Thinking of you and I know ..

.•*¨*•♪you♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸.•*¨*•♪are♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸.•*¨*•♪beautiful♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥

Disabilities.

We all have
ABILITIES
and
DISABILITIES
and owning them
is a large step into
wholeness

Greenbelt Festival. Communing with thousands.

Are you BEAUTIFUL like this?

“The most beautiful people
we have known
are those who have
known defeat,
known suffering,
known struggle,
known loss,
and have found their way
out of the depths.
These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern.
Beautiful people do not just happen.”



― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

DEPRESSION

DEPRESSION::
'They will be struggling at work, not sleeping, drinking too much alcohol or getting headaches. But they know somewhere that it's not really the problem.

This may be because it is hard to recognise your own depression.
We all know what it is like to feel sad when something bad happens but with depression the feelings go on for much longer and you don't bounce back' says Dr Jun Bolton, a psychiatrist in south-west London.
"If you think you are depressed
or anxious
you should see your GP.

It won't be an uncomfortable conversation GPs"

Only one in four people who need mental health treatment are getting it, says a report published last week by the London School of Economics. This is partly due to people not realising that they have a mental illness but also a lack of resources to treat them.
The most common mental health problems are depression and anxiety, which often co-exist.
Other problems such as schizophrenia are also under-treatedbut are rarer and a higher proportion of people get help.

Depression is a relapsing condition for half of those who have it - but for the other half it can be cured.

Good stuff taken from the
Guardian today.


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Broken hearted limping

"You will lose someone
you can’t live without,
and your heart
will be badly broken,
and the bad news is
that you never completely
get over the loss
of your beloved.
But
this is also the good news.
They live forever
in your broken heart
that doesn’t seal back up.
And you come through.
It’s like having a broken leg
that never heals perfectly
—that still hurts
when the weather gets cold,
but
you learn to dance
with the limp."


— Anne Lamott



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Awareness

Thanx
Awareness
(check out the blog 'Awareness')
For this quote

"There is no fear in tenderness. Tenderness is not a weakness,
lack of strength,
or sloppiness;
tenderness is filled with strength, respect,
and wisdom.
In tenderness,
we know how and when to
touch someone
to help them
to be and be well."

Jean Vanier,
Becoming Human.

My chest has been whistling all night and continuing now ....

This chest has been with me all my life but whistling for one week.
Chesty cold. Not felt bad wholistically but coughing all week - and it is still in there - but it will be gone soon.

It has not stopped me working but recovery after gigs a little slower.
So had a great week and more coming. So busy that my inbox overflowing and I need to apologise to you if you was expecting a response/reply. I hope to catch up this week.
I feel I have neglected humans.
Also that avoided admin/filing/tidying.

Today one prep task to do.
AND WATCHING TV AT 2.30
The saints #RugbyLeague
V
THE PIE EATERS
in a cup knockout game.
I am scared.
They are good.
Leave me alone if we lose.
Champagne please
If we win !!

MrsBeautiful had her birthday yesterday. We have travelled well together with all our imperfections.

I am back in a relationship with DrDre.

MrsBeautiful and The Sheila's have bought me a new pair of headphones following the loss when I was robbed on a train about a month ago.
I really appreciate a beautiful present for my birthday which I never announce.
I love my music.
Soul food.

I still wheeze and whistle and pause for another hard cough .............

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FEELINGS ARE SIGNALS. NOT A JUDGEMENT ON YOU.

Pip Wisdom
"The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced,
the more powerful is the urge to conquest
and the more violent the
emotional agitation."

Alfred Adler

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Do ever ....

So many feelings I need to understand
Do you get that way?
So many encounters I want to reflect on.
So many experiences to unpack.
So many humans opening like flowers to the sun AND I want to replay and learn
Headspace needed too
BUT
I cannot put all this in the storeroom
yet.
Do you feel like that?
Ever?

What we see is NOT what we get ....

The dark business suit
(worn by both genders)
With the beaming smile
(revealing the reconstructed teeth)
Does not mean a human without pain
How is it we hide our wounds
(when we are all wounded)?



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Unusual indeed. I am speaking here - in a little wooden church by the fjord-side.

And the everything was translated into local Pipology.

I told stories.
I culturally transposed.
Loved that people were quiet
And seemed to listen!
A strange experience.

Most generous the
BEAUTIFUL NORWEGIANS.



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I felt accepted yesterday.

A wee reflection on a day with beautiful humans

I felt accepted yesterday.

Me amongst the educators.

They all in

'formal education'.

Me,

I dare to express -

breathing deeply,

being an

INFORMAL EDUCATOR.

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED.

GROWTH DOES NOT RESIDE IN A PLACE CALLED COMFORTABLE.

They want to close STAFF ROOMS !!!

Journey through .....

Wholeness.

People may not be surprised that
they blush when they are embarrassed,
that a frightening thought can set their hearts racing or a sudden piece of bad news can throw all the systems temporarily out of whack,
yet
they find it hard to believe that mental abstractions like
loneliness or
sadness
can also, somehow,
have an impact on their bodies.

Hiding our beauty which contains our abilities AND VULNERABILITIES

Human Becoming