My Mission

What is your mission?

Do I believe that I have a mission?  Do I believe that I have a life purpose?  Absolutely I do.

I think my mission is to educate the 🌎 world about mental health issues, to bring about empathy and compassion,  by spreading goodwill and faith.

In the past I worked in mental health in consumer peer support roles and now I use this blog as my main expression of my life purpose.  I have a strong faith 🙏🏽 and believe in the law of attraction.  We literally reap what we sow in this life so I believe in spreading goodwill.

A good attitude to life certainly helps.

It is extremely hot 🔥 🥵 😍 in Melbourne today and I am realising that having a positive attitude helps us to cope when the temperature rises and stays high for several days.  It certainly helps to have a dog 🐕   Lily seems to cope with whatever curve balls life brings her.  She loves watching television 📺 and it’s like she thinks television 📺 is interactive . She has her favourite programs that being Muster Dogs and All Creatures Great And Small.  She knows when they are on and barks like she is talking 👄 to the dogs and other animals. I think some humans could learn a lot from their 🐕 dogs. Liky remains happy whether it is hot or cold 🥶.  A full belly,  a walk 🚶‍♀️,  some toys or treats and the television 📺 on and she is happy.  She takes joy in simple pleasures.  She brings me joy by the truckload and i love my time with her,  she makes the heat 🥵 🔥 bearable.

A freeway billboard

If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?

There are a few different things I would put on a freeway billboard.

I love this wisdom of Lennon and McCartney’s songwriting.   From John Lennon I would  put the word  “Imagine” or the quote from  Beautiful Boy that “Life Is What Happens While We Are Busy Making Other Plans”.

From Paul McCartney I would simply put “Let It Be”.  I think that is the best advice ever to give anyone.

Whist I am quoting from song 🎵 lyrics my personal favourite title and quote comes from Neil Finn and it is simply ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over”. Again a good slogan and piece of advice.

Perhaps I need a huge digital billboard with all the quotes on rotation,  as i cant choose between tgem

Do I spend more time thinking about the future or the past?

Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?

I know I have answered this post before but it is good to consider it again.

At the moment I am endeavouring to think more about the future and make plans .

Traditionally I have thought a lot about the past ruminating about past events and what I have learned from them.  I try not to focus on the past, on things I can’t change and put my energy into the present and the future and focus on the things I can actually control or change.  Just like in the serenity prayer I am learning 🙏🏽 the wisdom to know what I can or what I can’t change

The Greatest Gift

What is the greatest gift someone could give you?

The greatest gift someone could give me is stable, affordable and supportive housing for the rest of my life.  Hopefully I will get that gift this year 🙏🏽 once The Haven here in Sunbury is finished building.  I know I am high up on Mind’s waiting list and I know I stand a great chance of being selected,  but it is a waiting game.  All my friends and family are praying 🙏🏽 for me.  This would be the perfect housing for my future and will get me out of the private rental trap and means my health concerns won’t weigh on my loved one’s as I age. So yes that would be the greatest gift that is achievable.

Choose your behaviuor well

If there is anything I have learned in this life, it is that we all choose how we behave  so try to always choise wisely.

Whenever I am faced with a conundrum or difficulty i choose to pause and to contemplate before I respond.  When I was younger and didnt have wisdom I made a few poor choices,  thankfully nothing really bad and in hindsight I learned my wisdom from those experiences.  It was when I was younger that a few people in my life weren’t sincere good people. Thankfully now I don’t have such people in my life. My ex husband was someone who made poor choices and tried to play the victim. He blamed his poor choices and ultimate bad results from his behaviour on everyone else including myself, his other friends or family or the church etc etc.  He would choose to make poor choices but then apportion blame elsewhere.  Needless to say his life was in constant turmoil and that meant he was constantly mentally unwell and never having the insight as to how his reactions affected his mental health and stability.  I learned a lot throughout my marriage,  but the gave me the wisdom that I have now and understand that we all choose how we behave. I had in my past a “friend” whose life was a total train wreck,  whose children had endured the very worst of abuse at the hands of their father  My so called friend was draning with constant dramas in her life, she was sucking my energy like a vampire and she was incapable of making wise decisions for her children. Worrying about that family caused a return of my mental health issues,  but at least now I have learned that nothing is worth worrying about so much that it impacts my mental health.  Again God taught me with that experience that if we are wise and intelligent we choose our behaviour well. I have learned to not be reactionary and that we have different lessons to learn on our journey. There but for the Grace of God Go I, so I practice wisdom and not judgement.

Do I play?  What says playtime to me?

Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?

Yes I do play in my daily life.  Having a very much loved dog in Lily means that I am always given opportunities to play be it walking 🚶‍♂️ her or playing with her toys with her. She makes me smile and laugh.

I have a sense of humour when it comes to my mental health issues and often laugh at myself.  My friends all think that i have a good attitude about my mental health and appreciate my sense of humour 

I dance to music I 🎶 like for fun and have an ever expanding play list of music that grows over time.  I also go opshopping with Kathryn and Lani for fun. I go out with my friends for a bite to eat for fun and thoroughly enjoy my time and the conversation.

The relationships that have a positive impact on me

What relationships have a positive impact on you?

I know I have answeed this before but it is always good to reflect on it again.

Probably the relationship that has the most positive impact would be of that with my psychiatrist.   He is such a brilliant man and genuinely cares for me as his patient.

The family relationship that has the most      positive impact on me is my relationship with my brother Peter.  He is very intelligent,  wise and charming.

My support worker Sherree also has a positive impact on me. She is delightful and down to earth.  My friends like Russell Adrian  Liz, Kathryn  Lani, Helen and Zohreh all positively impact my life and bring me great joy.  Quite obviously all my wonderful nephews and nieces bring me great love and joy.

I am blessed with the quality of relationships in my life. We reap what we sow in this life,  so I must be doing something right to have the lovely friendships I do.