Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life.
One of the simplest things I do that brings me great joy is to every morning send all my loved ones a good morning gif. I do this to honour the memory of Susanna, who was an angel on this earth and only ever spread love and goodwill. I gain such pleasure 🙏🏽 from doing this one simple thing on a daily basis
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen?
I know that I regularly need to unplug from technology, and I have a few strategies I use regularly.
From about 7.00pm, I put my phone in the bathroom overnight to charge the battery, and by putting it in another room, rather than keep it in the bedroom, I can get a good night’s sleep. If I get any messages after that time, I wait until morning 🌄 to read them
I also have a particular playlist of 🎵 songs I listen to if I am feeling stressed before bedtime to help me feel at peace, everything from Thats When I Think Of You, Send Me An Angel, Dont Dream It’s Over, Let It Be, and Choir Girl. The playlist is more extensive than this sample and there are more songs 🎵 from the playlist I select depending on what I want to hear 🎶.
I deliberately switch off from technology on a regular basis and turn my television 📺 off at the PowerPoint when I am not watching it..
All these little things I do help me to detox regularly and stop me from becoming exhausted by technology in my life. I don’t let technology control me, and I deliberately am not on social media like Facebook. I want to be in charge of how technology affects me. I don’t need social media and constant interface with technology to be happy.
I think I control my devices and regularly turn them off, so yes, I do detox from the world🌎of technology. .
What quality do you value most in a friend?
As I think about the blog topic today, I think of Susanna, the most honest, loyal, and loving person I have ever met.. She embodied friendship with her honesty and loyalty. Even Lily, my little dog, is my best friend 🧡 with her loyal, loving nature. Dogs are always honest. They are not capable of being dishonest. To me, honesty and loyalty are the qualities of a true friend and go hand in hand. I value the friends who are honest and straightforward with me. I respect that. If a friend is being dishonest with you, for whatever reason, they are not being a friend. Honesty is a big part of loyalty. Friendships that survive have a basis of love, honesty, and loyalty.
Today, I appreciate my Little Lily even more than usual and have given her a new toy. My beautiful little dog 🐕 is very loving and loyal and sometimes misunderstood. Yesterday, Lily was very misjudged, and I am sad at how we were both treated by someone who should know better. I had a new cleaner come to my place yesterday, and because he was male and a stranger, Lily was barking at him, doing what she thinks is her job. The funny thing is I live beside a dog groomer and and one of the groomers came out to tell me off at Lily barking. I am used to dogs barking from these groomers. It was funny, really, a dog groomer where dogs make noise all the time, with no complaints from me. Lily wasn’t barking for an excessive amount of time. She was just doing her job, protecting me from strangers. It is sad but absurd that this even happened. Lily is such a loyal little companion and would be upset for me if she was capable of understanding what she had done wrong . Which she hadn’t, so today I am cuddling her a little closer and treating her with some TLC.
I had a very interesting conversation with my friend Adrian today. We were talking about the deaf blind lady who appears on The Piano 🎹 here in Australia 🇦🇺. She was remarkably talented and was an inspiration because she was optimistic about herself and was choosing to be happy despite her disabilities.
It made Adrian agree that happiness is a definite choice. We can choose to view our life through a positive lens. Choosing to be positive makes life all the more remarkable and meaningful. Happiness can also be like an act of defiance against the circumstances or experiences set to challenge us. Whenever negative thoughts set im, I counterbalance it by doing something positive or by spreading goodwill to loved ones. This, to me, is empowering, and positivity breeds positivity. It was a lesson Susanna helped me learn. Being positive in the face of adversity is a skill we should all work on. Everything we project comes back to us threefold tge law of attraction tells us. Be inspired and humbled by those who seem to have more challenges than us, but who greet the sun every day with a smile 😃.
What are you good at?
I have already answered this question last year, focusing on my empathy and compassion. I think I am very good at being switched on to people, particularly people in need of support, empathy, and a bit of positivity in a dark world 🌎. I understand that we all as humans need to be validated and affirmed. Some of my friends say that I am a huge positive force to be reckoned with. I try to fill my loved 😍 ones’ lives with positive affirmations and to make them feel that they are the wonderful human beings who deserve some recognition of how good they are. I look for the good in people, and the celebrities I most admire are those doing good in the world 🌎 without seeking accolades.
I guess I am good at endeavouring to be a good friend, sister, etc. I form close soul bonds with people, eg, Susanna, Lani, etc. I don’t take these relationships for granted, and if there is anything I have learned from Susannas legacy, it is to be the loving bearer of good tidings for all. Susanna led by example, and now I am doing the same.
I guess I am good at recognising the human condition and try to give my loved 😍 ones the support they need in their life.
What am I good at? I will let my friends 🧡 and loved ones let me know what they think are my strengths. I do try to lead a life where I grow and learn from my mistakes. I think I am good at becoming more wise on my journey of life.
The more that I binge watch The Piano 🎹 the more I absolutely adore it. It is the most beautiful 😍 and genuinely moving television 📺 I have seen in quite a while. If you haven’t seen it, you can catch the entire series on ABC iview. I think Harry Connick Jnr and Andrea Lam, and Amanda Keller did such a wonderful job . I don’t want to give out any spoiler alerts because I want you to watch it and be very pleasantly surprised by what you see. It makes me a proud Australian that our national broadcaster can produce such good entertainment.
Who would you like to talk to soon?
The last time I answered this post 📫 I said I would like to talk to Neil Finn and also talk to someone about supported social housing. This has progressed over the last 12 months. I am now on the waiting list for social housing close to where I already live. I would like to talk to Mind the mental support service who is building the housing to make sure I am on top of the waiting list. I pray 🙏🏽 all the time that this works out, so I am really talking to God about this, making sure God knows how important this is to me.
I would still like to talk to Neil Finn, being a fan of course I would like to talk to him. I would love to have a cuppa and a chat with Scott Aplin, Harry Connick Jnr, Andrea Lam, and Amanda Keller about the series The Piano because it is so good that it is absolutely mind blowing. I think I will always want to meet Scott Aplin because of how nice to me he was when I have had contact with him in the past.
The other person I would like to talk to is Sam Reid, the actor who played Dale Jennings in The Newsreader. Sam appears to be quite shy and introverted in interviews I have seen with him, and that makes him all the more charming and interesting.
Do you have any collections?
I have several collections.
I have a large collection of books, particularly those by Cathy Kelly, Janet Frame and Graeme Base.
I have a large record collection, comprising of vinyl records and compact discs, a lot of Australian music 🎶 from the 80s and onwards.
I have a collection of teddy 🧸 bears and antique tea cups and saucers.
I have a collection angel things, eg, angel Oracle cards and ornaments. When I move house in the not too distant future, I plan to make angels the theme of my home..
How do you feel about cold weather?
We are heading into winter here in Melbourne, and I am not enjoying it. It has been freezing here the last few mornings 🌄 and I have not wanted to get out of bed. I hope I can acclimatise soon, so I can walk up Lily around 7.30 am. The last few days, I have walked 🚶♂️ her later, but I know I need to get used to the cold weather. In Melbotrne, I love late spring and early autumn 🍂. I dread winter. It is true here in Melbourne that we have four seasons in one day.
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