My new motto!

I saw this on pinterest, and it really got me thinking, because I absolutley love my Birthday ... it's the day after that is a let down because I have to start counting from three hundred and sixty odd again.

But, after seeing this poster maybe the birthday day-after might not be so bad.

But, then what would my real birthday mean?

I suppose I am thinking about this too much, I know what its meaning is supposed to be.

Instead this has helped me realise that prehaps I do treat my days like birthdays.
I mean I start off most mornings with cake for breakfast (I know ,munch, crumb, munch).
Amazon delivers books and goodies that I have ordered online rather regularly.
My iPod is the key to many movies and good books whenever I feel the need.
These are materialistic though!

With further thought then: My family and friends live rather far away and they constantly send me cards and surprise gifts whenever they are missing me.
I have dinners and drinks with my other half, friends and family often and get taken out on great adventures regularly for no real reason at all. I also pretty much get to do whatever I want to do most days ... after work that is!

So, every day is like my Birthday I just need to be greatful for my gifts (in all their many forms).

This then made me think even more:
This year for my Birthday I should let those I love and care about know all the wonderful things that they have done for me throughout this year, at least.

So if I live every day like my Birthday then my Birthday can be my gift of thanks to others.

Telescopes

Last night I watched Horizon on BBC iplayer becasue I missed the actual episode on Monday night.
This was all about Telescopes. I must be a major geek because I enjoyed every minute of it and loved the part where one of the Physicists had to stop to take his oxygen level reading while they were transporting one of the telescopes higher up within the Atacama Desert, to which the Physicist stated: 'This is extreme Physics'.

Physics ... extreme? (and you thought it was boring Maths equations and stuff!)
This made my day!

 
Along with extreme Physics comes extreme physicists!

So, as an aside:
Can you guess who this is?

It must the most amazing experience to stand next to something so magnificent that has been worked on an tweaked by so many engineers and scientists.
An instrument that has the ability change our understanding or answer a series of unanswered questions.

And, then as if standing next to one of these space spying beasts isn't enough you get one named after yourself!



Not even one that this still earth bound but rather one that is able to travel through outer space!

So, in essence Hubble has been reincarnated as a cheeky space creature able to roam and photography the realm where he couldn't go, physically, himself.

What a wonderful real life tale...

An image from the Hubble Telescope : A galaxy situated in the constellation of Virgo.

Favourite past-time

Sometimes all you need to do is blow more bubbles than they can pop!

Sometimes others speak to you through their work.

I worry a lot. I worry about the normal things like bills and loved ones and being very far away .
I worry about my garden being watered and love it when it rains because the rain washes this worry away.
I worry about what everyone thinks, how they feel today.
I worry about the five books I am reading and about finishing them instead of enjoying them.
I worry about the news and therefore I don't watch it anymore.
I worry about everything I have started doing and never finished, all the sports I do and never being the best but always average.
I worry whether I will ever be able to play a musical instrument because I can read music.
I worry because I am super serious and everone else around me seems to be truely care free or able to mask thier worry with comedy or dive into a multitude of projects that always seem to be successful.
I worry that I am not good enough at anything or for anyone and that nothing will come of anything I have done or anything I will ever do.

But then the worry subsides and I find little colourful seeds of hope and inspiration  in others work.
Sometimes others speak to you through their work.
Their work either masks the worry by its intrigue or form.
Sometimes their work inspires or helps to conclude questions.

So instead of worry and comparison, enjoy what you like and be inspired by the gifts around.
Let the colour shine through the worry and soon this worry will dissipate.

Contemplation ...

Ah! A week of holiday and I am back refreshed.

Sometimes it takes just a moment to step away to realise where you are and reset where you are going.
I am still contemplating ...

Valerie Hammond