Sunday 160...even so

And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?
I did
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on this earth

Raymond Carver

"The Beloved"

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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May Day...Mayday

Clean slate

New beginning

Starting over

New month

Thirty one days of possibility

But you're still you

“Wherever you go, there you are”

Will your May be different?

Maybe

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just a jump to the left.....

Time is fleeting

Time is changing

Zones can be confusing

Today is London

(Ikea and Roast Beef)

Tomorrow Dubai

(Sprinting for my next flight)

Tuesday will be Cape Town

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out of the blue came the grey

Unexpected weather delivered on high winds

Thunder, lightning, torrential rain.


Gardening boots lie still

Unworn

Forlorn


Weeds will be doing a happy dance!

(Reprieve)

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Sunday 160 - I couldn’t have done that if I'd tried

How is it we can hit a target without trying;

yet when we try we can miss by a mile?

How my metatarsophalangeal joint would have loved being missed by that rock.

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Sunday 160 - lyrical remix

Okay so I've been busy... but today, by chance, I happened to catch a re-run of the Grammy's. Clearly I'm behind the times in who's who and what's what in the world of music so my offering for today is per kind favour of two bands who I had never heard before. Lovely sounds.....

If the darkness has robbed you of your sight

hold on to what you believe in the light

If you love yourself you're never rejected

Decide what to be and go be it!

Extracted (with a few minor alterations) from:

Head full of doubt/Road full of Promise- The Avett Brothers

Hold on to What you believe - Mumford and Sons

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Sunday 160 - run for your life

On your marks..

Get set..

Wait!

What is that chubby toddler doing on the track?

And why is he carrying a bow and arrow?

SOMEONE DIAL 911!

Oh my god, he’s taking aim..

 
 
 

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Sunday 160 - so what is the norm?

I spent the whole day yesterday thinking it was Sunday; the first one that MM had not posted his 160.
And then the penny dropped.
So today was a complete bonus!
A dash of insomnia afforded me the chance to catch a Season 3 re-run of an episode from Gray's Anatomy. I just love those before during and after monologues that relate to the essence of each show, so my Sunday offering is 160 characters plucked from the original 411 (per kind favour of Meredith Gray)

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We cling to our expectations because the expected is what keeps us steady; standing.

The expected is just the beginning.

The unexpected is what changes our lives.

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Sunday 160 - counting threads

A Sunday morning lie-in is a reminder.

Let people lie in the bed they made;

not out of spite or retribution

It’s how the grown-up world works.

It's time for coffee.

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Sunday 160 - in the here and now

Time and time again I forgave you.

I now see how my forgiveness fostered your malicious behaviour;

you had no incentive to stop.

Now it is me I need to forgive!

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Sunday 160 - giving new meaning to a new year

Resolutions

are fine but are often motivated by wishful thinking.

As such, they can become noise in our heads.

Intentions

are unfathomably powerful and uplifting!



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