Saturday, March 16, 2013

Victoria BC. Canada.

I am here after being awake 24 hours yesterday with a 10 hour flight - only a few snoozes.
We are 7 hours behind UK. Strangeville.
Being accommodated and entertained by Su and Scott plus babe. Love it.

Stay Beautiful



Thursday, March 14, 2013

Tawiah - TEARdrop.


Tawiah - TEARdrop (Official Video)

I have been following her for years - love what she does .................




"The unreflected life is not worth living" Socrates





Feelings 
why touch? 

I found that when
I got to grips with my feelings, 
or started to, 
I began to grow as a human person. 

I often I say
I became an adult
at the age of (about)
forty years old.

That was part of my journey inward. 
The opening and the owning 
of those vivid things 
which seem to influence life 
so powerfully ...
... negative or positive.
"The unreflected life is not worth living" Socrates

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

I's a girl.


Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence


Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence
is what the Blobs are good at.
With the best of questions
they can trigger the opening of every heart.
All ages can start to communicate their feelings
for, often, the first time. And this builds 
confidence, self esteem and emotional Literacy.

Try this yourself
Ideally with at least one more person.

There are 5 Blobs above.
Touch the one you FEEL most like at the moment.
Then put the feeling into a word.
That is EMOTIONAL LITERACY.
Write it down - if you are on your own.
it becomes more concrete to speak it/write second best.

Like most things
PRACTICE
NEVER makes perfect
but it's good to practice!!

BLOB TREE TOOLS -Blob Life.


Blob Life

Paperback, 118 Pages 
     
Price: $32.85
Ships in 3-5 business days
Blob Life is another book in the catalogue of photocopiable resources produced by Ian Long and Pip Wilson. This book looks at the journey of life which we all take from birth through to death and beyond.It covers many of the aspects of life using key aspects - birthdays, families, death, driving, shopping, holidays, school, home etc. Each pair of pages has a set of questions to use with the photocopiable images.At the start is an introduction which explains how to use the images to open up your group. It has been used with ages from 4 to 90.

I had been relating to him for six months. No response. No 'hello'.





Jimmy.
I had been relating to him for six months.
No response. Not even 'hello'.
I used his name
I thumped him on his shoulder.
I asked about his sister.
No response.

Micky came to see me one afternoon.
He asked me if I could read his letter from the court.
He said 'I can't read real writing'.
I knew he lived in a home where the floor boards
had been lifted and burned to keep the family home warm.

The Blobs came out of a passion to connect.
Anyone can read them.
Most young dysfunctional teenagers in schools,
in hostels, on the streets, can read them.

LIVING WITH A POVERTY THAT IMPRISONS THE SPIRIT.

All the comfortable Churches had influenced me 
to speak the words to them
 'You are a sinner' and then if they
confess that, accept Jesus and you will be a new creature.

I had become a Christian at aged 21.
I wanted everyone to have the best life - just like me.
It was not fertile ground
It was multiple deprivation factors  -
Inner City London.

In the shadows of survival one day
I realised that God loves these kids.
Jesus had died for these kids.
and I wrote this.

UNIQUE

You are a Beautiful Human Person as you read this.
Are you reading? 
They are written for YOU especially YOU.

You are a valuable person 
You are a special person 
You are a unique person 
You are beautiful 
You are precious 

You are unrepeatable 
You are mysterious 
You are a beautiful human person

I have been saying this ever since.
"You are a beautiful human person"

I STRIVE TO LIVE IT