Shhhhh.....

What do you do to keep calm?

Do you think it's ok to lose your marbles?

Are we really a sea of tranquility beneath it ALL?

What does it mean to stay sane?

Weren't all the greats at least a little bit crazy?

Who sets the benchmark?

How calm is too calm?

Is it good for you...

(even if just once in a blue moon)

 ...to just go batpoop mad?

What brings you back down ... to the stillness, to the quiet?

Tips to achieve a balance between the go and the stop?

Balance... there's that word again.

I think that's what the future holds for me right now

The challenge of learning to wise-up and let go

Let go of the stuff that does NOT matter

(and let's face it ... only 5% REALLY matters... agreed?)

..and allow what really needs to happen... to happen

I'm thinking (too much)...

... and I'm ready to stop now

To REALLY stop.

The chatter, the crazy, the whoosh, the whirr... you know what I mean yes?

I'm after that stuff they call "inner peace" ...

 and if you've just gagged or baulked or rolled your eyes I can understand

It's such a cliche nowadays that I think we've lost sight

of what it means to have a stillness that you can rely on...

... an inner sanctum that nothing can penetrate...

So much stuff whizzing about the place... the news (eek)

the net, the papers, the shops, the sounds, the workplace, the traffic...

.... Shhhhh...

Just Shhhh for one second please.

I need some calm

... and I need it now

Perspective ....

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” 
― Abraham Lincoln

“Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen.” 
― Jane Yolen, Briar Rose

“It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.” 
― George Eliot, Middlemarch

“The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.” 
― Brooks Atkinson

It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.” 
― Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

Healthy Perspective 101

Always choose being happy over being right

(ALLLWAAAYS)

You never know someone else's story completely 

(what appears as rude behaviour may indeed be overwhelming grief)

Poor people with very little education or style are 

still streets ahead of anyone who notices this about them

Kindness really does cost nothing but oh boy 

can it feel like a million dollar gift when you receive it

Whatever you think the worst that can happen IS...

.. is really never ever as bad as you think it will be.

****

Peoples I hope you are finding yourself growing and learning

and discovering - it reminds us we're alive doesn't it?

I have had a week of wonderful growth

All the lessons and experiences have reminded me that 

we always have a choice when it comes to the perspectives we can take

I'll leave you with a video link to a collaboration between

two amazing minds... David Attenborough and Bjork.

(yes you read correctly)

They are mutual fans and the result of their meeting is just amazing.

http://youtu.be/_H8OKZ0VQpM

PS - it's pretty long so you may want to stream it when you 

have time to relax and absorb the awesomeness Xx

Oh and one more thing... there's an APP as well...

Yes... an APP created by Bjork and it is crazy cool

Perspective ... wow.