The best compliment I ever received came from my psychiatrist when he was being encouraging and suggested that I should start writing ✍️ a blog. He said that I have great writing ✍️ skills and that people would genuinely be interested in what I have to say. I took that advice on board because I knew it came from a good place and the result is this blog which brings me great joy in so many ways . There is nothing like the power of a good honest compliment. It makes the world 🌎 go around and spreads goodwill for all
Our Dogs are part of our journey for a brief time in our lives. We are part of our dogs journey for their entire life. Love them and cherish them forever.
My brother Peter would have to be the most balanced confident person i know. He is a wonderful brother, husband and father. Him and Kathy have raised three outstanding children.. Peter is humble, has no ego and seems that he counts his blessings 🙏🏽. He is one of my favourite people in this world. I am lucky he is my brother.
What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?
There are a few strategies that i use to cope with negative feelings. First of all i talk to different people in my network of friends. It helps to offload. If I believe that those feelings are having an impact on my mental health then I would talk to my psychiatrist as a priority. It is always good for him to know about the things in my life that cause me stress.
I also practice mindfulness in my everyday life and try to do things at a relaxed pace.
I also use music 🎶 as therapy and have a ever expanding play list. Different music 🎶 🎵 evokes different memories and experiences. I also love to dance and sway to music 🎶 it makes me feel good
I give a lot of attention to Lily my dog 🐕 if I am feeling not great. Patting her, talking to her and playing with her helps immensely and she is the best thing that has happened to me in a long time. If you are lonely a dog can bring so much to your life
Thinking of Susanna and the impact she had on my life always makes me happy and helps when life’s ups and downs get a little too real.
Writing this blog and my other writings ✍️ also works for me to offload and write ✍️ about the things that make up my life.
The more I read and listen to Midnight Oil and Rob Hirst the more it appears that they not only were super talented but they also had street cred the way they interacted with the media.
Midnight Oil were famous for the fact that they never appeared on Countdown where the acts who performed on Countdown would famously mime their songs 🎵 to an audience consisting mainly of screaming teenage girls. Midnight Oil didn’t need Countdown to be famous they were famous for their strong political stance and their target market weren’t young groupie girls. Other bands also didn’t like the fact that they would have to mime on Countdown Split Enz performed humouresly making it obvious they were miming and sending them up whilst Cold Chisel famously smashed their instruments and destroyed the set whilst their songs 🎵 were played.
Midnight Oil also never sold their soul by carefully choosing when to appear on television 📺 . When they were given the honour of appearing on the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics back in the year 2000 they went away to outback Australia 🇦🇺 to cobsider how to approach that offer. The result was that Midnight Oil came back with all guns blazing and all the members of the band wore overalls with the word SORRY emblazoned in big white letters. This at the time was very controversial because the government of the day was refusing to say sorry to our indigenous population for all the past injustices done to them. Opinions over this act were divided some loving Midnight Oil for their stance and others hating them for it. To me Midnight Oil were strong and true to their values and ethics. You either loved Midnight Oil or you hated them they were that devicesive and decisive . I am in the camp of those who 😍 loved them. Since Rob Hirsts passing i have googled alot and watched many YouTube clips of Rob’s and the group and my love for them grows with everything I learn
Recently I have received two compliments from two different people that I am very well educated and wise. The first compliment came from a total stranger whilst I was in the waiting room to see my gp. She told me that she could tell by the way that I spoke that I am well educated. This compliment came out of the blue and made me realise that in many ways I am well educated, but I would say that my education has come from my life experience. I don’t have a masters degree or doctorate, but life has taught me well.
The second compliment that I have received came from my friend 🧡 Liz, so because it came from Liz it means a lot to me. Liz told me that I am smart because I study about the things that interest me and that I have good memory skills. This just means so much becuse I love learning and I constantly google what it is i want to learn about, be it how to set up a blog, or an ETSY site or reading 📚 more about Scott Aplin, Rob Hirst wtc. I think having Google as a search engine makes learning a lot easier and a lot quicker these days. I also like the conversations I have with Adrian and Russell because they are both so intelligent, so well informed and well read. I love to both read 📚 and write ✍️ to exercise my brain and it is nice to be complimented by friends who appreciate me for my learning skills and wisdom.
If there is one piece of advice that I would pass on it would be to never stop learning and questioning and to use Google for what it is meant to be used for. Being literate is such a good skill to have. Don’t be scared by technology , some very simple interactions with technology can put a world of learning at your fingertips
At the time of writing ✍️ i am 56 years old and I am potentially on the brink of great change in my life.
I hope that your life has continued to be good surrounded by good people and love. I hope you have continued to write ✍️ and that your writing ✍️ has brought joy to your readers. I hope that many of the friends that are in my life now have proved to be lifelong friends and that you have experienced soulmates 💜 in your life. I hope you are happy and serenely peaceful. I wish you love ❤️.
I know I have answered this question before but my circumstances have changed. I am hopefully moving in the near future and hope to go on a shopping spree to replace and get some new furniture. I plan on visiting some furniture shops to see what they have that I would like, but I also plan to go opshopping at the Salvos or St Vinnies to get sone bargains. Where and when i will get to do this should be in the not too distant future.
Kaye's Life and other gems 