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Behind the scenes in our day to day life we make choices. Millions of individual choices. Some affect others. Some affect no one.
I believe wholeheartedly that single, individual actions when added up affect everyone. This is most evident in the way we care and look after the world around us.
The first question is do we care? If you don't then probably not reading this. If you do then like me you consider every day how to care and the challenges.
We are overwhelmed with doom and gloom messages. We are confounded with competing sources of supposed truth. We need facts but get mostly opinion.
What matters?
For me what matters is that I gather information from sources I trust, go in my own heart and figure out what is right and possible for me now.
Are you one who cares? Are you ready and able to do something? If so then what one little if any step can you take today to do something about it?
Then each day keep asking these questions. Soon it won't be just a daily check-in, it will be an in the moment inquiry. I believe that this practice applied to our daily lives about our external impact on the world is a big step made of small ones.
On another level it is even more important. This practice of caring about our environment around us is a real move towards caring about ALL around us and our selves.

All it takes is a few questions. The answers are telling. So is the way you feel about your answers. Rather than evoking guilt or embarrassment it is to inspire action rather than none.
Plastic Free July is an initiative that speaks to me as a need, not just to be on trend. After attending conferences and events and learning about both the issues of waste management as well as the innovations being developed I aspire to a better way. I want a world of change to occur. So I will start with me. I will do my little part, my best and accept I am not perfect. There is always more I can do. #plasticfreejuly

Some cat love...because... well...he's all love. Photo in that vulnerable accepting state where all he wants is a cuddle and scratch on the tummy. Adopted him over 6 yrs ago. Rescued by vet. No one wanted him. Underweight and a bit funny looking. Then we came along. I still remember the vet nurse showing us his paws and pointing out the pink and black pads. She said take him home for a trial. We did. But the whole family was not ready. Back I went with tears streaming down my face to return him. I went away. Depressed and forlorn. So I meditated and sat with the whole situation. In the space of love I could practically feel him and his desire to be with us. I know this sounds weird but there is something about connections. So buoyed by this feeling I went back and adopted him. We all never looked back. He is our larrikin cat who thinks he's a dog. He makes us all feel happier and joyful. Imagine having that much power just by being you. Well he does. A true member of the family that I think only people with pets get. Yes he's in this feed a bit because it's just about sharing the love. Oh and it's a plug for adopting rescue cats 😻He's number 2 of 3.

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When we look around and up what do we see? In many places it is now the familiar site of the construction crane marking territory for a new development. In an old suburban neighbourhood it is a tree planted long ago outliving most local residents. Above all is the blue sky - vast and infinite. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We often focus on one not all. We forget about the symbiotic existence of our world - humans, nature, planet, universe. The bigger and less relevant the more we disconnect. It also depends on us, where we live, what we know and what we pay attention to. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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In looking at this image and considering these dynamics I wonder what people focus on and why? Not out of judgement but out of curiosity and preference. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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For me there is an interesting experience. On one level I resist the development. I remember what was there before. I like the idea of sustainably using what we have before having to replace. Preservation of the old allows us to remember our legacy, origins and beginnings. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Then on another level I realise that in reality our world is changing and new development is a reflection of this shift. Improvement and enhancement often brings modern innovation, increased safety, relevant design.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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There is room for both. In fact I would suggest there is need for both.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Then I also realise what is old to me was new to someone before me. The open field where I now live in a house, the freeway I use to get across town that once was a line of trees, the old hardware store that is now a community of units, shops and cafes. Each evolution of the developed vs nature is working for our changing world. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What matters then is the conversation around the change. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What matters is the why.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Changing of place and way matters.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Change. Change of season. Change.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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All I see around me is change. It is constant. There is no need to manage change. Instead there is a need to be with change, be in change, allow change. Some will say that you can anticipate, plan even control change. I do not believe this is possible. There are too many factors and forces affecting the world around us and within us to avoid or deny. If we pretend nothing is happening it still happens. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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An alternative approach. Embrace change. Sit in it's fullness and possibility. Really consciously watch, wonder and explore what is happening as change occurs. In this you can feel what is right for you, right for all. If not then you fall into the reactionary, resistant path of denial. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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It is in this way we can choose how we wish to respond. What is our way and how do we want to assert, share and be with others in expression. There will be the holding on to the past, there will be the future predictions. One is accurate because it is known, the other uncertainty guided by prediction. The only thing certain and guaranteed is right now. Being in it.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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So step back. Be in it. Wonder about where you are going? Wonder where others are going? Then consider how you will go together.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#lifeistransition #changehappens #selfacceptance #otheracceptance #rememberingtobeme

Just for fun 😻Posing as if from another era. So serious. Probably because it's the umpteenth photo taken and dinner would be preferable. Or because they were caught scratching the furniture again. Life as a cat. Simple right?

I had one of those days. The kind when you pinch yourself and say 'isn't it amazing to be alive!' I relished and savoured the moment more than just once. I appreciated the beauty in everything around me. As I walked to my 'local' cafe I looked up and around. The whole idea of a blue sky really took on its metaphorical meaning. A world of possibility. I smiled. People smiled back. I walked with a lightness in my step. Nothing was too challenging. Conversations were filled with genuine curiosity and interest no matter how banal in appearance. I went about my tasks without saying I 'should be mindful' or do this or that. I just was in the moment. I like days like these. I notice though how easy it is to be switched off, challenged, distracted or emotional. So many moments present us with choice to go in the opposite way. And you know what...those days are ok too. I realise too how the balancing act of being human is always about learning, realigning, checking awareness. Habits are strong. Wayward examples plenty. It takes resolve and self forgiveness to wipe the slate clean and start anew. This day was one of those. So I write to remember how easy and simple it was to be. Tomorrow I get another go. So do we all. #mindfulness #rememberingtobeme #lovelife #choosejoy #beyourself #selfacceptance #blueskylife #authenticity

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