From the Heart
I’m waking up, I’m breaking through
I’ve reached this place with courage.
Not got straight in on a privilege pass,
or jumping on a special carriage.
The path has been so rough at times,
I’ve needed loved ones near.
The breakthrough came for me in time,
sure wasn’t always very clear.
But I’ve got up to the half way point,
now I’m needing to solider on.
Because those lessons never end,
they just go on and on.
Don’t look down or cast judgement on those weaker than yourself. Move over and make room and allow the sun to shine on them. You are not above or below anyone, only on the same journey.
~ Liza
I don’t like summer ending, but fall can be amazingly beautiful, known by some as the second spring.
I love the sunsets in October, I love them because they are early enough for me to see them, I haven’t yet started dinner and I have time to sit and watch the sun setting over the sea.
Skies this time of year are wonderful, for me it’s like the last hurrah to summer.
Yesterday was interesting, not my normal sort of day at all. A neighbour, who I happen to love asked me if I would help him in a business meeting as a scribe for the day. I had plenty to do, but I agreed because I love him. I’ve told you about him before, my wonderful homeopath who gave me the butterfly remedy and helped me to fly. Anyway he also makes shampoos, along with a range of hair products that give volume for those of us that need it. It’s called Swell and it is honestly amazing!
Well, it was an interesting meeting yesterday, I got a lot out of it, I love sales and marketing. I find it interesting because I think that life revolves around sales in a way. We sell all the time, ourselves, an idea, a way of life, our passions and beliefs, it doesn’t have to cost money but it does involve give and take. Relationships are sales in a sort of way as we present ourselves to others, we lay our stalls out and they see if there is anything there of fancy.
I started my career in retail sales and moved over to the care field, instead of selling fine cashmere and silk I now help others see how to move on in life, overcome obstacles and reach their potential. This cannot be done without being able to paint a picture of a better future, I have to sell the idea for them to believe it possible. Training is sales, you have to get others to understand the concept and how it will work to achieve a goal. In building a business or a person we have to find the core values and work from there.
Anyway back to the meeting, my friend is in partnership with a very good hairdresser, he has worked in the West End for years, has an excellent reputation and has made a tidy sum with a pair of scissors. I had obviously washed my hair for the occasion of course, you would wouldn’t you, but immediately felt that it looked terrible, particularly on a day that would be focussed on volume. I joked on the way to the meeting room that I could do with him giving my hair some attention one day. He responded by saying, ‘I wish you would, I think it every time I see you’. Oh my god, I know he was joking but I hadn’t realised it looked that bad!
Later that afternoon the hairdresser, was unconsciously looking at me when he was talking about giving volume to fine, limp and thinning hair. I interrupted and jokingly asked why he was looking at me while talking about this sort of hair, he laughed and made the excuse that he was reading the flip chart behind me. The marketing chap leading the meeting pretended to tick his pad saying, ‘Well that’s the elephant in the room taken care of!’
Swell honestly is brilliant, particularly for those women like me with thin, flyaway hair. It does create volume, it is a professional product but also affordable. I’m going back to Swell today, I’m going to use the three step system, cleans, nourish and hydrate and I’m going to have fabulous, hair with amazing volume. And another thing, I’m certainly taking up that offer of a haircut! I must say it’s a bloody good job I love these people.
Do me a favour, if this interests you and like me you make an order, tell them you heard about it from an elephant 😉
I love you as I never should,
so bittersweet, misunderstood
I love you but it can never be,
a forbidden love I’ve come to see
I love you but it cannot show,
my love for you will nowhere go
I love you making you my queen,
a love so strong and yet unseen
~
Do I care what others say,
if my love were to see the day
Does it really matter to me,
love unreturned, not to be
Could it ever come to being,
loving you and others seeing
I understand this loves so wrong,
but for your heart I will always long.
Not all flowers in the garden are identical. Life sometimes leaves its scars but let these be what makes you unique, and wear them with pride.
~ Liza
At break of dawn you leave me, I’m alone again so soon
Once more the vacant feeling, spills into the room.
As the night turns into morning, you bid me farewell
That you ever were truly here, is impossible to tell
That’s how my life is working now, I have you while asleep
As daytime comes you go again, into my memories deep
I won’t complain out loud my love, I want you to return
I need you close at night with me, while grief I try to learn.
One day I understand dear, I’ll have to sleep alone
When I get a little stronger, understand the empty home
I’m not asking for eternity, but please stay a little while
It’s only in my sleeping time, that you bring me back my smile
Through our communications we are able to instill love and kindness. Watch and be present in all forms of communication as it does not come with words alone, listen to the world around you, give time to others and watch as the colours of the universe blend with your actions.
~ Liza
The embodiment of graceful, you as you near to me.
as graceful as a big white swan, gliding purposefully.
A gentle sparrow on the wing, the songbird you can see,
the pigeons as they gently kiss, as graceful as can be.
x
So truly very graceful, like the head of a falling rose,
dipping gently towards earth, with dignity not woe.
and as she lies out on her bed, the end is coming soon
gracefully she kisses earth, where her love once bloomed.
I’m thinking about strength today and what it means. I have been thinking about my mum, her mum and also myself in a way. I come from a line of strong women, strong because they had to be and because they had the strength of character to carry on despite the knocks along the way. I’m thinking about them a lot at the moment as it’s nearly the second anniversary of my mums death.
So what is strength. I don’t think a strong person is one that is able to express themselves loudly, use power over another, overcome those that are weaker or get themselves noticed because of their presence. Strength can be found in silence, like in those that keep their own council without the need to rant and rave about life. Those that are sure of their own strength do not have to demonstrate it outwardly, secure in the knowledge that it is there and available in times of need.
Both my mother and grandmother had a quietness about them that could never be misinterpreted for weakness. Both loved their family fiercely, but did not need to demonstrate this in any other way apart from in the love they showed. Both women made great sacrifices for their children who recognised the strength of their love, knowing they would willingly go to the ends of the earth and back if it was demanded.
Real strength is comes from within, when one has the ability to draw on their own power and strength to face life. It comes from the soul, a soul that has become strong and knowledgable, a soul that understands. A soul that has learnt that it is not necessary to assert power over others in order to be powerful, a soul that understands the only strength you need is the strength to move forward in life with kindness and love. We become strong through our own spiritual growth, through the lessons we learn as we move through our lives.
The last few years of my mothers life she was in constant pain, I don’t want to go into the in’s and out’s of the illness but my admiration for her is incredible. She never complained of her pain, she continued to give out the same love, care and concern as she always had and suffered mainly in silence. Mum had the biggest soul and a strength that was out of this world, despite her own pain her main concern was for those she loved. I am not sure if I would be strong enough given the same circumstance and I hope and pray that I am not ever tested.
So here’s to strength today, to all the strong women out there, strong men and those that are needing to draw on their strength at the moment. May you have all the strength you need to succeed and may you learn from your journey.
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