Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 361 – Strong

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“You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.”

Bob Marley

I think I really need to appreciate my strength this week, Spidey. so, thank you for this quote, today.

This above quote resonates so much.

I have always been of the belief that whatever higher power there is, up there, putting us through our paces, never sends us more than he knows we can handle. Though, those times can seem like we are breaking, or broken, even. If we are able to centre ourselves and look internally, we can find the strength to deal with whatever has been thrown at us.

That is where strength comes in. It’s not about lifting weights, or that physical strength, rather the emotional strength that gets us through life.

I haven’t been feeling 100% at all the last few weeks but, as you know, we teachers soldier on. There have been more and more cases of Covid in the school, and this week at least two members of my team succumbed, too.

I have been testing daily,sometimes twice, to keep track of my own status, but the headaches from the stress, the restless nights, coupled with the work we still need to, so our children are educated properly, eamt that I had to draw from an inner strength that I wasn’t sure I had.

But, it is obviously there, as here I still am, standing strong, ish.

We made it to the end of the week, and I was able to manage staffing shortages, as well as the rest of what my job entails, and life stuff, too.

And, most important of all, I’m still smiling.

So, are you able to find your inner strength?

This post, by no means is meant to belittle those who struggle to cope. I know the world is made of different people with different ways. And we are not always able to find a path that leads to a positive conclusion. My thoughts are always with those that struggle, too.

namaste

Wishing you a wonderfully peaceful Sunday, Peeps!

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Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 360 – Catch Up

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“Set impossible challenges. Then catch up with them.”

Richard Branson

I know I missed a few personal deadlines, Spidey, no need to rub it in!

Sometimes life itself feels like an impossible challenge, but we have to rise to whatever is thrown at us, don’t we?

The last week, I feel like I have been playing catch up with myself the whole week, if I’m honest.

What with feeling unwell, headaches lingering, a sore throat, and worrying that Covid had caught up with me, along with absences at work, and playing staff chess, moving people around to ensure the place was sufficiently staffed, along with trying to keep up with my housework chores plan, and try and get to my laptop daily… it’s been quite a week!

There were definitely some days when I thought my plans were impossible, however, I managed to keep on top of pretty much all of them.

The only one I am dubious of completing is that I promised myself that I would add 2k words to the MS this weekend. So far, I am at 0 because I needed a day of being extremely self-centred, as I wasn’t feeling well on Saturday. But, if I am doing as I hope, I will try and write in the morning when the family is still asleep, and I am awake, and again in the afternoon when Lil Man goes for cricket training.

Fingers crossed I manage to hit a goal that, right now, feels a bit impossible!

So, do you feel like you’re constantly playing catch up?

namaste

Wishing you a wonderfully peaceful Sunday, Peeps!

Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 359 – Peace

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“Peace begins with a smile.”

Mother Teresa

I’m smiling here, Spidey, and hoping it brings inner as well as outer peace, over here!

You see, I need that peace, and quiet, so I can get busy, today, with a day that I have managed to clear, so I can devote it to as much writing-based work, as possible. Whether it is words that get written, or better planning, for the future words, I need that peace!

There will be some time in the morning when the rest of the household doesn’t bother to rise until midday. Then at least 3 hours when Lil Man and Hubby Dearest go to cricket training. Lil Princess will happily keep out of my way, so I can continue to be busy myself.

Hopefully, a productive day will give me the route to the rest of the story I am writing.

Wish me luck!

So, how do you ensure peace around you, when you are trying to be productive?

namaste

Wishing you a wonderfully peaceful Sunday, Peeps!

Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 358 – Determination

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“I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.”

Zig Ziglar

Okay, Spidey, I get it. I need to up my determination!

I consider myself an ordinary person. There’s nothing special about me, other than I am blessed with wonderful people around me and the world has conspired to give me enough of everything I need.

(Sometimes more stress, and less time to do what I want, but I’m not fussing!)

But in order to achieve all the hopes and dreams I have for my work, as well as in my writing career, being determined is my biggest resource.

I have to have that feeling of wanting to achieve, in order to get there.

And I need that determination to seek out the time to reach my goals.

Things are hectic, again here, with changing rules, absences in school due to Covid rising again, so different stresses at play, but I have ensured I have stuck to that daily writing habit. Every day on the blog, and some time on the WIP a couple of times a week.

I am determined to translate the daily blogging habit into a daily writing routine, after January, so no matter how short, I am still focussing on that manuscript that I have to finish.

Peeps, it will get written!

So, are you a determined person?

namaste

Wishing you a wonderfully peaceful Sunday, Peeps!

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