Hello…….

…. is it me you’re looking for?
(Thanks Lionel Richie for the blog title today).
It feels as if I have been away for eons but it has only been a week or so since my last post.
As I write this, I have a day off work and I am meant to be working on my research project however I have been checking out some blogs, responding to emails and listening to a CD that I picked up from a garage sale a couple of weeks ago. When I say CD, it is actually a 4-CD set called “These Were Our Songs – A Festival of Folk” and I paid $2 for it. Not bad value as I am spending so much time reminiscing. Of course it isn’t helping my studies too much as the reminiscing keeps pulling my thoughts away from my research topic.

Courage when you’re scared

Meet Bethany Hamilton, who at 13 years of age lost her arm to a shark whilst surfing.

Stop lying to yourself

I chose this quote from Nick Vujicic  to include in the meme I’m sharing tonight. Those who don’t know who Nick is can click the link to read more about him.

Who am I?

Thanks to Deepak and Oprah’s new 21 day meditation I have been asking myself this question. It was posed on Day 1 of the meditations and I have re-listened to it more than once. I don’t pretend to be an awesome meditator. My mind goes off on tangents all the time however I bring it back on each occasion and enjoy the stillness.

Serenity Prayer

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
and the Wisdom to know the difference