At some point or even at several points in one’s life one will ask or be asked the question : “ Did you ever imagine your life would turn out the way it has? “ I don’t know what the statistics are but there are a few responses one could have. If one is fortunate enough to have had goals in mind, planned them meticulously and been able to bring them to fruition, hats off to those select individuals. Others may have gone where the wind has taken them and been perfectly happy with the outcome. Those with plans may…
Musings
In Blissful Ignorance
Don’t you just love this time of day? Those seconds when your eyes haven’t fully opened, that interlude between sleeping and awakening, when your senses are still dormant and full awareness hasn’t reached your consciousness yet. In this moment in time, as brief as it may be, there is no grief, no pain, no anxiety, no grasp yet of one’s actual reality and one can luxuriate in this gift of the day for whatever length is afforded to one. Sometimes the reluctance to leave this ethereal, celestial base is both figuratively and literally painful and I envy those for whom…
Still on Track
These past days have been fraught with so many issues that may have well thwarted all my valiant efforts in this huge challenge I am trying to overcome. Not only do I have physical injuries and pain to deal with but there has been the more mammoth and vastly more important death of our Queen Elizabeth. As with most of the world, my eyes and ears have been occupied by the coverage of all the events pertaining to and surrounding this sad passing of Her Majesty. Growing up in South Africa as I did, I never knew what it felt…