Westacre Day minus 10
Alex has been doing more tiling. The bathroom is now tiled up to the mosaic decoration at hip hight. He says it’s looking very smart. He should arrive in Harrow any minute now to oversee tomorrow’s upheaval.
Hilde has been battling the payroll people in her place of work one last time.
Some inspiration I’d like to share:
It’s up to you to change the world and you can – Ronna Detrick
Ronna inspires me with her words, and this post is especially apt for the adventure that is about to begin.
Westacre Day minus 11
Alex got to the bungalow before 9am this morning and finished tiling the en suite. He then tried his hand at plastering a wall – proper plastering, not the patching work Hilde was doing a few weeks ago. Roger was up in the loft again, filling sacks with old insulation, before going to his choir practice.
Hilde tried to get as much of the end of term paperwork done as she could. She doesn’t really want to leave it for other people to do. She also considered what needs to come home with her in the next couple of days.
Do you know that still part of yourself. The one that seems to be at peace, no matter what? Sometimes it is hard to find, but it is always there, waiting for you.
That still place is the deepest truth of you. It is the place where you touch the Divine Life of the Universe. The more you go to that place, the easier it is to find. And from there, you can bless the world with your presence.
Westacre Day minus 12
Alex and Hilde had a slow start this morning, lingering over breakfast. But they made up for it with the floor tiling in the en suite started and the ceiling in the extension (lovingly called the East Wing) painted an nicely even white.
Roger had an early trip to the dump and then left for Hartlebury Castle where he performed with his choir.
If you feel the joy of life flowing, share it with all that surrounds you. Pour out your reserve of joy by giving blessing to whoever you meet. Today I blessed a house by painting one of its ceilings. Who can you bless throughout your day?
Westacre Day minus 13
So much got done today. Hilde stripped some last bits of wallpaper, added some more sound insulation to the partition between the bathroom and the kitchen, and painted the walls and ceiling in the new porch. Having plaster means we can start decorating at long last.
Alex’s greatest achievement is levelling the floor in the en suite. We’ve been talking about that all year, and finally it’s done. The floor levelling compound looks like something unspeakable and brown, but it does settle level.
Roger spent most of the day in the loft, making space for new loft insulation to go in week after next.
I have always tended to push away difficult feelings. The consequences are many. The tension in my body is always with me. Yet I know the answer to this. Pushing away what is difficult shuts me down, body and soul. The more I do it, the less I am able to deeply feel even the joys of life. What I need to do is find the courage to face life, all of it, and journey deeply into every feeling.
Westacre Day minus 14
Hilde went back to Roger’s bungalow for the first time in nearly two weeks and was very pleased with the change. The plasterer has done miracles, and it now is finally beginning to look like a place where a person could live. Onwards and upwards!
Everything you do is a pathway into the here and now, into living fully conscious of the presence of the sacred. All you have to do is become aware of your senses and follow where they lead.