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An open heart just has to get broken now and again
My life is nothing short of beautiful. I wake up every morning filled with hope and wonderment. No two days are ever the same and I have the good fortune to be able to do the things I feel passionate about. Of course, there are the day-to-day challenges posed by living with two impairments, but I have adapted and only ever really feel disabled by ignorance. On balance, I am a happy girl, but I have always asserted that there is no yin without yang, no joy without pain, no happiness without suffering, and this has certainly been true of late.
The happy hippy: an idealist in the real world
I wouldn't want to count how many times I have outed myself as a hippy. It's a funny thing because for some people, the word hippy conjures up all sorts of negative connotations, but when I make such proclamations, I see said hippiedom as a badge of honour. To me, it represents a time in the history of western society when people embraced individuality, did not want to conform, did not define themselves by how much stuff they were able to acquire and did not concern themselves with how much stuff other people acquired. It was a time with purpose, where human values served as the foundation for all people to live together in peace and harmony, to love and respect one another.
Human connections and gracious communication in the digital age
I am not a whinger-writer and I am not a reader of other people’s whinges, but I somehow suspect that I will neither be the first nor last to wonder what on earth has happened to good manners and the lovely English language. I am not talking about formality, Victorian values or Ye Olde English, but the kind of stuff where respect, consideration and dignity are at play.
Loving someone with a disability: change begets change
When I look back on the incredible amount of change that I have been through since I picked myself up off my backside and decided that registering blind was not the end of the world, I am a little taken aback at how all of this change has transpired so seamlessly. And the changes themselves have been wide and varied - some by design, others by default, some under my control and others well out of my grasp - but the one constant in all of this has been the foundation of love, respect, understanding and encouragement provided so effortlessly by Mark and Martin.
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