Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?

Today’s blog post 📫 is one that I didn’t need to really think about. I would like to re-live the decade of my 20s again, but with the wisdom I have now. How differently I would do things, being young and wise. I know I would make better, more wise choices with that wisdom, but I guess it was my experiences of life at that time, that has given me the wisdom I have now. I guess you can’t put an old head on young shoulders. It is through our mistakes that we learn and become wise.

I try to live my life without regrets, it has been a learning curve and realistically I wouldn’t change a thing.

What’s something you believe everyone should know.

My journey along life has brought many experiences to me. Probably the most profound lesson I have learned is that having a mental illness is not a curse. I think my experience of mental illness had lead me to become a far better person, with loads of empathy and compassion for my fellow man. It is not the worst thing I have experienced and even when I am unwell, it is still possible to feel blessed and loved.

The biggest lesson I have learned is to practice self care as a priority. If I place my own well being as a priority I am better able to deal with the curve balls that life throws at me. I have learned the hard way to be kind to myself and not beat myself up if things don’t always go to plan. Being kind to myself, and not being hard on myself are what I have learned that has made my journey more richer and fulfilling.

What does it mean to be a kid at heart?

To be a kid at heart is to have the gift of being childlike. It means to view the world 🌎 as a child does, with a sense of playfulness, innocence and awe at just what an awesome amazing and adventurous place the world is. It means showing love the way a child does, with joy and affection. It means waking up each day , happy and filled with wondrously happy expectation for what the day will bring.

You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for?

1. For world 🌎 peace. An end to all wars in the world.

2. For all the world to learn to share and manifest abundance for all

3 For evil in all its many forms to be eradicated, and for love,goodness and peace to conquer 🙏 all

Describe a family member.

Peter is my oldest brother and he in many ways is the brother I am closest to

I am envious of his marriage to Kathy , as they have a great relationship, which my own marriage sadly lacked.

He is a remarkable father and has raised three wonderful young adults, who are equally as gifted as one another, but very individual too.

Peter keeps active, playing golf and has a medical condition called ankalysing spondulitis ( I think that’s how it’d spelt) which meant he had a hip replacement at age 39. He now is 62, and doesn’t seem to be slowly down. Recently he was looking to retire, but was head hunted for the job he now has. He is obviously very well thought of, to be head hunted in such a way.

He is a great brother to me and I trust him implicitly. I look up to him and love attending family functions with his family. I love him dearly and wish only the best for him. He as the eldest of my siblings has earned his status as male head of the family. He is very wise and deserving of credit.

What is your favorite form of physical exercise?

These days my favourite form of physical activity is my daily morning 🌄 walk with Lily it fills my lungs with crisp morning air and bonds me even deeper with Lily..

Throughout my life I have been in and out of dance classes. In my life I have done ballet, tap, jazz ballet, ballroom and rock’n’roll, belly dancing and zumba. I haven’t done formal dance classes for well over 10 years and feel my flexibility isn’t what it used to be, when I was regularly attending dance class. However, I do love getting up to dance with my brothers, my nephews and nieces at family functions.

When I was married I regularly attended the circuit gym classes at Curves in Coburg. This was great exercise as the circuit only goes for 30 minutes, easy to fit into a busy lifestyle. When my marriage started to breakdown Curves was great for me as I could work out my frustrations on a piece of gym equipment, and there was a real sense of comerarderie amongst the women of all shapes and sizes who attended Curves , all for the same reasons. Unfortunately there is no Curves in Sunbury, so for the moment my main exercise is to walk Lily. So I make the most of that

How much would you pay to go to the moon?

Today’s response is very easy. I would not pay to go to the moon. Going to the moon doesn’t interest me. There are more places on earth 🌎 I would like to see and experience before I would consider space travel.

What major historical events do you remember?

I certainly have no recollection of this but man walking on has special significance for me

I was born on the 1st July 1969, three weeks premature at the Queen Victoria hospital here in Melbourne . I spent my first couple of weeks in a humidicrib and the day that I first came home after hospital 🏥 was the day that man first walked 🚶‍♂️ on the moon. My parents always told me that man walked 🚶‍♂️ on the 🌙 moon for me, so therefore that historical event has special significance to me.

What are you most proud of in your life?

There are two things that I am most proud of in my life. The first is my writing, both the blog and books that I have written.

The second thing I am most proud of is my beautiful little dog 🐕 Lily. She is the love of my life and we are very bonded. She gives me a reason to get up everyday and fills my life with joyful love ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️ 💕 💘