I Want To Know...

I was browsing the Internet the other night when I came across an article that had a suggestion to write about what you don't know and want to know rather than what you do. At first I was a little confused, how can you write about a topic you know nothing of? So I started thinking, ok then well what do I want to know? One by one I started writing down all the things I want to know trying to stick to the simple things and within a couple of minutes I had a page long list.

1. I want to know what job is me, that one thing I'm good at and will thrive and enjoy doing.

2. I want to be able to be computer and Internet savvy, and I'm not just talking about a simple word document. Spending hours on my blog trying to figure out the HTML and other codes showed me how much I have fallen behind. Can someone who knows nothing do a computer course with any hope of passing?

3. I want to know what even a quarter of the foods are they use on the cooking shows, and be able to cook a range of different meals.

4. I want to know where I'll be in 10 years or even 5 would be good. I know that could change my future me knowing, but id like to know I'm on the right path.

5. I want to know what is the purpose of life. I once read a poster in the dentist saying "We are born fragile, needy and with no teeth. We get older, live our lives and grow dependence. We get older become fragile again  and our teeth fall out. We are back to square one in so many forms." This really shocked me being in a dentist, but it really made me think and obviously stuck with me. What is the purpose of life, why are we here?

6. I want to know what you are REALLY thinking, rather than what you SAY you are.

7. I want to know what I really want, deep down inside. That would be definitely helpful. No one is 100% sure of everything.

8. I want to know how to drive a manual car - without my husband teaching me and us ending up divorced. The last and first time I drive a manual car I was to scared to remove my foot from the break or clutch in case the car moved.

9.I want to know how some parents can walk away leaving their children behind and go on living their lives as if nothing has happened. Are they riddled with guilt or wonder every second of the day?

10.I want to know why friends are so quick to stab each other in the back, don't they want friends? Or are they happy or prefer to have their lives filled with dramas and untrustworthy people?

11.I want to know why the government won't cover basic dental under a bulk billing system? Doesn't have to be anything fancy, even filling and extractions would help so many people out. Teeth are also an important part of health and so many people suffer in awful silence because they simply cant afford a dentist bill. The public systems are a joke with people spending years on the waiting list and not everyone is allowed to use it.

12. I want to know if we are truly at peace when we die? While some people believe it to be so, others just hope. No one truly knows until the time has come.

13. I want to know if the kids get sick of fighting with me every morning before school over the same things... Without fail! Eating breakfast, putting their shoes on and packing their lunch. It is after all 5 out of 7 days a week and yet it's morning routine.

14. I want to know if psychics are truly real and can see the visions they claim to see. While some people swear they have a special ability, until I see a psychic work their magic on myself, then I will never be satisfied.



"I'm trying to sleep here!"..
 

15. I want to know what our dogs and cat think. I'd love to know if my cat knows cuddles are a sign of love, or what the dog thinks when we walk him or put his food dish down. What they are thinking when they give me the unapproved look of not being allowed in or outside the house, or when they look so adorable trying to sleep that I have to wake them up with snuggles.While of course animals have ways of showing us they care, but to know exactly what they thought would be fascinating.


What do you want to know?

Counting Sheep

The other day my 7 year old son was talking about sleeping. He told me he was counting sheep to help himself get to sleep, but it didn’t work.

I laughed as this isn’t something I pictured him doing, wasn’t even aware he had heard about counting sheep. But I couldn’t help resist ask him why it didn’t work. “They just went away” he said. I giggled but then it got me thinking.

Does this method really work? How can you possibly lay there and imagine sheep to put you to sleep? So I researched exactly what it was all about

The whole aim to counting sheep while you are trying to sleep is to keep your mind from wondering and thinking about other things. Most of us head to bed with the intention to go to sleep, but then find ourselves wondering about the things we have or haven’t done. So apparently this method is basically to keep us focused on one thing and eventually bored or relax us into a sleep.

So then bedtime came…

I had forgotten all about the counting sheep conversation. I climbed into bed and found myself as usual wide awake staring at the dark room, tapping my fingers. Despite going to bed because I was tired, I simply couldn’t sleep. Then I remembered about the counting sheep idea. So I figured I might try it.

I laid there, eyes closed, its quiet and trying to relax. I start imagining sheep jumping over this little white picket fence. 1, 2, 3, 4, and then next minute I’m up to 28.

How many of these sheep are you supposed to count before you finally go to sleep???

Not only counting up to 28 but somehow my cute little white sheep that were jumping over this white picket fence, have turned into blue Lego looking block sheep. Don’t ask me how, but that’s what I ended up imagining after about 20 or so, I suddenly realised this wasn’t going anywhere.

So I have given up on counting sheep when I go to bed, and for me…Definitely didn’t work. I told my son that it didn't work for me either, and that my sheep had turned into blue Lego sheep. He just looked at me weird and said "What?".. As in I had just said the most horrid thing ever to him.

 

 

The Elderly Gentleman

Dear Sir,

What usually would have been a normal fish and chip run turned out to be a heart moving moment. I must say I was truly shocked and moved by your offer to carry my food to my car, as you seem I had my hands full with my children. The fact that you were easily over 80, used a cane to walk and still had trouble doing so, showed me how kind hearted and genuine you are.

Not only did you offer to help me with the load but a couple of minutes prior to that you offered for my son to sit on the last chair while you stood and held the door open for me. While your gestures to help were only simple and no doubt just manners to you, they meant a lot more than that to me. To put your own comfort and food aside to help someone 50 years younger than you was unbelievable and should have been the other way around with us assisting you.

To this day as you can tell this meant a great deal to me and I will not forget the it. There should be more people in this world such as yourself.

Thank you for your kindness, I wish you well.