Little words of wisdom

 

Peace...

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Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days.

For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days.

For then we can share that which we have with those who have less.

And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days.

For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most.....PEACE.

Maya Angelou

(4th April 1928 - 28th May 2014)  

Little words of wisdom

Peace...

 

www.allposters.co.uk

Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days.

For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days.

For then we can share that which we have with those who have less.

And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days.

For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most.....PEACE.

Maya Angelou

(4th April 1928 - 28th May 2014) 

Little words of wisdom

 

Drifting.....

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That's how I've been feeling these past few weeks ~ just drifting on a flat sea, with no land in sight.  I've had some major "wobbles", in particular wondering if moving here to Orkney was a good idea.  Sometimes, despite having Adrian, I feel very lonely.  It occurred to me that although I have acquaintances I don't have any close friends, and indeed haven't had since I left school.  It doesn't make it any easier to know that because of what was happening in my life back then, my anger and resentment encouraged me to cut off my nose to spite my face as it were and I've struggled to climb out of that particular hole ever since.

I joined the Scottish Women's Institute in January and although the ladies are pleasant I don't really feel like I "belong".  I think it would be fair to say that I don't feel like I fit in anywhere, to be honest.

 I often feel like my life has just "happened", without me having much input at all.  Much of the time it's felt like I've been standing outside of myself, just watching but making no effort to control or direct anything.  I find it hard to believe that I will soon be 65 years old and yet I still have no idea who "Sharon" is.  I often feel like I'm an empty sort of person, just drifting along with no purpose, no goals, no talents, no achievements, always feeling second-best and second-rate.  And what makes me feel even worse is knowing just how lucky I really am, with all that's going on in the world, but still feeling this way.

I realise that I am wallowing in self-pity and that I need to pull up my big girl knickers and just do something ~ anything really.  I know this isn't the sort of post that anyone really wants to read (if, indeed, anyone actually does read anything I post) but I just wanted to try to explain why my posting has been so erratic.  Hopefully I'll feel on a more even keel at some point and will be able to get on with life again.  

Peace...

www.allposters.co.uk

Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days.

For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days.

For then we can share that which we have with those who have less.

And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days.

For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most.....PEACE.

Maya Angelou

(4th April 1928 - 28th May 2014)  

Little words of wisdom

 

Peace...

www.allposters.co.uk

Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days.

For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days.

For then we can share that which we have with those who have less.

And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days.

For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most.....PEACE.

Maya Angelou

(4th April 1928 - 28th May 2014)  

Little words of wisdom

 

Peace...

www.allposters.co.uk

Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days.

For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days.

For then we can share that which we have with those who have less.

And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days.

For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most.....PEACE.

Maya Angelou

(4th April 1928 - 28th May 2014)  

Reading round-up: March 2026

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The Way to Icy Death (Pitkirtly Mysteries Book 30): Cecilia Peartree

Devices and Desires (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Book 8): P.D. James

Original Sin (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Book 9): P.D. James

A Certain Justice (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Book 10): P.D. James

The Blitz Detective: Mike Hollow

The Blitz Detective Investigates - The Canning Town Murder: Mike Hollow

Well, March was certainly a much better month for reading than February was!  It's amazing how many books can be got through when doing lots of train travel 😉  

As you can probably tell by the fact that the latest Pitkirtly book is number 30, I really enjoy these stories by Cecilia Peartree and have worked my way through all of them to date.  I had a little look through the books stored on my Kindle and came across the Inspector Dalgliesh ones that I hadn't yet got round to reading, so they also helped pass the time sitting on various trains!

Mike Hollow is a new-to-me author who popped up in my Amazon recommendations, so I thought I'd give him a whirl to see whether I liked his writing.....which I do, so he's yet another author for me to add to the list😏 I'm a bit naughty, to be honest, because I've got masses of unread books on my Kindle but get so easily get distracted by a lovely shiny new one!  All I can say is that it's a bloody good job that they are in a digital format otherwise we wouldn't be able to move in the house for stacks of books 😄