Quote No.88
Now more than ever choose positivity over negativity. Infect one person with your positivity. Start a dominoe effect!
Le grà,
Mindfully Marie xx
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Hi... failte (Irish for welcome! and pronounced fall-thhha). I'm a newbie to blogging, here just over a year, but what a great year it has been! I've turned the corner to 50 recently and two things become more relevant...time and experiences! Material possessions are less important! Using time wisely and truly experiencing each day holds a new significance for me! If you wish..., a little of the back story... I''m blessed to be married to a kind and loving man for 28 years, we have two children now 19 and 21. As I approached 40 and searching for something more, whilst holding down my then part-time legal secretarial work, I trained as a voluntary adult literacy tutor, with the hope of helping adults improve their literacy skills and have a second, and better experience of learning! However, little did I think that wanting to help others improve their lives would see my own life improve beyond measure also! You see for years I found it difficult to know what to do as I watched our two children suffer at the hands of bullies. Their struggle began to change when I returned to education! Through education I slowly gained valuable knowledge, I grew in confidence and self-esteme and it had a ripple effect! By 2014, aged 47 I had completed a Higher Certificate in Literacy Development and a B.A. in Adult Education. I love my work as an adult educator, particularly when adults trust me enough to let down their defences and 'let me in'. Then I can help them by getting to know what makes them 'tic' and what 'lights their fire!'. As an added bonus along the way I've realised that I also have a love of writing and that writing is cathartic (providing psychological relief through written expression of built up emotions), both for my students and myself. This blog enables me to pursue that new-found interest and I've really enjoying reading your blogs, sharing comments, getting to know so many people and gaining new perspectives. I also like to share any little 'gems' of learning I've gathered along the way! Thanks for sharing your stories and for helping me realise that it is all possible...and that together we write a truly better story! Much love, Marie x
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April 3, 2020 at 1:56 pm
Awww this is so tru Marie.
Keep safe
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April 3, 2020 at 8:01 pm
Thank you Mich. Likewise stay safe. X
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April 3, 2020 at 5:23 pm
This is so important and relevant for how I have been feeling today! There are so many negative folks around, always ready with an opinion and never ready with a solution! They sap all positive energy from you! I have been trying to avoid these folks even if they call me a frog inside a well!
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April 3, 2020 at 8:27 pm
It’s important to do what we can to protect ourselves and try where possible to surround ourselves with positive people. What people think or say about is not important if we are happy with ourselves! People have a right to be stressed out, negative and struggling with Covid19. It’s ok for them to not feel ok and it’s important for them to be able to voice that rather than trying to put on a mask. To just love ourselves and others…an important albeit challenging goal. Great comment Parikhit.
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April 4, 2020 at 2:29 pm
” What people think or say about is not important if we are happy with ourselves!”, you have summarised the very essence of life 🙂 Yes, staying afloat in these testing times is one difficult challenge! But there is so much optimism at the same time that will sail us though these troubled times.
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April 4, 2020 at 5:29 pm
Thanks Parikhit, you are very kind! I think I have summarised a way to a pain free life. Echkart Tolle has an excellent YouTube “There is another way” which reminds us that it’s not the event but rather how we think about it.
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April 5, 2020 at 9:45 am
It is all in the head isn’t it 🙂
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April 3, 2020 at 10:50 pm
Anne’s philosophy resonates deep 🙂
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April 3, 2020 at 11:21 pm
Glad to hear it Kate!
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