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The holidays are drawing to an end, children will start school again in just a few days.

Before the blog falls into full swing again I would just like to welcome you back after the Summer holidays - I hope you had a great time, made cool memories, took some awesome pictures or reached your deeply-treasured goals! My gratitude also goes out to the friendly readers who liked my Blog on facebook. My goal for this blog is to continue to evolve and share more wonderful content with you.

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Thank you!! Thank you!!

Over at Reach for the Sky, I have posted a new message. Please take a moment, with an open mind and heart,  to look into to it, and see where it eventually leads you.... Click here to read 'Taking a leap'

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Monday gratitude

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 "At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough."

Toni Morrison

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Returning to my schedule, I missed my Blogs, yes plural, I went back to working on Reach for the Sky to help document reaching my Goal there. 

I've had a wonderful weekend, starting with a few hours at our Summer garden (among trees, enjoyed the Sun) through the match in the evening (Poland - Czech), and then a long walk in the park on Sunday morning, plus a nice late-spring-cleaning mode (unfinished), to a relaxing hour in an aqua-park (made it up with a pizza later)! And then hearing good news all around from friends just warms my heart. To top it all off - I'm picking up my surprise visit guest tomorrow from the airport! Lots of positive work coming up this week :) I'm already grateful for what's coming!

What are you grateful for today? 

What happened in the last week that made you stop and admire its beauty 

(I'm not saying "if", think hard, try and remember, 

something good DID happen, no matter what!)

UEFA EURO 2012 - GO POLAND!

...... And there goes my blogger - schedule for the remainder of June... ;) 

wondering why?.... well, me too! 

I didn't think I'd get so excited about this. 

Maybe because it's happening so close to where I am.... and on top of that, we have a very cosy place at our Summer garden to watch the matches. 

So, no matter what --- 

Go POOOLAND! 

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I think that I will resume my schedule once:

a). I'll finally get bored (maybe) with the games.

b). The Teams that I'm rooting for will not get through.

c). I'll miss my blogging routine.....

Enjoy yourself, whether you're watching the games or not :) 

Monday gratitude

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I like hugs :) hm, that's it, I could end the post here... hehe. 

But... There are 'regular huggers' that help me make my day so much better... squeeze in some positivity and an inner smile to a days work :)
and then, there are those go-to huggers, whom I seek out when comfort in needed. However, the one non-human hugger, which stands by me whenever I want him to (or not), is my tiny little furry yorkie :P
All in all, I believe that 'a hug a day, keeps the doctor away'.


Thank you to those open and willing to share their heart, and come in for a squeeze :)

I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.

Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine

Children's Day - embrace your inner child

I really like Children's day, and even though I'm so much closer to my 30s than I am to 20 years old, I like celebrating it anyway :) It just reminds me of the good times.
One of the best memories is my first flight - all the way to Johannesburg, South Africa via Frankfurt from Warsaw... I guess flying around now is no issue, the tickets are cheap within the EU zone, and you can always grab a bargain for other flights too... but back in 1993/1994 it wasn't so common.
It was life changing, earth-shattering, pole-reversing event.... I'm sure I didn't really "get" the distance part, and the head-first crash with different cultures, weather conditions and new languages wasn't all roses, but I don't remember that anymore, despite all that, I think it was the best thing that could have ever happened to me as a child.

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I remember double rainbows with vibrant and strong colours, neat school uniforms, lots of evergreen trees, mind-blowing thunderstorms, and the afternoon rains :)
Seeing a cheetah and lion up close at a Lion Park in Johannesburg... (the car wouldn't start, and you couldn't really go out to push it, -but that's a whole other story); sailing at Vaal Dam; the whole Sun City experience - it was the first place of this sort I ever went to; weekend trips to nearby cities; going to all the shopping malls on the weekends for some window shopping with my parents.... it was so overwhelming.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of memories... the good ones.

I like to sit down, close my eyes and visit my inner child, and choose all the fun, warm and positive things that I've experienced. Fill my heart with giggles, let my mind breath in the fresh air (the kind that you get right after a heavy rain), forget all the troubles of the adult world.... 

I wish my inner child a Happy Children's Day :) Stay with me forever, don't ever leave me, comfort me and come out to play whenever you want!

What do you think, do you embrace your inner child often enough?

Do you let yourself go, be giddy, funny, clueless and happy beyond words?

Do you think it's right to lock up your inner child and act all serious all the time?