I am basically an optimistic person, but I am at my most happy of a morning, particularly when Lily first gets up. She lies on my lap and showers me with affection. She is an affectionate old soul, and when I look into her eyes 👀 I see her love, her innocence, and wisdom that animals possess. Animals have an understanding of love and are very good at expressing this love. It is simple gestures that make them feel happy. A full belly,a pat, a cuddle, a walk all these things make Lily happy, and the love she shows is beautiful and profound.
Other than taking Lily for her morning walk this morning 🌄 the last thing I did for fun was to go opshopping with Kathryn on Wednesday. I scored some bargains there and am now prepared for Christmas. Kathryn and I also went to the Gatehouse Cafe for lunch, and that was fun too.
The answer to that question would be to ask me again in another year. My life hasnt changed much in the last year, but hopefully, by this time next year, I would’ve moved into my new unit, bringing great changes to my life.
The lessons I have learned recently is to always follow my faith and to practise self care and mindfulness at the first signs of things possibly going awry.
It has been very warm here in Melbourne. We are experiencing our first extreme heatwave of the summer season. Last night, I did sleep in the heat,but the heat obviously disturbed me, and I ended up waking after having a truly terrible dream. I knew when I woke feeling distressed what to do. I started to listen to music 🎶 and to take my 🌄 routine very slowly, practising mindfulness and being gentle with myself and giving Lily a lot of attention. I knew to let people know about my dream, as sometimes it could be very triggering for me. Now that I have had a good morning and talked to my support network, I feel at peace and contented. The effects of extreme heat can play with our mind, so I am going to be very gentle with myself and keep as cool as possible. It is amazing how extreme weather events can affect our minds.
I have learned very well through experience to be very self-aware and practice self care to keep myself well.
There are a few cities I would like to visit. In Australia, I would like to visit Sydney and Perth. Here in Victoria, I would like to visit the towns of Bright and Beechworth.
Overseas, I would like to revisit Auckland. I would also like to visit London and Dublin and Rome Venice, Sicily and I would also like to visit many cities in 🇮🇳 India like Mumbai etc.
The one thing that I hope people 🙏🏽 say about me is that I am a kind person with empathy and compassion for all. I try to model this behaviour in my everyday life and know I assisted a lot of people when I worked in mental health by modelling empathy and compassion. I also had a wonderful, inspiring example of ❤️ love, goodwill empathy and compassion in my dear angel lady Susanna. She was truly beautiful, and I live my life now inspired by her example. If I am half as good a person as her, I would be doing really well. She was my sister in many ways, and I owe a lot of the person I have become to her.
Tell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc.
I will always remember ❤️ the day I first met Lily. I had just gone through a horrible divorce and was ready to enter a new chapter in my life.My friend Russell had taken to a breeder of cavoodle puppies at Forbes not far from Lancefield I was going to this breeder to look at her latet litter of 🐶 puppies. I was interested in a female puppy.
As soon as I got out of the car, my eyes were locked on the litter of puppies 🐶 in the playpen. My 👀 eyes immediately looked onto the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen. This puppies eyes were watching me as she ran around the playpen. It was love ❤️ at first sight quite literally, and I knew this puppy was destined to be mine. Thank God shet was rhe female that the breeder had in mind f me, because she was the one I had fallen in love with. None of the other puppies got a look in, I was totally besotted by Lily, and to this day, she remains the best thing that has ever happened to me.
I don’t believe in love at first sight for humans, but I do for pets. I think humans can find people attractive at first sight, but I believe we fall in love ❤️ as we get to know someone. I definitely fell in love with Lily at first sight and instantly knew she would be my dog and my great lover 💕
Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech?
As a young girl, I was learning ballet and tap dancing and performed in a concert when I was about 6 years old. I wasn’t a great dancer, but I did win an award for having the biggest smile.
As an adult, I have done a lot of public speaking to large audiences at mental health conferences over the world in my role as a peer support worker. Tbat was a long time ago. I must admit I enjoyed the process of writing ✍️ such speeches but really disliked having to speak to such large audiences. I prefer to be in the background writing ✍️ rather than performing. I am basically an introvert who doesn’t seek the limelight.
What is something others do that sparks your admiration?
I must say that th person I most greatly admire was Susanna. She was a true angel and I learned a lot from her about spreading goodwill to all.
My brother David is someone who sparks my admiration for how he regularly responds to my blog and good morning gif 😀 with positive feedback. I appreciate this more than words can express. Thank you David for your positive comments 🙏🏽.
The other people that I admire are those who take care of animals. I admire vets, but I could never he a vet because I couldn’t operate on an animal or put them down. It would break my ❤️ heart to do that. I especially admire those wonderful people who are wildlife carers and look after sick or injured wildlife . I love how they look after kangaroo joey’s, baby koalas 🐨 and wombats, etc. What a lovely 😍 thing that they do to dedicate their time and energy to look after animals in this way. They are the people I admire greatly.
When I reflect on the friendships in my life, particularly with my female friends 🧡 there is sisterhood that binds us. We share the same thoughts, values, and morals. We are intensely loyal and would never trash or destroy another sisters’ relationship. The female friends in my life know that my marriage was trashed by another woman who didn’t care that she was destroying another woman’s marriage by getting involved with a married man provided she got what she wanted, she didn’t care about the damage she caused. It is my very core belief tht you never have relationships with people who are already taken, you never chase another womans man.
My friends 🧡 these days are lovely 😍 people who know what I experienced, and we talk about our sisterhood. We know that there are some people who that do not care if someone is taken and will willingly get involved with someone who should be off-limits. My friends are amazed at what I endured and feel that the whole negative experience of being in a marriage where three people were involved made me a better and far wiser person. I cherish 😍 my female friends and am very selective whom I become friends with. The whole marriage experience is not something I regret. It was the right thing to do at the time, but it was most certainly the right thing to leave when I did. Just like Princess Diana, I couldn’t stay in a marriage where 3 people were involved, not 2. It has made me cautious and wary about the people who I allow to enter my life and only give of myself to the sisterhood of amazing women I have around me. To all my wonderful friends, God bless you 🙏🏽 as you are the sisterhood that God has placed on 🌎 earth. Soul sisters do exist, and my faith has brought you into my life.
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