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Fun time at the park with the kids this evening. :)
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“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go; and knowing when to do which of the two” ― Rumi.
“I think if you just hang in there long enough and keep doing what you know is your sweet spot, I think the world eventually catches up to you”. ― Courtney B. Vance.
Queen – Hang on in there ♫ youtu.be/PaEEDGdjFnQ
Wilson Phillips – Hold on ♫ youtu.be/uIbXvaE39wM
Sometimes all you can do is just hanging on there....
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Performance no Estudio de Danza Allegro (Ferrol).
Photo taken with mobile phone (Nokia Lumia 930) and edited with Fotor.
“To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you”
~Tony Dorsett
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One of my absolute favorite songs is I will Survive by Gloria Gaynor and these berries hanging on and surviving in the dead of winter, capture the essence of the song. Even though all the other berries on this tree have wilted and fallen off, these three have survived :)
{ODC: Lyrics / Poetry inspired}
..but u still gotta keep holding on to the one you love...the one you trust....they just might turn out to be your greatest support..
You got to hold on...
Hey, you got to hold on...
I heard this song for the first time on my way to work this morning, I kinda dig it.
EXPLORE: May 18, 2009
The boat and tow rope were far ahead of this Drake Mallard. He was holding on for dear life until the rope slipped out of his little yellow beak. A very talented duck indeed. Look closely and you will see the water skis under his little duck feet. Have a happy blue Monday.
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"One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too."
Friedrich Nietzsche
I think I have found my Daddy. Annabella 30 minutes old. This OOB was a request from the proud father.
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When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on
'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on
Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts. You are not alone
" Everybody Hurts " R.E.M.
For listening ... www.goear.com/listen.php?v=00365db
Another shot from Sunday, this pose was slightly easier as I knew what I wanted to do. Although the gangs of young people hanging around made it a bit of a self-conscience exercise!
So, the last few uploads I have alluded to big changes that are taking place for me at the moment.
As I have mentioned in the past, in October I successfully got a promotion at work which was amazing! The job is an 18 month secondment which means my old job is held open for me in Chester whilst I work the lifetime of the secondment. However...2 weeks before Christmas, an unexpected email landed with the entire directorate outlined the proposed restructure for all of the various departments.
The upshot of it was my old job and (and department) was set for deletion.
This entire news left us all reeling, what did this mean? Who could we speak to? Why are they doing this?
According to the new structure I was set to be slotted into my secondment to see out the remaining 12 months but ultimately there was no job to return to.
I thought of everything, working through the rest of the 12 months, taking voluntary redundancy, applying for the new jobs created as part of the restructure (there are 2) it was such turmoil.
The whole of Christmas I wrestled with thoughts, every waking moment reverted back to work, all of my conversations ended in 'work' my dreams were of work colleagues!! I can bet no one was dreaming about me!
I actually hadn't appreciated how institutionalised I had become. In an attempt to claw back a semblance of sanity I wrote my CV, a task I haven't done for over 10 years.
And then I looked at myself on paper. OOo, who was this? A lovely career in Local Government...oh wait, hang on- it looks like it could be me.
Who had I become?
I have been doing some training with work around approaching community engagement in a different way, it is called Appreciative Enquiry. To keep it brief, one of the tasks to assist in the process involves engaging your subject in an informal chat to get them to remember a positive time, when it was all going well and life was good- how did you feel? What made it so good? What elements would you need to recreate that feeling now?
Slowly the subject will be able to untangle the areas they want to change and how this might look.
So, I did an Appreciative Enquiry on myself. And I couldn't remember the last time I was truly happy in work. The last time I had fun, that the team was relaxed and the energy flowed.
And right there and then, I realised I needed to take the voluntary redundancy.
And so, here I am now facing the unknown with a mixed sense of feeling, happy to know I am placing myself where I am going to be effective, but nervous about the unknown.
I still hang onto a quote my friend Teresa gave me in 2012: "Magic happens outside the comfort zone".
Here is to magical living.
This image is dedicated to Damian, for always listening and calming me down despite my drama.
Recharge internal batteries
Upload more energy
Unstow them cookies
Unfriend all enemies
Reopen the heart
Restore the cool.
Activate Chakras.
Share good vibes.
Give healing energy.
Reboot...Repeat.
(Forgotten Lands- "Rayner Park")
Habituellement je fais une photo et j'y ajoute parfois une chanson. Pour cette fois-ci, cela a été à l'inverse. En écoutant hier une chanson de U2, " Drowning man", j'ai cherché à faire une photo illustrant cette chanson. Je ne pensais pas trouvé aussi rapidement...::-).
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Usually I make a picture and I sometimes add a song. For this time, it was the opposite. Listening yesterday a U2 song, "Drowning Man", I tried to do a photo illustrating this song. I did not think to find it as fast ... :: -).
U2: "Drowning man", Bono talk about God's love .
The minute you think of giving up, think of the reason why you held on so long.
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This parking lot at 2015 Main street in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood is about to become a mass timber high-rise.
Currently the lot wall is a mural tribute to skateboarder and graffiti muralist Holdon.
The lot is where an annual Holden Courage Memorial Graffiti Jam is held in Holden’s memory through the Vancouver Mural Festival.
The word ‘courage’ refers to a tattoo on Holden’s arm. Holdon died of a drug overdoes in 2025 at 21 years old.
At nearly 80 metres tall the proposed mass timber building would be among the tallest towers in the area and rise well over the immediate neighbourhood.
Inside the building, the plan is for 210 residential units with around 20 per cent set for below-market housing.
The building will not have any vehicle parking spaces, but 377 bike parking spots.
TGIF Flickr Friends! Are you feeling frantic and overworked? Do you need a rest from your laborious week of work? Perhaps you can get a nice relaxing massage like Bert here, who's getting his neck stroked with loving fingers as he holds on tight to the "Rings of Love" (bonding ritual) of his ~Love~ swt snookie. He does this for as long as she will put up with it. She says that one day he will just "Beak" those rings in two!