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Ah…. to be noble. There is definitely something to be said to walking away – to be happy to let someone think they are right, even when they are wrong – actually, more importantly to be let something think you are wrong when you are not. I know that in the majority of cases andContinue reading “It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right, especially when one is right – Friedrich Nietzsche”

As I get older, this is becoming more and more important. I am the worst for not appreciating the great things I have at this present moment. to be in the present is super important – I know this. But I dream of new things. I have lived in this current situation since I wasContinue reading “Don’t let the things you want make you forget the things you have.”

I am a loner – there is no doubt about it. It doesn’t mean that i want to constantly be alone, but I think I have accepted that I am not the same as everyone else. The crowd is a crowd because there are multiples all together. To me that means that they have theContinue reading “You can listen to the crowd or you can just be yourself – Thibaut”

Ah, the great man himself! Here, Einstein points to the fact that we are the creator of our own problems, and it is only by us changing out thoughts that the problem will go away. Sadly, for me, he is right. However much I convince myself that when others are wrong it is their problem,Continue reading ““We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking that created them” – Albert Einstein”

This made me think. I think it is so true of so many parts of our lives. Can you just be in the right place at the right time? Or is it just that the years of work we put into getting to one place is just leading us in a different direction to thatContinue reading “0% luck. 100% Hustle”

This is one of my biggest issues . In my turning to the light, lack of vodka and nicotine spliced life that from the outside looks clean and newbornesque, I find myself feeling like I am grieving for the loss of the old me. I miss the fun me, the confident me, the joke tellingContinue reading ““For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me” – Much ado about nothing”

You might as well ask me to fly to the moon in a shopping trolley! Why do I find this so difficult? In my head, I know this is what is best practice. It’s logical. Practical even! So why can’t I do this? I’m like a squirrel in October gathering feelings to hold onto throughoutContinue reading ““Feelings are just visitors; let them come and go” – Mooji”

“Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is.What you do with it is what matters. It’s like anything else. You can use it to build or destroy. You just have to make the choice.” Jim Butcher I found this quote this morning whilst doing my daily sobriety pledge. I’ve beenContinue reading “a little control or a lot?”

Hi. This all seems very odd… I’ve seen posts like this in films, documentaries, Pinterest etc. and thought “dear god! I really don’t care”. “who want’s to know about your day to day stuff!?!”……. but here I am! 48 years old. Wife to a hero. Mother to 2 gladiators. Cancer survivor. Unsure about my future.Continue reading “Let’s start at the very beginning….”