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Having fun at Phang Nga Bay Phuket Thailand<\/p><\/div>\n

Learning lessons<\/h2>\n

I love a good lesson<\/strong><\/a>. When they come at your expense though they are pretty tough to bare. We’ve been burned pretty bad the past couple of weeks. Sickness, lost contracts, blowing the budget and a dead computer. Ouch Ouch Ouch.<\/p>\n

Boy, did we have to take stock. As always you can find yourself at the centre of it all, mostly that I had been completely shitty and ungrateful for a week.<\/p>\n

I’m telling you gratitude<\/strong><\/a> works so well, you’ll understand that even more, when you’re not and everything crashes down around you. Time to pull my head in and do better.<\/p>\n

Spending so much time with my daughters<\/h2>\n

Parenting is so tough and sometimes I feel more stressed by it than in love with it. No matter how challenging, I never fall out of love with my two little monkeys. I loved spending so much quality time with them in Thailand. They really are so precious.<\/p>\n

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Empowering quote<\/h2>\n

“The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.”<\/em>– Ernest Dimnet<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pitch Perfect<\/h2>\n

I watched this movie on my flight home yesterday and really loved it. It’s very Glee-esque, lighthearted fun. IT=t was the only good thing about flying Air Asia X.<\/p>\n

Song of the week:\u00a0 The riff off from Pitch Perfect<\/h2>\n

A really fun part of the movie
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What I’m reading<\/h2>\n

Advice from Louise Hay<\/strong>: I loved reading this from Louise Hay in her latest newsletter. I couldn’t agree more.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cFrom the moment I set my foot on my spiritual pathway, Life has taken care of me. I never thought about getting rich from doing what I did. My thoughts have always been: How can I help people?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Life calls us, that\u2019s when we have to answer,\u201d Louise explains. \u201cWhen people ask me how I\u2019ve accomplished everything I\u2019ve done, I just say I\u2019ve answered the telephone and opened the mail and did what was in front of me. That\u2019s how I lived. It was as if Life simply took care of everything one step at a time.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cToday so many people want fast success. But when we\u2019re on the spiritual path and responding to what Life presents us, I think the most powerful work we do happens gradually over time.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Would you let a gay person teach your children?<\/strong><\/a> by Woogsworld One of my favourite teachers in high school was my gay music teacher. He made learning so much fun! What a wanker Gaynor is<\/p>\n

Street talk: Darren the artist-<\/strong><\/a> by Edenland I’m really loving how Eden is talking with strangers each week. What a golden nugget Darren is. This series reminds me so much of travel, just talking to random strangers learning about their lives and being impacted as a result. LOVE it.<\/p>\n

Biltmore estate in photos: Part 1<\/strong><\/a> and 2\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>by Andi from My beautiful Adventures. I love the Biltmore House. We visited several times when we lived in NC. It is America’s biggest home and is so stunning. The vineyard there is equally as good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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