Starry night

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I must have said this rhyme thousands of times.  On cold crisp Forresian nights, on sultry Canarian evenings, atop hills, on beaches, with friends, with a special someone, alone....I've looked up to the sky and wished a wish upon a star.

I did just that last night.

I was tidying up a few bits in the second floor rooms in our house when I looked up, out of the Velux window.  And there, twinkling high above the rooftops and busy-ness and light pollution of East London and the Olympic Park, was a star, twinkling.  And the old rhyme sprang to mind, unbidden, and suddenly I was making a wish.

Even though I'm a grown up, and I know wishes don't always come true, the compulsion to make the wish remains.  And I'm glad I still do this, because it reminds me of all the wishes I made at 5, at 12, at 23...and reminds me how lucky I am to have had so many of my wishes come true.

Of course, I can't tell you what the most recent one was...

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:)

From: here

Wow.

This quote speaks to me.

It speaks of being more, dreaming bigger, stepping out of comfort zones.

Changing, learning, growing.

I needed this quote today.

PS, on a similar note:

From: here

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Hopes and wishes and dreams...

Many months ago, the fabulous and multitalented Sacred Suzie inspired us all to make boards of our wishes, our hopes and our desires, a sort of 'manifestation', if you will. In typical Claire fashion, I knew I'd enjoy doing this, but was deep in the throes of a particularly crazy workweek. So I wrote myself a post-it and said I'd get on to it when I had time to spare. At the start of my summer break I found the post-it and got to work! And below are my collages. They're a bit amateur (I like arts and crafts, but I do find them hard sometimes!) but I actually really enjoyed making them.

I just collected words and pictures that inspired me (so there's pictures of the beach at Findhorn, the Cairngorms capped with snow, a London scene, Maya Angelou, Dolly Parton, Audrey Hepburn, and other things), collected some quotes (a couple of which I've written out below) and words that reflect the things that I love, the things I think are important, or the things I hope to have... It was powerful to sit down and actually think about these things :-)

"Then you rose into my life

Like a promised sunrise

Brightening my days with the light in your eyes.

I've never been so strong,

Now I'm where I belong."

Maya Angelou, from Where We Belong (A Duet)

"I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it."

Audrey Hepburn

I also wanted to put in this poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson, which sums up a lot for me, but ran out of space! I have a copy of this poem on a wall in my classroom and a little framed version of it at home:

"Definition of a Successful Life

To laugh often and much;

to win the respect of intelligent people

and the affection of children;

to earn the appreciation of honest critics

and endure the betrayal of false friends;

to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;

to leave the world a bit better,

whether by a healthy child,

a garden patch

or a redeemed social condition;

to know even one life has breathed easier

because you have lived."

I love that poem.

This was such a relaxing, comforting and inspiring thing to do. Thanks for the cue, Suzie!

What would your collages hold?

Love,

Cxx

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