One of the most important things that has come out of the last few trying weeks is an awareness of what matters the most and what makes the most difference to my overall happiness.

Flash mobbin' (as you do)

You might remember that back in April I was part of a flashmob with Reproductive Choice Australia. Well, here's the video I promised. I'm the one in lace leggings and green boots, and that sexy blonde beside me is my wonderful mother. I had a lot of fun jiving with mum for a cause I support.

Lazy Morning Links

Tom has been using my computer for the assignment that WILL NEVER END. So even though I haven't managed to post all that much, I've read some great things on my iPad over the last couple of weeks.

a manifesto for mindful living

I'm tired of being so negative. The image I posted alongside my last outpour of despair was more telling than I even realised at the time. I destroy myself. No one and nothing is trying to destroy me. Life is just happening, and I am choosing to destroy myself with fear and anguish over setbacks and disappointments rather than to thrive in the face of these challenges. The grass is greener where you water it. 

So I wrote a list of things that I only ever find myself doing when the grass is looking a glorious green, things I want to remember to keep doing even when the impulse does not come quite so naturally. It turned into a manifesto for living mindfully, for living fully.

The world looks a whole lot brighter when I remind myself of the influence I have over the way I see things.