Well it’s 5pm and I have just settled in a comfy position
on a very comfortable bed.
I have been traveling since 10am until 4pm and I am tired my back is screaming..
Where am I?
I am in Derbyshire and though it is wet and chilly it is a very beautiful place. The Nightingale center is very comfortable but even more important than the surroundings and the comfort I am about to embark on my first Silent Eye Workshop.
People have been arriving all afternoon and I am looking forward to seeing people I have met before and meeting new faces too. I have no idea or preconceived conceptions as to what I will learn these next three days. I am going forward with my mind , soul and ears open.
Eager to learn and open minded. I have read the work book and I can see many parallels with stories from holy books and fables from the mists of time. So I am ready to take a leap of faith.
Before the dawn of time
Before the flood
A man beast carved from spit and mud.
Taught a lesson to a king/ God
so fine.
So I may not be posting or reading as much for the next three days but I am thinking of you all.
Author: willowdot21
Female, wife, full time mother and Grandmother. I am not as happy go lucky as I used to be but I am still bubbling along on simmer! I have three handsome sons all grown and flown.The youngest married with a beautiful wife and two sons of his own. Back in 2010 I was working, running a home, driving and socializing then bang in a split second all that was gone. I had an accident at home. I broke my back, not for the first time, I had broken it 10 years previously as well. Unfortunately this time I had broken it really badly and it was truly messed up so I had to have two operations. I was told before each operation that the outcome could mean I spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Still as some guy once wrote "I am still standing " yes "better than I ever was " I no longer use the walking stick . I had lots of friends before the accident but when things like this happen, you loose most of them. Their lives move on and mine stood still and so they left me behind ...I know that is just the way life is but it hurt and always will. Then I looked around and saw those who were still there for me, these friends are the roses in my garden they need to be tended well. They are the diamonds in the dust. I will of been married 53yrs this comming year. I have found different ways to approach life, use my pain befriend it almost...yer right , well that is what they tell me at the pain clinic ROFLMAO ...... if only I could! I have found an outlet for my fears, frustrations and night terrors . I have started writing poetry if that name can be applied to my writing. I hope I do not come over as a moaning winger. I hope I am past all that. I also hope that you might see how the poetry is moving from very dark through the grey and hopefully in to light.
My back is no longer straight it is C shaped because of the injury and I have lost two and a half inches in height but my Pilates and Core teachers have helped me to stand up as straight and be as strong as possible. Pain and depression are still hanging on my arm but I have weapons to use against them and if I say so myself I cope well.
I have made lots of new friends, real diamonds. I am also very grateful for all the support and help I have encountered here on Wordpress. Hugs and welcome to everyone who visits.
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Enjoy, sis! Will be thinking of all of you!
And we will be thinking of you too Sis 💜💜💜
Thank you!!💕🙏🤗
Always Sis, always think of you e
Same here! I so hope you enjoy the weekend. It is non stop adventure!!💕🤩
Thanks I am off to meet the others now 💜
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I’ll be fascinated to hear your views; part of me wonders what it’s like – I enjoy Sue and Stuart and Steve’s company – but I take the otherworldly with such flippancy I fear I’d be sniggering at the back and not giving them the opportunity to convince me of its worth. So let me know.
I certainly will, I wonder if they would give you detention? 💜
The naughty step.. my natural habitat!
I can believe that.💜
Just let it all go, Willow 🙂
I will 💜
Enjoy sis!!!
Thank you Sis I am 💜💜💜
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I hope you have a wonderful time, Willow.
Thank you Robbie I think I will 💜
I am sure you will have an amazing time Willow…enjoy every minute and give Sue a hug from me…♥
I will do that at 5.40 tomorrow morning when we set off to see the sun rise 💜
Fantastic thank you… ♥
She did 🙂 x
Fantastic Sue.. xxx
🙂 xx
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I remember Sue wrote about that last year. Wow, now you’re there. Enjoy!! ❤
Thank you Miriam , I am
Great, I wish to be there. That’s something I enjoy doing.
There is always next year 💜
Yes, that’s true. Please share something on your blog when you have a chance. ❤
I will Miriam 🌹
Oh, good, Willow. ❤
Enjoy
Thank you 💜
Enjoy, and learn something nourishing.
Hopefully I will💜
🙂
Have a fabulous time, Willow!! ❤
Thinking of you – sounds like another amazing experience! ❤️❤️
It really is will be blogging about it soon 💜
Will look forward to hearing about it! 💗
I just need a rest tonight but you will 💜
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Willow begins her journey with the Lord of the Deep…
Thank you Sue 💜
Looking forward to reading your impressions ♡
I am working on them as we speak💜
Ooh good ;:)
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Lovely set of comments, Willow. It makes you realise that it’s very hard to convey what participation is like… without being there. I smiled at Geoff’s comments; but the experience is not other-worldly at all, is it? It’s just totally ‘involved’ in the human condition.
Yes I agree Steve, I find it hard to explain how this has affected me. It is so difficult to find a way to put into words the depth of the experience. As for Geoff he is a lovely chap and I am sure had of been present he would of joined in and behaved admirable. 💜
He would, Willow, despite his protestations, he is a fine gentleman…
Wonderful! Looking forward to your experience and learnings.
Thank you 💜
You’re welcome! 🙂
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Oh you must tell me all about it when I see you at the bash!
I will Marje 💜 I will 💜
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Thank you Stuart 💜
Nice 👍