help people, they deserve all the respect they get. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However, politicians, corporate CEOs, police,
military, etc. get no respect from me unless they have earned it by standing up
for the rights of others or sacrificing for the good of the people.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Respect has to be earned not given
away just because some idiot was put into a position of power; most likely by
another idiot. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When
people say they want their kids to respect authority, what they actually mean
is they want them to <i><b>obey</b></i> authority!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You hear
it over and over again, “You should show respect for authority!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Why? What
makes authority right? If we have any sense at all, we require a reason before
respecting anything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hitler
became an authority via democratic process. Did that make him worthy of
obedience?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Authority
is an abstract; a secondary, not a primary. We ought to respect things that are
profitable to men.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But,
while I am more or less condemning authority, I am fully aware that without
some kind of authority, we would all be living in fear of our lives. As much as
I hate it, we <i>probably</i> need the army [just incase], we also need <i>decent</i> police,
who are capable of working under the oath that they swore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What this
means is that obedience to authority is not virtuous by itself, only that it
can become a practical necessity to achieve some goal that is virtuous.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We should
only resort to going on someone else’s word when we have insufficient
information and insufficient time to gather the facts and decide upon it. And
even in these cases, we really should consider the benevolence and honour of
the person calling the shots.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;">The Queen
and the pope could eradicate world poverty in a single minute, </span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>IF</u> </span></b><span style="color: #20124d;">they chose
to. Their authority over us is bullshit, and I have <b>NO</b> respect for either.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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