On seizing fate by the throat...

Ok I admit I was pretty much beaten..

All work, which I hate, and no 'quality' time, which I crave. I had got to the point where I was about as far away from my spiritual and physical ideals as I would ever want to get.

But how to get back to it?

Seriously I didnt have a clue where to begin. I have hated selling my soul for the paltry dollar my job commands and yet have been pathetically unable to change to something else.

Then it struck me that I could actually drop off one of my working days; the only one on which I don't have to cook and run the show. I suddenly saw with clarity that being poor in monetary terms was far less of a burden than being both time poor and bereft of art and spirit.

As of the end of the financial year then I will only have a six day working fortnight with a five day break and a three day break.

I plan to streamline my expenses and eat a lot of lentils! But I will finally have time for DA, for photography, for painting and writing and gardening and pets, and my health should improve with the lessening of stress and ensueing pleasure that this entails.

And I have embarked on a healthy diet, have ditched the alcohol for the time being and generally feel at peace with myself as I know that I am finally doing it right again.

Then I got sick! With laryngitis and dry pleurisy just at a time when I had to do extra work to cover for a workmate. It has been really cathartic though, because I have been forced to sit up all night in bed and meditate to try to overcome the pain and deal with the endless coughing and spluttering. Really it has turned out to be a great boon as I feel I have achieved both a physical and spiritual cleansing.

Now that I can finally move on, two new models have come to my attention, and that is exciting in the extreme. However I am still pretty crook and still have a big work load until end of June, but so nice to have something fabulous to look forward to..

And i will be able to devote time to all my loyal friends on DA; you guys have made my days worthwhile when there was precious little else to lift me up.

so thankyou my dears..and may you all reap your just rewards too..

The only true path is the one with heart...