Good reading…
Every now and again I come across an article that I really enjoy and today I am using one written by Donna Ashworth.
There is so much truth in what she says. We all need to find the little bits inside ourselves that make us shine.
Hope you enjoy it.
Boredom…
What is boredom?
In a nutshell, boredom is having nothing to do. A bored person does not choose to be bored but finds themselves in this situation for several reasons. In an issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science, boredom was related to attention. According to the authors, there are some conditions that need to be met before someone feels bored, namely:
- A reasonable level of energy. One can become bored when they have energy and arousal to do something but can’t find anything to do.
Your gift
Each of us is born with something special, a gift that’s only given just to us,
a talent or a quirk or a way of seeing life,
a knack of finding light amidst the dust.
It’s your special little gift that’s going to take you, to the places you’ve dreamed of in your head,
it will open doors and bring in souls who marvel at your skills, it will harvest joy and chase away the dread.
But there’s something that you must be quite aware of, when it comes to knowing just what is your gift,
people search for theirs in vain their whole life through, a thankless chase like that can cause a rift.
Your gift you see, is not always a grand one, it’s not the being fast, or saving lives, it’s not always the singing voice, the dancing feet or more, it can sometimes be a simple quirk of life.
Your gift can be a constant splash of colour, a way of showing light through cloudy days, your gift could be the way you make others feel at peace, or bring some calm to someone’s messy day.
Your gift could be the ears that always listen, when someone is in need of being seen, your gift could be the way you view the world as something small, and believe that we are all just one big team.
Your gift could be the passions that you share, with others who are not that way inclined, spreading art and spreading music all across your world, is something that can change a lot of minds.
So take a minute now to look within you,
and see what little gift you’ve stored away, let it out and show it love and bring it to the front, your gift will stay with you now, all the way.
~ Donna Ashworth: from ‘I Wish I Knew’
Mushrooms…
Well, Christine and I listened to the guy who sold us the bag of mushroom straw and have tried to get something to grow.
I was envious when she sent me a Whatsapp message with a photo of her first little mushroom making it’s appearance.
I sent it on to Brett to show him and he replied by sending me three photographs of his mushrooms that he didn’t plant out as we had been told to do, all they did was poke more holes in the bag and hung it under cover of the eaves in a cool spot.
I am so annoyed. They have already eaten some of those grown, and these photos are some of those remaining!
