Comments on: My cage got rattled!

By: Wilma

Wilma — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:51:27 +0000

Hi Loralea, welcome. It is interesting how our ‘being busy’ silences our listening to our feelings.
Taking stock needs time and then of course we get the consequences of dealing with our discovery and what to do with our unhappiness.
I realized that living in Holland didn’t cut it anymore, but boy emigration did cause some moments as well.
However now I am indeed very happy to live in this beautiful place.
When I fisrt stumbled across New Zealnd, I too didn’t even know where it was, I thought it was near Greenland! Thanks goodness it is not, it is a lot warmer here in Auckland.

By: Loralea

Loralea — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:32:16 +0000

Please be thankful that you live in Australia. My husband and I have been toying with the idea of moving there for quite some time. We think it is beautiful, a real paradise on earth. That said, I’m in desperate need of a change, and since Australia is not possible at the moment, must think of something else. Thanks for this wonderful post, it’s made me realize that I’m not entirely happy and I should make moves to do something about it

By: Wilma

Wilma — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:37:50 +0000

Yeah Fiona, I agree and it is great to have friends who remind us about smelling the roses and have great properties to do it on. The address up North again is ……, we will bring the wine..

By: Fiona

Fiona — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:38:17 +0000

AND… I’m a believer in reaching ‘threshold’… (like when your cage is rattled) and you say no more, that’s it… I need to change!!! Threshold is fabulous!

By: Fiona

Fiona — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:34:48 +0000

Wilma – I think sometimes we just forget what’s most important… we get caught up in ’stuff’ (car needs a warrant, must catch up with this friend and so on); or lose ourselves on the ‘treadmill’ (time to go to work, pay the bills, clean, grocery shop)… it’s good to get off some times and take a deep breath and look around… and ‘wake up’ to what’s important.
We’re lucky to have some land up North, on the Hokianga harbour and each time we visit, it takes my breath away.. and I feel really calm… even if the nearest soya latte is a 20 min drive away!!!