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​WHHOOOOP WHHHOOOP

​My Colouring Book!!
 
I am super happy to be able to say this!..
 
The colouring book that Jose and I have been working on bit by bit over the last (bit too long to mention) is now on Amazon to buy!!.  Depending in where you are you can use .co.uk or .com  or others but they are the main ones (or message separately for a pdf version)
 
Can I go whoop whoop again!!..
 
I love drawing and this really started as a hobby, then making cards (thanks to all in Singapore who bought them!) and it remains a hobby but heck you never know!
 
Here’s where I need loads of help please to share!  I am biased but it is a beautiful book.  Jose did an amazing job of the graphics, there is a lot of information about colouring in there too, it’s more than just the drawings. We both learnt heaps together along the way. It may not be your thing, totally understand, but is it someone’s you know?  Any help with advertising ideas also very welcome.
 
You can see some of the outlines from the book above and more on our website JOLIARTES and also above is how I have spent many a happy hour colouring them in. I like doing fine lines and dots or circles along with coloured pencils – I seem to have found my style which I’ll keep refining!. 
 
 
Thanks again.
Lisa and Jose
JoilArtes.

 
Uncertainty can suck, it is not a comfortable place to be and this current global situation is not an easy one for any of us. The not knowing, the multitude of unknowns and unanswered questions, the political confusion (and incompetence) all create a mood around us that leads us to feeling like Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh.  It’s not a place I like to spend much time in – I’d rather be more like Tigger and bouncy than all ‘sigh’ like Eeyore.
 
Is it possible though? With all that is going on around us can we stay positive and not let the general mood affect us.
 
It is definitely not easy I will say that to start, but it is possible and I’d like to share a few things I’ve tried that have helped…

1. Watch a comedy – find a short skit of a few minutes if you are time short and laugh.  Laughter is medicine for feeling ‘ugh’ – watch it 10 times if you have to. 
2. Nature – look outside the window or go for a walk and really see.  The trees, leaves, flowers, hear the birds – nature is a certain cure for feeling down.  Name things as you see them to avoid going into constant thinking mode…. “tree” ”yellow flower” “dead rabbit”… see laughter works…  
3. Move – yup get off the chair, walk about, dance to some cool tunes, do yoga, Pilates, throw a ball against the wall!! Whatever – just move. Guaranteed to help you feel less aaarrgghhh.  Join 1 and 3 - watch the video above it's comedy of me!!!!
4. Breath – the more sensible one.  I’d like you to try this though.  Block of your right nostril and breathe through the left only.  This connects to the right side of your brain; the creative side that usually helps you be less stressed.  
5. Find a few words that work for you that cheer you up “bubbles” often works, it is really hard to not smile when you say and think about bubbles (especially when they are in a glass of Cava)  
6. Slow down – why rush? None of us are going anywhere so chill, it is what it is so draw, colour, cook more, watch documentaries for a change.  Take your time like the Cadbury’s caramel bunny.  The more we accept the current situation and then unknown, the easier it is.  

Try some or all of these, especially when you find yourself overeating (I know it happens…).  You’re not me and I’m not you, so find the method that works for you to stop the slippery slope to sadness.
 
BOING.... boing boing...
​Tigger
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The Spiral of Social Media….
 
The last month has been most interesting in many ways not just because of viral pandemic, racism matters and the Trump US shenanigans which are rather amusing. We all wait to see what this new normal will be and while that has all been bubbling in the background I have been knee deep in …….  The ins and outs of social media and starting businesses.
 
First of  all – yes I am blogging to in part plug and ask for help getting my business out there but that really is secondary to sharing the insights I have had on the slippery slope of social media insecurity..
 
Starting something new, getting followers, asking (begging) for subscribes and likes, thinking what to post, who to follow, what to comment and what people want and like is hard work!!!  It really is, how they guys get millions of followers I can only guess is by organic real traffic…. I take my hat off to those who have made a success out of it all, you gotta love doing it else it can drag you down! And that’s what I realised has happened over the last week!
 
Social media is one big yet small network and a little bit of a clique – this person likes this, so they like that and if you comment these people you might get seen and here’s the rules you follow….!! Then as you start playing this rather intertwined dance you see the same names and go “a-ha” – how real it is all I will not comment on, but I see better how it all works now.!

Will I play the game a while ? – yeah, why not! But I know I need to stay true to who I am and not get caught up in some possible negative feelings.
 
To explain..
 
I am a little innocent about some stuff I know and I like being that way… but when I looked into some things and looked deeper I found a few bits and pieces that I really didn’t like - for example a company who set your business name up offer you a free bank account which is free anyway and by then referring you they get 60 euros for it and if you are a non-resident they charge 100 euro MORE when it makes no difference whatsoever….!!  Clever and for me not honest – but I guess that is how business can work…
 
Then the freebies – I’ll give you this, join this blah blah and then BAM they’ll hit you with their sales – again I get it but it’s not me, hence why I started with my why behind the blog… I blog as it helps me make sense of things as well as maybe others who read it. But then nothing is really for free I suppose and even I put up videos with the hope of gaining followers so I can maybe sell my course to them so I am part of it… mmmmmm…. It’s how it’s done is the thing for me – don’t know it’s an interesting ponderance…
 
Anyway to 'work' social media it is suggested you find others to follow, make comments, like and so on. So I did and that’s when I saw everyone else does this! Lol…and I saw some very cool moves and it made me look outside my box so great…
 
BUT then I started to compare… and I know better than to do that and I started worrying and “how am I going to do this” and OMG I don’t have a six pack or look that good, why would someone follow 'little me'.
 
At this point in hindsight I would like to take a huge baseball bat and hit myself with it for being stupid and going against all that I know about the subject …. F*&K Wit comes to mind. I hadn’t realised it was happening until I was getting more sensitive and feeling insecure and as I walked earlier the baseball bat did hit me and I got it…
 
Looking at soooo many IG accounts of fitness people really woke my insecurities up…all the yoga, Pilates and fitness people are typically half naked, with toned torsos and 6 packs waving at me.  PANIC am I meant to have and do that to get followers!!???....  As she pours more wine to calm down and add to the non 6-pack stomach.. 
 
So there’s the thing, I don’t have one and unlikely I ever will, and nor do I really care. I care about how I feel and I feel great without one until I looked at lots of people with one!!  Why does this sell?  “Making” people insecure so follow me and you’ll get one is shit.  It is….  If you say “it’s all about how you feel about yourself, don’t train for aesthetics…” then don’t look so bloody good….. I don’t get it.  Well I do, it sells.. 
 
The little voice goes “that means you won’t do well in business Lisa”… The real Lisa goes thank you little voice, now kindly take a very long walk so I can recover and stop worrying “.. Luckily it did take that walk and I pulled myself out of  ‘I’m not good enough, what am I doing, this won’t work….”
 
What it does mean is that I can have fun with it, post what I feel is meaningful and if it appeals to you, awesome, if it doesn’t also awesome… Maybe you stopped reading this already – also awesome, because it’s not about me…. I am okay with who I am..!!  Jeez this self work really is on-going work, the fact I had these doubts though was somewhat surprising to me and until I started writing this I hadn’t twigged on the root cause. If this is what social media is generally doing to those who are not so aware of it, then no wonder we are a world full of stress and insecurity…..
 
My take away learnings for the world of social media –
not to take it too seriously…
not to compare…
to be me
be my honest self ……
and to enjoy the process, play the game with a light heart and see what happens.
 
It is fascinating, it really is and I will keep going because I have some good shit to share, it’s my livelihood, and apart from this wee hiccup I do enjoy it..
 
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My colouring book comes out soon I hope on Amazon so look out for JoliArtes…
 
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I’m awesome…
 
 
My truth – I’m a cool, slightly funky chick, who has embarked on multiple projects, none of which she knows where they will go, and who at times is scared shitless that she has NO clue what she is doing and maybe she shouldn’t have left the luxury resort she worked on before!!!. And who is also so excited about the possibilities ahead….I do truly believe in what I am doing - good movement and sort your head out for a happier life, how can I not believe in that, as well as my wee art book that is my bliss.  The fears come and go, the learnings never stop, I take it too seriously then have to pull back and remember to enjoy the process and heck just have fun with it!!!...  There is MASSES yet for me to learn, which is exciting, time consuming, frustrating and wonderful – it’s like having 4 seasons in one day.  I need help for some things with others am more that capable.  I don’t have a 6-pack, eat dark chocolate most days and drink a glass or 2 of alcohol daily, I work out so I maintain my fitness which is miles away from where it was and yes so I feel good and feel I look, I weigh myself most mornings to help me keep on track and I work hard to not let the doubts and negativity talk louder than the positive ones which I much prefer….  I don’t have all things sussed and I doubt and hope I never will because the doubts and fears keep me on my toes and awake…
 
Thank you..
 
 

As I lay in the sunshine, looking up at the bird sat on the twig, I wondered “what is it thinking?” – nothing – it will be tuning in to nature around it and letting its instincts tell it what to do next. Not like me lying there and wondering where my future is going, how my friends are and why humans seem to have this need to be with a partner and what happens when we don’t have one....  I’ve been staying with my parents since March 5th and it has been eye opening and I feel I’ve found a steadiness to being here and an acceptance for/of them, their lives, who they are and what works for them after 52 years together. Is it how I would be? Who knows? Is it what I want for my future? Well it’s not a bad thing they have together! So that’s not a yes or a no..
 
The lady across the road is married too, her husband has recently been put into a home as he is not well and she can’t look after him. I look over my right shoulder and I see her sat in her armchair with a glass of white wine, reading or watching TV – I look left and my dad is snoozing while mum does the ironing (my sheets that she insists on doing – personally I wouldn’t bother…).
 
My mind turns to the wonderful people I currently have in my life and those who are still wonderful people but we no longer speak much if at all. Many are married and have lives full of being husband/wife/parents. And then there’s me and the single people I know – our lives are full in varying ways…
 
Here’s where the difference struck me.  When you have a partner, and even more so kids I can imagine that most other people in your life are an ‘afterthought’ and that is not meant negatively but it’s something that came to mind.  Kids take priority especially younger ones and if you have a partner and no kids, they generally come first when you think of things to do/people/life… That’s when I wonder why?  There is this pull to partner up, but why? So we have someone to do things with as we don't like/want to do them alone? Some things do need two, or it's more fun that's for sure....
 
How is life without that partner you knew for so long? The lady across the way whose life is no longer filled with/by her partner (I don’t know if she has kids) and she is retired so what now? If all your life was with your partner what happens when they are gone? Our parents are generally not a first thought to us kids (except when they get older and ill) our lives are just beginning and full of so much (more Western)..
 
But my initial thinking was, why do we want to partner up in the first place (taking kids out the equation)? Is it so we’re not an afterthought, so we know there is always someone “definitely” there for us? That we are priority to someone?  And because we don’t like being alone, our friends become wine and TV..?! What is there to do when we don’t have people to be with – well write blogs of course!!..... and then send our words out to others in the hope that….  With what hope!
 
When I start questioning it is fascinating where my train of thought goes – in a very positive way as it assists me in how I live my life.  If I put “me” first while still being in touch with friends, then I am never an afterthought because I am priority to someone – me….And at the same time I keep others in mind with much of what I do (eg this blog) which may have an impact on someone I don’t. My goal to this blog is that there will (hopefully) be people reading it and it resonates – if you’re one of them, remember you’re not an afterthought…..  if you are a coupled up friend – maybe this has helped you see things from the eyes of your single friends, they might feel the same way as me.  Or maybe as a coupled up person, you feel that your life is all about everyone but you… you are an afterthought to yourself.
 
There are times when I want to talk to a friend but I know they have their family and they’ll be doing things with them and I try to keep that in mind. So I figure things out, think what I want to do and get on with it which includes lying on the ground and staring at the trees and have inspiration for a blog.
 
The point of these writings? Well it helped me to put words to paper, brought me some peace that I’m okay in my life journey and have learnt the skills to be on my own (with wine, but without the TV…) that I have wonderful people in my life that I am very grateful for and it is important that I manage my expectations. 
 
No life is smooth sailing, single or partnered, with kids or no kids, with parents alive or departed.  What is important is how we manage the voice in our heads and tune in to what is really going on inside. That we do find some time to ourselves and stop the gogogo and do the things that bring us energy – for me like writing and drawing!...
 
Take a moment to consider what fills up your energy tank..

Thanks for reading 

I've not seen the movie but I will...

A friend sent me a link to an audition on Britain's Got Talent...   she cried so she wanted to share the tears with me - it worked..!!!  The NEXT night another audition a guy doing his own words to This Is Me - I cried again!!

I listened to the show version and it resonated deep into my bones..

So many of us have these feelings inside that we are not beautiful, not thin, fit, clever, rich _________ insert your own - simply not good enough, not adequate not this that and the other....

And it's Bullshit....
It's a story we tell ourselves about ourselves 
We can drown the words we tell ourselves- we are often our own worst enemies -  what if instead you were your own best friend...... ?

And we can change the story, see it a different way.
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You are glorious....

If you're having one of those moments - try listening to this song - stand or sit and move/dance and be totally OKAY with who you are.  We are all doing the best we know how to in whatever situation we are in

I am not a stranger to the dark
Hide away, they say
'Cause we don't want your broken parts
I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars
Run away, they say
No one'll love you as you are
But I won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me

Another round of bullets hits my skin
Well, fire away 'cause today, I won't let the shame sink in
We are bursting through the barricades and
Reaching for the sun (we are warriors)
Yeah, that's what we've become (yeah, that's what we've become)
I won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me
This is me
and I know that I deserve your love
(Oh-oh-oh-oh) 'cause there's nothing I'm not worthy of
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
This is brave, this is proof
This is who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come (look out 'cause here I come)
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum (marching on, marching, marching on)
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I'm gonna send a flood
Gonna drown them out
Oh
This is me

Letting go of who you thought someone was…
 
As I moved this morning I kept the thought in my mind for what I needed to let go of – guilt / anger / frustration / expectation have all come up in the past.  Expectations was an interesting one, expectations I place on myself as well as those I have of people around me – especially my parents.
 
As I write this I realise how much of what came up today links to those expectations – my contemplation this morning was how hard it can be to change.  It feels weird like wearing clothes that aren’t yours, a size too big or small maybe and you need to go to the tailor to get it altered.  Except the tailor is you and you are the only person that can do the stitching and it takes time – for me it seems to take ages (patience another lesson…).  I seem to be able to do some alterations, then it comes undone a bit and it’s drafty which makes me realise so I can redo it and so on!!...
 
Over time, less stitches get dropped and the new suit seems to fit better, more comfy and it feels good!.  YAY…
 
Then you meet or have a conversation with someone you haven’t seen a while or you return to your parents home after not being with them longer than 5 days for a while...
 
Here’s the thing, my thing.  I have worked on changing me and I have, what came to me this morning is that those who have not been part of that journey with you, don’t necessarily realise it and they still see and treat you as you used to be. 

I guess the change is also not always easy for them either to take on board.
 
That’s when it hit me as I started writing this - I am doing the exact same thing to my parents, holding them in how I knew them years ago (actually it was 2012 when I lived with them last time) – who they were then, their lifestyle, capabilities, desires, conversations they may or may not want to have and also holding them to what I want them to be, which is not necessarily who they are.
 
Not conducive to a good relationship.
 
It could be easy for me to slip back into how I used to be with them (at times a very moody and antagonist adult child – and yes she has surfaced a few times in the last 5 weeks…), we all know that me and are used to it, but it doesn’t make for a pleasant environment.  But that’s not the me I want to be anymore so this is a “test” for me to be able to be grounded in who I have grown into and who I want to be and not slip back into that child when triggered.... Also there is some guilt when I don’t behave how I think I ought to, to be the dutiful daughter – my expectation not theirs….. It is a balancing act and a great space to open into and learn about people as well as self.
 
My parents have changed as they age in their needs and wants and their ability to hear me when I talk!!  That is now really physical not an excuse! They are content with a way of life I don’t think I’ll want to have even in 30 years, but maybe that is what will happen. But who am I to judge them or put unfair expectations on them, expectations that they don’t even know I have  – or anyone else for that matter!!!  And that reflects on me – the expectations of myself, boundaries I set – that need to be communicated if it involves others and allowing me to be me that is now and learning how others are now – not who they used to be, or  what they did or what they believed in.
 
We all have seams we’ve sown up and undone and stitched up a new way, a new colour, a different thread pattern and it is opening up to that that can be the first challenge and then accepting the new.
 
The world is changing and so are we. 

Life as we know it is coming undone – we now have a choice of what we leave undone, what we sew back up the same and what we chose to do differently. 

The needle is our hands, each and every one of us. 

Our freedom to go out may be removed from us, but we are still free inside, inside our minds and in our conversations – that has not been taken away, so let’s use it wisely to decide the tapestry of life we can now create…

Love….
 
An easy topic right…. What is love? What does it mean to love someone, to love yourself?  How do you show you love someone and what expectations do we have surrounding it?... The 5 Languages of Love is a great book that certainly helps to discover how you show it and what you need to be shown…
 
The coronavirus is teaching us so much about this, realisations about what is important to us, who we miss, how we connect – or how we don’t connect.
 
I have been living with my parents again for the last 4 weeks and let’s all be honest, it is not easy to go home when you are an adult.  Getting on with parents for a week say is one thing, still maybe not easy but you know it will end….  With quarantine I don’t know when I will be able to head out and away.  That’s not to say that I don’t love my parents, not at all but I have lived away from them for 7 years this time and seen them maybe 2 times a year for 5 days at a time… That still had its troubles but again, there was an end.
 
I know that sounds awful, I get on well with my parents on the whole – but they push my buttons! They generally put those buttons there as I was growing up so it is natural it happens!  But I am now an adult and an adult who has done a fair bit of work on herself over the years to get over some issues…
 
Well coming home is a test of whether that work, worked!! Yeah I have more lessons to learn…. More work to do and it’s ok – I have time to now!!
 
I am lucky and grateful that I have parents who welcome me home, with no expectations of me and who love me however shitty I may get (and I can….). It’s easy to forget that though when I get triggered or can’t get out and about. So I need to put something in place to remind me of this when I wake up.  The other day my mum was talking – women talk so much and tell stories!!! (I am more masculine in my energy,…) and I was getting a bit bored I admit, then I stopped and thought one day she won’t be here for me to get bored by. Woah that was an awakener.  It is not real to go through life thinking this all the time, but it brings me out of my shitty attitude and impatience.. A reminder needed again.
 
So where does this leave me now? 
 
Continuing to be triggered, catching myself, going ‘aha’, contemplating, and working on it whether that is by myself or a conversation with a friend.
 
One friend and I have spoken about love, and this morning as I read “The Intuitive Warrior” he talked about …. Love…
 
How can we bring more love into ourselves and then resonate that out?  Love doesn’t mean always agreeing or liking everything that happens – or liking the way someone always is, or what happens in the world…
 
I am at the place now where I feel I need some practices that help me return to love as often as I can – I think that sounds crazy as I think about it but it’s my truth right now…
 
I don’t know why I move away from the place, triggers maybe….  I know it is way easier when you are on your own a lot of the time!! Lol..  but that I don’t feel is the answer!! It is learning to be triggered and deal with it and move on and then hopefully not be triggered so much next time and so on…. Like a phobia – face it to get over it.
 
Today when I woke I went into the sunshine to do my my morning movement ( I do yoga poses in my own flow and match it with breath – depends on definitions and views of yoga whether or not I say I do ‘yoga’).…and I set my intention to come from love.  It might sound hippyish and I am okay with that!  As I moved what I realized afterwards was that so many of my moves were openers for my front body!  I took moments to remind myself of my intention and at the end as I lay there I asked myself “What do I want /need to do today to help me to remind me of love!!?”
 
By the end of the day I will have written the words – “love / calm/ fun / sensible and patience” on paper and put them in my room so I see them when I wake up.  And take a photo of them to put them on my phone as a screen saver!!
 
I know it seems ‘sad’ to do this, but heck I don’t care!!! If it moves me from a space of not so much love to love, I’m going to do it!!
 
Plus my movement session this morning, once I’ve done the voice over I have it available for myself whenever!  And of course, I can simply sit with my hands on my heart and take a few breaths and say the word love..
 
Sounds easy, but it’s not always – the effort though is worth it to move into a space of calm, and that is where I am of more use to those around me and the world.
 
I am going to fu*k up of course – part of the process and then I’ll carry on again, like a baby trying to stand and walk, I’m going to bruise my butt and get on up and try again!!
 
Maybe this resonates with you, maybe not and both are okay!
 
Thanks for reading, please enjoy the movement session – feel free to share, and love lots….

Time to move in a different way - a more usual flow !!! Yes me being a bit more usual...
A combo of moves with some fidgeting, wiggling, holds, flexibility and strength to explore. I aim to mix things up and not always follow a fixed routine - it keeps my brain working and also my body on its toes!!
I invite you to explore as well, try this, add your own flair to it as well and stay curious and with the "what if I did it this way."
Thanks.
#pilates #meditation #fitness #wellbeing #movewell #energise #mindfulness #flow #yoga #wiggle #stayopen

Just stop
For a moment
And notice
 
Notice
Your response to the virus
Your response to the people around you
Your response to the government
Your response to the news
Your response to your thoughts
 
Notice
What are you doing
Who are you blaming
How are you helping
What are your fears
What’s reality
 
Notice
Your energy level
What you do to change
Whether you let yourself be pulled down
If you pull others down
 
Notice
The change you can be
When you stop and try to be
When you hear the negative
And ask it to politely stop
And invite in the positive
 
Notice
How the world can pull together
The amazing people
Doing what they can
Be one of them
However you can
For the sake of others
As well as yourself.
 
Thanks

My honest emotions while the virus gets worse...

​I have since writing this morning done the above other than drink wine - but that will happen later!!

Last night was the lowest I’ve felt since this virus started and I can not be the only one.
 
I want to keep up to date with what is happening in the world and I look at the numbers of cases and deaths worldwide; probably more than is good for me.  Last night when I went to bed I checked – and the jump in cases took my breath away and tears to my eyes.  I cried for the first time and I don’t think it will be the last. I had a moment a teary moment a few days ago, watching the coffins in Lombardy and hearing how many are dying and that they can’t cope.
 
It’s not a happy world right now, but people are coming together – Italy and Spain started with their singing and clapping and now the UK has followed and it is amazing.  Let’s hope more and more people join in and post things to keep us all going and smile a while.
 
In my (naïve) political eyes many of the Western governments didn’t act quick enough to keep people inside to slow it down – and I mean keep inside and not an hour a day exercise. 
 
It’s not easy;  our lack of freedom, inability to move our bodies, not being able to see people other than those we live with, see people if you live alone – mental health as well as physical health are pushed to a limit.  If you do go out (my mum is the only one going out the house) there is a sense of paranoia about bringing something back to the home.   Add into that financial fears and what will happen to the world economically and it is not a pretty picture.  If you stop and think of the rest of the world; Africa, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, South America and places I don’t even know – how hard will they suffer.
 
We all know more people will die – not only from the virus if indeed we can monitor them all, but also from domestic violence, fights and suicides and no one knows how life will be in 3 months.  It is a scary time in so many ways.
 
I am trying to stay positive and have things to occupy me and I make the effort to move frequently – we at least have some space to move – but my hips are feeling it, I can feel them tight when I get up and if I sit too long my back complains.  What is it like for someone 20 years older than me??...
 
There is always light at the end of the tunnel and we will come through this, albeit a bit battered but we will.  How to keep going until then?... 
 
When I hit my lows I stop and really have to consider that I have it lucky, it doesn’t mean I am not going to be pissed off but I have it easy.
 
Then I stop and think of all those on the frontline who put themselves at risk….
Doctors, nurses, carers, helpers,supermarket staff, delivery people, bin men, anyone working in the shops that are essential, factory workers, farmers,  funeral parlor workers, the police.
 
My tears might not stop, but it puts my current life in perspective.
 
 
I feel useless at times, what can I do to help? 
 
Stay inside, keep positive, keep real, be honest, keep healthy so that I can be of use in the new future, post things to bring smiles, be in touch with people, be my silly self and be my vulnerable self …
 
We are all in this together to varying degrees and we will all deal with it differently.  Watch the news but don’t believe everything you hear (especially from Trump)…
 
Please:
 
Look after each other.
Look after strangers.
Stay inside unless you really need to go out.
Move regularly in some way or other.
Think of things to be grateful for.
 
Think of others….
 
 
 
 
 
 
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