Contemplating Lessons
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Today, lessons are on my mind. More life lessons than school type lessons, but those play into the picture, too.
Though I don’t think I have enough years on me to say I have lived a long life or learned as many things that those who are older than me have learned, I know I have learned my fair share.
I think life lessons are infinitely harder to learn than school lessons. Life lessons aren’t so cut and dry. Life certainly doesn’t come with a syllabus, though I know many of us often wish that it did. For the most part, lessons seem to come through strife or determination.
And yet, I have learned many things - especially about myself - through positive events. They may have been hard to achieve at the time, but the experiences left me a better person.
What life lessons have you learned? Did any come at a cost? What would you say is the hardest lesson to learn? Are there any lessons you have liked learning? Are there lessons you had to be taught more than once?
Remember, to help clear your mind before you start writing, take a few deep breaths. Focus on the sound of the air entering and leaving your lungs. Let the noises and worries of the day fade for a few moments while you focus only on breathing.
After you are calm, think about your experiences and start writing.
Wishing you heaps of creativity, a generous muse and heaps of time to write. Feel free to check in here with your progress for the day/week/month/etc.
There is a saying that any two people in the world are only separated by six people. This plays into the ‘it’s not what you know but who you know’ way of thinking in our world today, but it’s still quite an interesting concept.
Hello everyone!
My husband and I were recently talking to the man who married us, and the topic came on to how we were ready to move - anywhere in Australia. I think our friend was a bit concerned, as most of my husband’s and my social ties are to people in our current location and people Mr. JM works with.
I had a feeling when 2009 started that this would be a year of change for me and my husband. Call it instinct. Call it intuition. Either way, things are looking just like I thought they would.
Having had a long distance relationship, having moved across the world at a young age, now living thousands of miles away from everything and everyone I grew up with, I like to think that I know something about distance.
Throughout our lives, we make dozens of promises, vows and oaths.
What a busy week already!
I was at the grocery store the other day and I walked past the registers. A woman with a full cart of groceries, a baby in a sling in front of her body, drops her mobile phone.
There are few things in life I find more satisfying than giving what I can to friends. Because most of my friends are through the internet and living overseas, I love to read (on their blogs) about their wants and needs, and then do what I can to fulfill their needs.
Even as a child, I was moved by the ‘Golden Rule’: Treat others as you would like to be treated.