Holding Onto The 'Good Stuff'

Right now is one of those times. Good times. However, this is not always going to be the case, which is why I have made steps to make sure I am always holding onto the good stuff.

It wouldn't be me if there weren't a few digressions along the way, maybe these little wandering offs are my replacement for images, I mean I still use images but if I didn't digress how much less entertaining would this be. You follow ?

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, is a reference to the film Jaws, it is also a phrase that is bandied around when the proverbial hits the fan, when you weren't necessarily expecting it. Maybe everyone was just starting to get a bit 'antsy' whilst waiting for the next SAC assignment, or there was a full moon, those magnetic fields can wreak havoc on the body's finely tuned electromagnetic fields.

Back on point then, no need to sift through the wreckage this morning, it's a beautiful day and there's washing on the line and the smell of freshly cut grass in the air. All good as long as you're not a hay fever sufferer, sorry if you are, no fun at all.

Plenty to be thankful and grateful for then, yes ? I think so. This weekend just gone has been a 'testing' one. Third weekends are always busy, during the run up to as well. Add to that the tooth saga and the last week of getting the loose ends tied up for here. Busy, busy, busy. Plus, no less important to you but fairly irrelevant to me, estranged family trying to 'touch base'.

Yet with all that going on I wake every day excited to be able to participate in life, to add to the

cauldron with my own secret ingredient, we all have one. For some, though, this is not always the case, in fact their sprinkling into the pot will only cause a bitterness that will need sluicing away. I sluice, all gone. I keep all the 'Good Stuff' at the forefront of my mind, why wouldn't I ?

Our minds are incredible but hey do struggle to 'focus' on more than one item at a time. Focus, as in 'In the now' That being said, when a negative does try to worm its way in, it is replaced almost instantly with something from my catalogue of 'Good Stuff'.

How many good things have happened already this week. Well, let's see. The new assignment came through last night, so today we will have the most possible time in front of us to complete it. That's awesome.

Our tumble dryer broke a few weeks ago and due to time constraints and having six bodies worth of washing to get through on an almost daily basis a replacement (second hand) was purchased. My intention was to fix the old one but with taking it apart and ordering the right parts it could take over a week. It's wrapped up and sat outside, waiting patiently. Yesterday, while sifting through some old paperwork I found a 'Warranty' certificate for the old tumble dryer and it doesn't expire until 2022. Unexpected bonus.

I had a conversation about EBay the other day, along the lines of,some items can be on there for a long time and may never sell, I gave the example of a pair of bonnet hinges I have had sat around for a few years, low and behold, last night they sold. Not only that, I sold a car, subject to collection, of course. It just keeps on coming.

I have forged some new connections here and at the same time clarified a few things that I had only previously surmised.

If you like listening to music do you keep all your least favourite tracks/albums at the top of your playlist ? I wouldn't have thought so, be a bit counter-productive. How about your 'comfort foods'. If it's chocolate do you say 'no' I'll have some boiled rice instead (unless your favourite is boiled rice)

We reach for certain things in our lives that we know will give us a certain 'feeling' or change our 'state' Nothing to stop you doing the same with what goes on inside your head. It is a choice, your choice.