A mission in the planning
Well, while we were in Delhi
Anyway, I was just thinking about that today and wondering how I could start to use whatever I was lucky enough to get in order to help other people in some aspect. I am embarking on a mission that could lead me anywhere but I think it’s an adventure worth going on.
There are so many oppressed, hungry, sick and uneducated people in this world, where do you start? You have to start somewhere though…
Morning Questions...
This morning I was listening to Radio 4 on my way to work on this dark bank holiday. A feature started which was talking about plastic surgery. I was shocked to tell you the truth... In the last decade plastic surgery has risen by 76% apparently. 90% of these people being women of course. It truly makes you wonder why women are so down on the way that they look. Is it getting to the point where soon I will meet 50 year olds and I will have more wrinkles than them?
A women came on the radio and said that the body is like an envelope which I think is a wonderful analogy. I took this to mean something along the lines of the fact that you can't send a letter without an envelope, they are imperative in sending a letter but it doesn't matter what it looks like really, it's the letter that is always the most important. Sometimes it's nice when you get a beautiful envelope but you'll throw it away if there's a blank piece of paper inside. The best letters sometimes come in plain old envelopes...
Perhaps I am reading too much into it but it shocked me to think that so many women are so unhappy with what they look like, to themselves, that they are putting themselves in danger to change. I get that people aren't happy with everything they've got - I could find hundreds of imperfections with myself, as could any woman, however it seems a big risk for something that probably won't make you happy.
Just a thought anyway...
Life always gets better...
What I've worked out, over the last 26 years that I've been on Earth, that when you're having a bad day... things eventually have to look up again, sometimes it just takes a while is all. So, things are starting to look up again, finally. Our new project starts on Tuesday when we have to travel over to Chesterfield which is about an hour or so East of Manchester and is where the manor house from Pride and Prejudice is built!
We were all at home tonight, it is Laura's last weekend living in Manchester so tonight we stayed in, had dinner and sat together, like a little family, watching the tv and laughing and crying to Grey's Anatomy... It is going to be so sad when Laura goes. I am going to miss her immensely. And then there were three...
I have also worked out that there is indeed something missing in my life of late and that is my contact with nature... I had a short burst when we were in Croatia - with the scuba diving and being outdoors so much but it hasn't sustained me. I think that I will have to endeavour to get amongst some trees and some fresh air and hopefully some animals amongst it all! That shall be my goal I think...
Tomorrow is a bank holiday although I am having to work so I had better pack it in and get some rest so I am sprightly tomorrow! I am so happy to have been invited to a friend of mine from the Baha'i centre, Sara, who is having a bit of a get together at her place. I will be able to see her and catch up with a lot of friends whom i haven't seen for ages so I am excited about that.
xxx
Amy-Ruth
