{Words to live by} Helen Keller

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To my friend and her Mr Right ahead of their wedding day x

This poem seems very apt for the Mr & Mrs L-to-be.  Wishing you a wonderful day x

I belong in your arms Finally, I have found a place Into which I fit perfectly, safely And securely with no doubts, No fears, no sadness, no tears. This place is filled with happiness and laughter Yet it is spacious enough, to allow me The freedom to move around, To live my life and be myself. This wonderful place, which I never believed really existed, I have found finally Inside your arms, inside your heart, inside your love

Photo: Megan Gillory Poem: Deborah Bridea

{Inspiration} My big-little bro

There are some people that see life in technicolour.  Do you know what I mean? They see life as one big canvas and are the first to step up and start throwing a load of colourful paint at it - the more colour the merrier.  My brother Andrew is one of those people.


He's always been the creative type - one of my clearest memories of him is as a little 3 or 4-year-old, sat drawing and colouring with his tongue out (sorry Anj!) - and so it doesn't surprise me that he's developed the most amazing talent in photography many years later.  He has a natural instinct to capture the most beautiful and individual pictures that you can't help but feel drawn into.


I'm so proud that he's established a platform to showcase this talent - check out BoxBroadie on flickr.  


Photo: "Brick art" by BoxBroadie

{Take action} Ready to play? What's the day?

Are you young/old enough to remember BBC's Playschool? As well as my fond memories of 'Humpty', my favourite bit was where the presenter would choose a 'magic window' and it would open wide to reveal the theme of the day's programme. At that point, depending on if they picked my favourite window (square), I'd either be gripped or in a sulk.


Well, I'm now 33 years old (old enough to know better) yet sometimes I still have a tendency to default to sulk-mode if the day doesn't get off to an ideal start. (What, they picked the round window? There's no flippin' milk for my morning coffee? Do I really have to get up?) But my new morning regime of a little meditation has had yet another bonus - I'm starting the day looking at things the right way, happier. The things that had irrationally got my heckles up before really don't bother me in the same way and, on the flip side, I'm noticing more to be happy about. Sounds like I'm onto a winner, right? Maybe the penny's dropping - maybe I was choosing to look through the wrong window.  I'm not sure how long it will last but it turns out the square window's not that bad ....


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{Quality time} Spend wisely

This time last week I had the good fortune of meeting the inspirational Liggy Webb - something she said really struck a chord with me.  There are 86,400 seconds in a day - if those 86,400 seconds were money, so £86,400, how would you spend your day?  Would you spent it more wisely?  Would you be more protective of your time?  I'm sure, like me, you'll be fiercely nodding yes!


So how are you going to spend your 86,400 today and over the weekend?  I will be
... enjoying this glorious sunshine.  Summer dresses at the ready.
... partying with my laugh-a-minute nephew at his 2nd birthday party, animal-themed no less
... cherishing some time with my family - let the giddiness commence
... absorbing myself in my new stash of books.


Happy spending x


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