What motivates me.

What motivates you?

There are a couple of things that motivates me in my life.

First of all having such a great network of supportive friends is definitely what motivates me in this world 🌎. I have genuinely wonderful friends who support me with all my ideas and goals. They are definitely a positive influence.

I also feel the support of my passed on loved one’s who I feel watch over me and guide me in my life. I particularly feel the presence of Susanna, ny father and Michael Fleming. I feel that this helps me throughout my most challenging times, knowing they are around. Having a great psychiatrist who believes in me and is encouraging also motivates me.

My faith in God motivates me. Faith is a big part of my life.

Lastly my little canine muse Lily motivates me. She is a definite Gift from God and she inspires me to be the best version of myself

Top 10 favourite movies

What are your top ten favorite movies?

My top ten favourite movie are as follows

1. Pay It Forward. It’s my absolute favourite movie, so sad but so beautiful. A movie that makes you think and dream

2.The Sum Of Us. My favourite Russell Crowe Jack Thompson Aussie comedy.

3 Pretty In Pink. My favourite all time teenage movie Love Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy in this.

4 The Man From Snowy River. Love Tom Burlinson and Sigrid Thornton in this.

5 The Big Steal. Another Aussie favourite with Ben Mendolson

6 A Beautiful Mind. Russell Crowe is outstanding as John Forbes Nash.

7 A Dogs Journey. Happy and sad at the same time. A dog lover’s favourite.

8. Gone With The Wind. I love this old time favourite.

9 Sleepless In Seattle.

10. You’ve Got Mail.

Enjoying Writing

What do you enjoy most about writing?

The thing I enjoy most about writing ✍️ is that it is my favourite creative outlet and I gain pleasure putting my thoughts into words. I actively work on expanding my vocabulary and given that I love reading 📚, I love being able to write for an audience, be that an audience of one ( myself) or writing for a larger audience, my blog, or writing for children.

I find it easy to write about the things I love and I think writing a blog 📫 post regularly improves and hones my writing ✍️ skills. I love writing my blog and feel humbled that it has found an audience.

LILY THE CAVOODLE WHO THINKS SHE’S A FARM DOG.

I will let you in on a little secret. My adorable little cavoodle thinks she is a farm dog. A cavoodle is meant to be a loving puppy dog like little dog, living only to love and be adored, but my little cavoodle thinks she is actually meant to be living on a farm 🚜.

How do I know this? I know it because of the hijinks Lily gets up to. To begin with we don’t live on a farm. We live in a little suburban unit in a tree lined street.

Lily will bark madly at the magpies, that land on top of our balcony. Lily may only be little and the magpies just ignore her but she is saying “If I Could reach you, you would be dead 🍖 meat,”. It is so funny to watch.

Even more funny to watch is when Lily sees animals on the television. If Lily sees cattle or sheep on the television 📺 she barks loudly and runs around the lounge room in circles 🔵 and does this until she no longer sees them on the television. It is so funny. When the cattle and sheep are no longer on the tele Lily runs outside and looks at the fence. She then comes inside and sits on the couch and looks at me as if to say ” I finally did my job of rounding them up”. She thinks her job is to be head dog on out farm. The television is a window 🪟 that let’s her see what is happening outside on our farm. She seriously thinks she is a Kelpie or a blue heeler, not a little cavoodle at all.

She also likes to referee at football ⚽️ games on the television 📺, particularly if the game is played by indigenous looking players, she again barks and runs around the lounge room attempting to get the ball. Again it is hilarious to watch.

My sweet little Lily, you have big dreams of living on our little farm. You are both loving, but very high spirited. You may be a cavoodle but you are a farm dog at heart.

Neighbourly Community

What do you love about where you live?

What I like about where I live is that I live in a very neighbourly community. I have several neighbours I consider to be friends and centred around the little group of shops near to my place is a real supportive community. The shop owners all support one another and as a shopping strip, it is thriving mainly due to the community feel. The streets are tree lined and the houses are well maintained. It is a community where the homes 🏡 are well maintained. People are happy to live here. Yes this area is home 🏡 to me.

CONTENTMENT

What positive emotion do you feel most often?

The positive emotion that I feel most often is that of contentment with my life. Ninety-nine percent of the time I am happy and at peace with my life.

I am content with my lot in life and grateful 🙏 for the small things that bring me pleasures 🙏 in my life.

I have enough food that I need. I lead a very simple life, where I don’t spend a lot of money. I have loving friends and family. Because I have Lily, I am never totally alone. When I look into Lily’s eyes I see her love ❤️ for me in them and that is what brings me the most happiness, fulfilment, serenity and contentment. So yeah I would so the most positive feeling in my life is that of ongoing contentment.

Baby steps

How do you plan your goals?

If I have a goal in mind I tend to work at it in baby steps, and endeavour to work at the goal a little at a time. There are those times that I feel very passionate about a particular goal and focus a lot of energy working to achieve that goal. I can be very headstrong and passionate once I have made up my mind to do something and work towards making that happen. My friend Russell says that I am a strong positive force to be reckoned with, and that I am very good at making happen whatever it is I have I have decided to pursue.

Lily’s love

What brings you peace?

The thing in my life that brings me the most peace is the love I receive from my beautiful little dog Lily. If ever I am feeling blue, I just have to look into her eyes, to feel so much peace and unconditional love. Her eyes 👀 are full of innocence and wisdom, and her unconditional love for me radiates and warms my heart. I can never be lonely with Lily and I am so grateful 🙏 to God that he brought such a loving companion into my life.

Children’s Literature

If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?

If I were going to open a shop I would sell children’s literature. Children’s literature is one or my first love’s in this world 🌎. I would open an old fashioned traditional children’s bookshop, were I sold both modern day world stories, but also the classics of children’s literature too. I would have a section where I sold children’s music 🎶 too. I think The Wiggles have shown there is a market for fun music for kids. I would have an area set up in the shop where I would have daily story telling sessions, which would be free for all to attend.

It is nice to dream of these things, just as like in some children’s literature a bit of fantasy never goes astray.

Mobile phone and keys

What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time?

The most important things that I carry are my mobile phone 📴 and my keys 🔑. I take my mobile 📱 phone with me everytime I leave the house, even when I am just taking Lily for a walk, so I am prepared for all eventualities. It means if I fall over or have some sort of accident I can call someone easily and readily. It means I feel both prepared and safe. That makes me feel secure.