Sunday, August 29, 2010

New beginnings

 Be  very, very still and allow every new experience to take place in your life without any resistance    whatsoever........ You do not have to do anything, you simply have to be and let things happen (Eileen Caddy)


   
A  sincere  word  of   thanks  to you  all  for  your  prayers,  and  encouragement..........  I  couldn't  have  done it without you all,a big  thanks  to my "bestest"  friend,  for  always  showing  me that there  is a   light  at the end of the   tunnel, ............ I  have  had  three amazing  weeks, weeks  in  which  the  messages  I  received  were no less than a miracle..........................  I  have  always  been  something  of a  power  freak............  yes  no  kidding,  but  over the  last  few  years  have  more  and  more  given things  to God  including  my divorce,  and  everything went  smoothly, no fights, no arguing, everything falling into place.  But then I got a bee in my bonnet and  in the  words  of  old  " Blue Eyes"  I  tried  to  do the  division  of  assets  "MY WAY"  and  all hell  broke  loose,  the accusations,  the  retaliations, the  evil  spitting  forth of  insult  for  insult,  I  tried  to get the  division  of  assets through the  courts  and  doing this  we  would  have  lost  more than  half  of  everything...... I started  to  believe  the  things  that "The Ex One"  was  saying,  I  started  to  doubt  my  Christianity,  I  started  to doubt  by  faith,  I  started  to  doubt my self................... and found myself  in  a  downward  spiral  a  dark  place  where  i  didn't  want to be.... and  then  God  took  over.............
Two weeks ago  at  our  cell,  we  watched  a DVD  of  Louis  Giglio,  it  is  my  DVD  I  have  had  it  for  about 5  months  and  never  got  around  to watching  it...........  well, maybe I  should  have  watched  it  sooner,  but  maybe  God  was  saving  it  just  for  a time  such  as  this,   it  was  about  no matter  what  you have  done  God  loves  you.........  you  are  an  awesome  being,   Holy Spirit  in  You,  Christs blood  covering  you,  and  God  taking  care  of  everything .........wow....................  Next  morning  i  get  to  work  and  my daily inspirational  message  is  "God  didn't  say  No,  he  said  not  Yet" ...........................  and  then  on Sunday  the  message  was  John 1: 12,  "  Yet  to those  who  received  Him,  to those  who believed  in His  Name,  He gave the  right  to become  children  of  God" ...............  and  I  said............ " I  read  you  loud  and  clear  Lord.................  " It  was   as  if  a  peace  came  over  me,   a realisation that  i  am  never  alone. "The  Ex  One"  no  longer  wakes  me every night  when  he  comes  home,   In  fact  although  we  share the same  house  I  can  go  days  without  seeing  him................ I get  to  be at home, and  he  has to go  out  to his new " family."......  but every night he leaves her  to come back  here.........  and  I thought  i  was  living  a  life  of hell......
And  as  i  sit  here on  my  beloved  verandah,  the  first  time in months, the  first time since  the  onset  of  winter, it is  just  a  few  days  from  the  first  day of  Spring,  as I   watch  the  birds  eating  from  the  bird  feeder and  see the  new green  leaves  on the  trees,  the  spots  of  colour in the garden  from  the  seedlings  that  I planted  in anticipation of just a day like  this ...........  I  realise  that  this  is  the  season  of  New  Beginnings,  it  is the  season  of  Hope,  the  season  of  change,  the  season  of  new  growth,  the  season  of  colour,  of  new  life, it  is  time  to  take  off  the  old  and  put  on the  new, it  is  time  to  leave  the past  behind  and  more  on to the furture........ Gods  timing  is  perfect   I  am  through  the Winter,  and  how amazing  to have  Spring, with  all its  beauty  only  a  few  days  away........................

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Sabatical

I have  read  through  a  few  of my recent  blogs  and  realise  that I  need  to do some  soul searching,  that  I am  not in  a  good  place  right  now,  I am  battling  at  work,  battling  at  home,  and  now battling with my youngest  daughter,  so can not  really share  anything  positive,  so I am  going to  spend some time   trying  to  sort  through  this  mess that  has  become  my life...............  and  prayerfully  will find the  peace  that  i am  looking  for,  but  I  will pop  into  your  blogs  and  say  hi  from  time  to  time.............. God  Bless ..........

Friday, August 6, 2010

Half and Half


Never be afraid to tread the path alone know which is your path and follow  it wherever it may lead  you,  do not feel  you have to follow  in someone  else's  footsteps


As  children  one  of this  first  things  our  parents  teach  us  is  that  we  have  to  share,  to share  our  toys,  to share  our  sweets,  to  share  the  love  of our mothers,  fathers,  brothers  and  sisters...........  we  are taught  to share  no  matter  how  hard  it  is.......  we  are  taught to share..........  because  well mannered  children,  always  share  without  tears,  without  tantrums, without getting  a hiding..........  we  are  taught  to share.......

At  what  point in our  lives  do  we  forget  this  lesson and  want to keep things  for  ourselves.......  at  what point does  it become  impossible  to  share, at  what  point  do  we  become  capitalists  wanting  more..... more.... more.... it becomes  almost  impossible  to give  something  to someone  else even  though not  only by law it is their  right, but  by the rules  of fair play  it  is  what  they  deserve ..................

How  do  you even  begin  to share  30 years  of your  life spent  with  one  person,  30 years  of memorabilia,  30 years  of  photos, 30 years  of  memories...........  does  he  keep  the  good  memories  and  you keep the  bad  ones,  or  visa  versa.......  or  do you  halve  the memories  he keeps the  first 15  years and  you the  last  15 years ,  or maybe  you  share  them  by  alternate  years,  so  you  each  get  some of the  good  and  some of the  bad memories ........  or should  one  keep  the  Christmas  memories and the other  the  Easter memories.........  how do you share a life  time...........

According  to  law  everything  should  be  halved  but this  is  easier  said  than  done........ the  concept  is  easy  the  assets  are  worth  "X"  and  half  of  "X'  is   .............  but  each  wants  to  hold  on to  whatever  they  can..........  now  as  adults  we  become  worse  than  children...............  and  the  lessons  so  painstakingly  taught  by  our  parents  are  forgotten  as   we  become  "mercenaries"  out to  get  everything  that  we  can.......

Somehow,  we  have  to  dig  deep  to  go  deep inside  and  find  those  children........  to  find  the  lessons taught  long  ago  that  well mannered  children.....  always  share...............

Monday, August 2, 2010

Musical Notes

Lets  start  from the  very  beginning,  a  very  good  place  to  start when you  read  you  begin  with  ABC  when  you  sing  you  begin  with  Doe Ray  Me,  the  first  three notes  just  happen  to be  Doe  Ray  Me.............

  I  cannot  believe  how quickly  the  woman's  ministry  tea's  come  around,  a  couple  of  Saturdays  ago,  it  was  time  for  another  one,  and  the theme  this  time  was  musical  notes.....   and  yes everything  was  about  music.  My  friend Cherry  and  I organise  a  tea  4  times  a  year,  and  I  drive  her  nuts,  God  is  good,  just  as the  arrangements  for the  tea  we  are  doing  are  finished  then  he  gives  me  the  theme  for the  next  one........

Why  do  we  as  woman,  think  that  we  have  to  act  grown  up.......  when  deep  down  inside  we  are  all children  who  want  to  be  protected,  wanted  to  be  loved  unconditionally and  really want  to get  down  and  dirty and   have  some  fun.........  who  says  that  Christians  are  miserable  party  poopers.........  they  just  never  have  been  to  HMC............

We  first  took  all the  ladies  back  to  Sunday  school  remember  all those  songs  with  the actions,  well  we  had  30  ladies  doing  just  that.................  and  boy  did  they  look  ridiculous...........  and  did  we  laugh,  in  the  beginning  they  were  a  "little  stiff"  but  by  the  third  song........  well what  can  i  say......... they  did  their  Sunday  school  teachers  proud.

Then  we  played  a game,  where  I  would  give  them  the  first  few  notes  of  a song,  and  they  had  to  guess  what  song  it  was..................  with  different  points,  depending  on how  many notes  they  needed  to  recognise  the  songs...........  and  I   trusted  them  to  do  their  own  marking,  and  points........ mmmm......  lets  just  hope  that  they  all put  their  Christian  values  to  good  use........  mmmmmmmm... choosing  the  songs  was  something  of  a  problem  and  then  I  found  a  CD  that  had  all the  best  songs  on  from well  known  musicals,  I  had  to  have  a  quick  course  on how  to  do  this  on  my lap  top,  and  with  some  help  pulled  it  off...........  and  learnt  a  new  skill  as  well,  what  more  can  we  ask  for..

Pass the  parcel   was  a  riot,  with  people  doing everything  not  to  be  stuck  with  the  parcel  when  the  music  finished,  at the  end  of the  day,  we  are  all children  at  heart.

Kareoke,  well  Idols  have  got  nothing  on  us....... give  these  ladies  a  microphone  and  you  can't  get  them  off  the  floor,    we  played  in  teams  of  four  and  as  I  didn't  have  4  microphones,  the  "things"  people  are  holding  in their  hands  are  sweets,  that  just  happen  to  look  like  microphones...

And  then  the  grand  finale...........  musical  chairs..................  oh  my  goodness.............  the  sweetest  of  ladies  became .........  well  .............  I  was  very  surprised,  in  the "heat"  of  the  moment  one  of the  ladies  landed  on the  floor  as  she  was  "gently"  pushed  off the  chair,   and  there  were  a  number  of  "moments"  when  the  "larger"  ladies    claimed  their  chairs.........

Lots  of  laughter  and  lots  of  fun.....................  and  more  than  anything  a  building  block  in the  uniting  of the  sisters  of  Christ..........  we  all at the  end of the  day  want  the  same  things,  to  be  accepted  for  who  we  are...........  warts  and  all.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Peace and Relaxation

This  weekend  was  my sisters  birthday,  so  we  took  the  opportunity  to go and  spend  some time  with her, we  left  early on  Saturday  morning,  I  didn't  even  have  to  drive,  my son in law  has  taken  a  "liking"  to my  new  car,  and  luckily  for  me  he  just  loves  to drive  it.  I  sat  in the  back  like  a  lady  of  leisure  and  caught  up  on  some  reading................

The  amazing  thing  about  visiting  my sister  is  that  within  half  an  hour  of  getting  there  you  feel  like  you have  been away  for  a  week,  it  is  just  so  quiet  and  what  on earth  can  be    more  relaxing  than  sitting  watching  the  animals  come  down  to the  water  hole.........  it  really  is amazing.......  it  is  almost  as  though  they  take  it in turns  and  as  one   group  leave  then  another  one  arrives,  so the  view  is  ever  changing............  and  you  don't  even  have  to  move  off your  chair..............  and  for  me  just  what  the  doctor  ordered,  things  are  very  stressed at  work,  on  Friday  we  were asked  by  HR   if  anyone  needed  some  stress  councilling,  I  think  they  are  afraid  that  we  are  going  to  bring  machine  guns  to  work,  and  vent  our  frustration  on  the  people  who  agreed  to  the  new  computer  system...........  many a  true  word  was  said  in  jest................


For  me  the  Eland  are  the  most  beautiful,  regal  animals  with  clown  faces,  almost  as though  nature  played  a  joke  on them,  it  makes  you  wonder  how  these  markings  can  in any  way  enable  them  to  blend  into  the back ground and  yet  when  you  walk  through  the  bush  you  can  hardly  see them  hidden  in the  undergrowth,  and  then  the  zebra  they are just  so cute  in the  stripped  pyjamas........

My  sister  had  cooked  up  a  storm  the  day  before  so  not  only  was  supper  amazing,  but  we  had   melktert,   malva  pudding  and  lemon  merangue  for dessert.................

What  can  I  say  I  think  I  put  on at least  5  kg  this  weekend.   But  more  that  the  food  the  company  was  amazing,  we  all  sat  around  the  table  and  laughed  telling  stories  of our  childhood,  and  reminising  about  all the  trouble  we  had  got  into..............  and  before  you  knew  it, it  was time  for  bed,  in the  morning  after  breakfast  again  a  feast  fit  for  a  king,   we  went  on  a  long  walk  and  hopefully  worked  off some  of  the  food  we  had  indulged  in  during  our  stay ..................all  too soon  the  weekend  was over and  we  were  on our  way  home  with  the  realisation  that  if  you  don't  have  the love  of  family and  friends  you  really don't  have  anything  at  all........................

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Red, Yellow Green

Go says  the  green  light
Stops  says  the red  light 

Caution says  the  orange  light
  
Today  my  youngest  daughter  got  her  learners  licence................  yes  the  law  has  deemed  her  fit  enough to  take  to  the roads................. 
This  was  her  second attempt  at  getting  her  licence,  her  first  attempt  she  believed  that  she  already  knew  everything  there  was  to  know  about  driving  so  really  had  no  need  what so ever to  study.....................  she  failed  her  first  test   by  3  points,   so  how  hard  could  it  have  been  she got  full marks  for  controls, and  road  signs,  but  the   rules  of  the  road., the  very  thing  that  makes  the  difference  between  a  courteous  driver  and  a  road  hog   ..................  19  out  of  28.

Well  she  was  more  prepared  this  time,  she  spent  quite  a  lot  of  time  studying,   and  the  threat  of me  not  taking  anymore  time  off  work   to  fetch  and  carry  her  to  sit  these   tests,  seem  to  work. 
I  dropped  her  of  at the  licencing  office  a  young  innocent  child...............  and  picked  her  up  a trainee  road  user...............................  her  first  words  were  can  she  drive  home.................  my  new  car  is  now  2  weeks  old  and  until  she  has  had  a  few  lessons  there  is  no way    that  she  is  getting  her  unskilled  hands  on  my  steering  wheel.............   when  we  got  home  I  phoned  a  driving  school and tried to  set  up  some  lessons.......  someone  with  patience.........  someone  with  understanding............  someone  who  is  not  her  mother.........  can  teach  her  the  basics.........



Do  they  not  know  that  she  can  only  do  one  thing  at  a time ,  she  cannot drive  and  answer  her  cell  phone..........  she  cannot  drive  and  change  the  radio station ........... she  cannot  drive  and  look  at  her self  in  the  mirror...............  she  cannot  drive  and  check  out  the  talent  driving  in  the  car  next  to  her ................  how  can  they  have  given  my  baby  a  learners  licence............... 
 

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Friendship


I  received  this  poem  today,  and  I  really just  wanted  to  share  it  with  all  by blogger  fiends.......... I  already  shared  it  with  my  bestest  friend and  my best  friends,  you  may  not  know  it,  but  in the  difficult  times  over  the  past  months,  when  I   was left  with  no  option  but  to  file  for  divorce,  you  all helped  to  keep  my head  held high,  and  gave  me  something  to  look  forward  to,  your  blogs,  each  and  every one  special  in your  own  way,  to my darling  Ratz,  you  have  your whole  life  ahead  of you and you  will go  far, you  are  smart ,  kind  and  considerate,  to Yaya,  who  I  wish  my children  had  the  good fortune  to  have  as  a  grandmother,  they  never  had  any of their  own, to  my pillar  of strength  Maggie for  her amazing  strength and wicked  sense  of humor,  who  did  me the  honor  of  inviting  me  to  do  a  guest  blog ........  which for  me   is  better  that  winning  an  Oscar........  and  means  so  much  more.......   have  a read at http://grandmayellowhair.blogspot.com.......I  am still  not  over  my castle  experience........  to Pennie  my  spiritual inspiration............ and  to  all those  who  are  part  of  my blogging  family  this  is  for  you.......

                I FORGOT...                               
                    I forgot what life is all about ...                   
                     I forgot what it meant to cry ...                    
                    I forgot that pretending to be happy                  
                         Doesn't make you happy ...                       
                      And that pretending to be smart                     
                         Doesn't make you smart ..                        
                I forgot that you can't just forget the past              
                         In fear of the future ...                        
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
                      I forgot that you can't control                     
                             Falling in love ..                           
                     And if you really do fall in love,                   
                     Then you can't make yourself fall                    
                               OUT of love ..                             
                       I learned that I can love ....                     
                                                                          
                   I learned that it's okay to mess up ..                 
                      And it's okay to ask for help .                     
                     And it's okay to feel like hell .                    
                 I learned it's okay to complain and whine                
                  To all your friends for a whole day ...                 
                                                                          
                   I've learnt that sometimes the things                  
                               You want most,                             
                            You just can't have.                          
                    I've learnt that the greatest thing                   
             About life isn't the parties or the hook-ups ....            
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
                        I've learnt that sometimes,                       
                       The things we want to forget,                      
                            Are the things that                           
                         We most need to talk about                       
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
                               But basically,                             
                      I've just learnt that my family                     
                                And  friends                              
                    Are the most important people to me                   
                          In the entire world ...                         
                                   AND ..                                 
                               Without you,                              
                        I wouldn't be who I am today                      
                                                 

I AM WHO I AM

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