A special quote

Dear friends, I was surfing the net and came upon this....."I am as we all are messengers, messengers of the Divine. What message will you deliver and how will you go about listening for the message? " just got me thinking about how I listen to God and how I can listen more to what i am guided to do and be in life lots of love from susan JOY

Conflicting dreams

Dear friends, I was thinking on my walk the other day how sometimes in my life I have conflicting dreams. as a child I wanted a childhood sweetheart but I also wanted time alone, time alone won out. I also wanted to be married but also dreamed of a life of my own and to have my own home. A life of my own and homes of my own won out. I have wanted to write books and be famous and well known but also value my privacy. privacy has won out. do you have conflicting dreams? lots of love from susan JOY

Chimonanthus praecox...wintersweet

Dear friends, Had to share my wintersweet which finally bloomed this year after a couple of years of maturing. I am so blessed to have it lots of love from susan JOY

A great book idea

This post is from February but I am getting so much spam on it I have shifted it Dear anonymous friend, How cool would that be a book written about a person like me who is blogging mostly with no audience and an anonymous friend turns up and they end up with a wonderful friendship via the blog. cool. I love that. Meanwhile I will enjoy your being here. it is such a nice treat. i have had friends and others commenting but not often but I still love blogging as i never know who I reach with my love and care. Was out to lunch today and trying to figure out the next step in my blogging journey. I was blogging every two days with one of my questions but now I am not sure how often to blog. I will ponder this some more. wishing you well dear friend. lots of love from susan in australia

what if .....

Dear friends, Have had a few days worrying about friends in hospital and how I can help and then worrying about what would happen if I had to go to hospital. I have been to hospital 5 times in my life and survived but was going through a whole lot of what if this happens, what if that happens. goodness What ifs can go on forever. had a really good chat with my spiritual director and got things in hand. realise I need to give up on the what ifs and focus on what I can do right now. do you worry about What ifs? lots of love from susan JOY

Cooking challenge

Dear friends, After 10 years I am still trying to be a better cook. I used to be a great cook but since my breakdown it has been a very hard road getting to do even the most basic of meals. I have a few cook books that use four ingredients and working with those. Most of my meals are very simple and I depend a lot on tinned and frozen items. i used to use mostly fresh ingredients particularly when I had a large vegie and fruit garden. I am sharing my cooking journey online with a group of friends and they are being so supportive and they are inspiring me even more. are you a great cook? lots of love from susan JOY

May entry

Dear friends, Haven't been around much this year on this blog. You guessed it I am in zippy, up mode again where I usually am up really early and have time to blog. Was interested my last entry was about being alone. I am OK with that now. As a friend said I have a lot of friends and a small loving family. I am very blessed. For the first time in 10 years I am coasting along with no major pressure to change things. it is a strange situation as i am so used to changing and growing and focusing on the next challenge. Not that I am not but I am also happy where I am which is such a nice feeling. I have worked so hard these past 10 years since my breakdown I forgot that life can be enough just the way it is. Is your life coasting along? lots of love from susanJOY