What is the most precious thing that we own?

The most precious thing that we own is OUR TIME..
This was bought home to me yesterday when someone said, "thank you for giving me some of your time"... and this morning I began to think just how precious TIME really is.
How we dont seem to have much of it - yet the day has not grown any shorter, but we seem to have much less of it now...we are stretched to breaking point.
We worry about time "catching up"or "losing time" or living in the "now"or living in the "future"or in the "past"....we are said to be "time poor"....
We give our time gratefully or .....begrudgingly. We dont have time to enjoy ourselves.
We, more often than not, say..."I just dont have the time" and spend our lives running from one thing to the next not really enjoying any of it.
We dont have time to meditate, to sit and contemplate our navel...to read a book or just to talk...to talk properly by actually sitting with someone and looking them in the eyes and connecting.
Its all about "quick"....facebook, email, text..........................
fast...dont connect...dont look ...dont think....is it really that unusual that we are all disappearing"into the great melting pot of humanity and become "just another cog in the wheel"? Our only identity is that which we can identify with on a facebook page....but do we actually exist in the real world...

Do I have time to fit in my own family into my busy life?
Do I have time to actually enjoy and remember what I had for breakfast?
DO I have time to spend with a friend who is grieving?
And why should I be thanked for giving something that really costs nothing????......my time!
Has it become such a precious thing that it now has this unforseen value - that I have to pick and choose who gets a piece of it?
Do I have to be thanked when I do give it away?
Yet, I also thank people for their time - it seems to be a gift to get some. It is a rareity.
Consider.................
Give the gift of time to someone you love TODAY.

Tentative steps in a new direction

Always there is fear when moving in a new direction - sailing into unchartered territory with no previous experience as a guide.
I am learning to just think one step at a time - slowly and easily although, as a master Libran, I have a great talent for over thinking and creating many scenarios for each situation before they happen ( possibly never happening ).
So many things that I am wanting to do right now...but with mum having another seizure yesterday...I am drawn back to the inevitability that this time is about her and that where my thoughts should be....
this is part of my unchartered territory too....

Feedback from far away makes me think...

This whole business of spiritual business can really do your head in at times.
Everyone has an opinion on how you should be running yours, whta importance it should have in your life and how dedicated you need to be, and when that commentary comes from another country it is an unusual feeling.
Lucky that I am not jaded enough yet to still appreciate that everyone has a right to their own opinion - and sometimes what may sound negative can actually be quite helpful if you dont take it personally but put it in perspective. Not always easy...
So some comments thrown my way this week have been noted and appreciated and have left me to ponder their importance in what I am doing.
When you open yourself up to asking for, or getting, advice its a bit wrong to then say "stick it up your arse" when it is given...after all you did ask for it in the first place.
Have a good one..

Witches scry over spilt milk....

Change is an unsettling thing. It gets us out of our comfort zone from feeling, "Oh, I know whats going on here, I have a handle on it" to a sense of a loss of that percieved control.
Each upheaval is hard but we are still able to be practical "Players"in the big game of life"....
I sat with my mum yesterday, feeding her, because she was no longer sure what a piece of bread was, and she had forgotten that she could walk.
I watched her eyes flick around the room trying to understand what was goin on around her. I sat and thought that whatever she had ever wanted to have happen in her life...now it was too late.It was TOTALLY beyond her control.
I spent a moment hoping for recognition and it came, but then it went and so all that was left were hugs.
Change comes to all of us - sometimes devastating us to the core, but while there is still a glimmer of opportunity to think, understand and maybe move forward...then you should do so... the day might come when really, truely....you no longer can.
I wish you well...

So what are YOU thinking about today?

Just a question!.....
is it validating, enriching and worth spending your time on?
Is it rational and does it teach you anything?
Today I think about the changes within my life over the last twelve months....what I have lost and what I have gained.What others have lost and what others have gained. How all of this has effected me.
I think about truths and un-truths, about other people's pain and my own.
Some days are just sorting days...moving things around the old bowl of grey matter so it can assimilate and not corrupt or cause blockages and dysfunctions that could really stuff things up.
Constantly turning back, to check, to see the created void seems like watching history just repeat itself over and over.
When one war stops another just seems to start.

Sleeping off a flu..

Ok..so, I need some herbal tabs and some extra sleep and I will get over this sore throat and chesty cough in a flash. It was inevitable both little sweet pea daughter and work mate had viral gooblies ....but through flashes of hot and cold...I will battle on.
Mum has stabilised and is back at the nursing home..will be off for a flying visit next week. Must see for myself.

Here we go...

Mum had another turn yesterday...she was ruched to Blacktown emergency, unconsious after having had a seizure.
She is now ok and will be in hospital for a few days to be monitored, I guess...but the horrid question of, "do we revive"...if anything should go wrong....
Awful dilemma.
Something that can play with your mind, but I have done a lot of thinking about it and so I was fully prepared to answer that one.
Still not a pleasant place to be put or to think about or to have to be the one to decide.
On the other hand....in the spirit of giving back to the Community we are going to be organisisng a team to walk in the "Relay for Life" this year - at Glendale Sports Centre in November.
We need women to stand up and raise money and be a part of this fantastic event - to be a part of our team.
If you feel like joining us please let me know. There is only a small fee of $15 to sign up and that gets you a
t shirt and security and entertainment on the night...each woman has to raise $100 minimum but we actually want to raise lots more.....come on guys..we are brilliant at raising money...let me know if you are in!