Though I have subscribed some time ago, this is my first entry to Lisa Sonora's 30 Day Journal Project.
This is challenging to me because I have decided to do it publicly. And public does make me feel nervous. But it is a commitment that I am willing to make.
So today's prompt is about Dare To Live Your Dreams
Today’s Journal Prompts:
One of my biggest dreams is…
to live a financially independent life in a place by the sea, writing books and emptying my overflowing heart to heal and to help women in the journey of life
A dream I’ve never sharing with anyone is…
to become a leader in changing people's lives to the better
It would be daring to dream of…
moving to a greek village where i can finally live with yoghurt and flowers and daily swims, and writing under the moon
A dream for myself I’d like to rekindle is…
dancing and making a living of it
Share:
What is a dream you have dreamed for yourself? How is it daring?
living my life with the one who makes me feel safe and cherished, with my loved one and our children forming an extended nest, where love happens and our dreams bloom into a beautiful reality
The older I get, the freer I feel to express my creative side, to choose my artistic days and my classic chic days, to accept my body and play around to its best potential.
I have been following for years the work of Ari Seth Cohen, author of Advanced Style : Older and Wiser and today I'm sharing some of my favorite photos.
Some women are urban and chic, some happily boho and others, just themselves but in a very well curated way.
The Iris Apfel who celebrated her 95th birthday at the end of August
What will we experience with this eclipse, which is in the Pisces/Virgo axis according to the sidereal zodiac?
Pisces represents the 12th house which is our subconscious, it’s also the last house in the zodiac and represents that which is hidden to us, confinement, release and endings. Virgo is ruled by Mercury which is our analytical mind, this configuration is indicating our minds release. Virgo is also the sign of healing as it’s the virgin with the shafts of wheat crossing the water to deliver healing medicines and potions. This is showing us that with release there’s great healing available to us.
The earth is shifting consciousness and so are we. The earth will release its new consciousness energy at the time of the eclipse and it will further anchor in our consciousness. We will be feeling a total and full release of the ego mind. This eclipse is giving way for the heart to take over. Our hearts are anxiously awaiting this event putting us into a state of disbelief and wonderment about what is about to take place.
The stakes are high now. We must perform from the heart as ego mind will create pain and turmoil for us. The ego mind is collapsing and flattening its holographic representation of our reality. We in turn are moving into the heart to create. This wonderment is the journey within which is a requirement of the heart transition.
We are currently in the 2 week doorway in between eclipses at the time of this writing, basically our doors have been blown wide open so that we can access all the stuff in our subconscious that is creating a reality that doesn’t align with our hearts desire’s. Use this time wisely; journaling, releasing, past life regression, etc… because this doorway is bringing stuff to the surface that usually is buried deep in our subconscious mind for the sole purpose of releasing it.
With this final eclipse of the season we are going to be pushed inside of ourselves like never before. If we haven’t been clearing out, we may not like what we find there. The journey within is how we will connect with our inner selves for the heart to reflect who we truly are. The heart will begin reflecting what’s hidden there, it will not be pleasant for many because many will be ashamed and afraid that others will see their darkness. The smoke and mirrors of only showing others what we want them to see will be over, we will not be able to control what other people think and feel about us with the illusions we’ve built, they will get a good look at who we are. Do you like what’s there? Do you know what’s there?
I’m showering everyone who reads this message with love! My intent is giving everyone strength and courage to journey within because it’s about to get deep.
It is my youngest daughter who is a keen student of Interior Design that introduced me to the work of Saul Leiter. Leiter (1923-2013) started his career as a painter at the age of 23, in New York. His photographs reflect this taste of the fluidity of color as well as the intensity of the pigment which make you doubt whether you are looking at a painting or a photograph. He first used a 35 mm Leica. He photographed everyday life, he played with raindrops and immortalised some beautiful fashion and women in the pages of Elle, British Vogue, Esquire and Harper's Bazaar. His pictures are so modern and "now" that I firmly believe that many a tumblr photogrpaher took after him. Which is of course a good base to build on. More of his work here and here
Would be very interesting to know how many miles he has walked in his lifetime – 2 maybe?????!!!!!! On St.Helena, the tropical island in the South Atlantic Ocean there are five giant tortoises, one of them is Jonathan. Jonathan (hatched c. 1832) is a Seychelles giant tortoise that lives on the island of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Even though, virtually blind from cataracts and has no sense of smell, Jonathan as 182-years-old, may be the oldest land creature currently living on the planet.
Jonathan was brought to the island from the Seychelles in 1882, along with three other tortoises at about 50 years of age. He was named in the 1930s by Governor Sir Spencer Davis. He continues to live in the grounds of Plantation House, the official residence of the Governor, and belongs to the government of Saint Helena.
A photograph believed to be of Jonathan around 1902 (age of about 70 years old).Photo Credit:WIkipedia
His possible age was realised when a photograph was uncovered from a collection of Boer War images showing a tortoise next to a war prisoner around the year 1900. On 5 December 2008 the Daily Mail published a story claiming Jonathan is the same tortoise pictured in the photograph.
If he were about 70 years old at the time of the photo, he could now be the oldest known living reptile on earth. The article erroneously stated Jonathan was of the species Testudinipae cytodira. This appears to be a double misspelling as well as a reference not to his species, but rather to his family,Testudinidae and suborder, Cryptodira respectively.
Jonathan maybe the oldest land animal currently living, but other tortoises have lived longer. The all-time verified record holder for the world’s oldest tortoise, according to Guinness World Records, is Tui Malila, who died in Tonga in 1965 at the age of 189. Adwaita, an Aldabra giant tortoise that died in 2006 in the Alipore Zoological Gardens of Kolkata, India, is believed to have lived to the age of 255 years but this has not been confirmed.
Harriet a Galápagos tortoise who had an estimated age of 175 years at the time of her death in Australia in 2016, was reportedly collected by Charles Darwin during his 1835 visit to the Galápagos Islands as part of his round-the-world survey expedition.
In February 2014, as part of the Queen’s Baton Relay ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the baton visited Saint Helena and Governor Mark Capes, whilst holding the baton, posed for a photo alongside Jonathan in the grounds of Plantation House.
Visitors are asked to get off Jonathan’s back. Picture supplied by Nick Thorpe Source: sthelenaonline.com
BBC Radio featured Jonathan in an episode of From Our Own Correspondent in March 2014 after ocean rower Sally Kettle visited Saint Helena.The Saint Helena five pence coin has Jonathan on its reverse.
As at December 2015 Jonathan was reported to be “alive and well”. “He’s blind from cataracts, has lost his sense of smell, and so cannot detect food (his fellow giants mug me and can detect the tiniest morsel dropped on the ground), but he has retained excellent hearing.
and today I'm sharing some of my favorite photos.
