When I was five what did I want to be when I grew up.

When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up?

When I was 5 years old I wanted to be a author,a ballerina or a vet.

I always wanted to be a writer as soon as I learned to read 📚 I knew I wanted to be a writer.

I was learning ballet and tap dancing 🕺and wanted to be a ballerina although I wasn’t a talented dancer.

I wanted to be a vet because I loved 😍 animals,  particularly dogs but the thought of hurting animals, operating on animals or putting them down sickened me and terrified me. I saw the movie Benji when I was young and cried all the way home, it was then I realised that I could never be a vet.

I did become a writer though so at least that stayed with me from childhood 

Saying No.

How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals?

I am getting better at saying no to things I don’t want to do especially things that my gut instincts tell me not to trust.

In the past I have been a people pleaser and would do things I really didn’t like or enjoy because I didn’t want to upset or cause conflict with people. My stomach would churn and I would feel uncomfortable.  Now I listen to my gut instincts and only do things that align with my ethics,  beliefs and gut instincts.  I am a stronger person mentally and only do things that feel right.

Quote from Princess Diana.

There is a favourite quote from Princess Diana that i want to share because of it’s beauty and meaningfulness.   It is as follows

“Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back”.

It is such a deeply meaningful quote from a lady who changed the world 🌎.  The world is a better place thanks to her. She was a blessing.

I believe 🙏🏽 like she did in being kind and positive to everyone who comes into our being. The glass is definitely half full and if we show kindness we generate goodwill. There are people in life who are just “takers”, they suck up energy and haven’t learned that life is about what you give back, not about what you take. Be kind to such people they are on a different journey and just perhaps you being kind to them,maybe what turns their life around and teaches them Gratefulness and gratitude. We all have lessons to learn on our journey and Princess Diana was right.  We all have the potential to learn, so smile and be kind to everyone we encounter. Who knows you just might be the change that a person needs on their journey.

I wish I had this superpower

What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?

My friends and family are always telling me that my writing ✍️ skills are my superpower.  I don’t know how much of that is true, but I have a secret wish for my writing skills.  I wish that my words that I write ✍️ had the power to heal and empower the people who read 📚 them. I know I am an empath,  but I would like my readers to feel comforted and inspired by my words in their everyday life.  I would like to leave the world 🌎 in a better state than what it was before me.

Late Spring and Early Autumn mornings

What is your favorite type of weather?

My favourite weather here in Melbourne are late Spring and Early Autumn when the mornings 🌄 are fresh, crisp and still, particularly when it has 🌧 rained overnight and the smells have been brought alive by the rain 🌧.  The days are sunny 🌞 and warm without being unbearably hot.  I love the spring flowers and the Autumn leaves 🍂.

The lost and the found.

As a fan of Midnight Oil I was very saddened by Rob Hirsts passing from pancreatic cancer,  but what I have learned of his life since have made me realise he was a truly remarkable man.

The most favourite thing I have learned is the story of him connecting with his long lost daughter Jay O’Shea. When Rob was just 17 his then girlfriend discovered she was pregnant and what happened next was very common back in the day. His girlfriend was sent for a ” holiday ” interstate and the baby was given up for adoption instantly. Rob never knew the gender of the child and was told to just go to uni and forget the child produced by that union.

His long lost daughter turned out to be Jay O’Shea and it wasn’t until Jay was in her 30s that she found her birth parents and met Rob.  The most touching thing about this story is that Jay is a wonderful talented singer and it really is no surprise given who her parents were.  Rob was very well known not only for being the drummer in Midnight Oil, but he is a gifted songwriter and musician in general.  The fact that he met his long lost daughter before his cancer battle is a gift 🎁.  I intend to buy the music 🎶 album called The Lost And The Found that they made as a house-warming present to myself when I eventually move. They are two incredibly talented people and their music together is delightful.

Zohreh

Zohreh is one of the most beautiful women in have ever met. She is stunningly beautiful with a warm smile and eyes that shine with humour and grace.  She is from Iran and has made Melbourne and indeed Australia her home having recently gained citizenship.  She is a deserving citizen because life in Australia would be totally different to life in Iran 🇮🇷  . She has faith and attends church.  She is an artist and is starting to become known . She always dresses lovely and has respect 🙏🏽 for herself because she always dresses modestly and stylishly.  At one stage in her past she was a flight attendant with Iranian Airlines.  She would’ve been the most lovely flight attendant but her career ended abruptly and traumaticly, in circumstances that were awful,  but that story is not one I will go into detail here because it is something that is personal to Zohreh and not for public knowledge.

She is one of the people I cherish most in this world and I pray with her for peace ✌️ 🙏🏽 ❤️ to come to Iran 🇮🇷 

Do more every day. Semi retired

What do you wish you could do more every day?

Now that I see myself as retired from doing paid peer support worker in mental health I see myself as fulfilling my life purpose in other ways. I no longer do one on one counselling anymore but I fulfill my life purpose by writing this blog and writing books on things that I love and experience in life. Writing ✍️ has become my most important and prominent thing that I do it brings me such joy in so many ways.

I also love spending time just showing Lily love. I love just patting her and the feel of her soft coat. Loving her is bliss personified.

I love spending time with my friends 🧡  in particular opshopping with Kathryn and Lani.  I love meeting friends like Russell, Adrian and Helen for a bite to eat.

I love seeing brothers and my nephews and nieces and wish I could spend more time with them. Hopefully when I have moved, hopefully 🙏🏽 onto The Haven i will see more of my family.