February 1st, 2011
BUMPING GOOD REMINDER - Yesterday BlueBelle had her first big accident aaaahhhhhh. Poor little thing wiggled her way of the change table and onto the hard bathroom floor a meter or more down – So Bessie rushed to casualty crying more than the baby was!
I guess this brought home the reality of future safety issues, but its amazing how something like this can shake your confidence. You realise the vulnerability of the moments we take for granted. Any one of them holds the potential for life, death.
As I read the news online today, I was acutely aware of our fragility. Tomorrow’s paper will be full of people and families who are totally unaware of their fate today!
For me the news is a GREAT, in your face daily reminder, to ask the question, ‘if I knew I was to be one of those people how would I live this day differently’
CALM IN THE STORM – Ok so I admit there were a few tears yesterday. The drama of BB’s first skydiving lesson combined with the logistics nightmare this giveaway has become I honestly felt at an all time low. You may have noticed I avoided writing the blog. I must have started it 20 times but felt so detached I didn’t want to post something that felt to me so out of flow
‘Fortunately,’ and I use that word in retrospect coz at the time I was ropeable, BlueBelle was playing up so much that despite all the work, calls, organising, writing, putting out fires, blogs n everything else I was supposed to be doing I had no choice but to take her outside for a walk – Effectively she forced me to LET GO.
I was FURIOUS at the time but decided to take the opportunity to ask WHY?
I realised this was a great opportunity to find out a little more about what im subconsciously holding onto, and it worked wonders in re aligning my mood!
BIRTHDAY – So BlueBelle and I ended up going shopping for mummy’s birthday. Finding something to buy for the woman who has nothing is quite a challenge, but we settled on lots of edible Gluten free goodies and a lotto ticket! Could use the cash about now. We then made her favourite toffee sauce and poured it over a meringue and put a candle in the top. She LOVED IT!
The more I live this experiment the more im convinced that stress and worry are nothing more than guiding hands trying to bring us back into flow. Not emotions to be battled with, buried or ignored!
HUBBLE – And this morning as almost a reminder to me how trivial any of my earthly dramas are in the big scheme of things, I was greeted by news of NEW images from the upgraded Hubble space telescope. Why do I love this so much?
Just have a look at the images and put yourself and your problems in perspective http://www.universetoday.com/2009/09/09/hubble-wows-with-new-images/Every single pin prick of light is a giant sun with an entire solar system of its own trillions and trillions and trillions of miles away. With Cataclysmic storms and explosions bigger than our whole solar system, eco systems, night and day maybe even life. And here is lil’ ol’ me sitting at my computer thinking my little universe and problems are so big and important …. WHAT A GREAT BIG COSMIC JOKE hahahahahhahahaha
8 Comments on "What a difference a day makes!!"
wow…so much the truth… all the stress thingy…and butterfly kisses for Bluebelle… and for poor stressed mummy…. hope all is ok now
So glad that Bluebelle is ok. What a sweet photo.
I’m so glad little Bluebell is o.k. I remember what happened to your budgies.
Hi there, My son Daniel was the recipient of your amazing laptop and I just wanted to say a HUGE thankyou to you both. This is just the boost he needed after a few trying months and please be assured that it will be well used and loved by him. Thanks so much,
Lee-anne
Quite similiar to your “cosmic joke”, I like to describe the complete incomprehensible immenseness of the universe to people when discussing “religion”. When you do think outside the box and try to comprehend the universe and how inconsequential our little planet is it becomes very clear how “egocentric” or “humancentric” we are. When you think of the number of galaxies, stars, planets there are in the universe, it seems almost laughable to say that Earth is the source of God, which most religions do.
On the flip side each person has to decide for him/herself what is “consequential”. Your so called “little universe” is more important than you think, because if you dismiss it completely what is the point of life? What is important is relative to what you have experienced. A great example is BlueBelle skydiving from the changing table, after that experience you might re-evaluate some of the things you’ve been stressing about and re-rank them. Survival requires that you put importance or “rank” different issues in your life.
In my opinion “experience” is the great teacher in life. How much can you learn from owning a nice car? When you are 85 and sitting in that rocking chair are you going to talk about the nice car you drove when you were young or the expriences you had? It’s a very easy question to answer.
A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for!
Enjoy with no fear:)
Veri
My life would be if it were not for my children!!!
Cerri
have you guys made a twitter account? because if you haven’t it would be a good idea, so all the people who want to hear your story CAN access it via twitter. you can also link your site to your twitter account to make it easier.
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