Friday, July 22, 2011

New Beginnings.....


I just love new things.
Like: 
Buying a new dress, purchasing new stationary, new shoes or even moving to a new area......
New things are just cool; they make you feel good, and sometimes they are exciting...
New things are extra great when you have to save up, or work really hard to get them. The reward is well worth it – rather than having something handed to you.....

I have a great 'new' thing........Yesterday, I accepted a new job....!!!
I am very excited!!... And I’m really looking forward to the challenge of learning a new set of skills, and responsibilities.
The thrill of re-inventing myself - to a whole group of new people that don’t know me yet....

With new things though, come old memories;
Old memories of the good times, and some of the bad times.....
It’s Lucky for us that the good memories often take over from any of the bad ones.
I’m really excited about my new job, and also I’m sad about leaving what I have. But lucky for me I get to take those memories with me....

Today my 5 small things that count are:
1.       The amazing stories my son tells me..
2.       My ink nib pen that writes beautifully..
3.       Pink grapefruit..
4.       My gumboots..
5.       Being surrounded by great people..

These are the small things that count.....



Friday, July 15, 2011

A challenging week.....

Its been a challenging week.

Challenging at work...challenging at home...

Not in a terribly bad way, just in a massively busy...'pulled in about 10 different directions' kind of way.

Which made me think, now that I have come out 'the other side'.....

About how 'sometimes' all those small things can appear to be monumentally bigger than they actually are,









and how that stress carries onto those closest to me.....

I tend to retreat into myself when I'm stressed, when my coping skills are pretty much depleted.

Even though I make it my own personal mantra to always try to remember those small things that count - sometimes those other 'big' things just keep on coming in and take up 'space'....

They tend to cloud the way that I am seeing things.....


There are a lot of things to be grateful for...

I know this much is true.....

This week, these are my FIVE small things that count....
  1. Enduring love (OK, not really a 'small' thing !!!) ...
  2. Music to listen to...
  3. Movies to watch...
  4. Time to unwind...
  5. Brekkie rice...


These are the small things that count..........