An Unexpected Call

Hello one and all

This morning I was greeted by an expected telephone call from some dear friends Mark and Emma who live in Grantham...hi guys.

They called to ask if they could visit us on the next bank holiday weekend and spend some time with us here on the beautiful south coast and wonderful town of Whitstable. "Of course", was my response. "How lovely it will be to see you again", and it will be. I love entertaining friends and family and I thoroughly enjoy the company of those I love.

Now, when we consider the things we take for granted, the art of communication is one of the most fundamental gifts we have as humans. An unexpected call from close friends, the ability to hear their voices and the ability to reply to them, telling them that I would love to see them again and enjoy their company, is an uplifting and positive experience to lift you out of your bed on a Saturday morning. I am currently experiencing a mild bout of food poisoning (a dodgy mussel is my prime suspect), it is made all the more unpleasant that it is while my partner Ian is climbing the three peaks with a friend. He successfully scaled the heights of Ben Nevis yesterday, well done that man :-) I am able to remain hopeful during this illness, that it will soon pass and low and behold I receive an unexpected call which lifted my spirits no end.

During this irritating illness, I have had the time, the gift and ability to read some good books and listen to some music, to provide myself some pleasure during the pain of illness! One of the books I am reading is from the top UK Life Coach Fiona Harrold - The 10 Minute Life Coach. She informs her readers of this amazing fact ' If we live to the age of 70 we have 840 months available to us'. At the age of 41 I have taken up 492 of the 840 months, which leaves me 348 months available to me. Now, if we take a third of this time off for sleeping, I have 232 months available to me to actually live my life as I consciously choose - this is of course if I only live to the age of 70. I am planning to live much longer, but this sum was just to put you in the picture.

I have to say, having read this fact from Fiona Harrold, the pleasure I was able to experience far outreached the pain of my temporary illness and I am now feeling on top of the world with absolutely no need or effort involved in climbing any mountains - how marvelous. I am now really looking forward to May bank holiday weekend and spending some of my time left available to me with my dear friends Mark, Emma and their beautiful daughter TJ (who loves my cat Socrates) along with my family who are going to join us in the celebrations of meeting up again.

This blog entry is dedicated to all of my friends and family, and to unexpected calls. It is good to talk so.... Go on, give them a call and tell them something positive.

I consciously choose Positivity.

LOL Joy X