Success…

Why do we Brits find it so difficult to feel proud of our achievements? We belittle them ourselves in order to appease the odd audiences that may surround us. I am guilty of this and almost felt like it would be arrogant to hold my head high and celebrate my new job success. Well no more. We should feel proud and congratulate ourselves on a job well done. Be glad we can push for more, or even make it through the day!! Surround yourself with the positive and shed the negative attitudes in your life and your social network.
Congratulations folks, it’s Friday. We made it. We’re still standing. Feel proud of that and have an amazing weekend.
Be well 🙂

Birthday…

So, I grow older. Today I am thirty one. I love this! What an absolute gift to have another birthday amongst the love of my family and friends. Seeing my little boy rip open my gifts this morning has put the biggest smile on my face! Eleanor Roosevelt once said

‘I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.‘

I hope that with all my heart I have managed to give my son this, I was blessed with parents who did this for me and I will cherish that over other gifts, however pretty!! Seneca said, all those years ago that ‘A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.‘ Clever guys those Romans! As an educator whose bag is emotional health and well being, I totally agree and try to share this ethos with my colleagues. If a child gives you a rock. Cherish it, have a big, fat wow moment! It is not the rock that is the big deal. It is the fact that they chose to give it to you!!!

So, live to day as though it is your birthday. Celebrate your wrinkles, saggy bits and grey hairs – they are absolute medals of the passage of your life! They are what you have been through and who you are.

 

Much love on this, my birthday!!

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