I walked my god-daughter and her best mates to school this morning. It was great listening to talk of X-factor (apparently “Bill & Ben” are rubbish but funny), The Jonas Brothers are to die for, Pixie Lott is cool and Lady Ga Ga is just different and that’s cool too; I was annoying at times as I had to ask who some of these people were, I need to keep up but at least I supplied giggles as they rolled their eyes at my ignorance and I just enjoyed basking in their world for twenty minutes :-)
paisleypaige's Life List
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1. be a qualified counseller
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2. be healthy
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3. I want to STAND in LOVE
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4. fix up my garden
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5. quit complaining
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6. find work I'm passionate about
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7. live rather than exist
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8. live in the Caribbean
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9. go to church every Sunday
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10. learn sign language
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11. read a book in one day
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12. become a member of the X-Men
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13. run the london marathon
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14. learn how to play chess
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15. kiss in the rain
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16. learn how to meditate
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17. Learn to play the piano
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18. Read the entire Bible
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19. sleep under the stars
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20. organise my photos
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21. look in the mirror and be happy with what I see
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22. have good posture
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23. become a foster parent
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24. Inspire a young child
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25. read all the books I have before buying even one more
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26. Write more
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27. Get Back My Flylady Wings
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28. do a Masters Degree
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29. List songs that mean something to me
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30. Every Month Hang Out with Un Bruce Grove
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31. share my poetry
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32. walk - everyday, no excuses, for atleast an hour
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33. Move to an area I like and a home I love
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34. replace my i-pod
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35. pay off debt and live debt free!
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36. Work At Being Happy.
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How I did it: A friend of mine decided that she needed to detox mentally, physically and emotionally and if I would join her. I agreeded. The rules was no tv, computer or phones, follow the Jane Scrivner way of detoxing, meditation and prayer. Read the Jane Scrivner book Detox Yourself (Feel the Difference in 7 Days). Locked off my house phone, put my mobile on silent as I just could not turn it off completely! The Tv was … Read how I did it…
How I did it: I don't really want to go into this as despite the achievement the victory is a little hollow. I am me, I accept who I am and I have fought hard to be seen, heard and respected by my family members. However, it has meant that some family members I have had to cut out of my life to achieve being the authentic person I believe I came to be and this is why despite my happiness, it is with a slight sour taste as it is sad I had to… Read how I did it…
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Made muffins, wholemeal bread and carrot cake for the neighbours and my aunt who lost her husband a couple of months ago. I woke up this morning and just felt like baking, it made me feel so happy and I decided I wanted to share the fruits of my labour simply because I wanted to; it was great.
I honestly think I was inspired by Tiisi and Sherlock’s enteries, so thank you.x
Now this is a difficult process, they said they had links to various organisations who take trainee counsellors, turns out this is B.S, what they meant is we’ll give you a list and you go work it out yourself.
Anyway, this has set a question in my mind, as I have to think what area and age group I want to work with; I adore children and I really like the mentoring work I am doing with the young people but I worry if I go into this area of work that I may end up relating to ‘my children’ (read god-children and relatives) diffently as I do switch off when I am not in the environment; however, counselling does alter the way you think and view the world. I like the natural way I relate to the children and I don’t want to loose that so I am thinking that perhaps working with children is not the way to go, perhaps working with teenagers will suit me better. I also like working with adults, like drug & alcohol rehab units, as I have done that before and I enjoyed it or perhaps something like relate as I think I might enjoy that…..thinking…..mmmmmm….

