It's Nearing time to pack & go..........................

I opened a box the other day & was a taken back for a moment, that I shut the lid back down fast on the box....
I needed to take another glimpse in that box as I thought that I saw my soul...
I had not noticed it was missing as part of my life....

Yesterday or was it last week, I opened that box again & took out the remanants of my soul...
Oh how it needed some nourishment..

I was so fed up with my life and all the crap that seemed to appear so darn often... I needed to go to escape from this little inland village miles form anywhere that mattered....
I was over the flies,
 the bottled water,
 the summer's heat...
the long drives back from where I had gone...
None of it held enchantment anymore...

But I had kind of settled in because it was simpler than finding what was missing or what could be out there........
Now my bags are packed in my mind I am moving on.... & it feels fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!

But where did I want to be ??????????? I took to some journeys overnight & in the day to look over beach spots and mountain places & I felt something of a failure and a vagabond who kept walking because I had no where really to go to or to be.

Then I took a look at where my next place was orginally going to be.... before black mould in a beach huse  

Looking out into a New Year with a friend

Looking forward to what a new year has in store is always exciting.
Very few threads to tie one... ( don't mention the Money word...)
There is a brand new look to move towards, or maybe step back & kind of settle after a tumultious time... or graze over one's options.
These options can be big or petite.. such as a new hair cut or colour, ... or it can be finding a new place & way of living to be in or maybe begin anew in a different country... or travel to countries that you have always wanted to do....
For myself I am rustling up thoughts of moving house ( again ) !!! How exciting don't you think..? It won't happen until later in the year I guess, but I need to have a lot of thoughtful ???? preparation in place... as work gathers momentum as the year rolls on....
A friend's daughter has been critically ill before Christmas & is in the recovery process... young woman with 2 young children... that is such a pace to keep up.. managing & paying for a home, caring for the children & herself & working fulltime...

In the depths of her illness when things looked grim I was trying to think of some good words for her.. but I got to speak them to her on the phone after the core of the illness was discovered .. & she was discharged from hospital...
This is what I said "GRASP LIFE WITH BOTH HANDS AND GO AND ENJOY" "don't worry the children will follow and will happily survive"

I pass that onto myself and to all... what would you all do if you could just grab your life & own it ????
HAPPY NEW YEAR