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Dancing your way around the world

Check out this guy. And he got paid to do it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNF_P281Uu4

Originality certainly is one interesting path...

Desiderata

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,

and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrenderbe on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly;

and listen to others,

even the dull and the ignorant;they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,

they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,

you may become vain and bitter;

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;

it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs;

for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;

many persons strive for high ideals;

and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.

Especially, do not feign affection.

Neither be cynical about love;

for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment

it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,

no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you,

no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,

whatever you conceive Him to be,

and whatever your labors and aspirations,

in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,

it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.

See you next week

To all my lovely little cherubs down under. All I want to say is:

See you next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This doesn't come to pass very often.

Really looking forward to seeing you all in the flesh.

Loves B xoxooxoxox

Nobel Peace Prize

I just want to say how wonderful I think it is that Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday for his work in establishing the Grameen Bank, a program which, for more than two decades, has helped impoverished people start businesses by providing small, usually unsecured loans known as microcredit.

His belief is that poverty lies at the heart of terrorism. What a liberating perspective that is.

What a wonderful hero for our times and what an inspirational leader.

See, one person can make a difference. Power to you, Mr Yunus.

Boredom

Bored, bored, bored, bored, bored!


I have, in a word, been feeling bored these last few days. Mixed in with a bit of burn out from having not had a holiday for ages. Only a few weeks until christmas and it is the holiday that I am looking forward to.

Did you know that, according to Wikipedia, Charles Dickens invented the word in his novel Bleak House in 1852?

Anyway, this boredom experience has given me the chance to explore the concept and I've realised a couple of interesting things.

1. Boredom has to, by its nature, represent a departure from our connection to spirit. Because when one is connected to spirit, there is certainly no boredom there

2. Feeling uninspired by the mundanity of life is the perfect breeding ground for boredom. The daily grind. This trap disconnects us from the creative, unlimited aspect of ourselves. Making time to do something outside the norm is so crucial to living a whole life and moving on from boredom

3. Boredom signals the need for a change. From the immediate and simple like going for a walk and getting some fresh air, or doing some kind of action (eating chocolate does not count!), to thinking about how to change your job or seeing a movie.

Anyway, any more boredom busters would be great, so let me know.

I decided to go for a long walk and take a few photos of the full moon. How magnificent it is.

So, here is one for you!

Love and peace.

Inspired by photography

I've been a bit lazy lately taking quotes and inspiration from others, but sometimes others are simply that: inspiring. Today, however, I want to share a couple of examples of my new found passion: capturing transitory moments on film.

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, for my current art study I have been taking zillions of photos of inpermanent phenomena. It has really been so much fun and I wish I could make money from being creative because I LOVE it.

Anyway, I showed a friend of mine today some stuff and she said: If you were to be a professional photographer, what would be your focus? I immediately answered that I would like to do exhibitions of photos as art work that centre on a concept. That people could hang them in their home or office because they enjoyed looking at them.

I didn't realise that my photos were really any good, but I am starting to think maybe I have discovered something. Who can say really, but I'm going to keep going. Nothing has been done to the pictures, they are exactly as the camera took them. I think my camera has magic properties...

So, here are a couple of examples that I like. Hope you do too. Let me know what you think.

If

I got this sent to me today and think it is a lovely reminder to remain calm and true to yourself in the eye of the storm. There are a few bits in there I'm not sure about but the esssence of it is beautiful.

I hope you enjoy it. It's by Rudyard Kipling...

IF
IF you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,

Or being hated, don't give way to hating,

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

IF you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with triumph and disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

IF you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: `Hold on!'

IF you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!