From Groundhog Day to a performing dog 🐕.

Over the last couple of weeks my life has gone from me feeling like my life was Groundhog Day over and over again as I patiently awaited for The Haven to nearly being completely constructed.

My NDIS provider and myself over the past few weeks have been in contact with Mind, the organisation involved in producing and running The Haven on a daily basis.  I worked for Mind many years ago and they have a very well earned reputation for providing quality care for those with mental health issues.   They have been a pleasure 🙏🏽 to deal with very warm, professional,  compassionate and competent at what they do.

Unfortunately i can’t say the experience dealing with the NDIA who administer the NDIS here in Australia has been positive.  It seens that they aren’t consistent with what they do or say and you can keep getting vastly different answers for the same queries depending on who you talk to.  I feel like a little performing dog whose job it is to jump through hoops. It seems the hoops are getting not only more in quantity but they are becoming more challenging because they are covered in thick government red tape. The poor performing dog just keeps plugging on and jumping and tries its best not to break badly the red tape covering the hoops. Today I am exhausted and am having a quiet day, just me and Lily and will tomorrow  be able to jump through the current hoops and do so with an optimistic glass half full perspective . The end goal is a new life for me and my little Lily and the end will justify the means. Amen 🙏🏽.

How do I use social media?

How do you use social media?

I am not a big fan of social media and I haven’t used Facebook for several years now after not really enjoying being on Facebook.  I watch a lot of YouTube clips though and find that addictive.

My main use of social media is to write ✍️ this blog and I just love ❤️ it so much.  It is the form of social media best suited to my likes,  skills and personality.  I am happy and contented being a blogger.

Feeling Divinely Guided

As my life is progressing at the moment I am definitely feeling help from above. God is looking after me and angel’s like my passed over friend Susanna are watching over me..I had a pretty important week , this week just past with some progress being made into my hopeful move into The Haven. I am feeling peaceful ✌️ 😌 ✨️ and contented and am already getting my head around the things I need to do next this week to keep the ball rolling. I believe 🙏🏽 that God assists us with his legions of angels and i feel Susanna and other angels sitting beside me as I plan what comes next. Thank you God for keeping me serene and contented as to where my life is at.

The first thing in my mind

Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind.

The first thing that comes to mind is my dog Lily. I have slightly changed my behaviour so that she doesn’t feel jealous or have her feelings hurt. Now of a morning 🌄 when I plan to use my phone to call friends or write ✍️ this blog I consciously give Lily a lot of attention for about ten minutes or so, so she feels important and 😍 🥰 show her she is my main priority,  not the phone.  I have been doing some research into dog psychology and apparently dogs get jealous of devices when we sit scrolling for hours using our devices and ignoring our dogs who are lying beside us craving our attention.  It hurts their feelings and they can’t express or tell us that they feel ignored or rejected.  So please 🙏🏽 be mindful of our loving loyal friends when using our devices and regularly stop to give them the attention that they crave. Love your pet, not the device  .

Lady in the waiting room

Describe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you.

There was,an encounter recently with a,stranger that had a positive impact on me . I was waiting to see my doctor  my gp and struck up a conversation with a lady in the waiting room . We are chatting about different things,  just filling in the time. I must have mentioned that I have been to both university and tafe in my past . We were also talking about music 🎶 and discovered that we both liked Midnight Oil.  At one stage this lady paid me a big compliment which touched me.  She said that she could tell by the way i spoke that I was obviously very well educated and intelligent. Hearing this from a stranger touched me and I found myself to be sitting up straighter and walking a little more taller.  It was a wonderful compliment to receive and I will probably always remember it.