How quickly things change

Having been grateful for the rain I think people would now like it to stop for a while so that things can settle a little across the state of Victoria.

I now am truly grateful that service stations sell wood and I have the capacity to purchase wood to keep the fires going while this cold stretch continues.

Even more than that the beauty of the area that I am staying in, Aireys Inlet, makes ones spirits soar. The birds, the sea and its moods and the lovely lighthouse sparkling white and reliable.

The drought has broken

Feeling gratitude for the important things in life may help me get through the feeling of being overwhelmed by work and the cold.

It is so cold which I think is exacerbated by the rain and grey clouds. But all this rain is just wonderful. The catchment areas are filling up the dams and this summer is looking as though it will be a good one.

Gratitude journal#1

Today I am trying to put up a gratitude thing as part of our Happiness plan for the month of August. Late but better than not at all.
Today I am grateful for the fact that I am in a country where voting is universal and free although compulsory. Having the right to vote is absolutely something to be proud of but being able to get out there and vote freely and without fear is something I am truly grateful for.

Managing the challenge of July

The July happiness thing is to spend a little to buy happiness. On the scale of things I am managing this pretty well but have not gone completely overboard. I have added to my collection of snow domes but need to find a Paris one that plays something other than Fer Elise (sp?).

Going to galleries and seeing sights that provide great pleasure... aaah Monet! Off today to try to find that little something that screams Paris!

Good to know that happiness is being shared.

Just wondering how my happiness buddies are - scattered across the 4 corners, as we are?

I have shared Gretchen and "our" book with several people in the last few weeks - somehow this helps me stay connected! I find I am rethinking happiness and what it means for me NOW, well really remembering and putting into practice!

Silly or Sensible

Mmm silly in May!! Not sure if I have been silly enough, but perhaps silly is NOT being sensible and doing what I must do - reports, major de cluttering, reducing the excess so I can make the move in an orderly manner, this has been silly. Still some time left for real silly...

Happiness is really so nebulous and a state of mind at any given moment that really not being sensible is OK - I think?

Playing and lightening up

I think I managed this this weekend with the trip to Boston. It seemed to be a tricky thing to achieve but I think by allowing  things t drift a little I was fully engrossed in my time in Boston.

Friday night I just let this stop so that I could meet up with our mates and savour the end of a busy week. Perhaps that is what Gretchen means too- to stop and let things drift or to just savour the fun times.