This quote by Pharrell Williams spoke to me, particularly this week.

“Life is a carousel.  It goes up and down.  All you gotta do is just stay on.“

In a week experiencing here wild storms and winds, power cuts, hail and snow PLUS a variety of clients with work related challenges and dilemmas AND with Covid in the mix – you could say – “it’s been emotional”... 

But.  There’s perspective.  

We’re all safe , no one got hurt and we’re able to swear a bit  here and there AND keep calm and carry on.

I could sense myself getting wound up a couple of times until I stopped doing what I was doing.

• Imagining worse case scenarios *the broker in me*
• Rushing for solutions or “now what” moments
• Shortening my breathing which I KNOW is a panic move

So, instead.  As Pharrell suggests, we’ve taken the rough with the smooth and stayed on.

• Stopping, pausing and considering (rather than fix, fix, fix)
• Being grateful for what was (rather than what could have been)
• Breathing deeply and staring into the sky (always inspires and slows me down)

I wonder what rings true for you in here  when you’re on the downward bit of the Carousel?

 In other news…

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Jeffrey continues to be perky and get stronger.  Douglas continues to be adorable.  My Goddaughter Beatrice also continues to grow AND be adorable…put them all together!