Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • It seems that the world and life in general is a game of see-saw. Up and down. If someone pushes stronger, the other person goes higher. If one person weighs more, they go lower. See-saws were not meant to be balanced – otherwise what would be the point of them? So, is the idea of having balance in life just a whimsical myth? Perhaps, instead, it is just a matter of knowing how…

  • Just a short update – things are starting to look up at last. Yesterday I read a horoscope that a friend had posted on FB. The link doesn’t work anymore for some reason, but you will have to take my word for it that it said that the struggles of the last two years will come to an end this week. It seems that perhaps there is something to the horoscope….  I am…

  • Remember how just over a week ago I said we were saying YES to options? Well, the interesting thing is that the options we thought we would have to decide upon are not the ones that we decided….That’s a confusing sentence! Lemme break it down. When I started sending out CVs I got immediate positive responses to positions around the world, but particularly in Saudi Arabia. It was a bit of a surprise…

  • Meditation has taught me to control my mind, to sit no matter if my feet are falling asleep or a thought is not desired, to have patience with myself and to understand that all things pass. In our teched up world of instant gratification, desire for immediate feedback and sense of self-importance, we can see how our actions every day represent a lack of self-control. When a driver speeds by me to be…

  • Starting the week as the beginning of Ramadan and a good opportunity to use it as a way of getting myself back into regular practice for myself even if it is a short session. I need to get my meditating on too, so will see how we go this week. May 28th (Sunday) 35′ light yoga practice with meditation May 29th (Monday) 30′ light yoga practice with meditation 60′ Ladies Wellness Yoga 60′ Private…

  • _Poems of Paul Celan_ translated by Michael Hamburger Somewhere I found this title on a list of books that one should read and so I put it on my Amazon wishlist of paper books to remember for later.  My mother likes to give physical presents rather than ecards or vouchers so one Christmas a couple of years ago, I got this to read. I had totally forgotten that I put it on a…

  • First World Problems (FWPs) should seem so trivial and yet I ungratefully linger upon them. Despite having a roof over my head, extra weight on my body proving I am eating well enough, pets to love, a house full of electronics and so much more, I wallow in self-pity and dark corners.  Recently, I have had a couple of conversations around my desire to live. The honest, deep down truth is that I…

  • Well, the past few days have seen me more on the couch than out and about. I realized this morning that I have barely – I have done so, just returning quickly 😉 – left the house since the weekend. The days go by rather quickly and I generally do not notice that I have not been out in the big bad world.  Unfortunately, this week I have been a bit lazy. Or,…

  • So my husband often takes the piss out of me for any number of reasons. If you are not up on your British terminology, this means to tease or make fun of me. The majority of the time I find it aggravating and near annoying when he does it because I lack full appreciation for humor. 😛 Because he is a bit of a drama queen – yes, I mean QUEEN! – he…

  • We often focus on being happy all the time. It is now considered a sort of tragedy if a bad day happens or you somehow are ‘letting it happen’ to you. The truth is that bad days happen! It is a part of life. There is no good or bad about it, they just pass through. Yesterday was one of those days. There are a number of reasons why it was not the…

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