April 10, 2021
Permanating
Photo Credit : Intricate Explorer There are two aspects of the Music category on this blog. ‘Inspirational’ and ‘Gorgeous’. This song - Permanating - has long been a favorite.
Somewhere on the highway With a luminous moon Swimming after dark and then Awaken to you … Hold on Hold onto the minute And sing it And live it It’s always there … Hold on Hold onto the minute And feel it Believe it … And time is moving on And listening to the song We get older Together … And every time we breathe Another moment leaves us forever To the nether … Permanating Celebrating Now we’re levitating High above the clouds Yesterday Is the place where all your friends will always … Permanating Celebrating Now we’re levitating High above the clouds Yesterday Is the place where all your dreams are always
Steven Wilson
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April 10, 2021
PacMan
Photo Credit : Huu Thong
You have to imagine PacMan moving through your body, munching away - devouring all those cancer cells.
Got It!
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April 10, 2021
Carpet Crawlers
Photo Credit : Ryan Searle Carpet Crawlers first featured on the Genesis album Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. But the version below is my favorite - lead vocals with Ray Wilson - supported by Steve Hackett’s band.
There is lambswool under my naked feet The wool is soft and warm Gives off some kind of heat A salamander scurries Into flame to be destroyed Imaginary creatures Are trapped in birth on celluloid … The fleas cling to the golden fleece Hoping they’ll find peace Each thought and gesture Are caught in celluloid There’s no hiding in my memory There’s no room to avoid … The crawlers cover the floor In the red ochre corridor For my second sight of people They’ve more lifeblood than before They’re moving in time To a heavy wooden door Where the needle’s eye is winking Closing in on the poor … The carpet crawlers heed their callers: “We’ve got to get in to get out We’ve got to get in to get out We’ve got to get in to get out” … There’s only one direction in the faces that I see; It’s upward to the ceiling, where the chamber’s said to be Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree They are pulled up by the magnet, believing they’re free … Mild mannered supermen are held
in kryptonite And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright Through the door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight It’s the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight … The porcelain mannequin with shattered skin fears attack The eager pack lift up their pitchers, they carry all they lack The liquid has congealed, which has seeped out through the crack And the tickler takes his stickleback … The carpet crawlers heed their callers “We’ve got to get in to get out”
Peter Gabriel
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April 10, 2021
Advice
Photo Credit : Annie Spratt
I hesitate to offer any advice. You’re entitled to roll with the punches when you have to. Every patient has their own journey and it has to be lived one day at a time, that is for sure. Don’t feel obliged to act and talk positive, if it’s not how you are feeling. Encourage your close loved ones to talk - with their support team too.
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April 8, 2021
Issues
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Photo Credit : Mika Baumeister
No - not those issues!
Not sure I mentioned this before - but the complexity of my situation is increased by;
- Visa Issues ( I was only meant to be ‘passing through’ when I first arrived here - and then COVID … and just as it all started settling down … this happened … enter immigration lawyers!
- Coverage Issues ( I don’t have coverage in this country because I am a visitor)
- Banking Issues ( I’m a visitor - why would I have needed a bank account?)
- Planning Issues ( I don’t expect this to all go wrong - but it might. So what state are the wills and trusts? … Spoiler alert … not good.
Follow the link in each for commentary on each. (Links not yet in place - will fill them in as I find time.)
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March 28, 2021
Muse
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Photo Credit : Ryan
The Muse S is a headband and iPhone app combo that can teach you to meditate using real-time biofeedback
Now - how cool is that?
Caveat - not tried it - but still!
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March 28, 2021
Living In The Moment
Photo Credit : Rodion Kutsaev I am not known as someone who really lives in the moment. In fact I am often accused of over thinking - resulting in analysis paralysis. In a nutshell - they say ….
The past is the past. Let go of all ‘could have’, ‘would have’, ‘should have’ thinking. It takes too much energy and nothing can be changed.
Likewise the future has multiple possibilities and potential - each path with its own routes, requirements and dependencies. Let it go aswell. Too much of it is out of you hands and you can’t control the future.
Instead, focus on the present. The now. The immediate.
Good advice for all occasions I think! Interstingly, I seem to have automatically followed this advice - even before I was given it. Of course I have heard that this is because I just haven’t accepted it. I disagree.
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March 26, 2021
Thoughts
Photo Credit : Finn
No need to respond.
You’re in my thoughts most days.
I hope the treatment is going ‘well’.
If you ever need to talk please take advantage and let me know.
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March 26, 2021
Strength
Photo Credit : Unkown
“The world breaks everyone, and afterwards, some are stronger at the broken places.”
Ernest Hemingway
See all the pertinent Quotes that resonate and I am recording here.
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