Every Friday, I join an inspiring group of writers to write for FIVE MINUTES on a one-word prompt. No editing. No revising. Just WRITE. This week, the word was AGREE. // indicates the start and stop of the timer.
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Beginnings and endings have always been important to me. I am a big fan of finished chapters and fresh starts. But I must admit, I found myself experiencing nothing but anxiety as last year came to a close. I could feel the pressure to set goals, be “ready” as well as excited and motivated. But I wasn’t. I realised that, I actually needed to rest and allow my body time to recover, my mind time be still and my spirit time to settle in and just be content in my being. In light of my these needs I decided that I would allow myself the first week of January to get ready.
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THIRTY ONE: days are some of the best in my opinion. This issue is jam packed with pure gold. Right from Ps. Edna's powerful Power Note all the way through the stunning articles written by women I love and esteem. Edna challenges us to "refuse to allow smallness to enter our thinking." And dares us to "enter into the spacious wide-open life". And for me, my contribution to this issue, was just that. A refusal to give into smallness, or to stay quiet in the process and journey of life.
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I never wanted to be a common girl. Or have a common life. There has always been something in me that has yearned for the uncommon. The unchartered. The undiscovered. However, to live a life that is uncommon, one must reject the lure of the common.
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The word for today is 'park' and so much of what people have written is about parks. Physical beautiful green spaces, inundated with beautiful trees, flowers and memories. But as soon as I saw the word, the picture that came into my head, was of a car, and the gear shifting into park. And it made me think - where are you parked?
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I love this quote because it speaks of choice, intention and responsibility. It says - I am aware of how I feel, I am taking responsibility for it and I am choosing another way and setting my mind on another destination. Instead of self-loathing I choose joy, instead of doubt I choose faith
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I don't know about you, but I love me a good list. In fact I'm kind of a list geek, like, seriously. Listing makes me all kinds of happy. When I'm confused, it helps me get my mind right, when I'm busy, it helps me organise my thoughts, when I'm depressed its a wonderful way to get grateful.
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I think settling for a "survival mode" existence might well be one of the most frightening prospects in life to me. There has always been something in me that has gravitated and longed for the epic. The meaningful. The sense of being part of a grande narrative, where each chapter matters. Post modernism basically taught us, that there is no grand narrative. What you see, is what you get and then it's over. But...
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Someone once said that there is something that happens in between all of our perfect plans, and that thing is called... Life! In between the scheduling and the routine and order, those unplanned, often messy moments - that is life. And it is often in these moments, that wonder is stored up, if we will just step back and perceive it.
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oy changes everything. Did you know that you can choose joy? Dee Harris says "Happiness depends on happenings." Joy is something totally different. It is a state of being. So, I'm thinking that if Joy were make up, it would be foundation.So, what else do you need in your kit?
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If you get tired, learn to rest. That kind of makes me giggle, the idea of having to learn to rest. Why is rest not natural to so many of us? And why are we so out of touch with who we are and how we feel that we cannot discern between when we should rest and when to give up. I know, I know, we should never give up. But I don't know about you, but I have, too many times.
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