The Ordinary Extraordinary

Happy New Year my lovely friends!! Here we are once again. Day one of the New Year and as per tradition all set to make New Year’s resolutions. It’s time to commit and think hard about what we would like to do differently in 2019. Oh but wait, before we do that, have you done your thank you note to 2018? If you haven’t please take a moment to give…

A lot of our dreams and aspiration either came true this year or we made progress towards them. However, it seems to be human nature to take for granted all that we have accomplished, achieved or received. We are always eager to want the next thing. We seldom realize, let alone appreciate, when we are living what was once only a dream. You might be wondering why I am talking…

As the crisp autumn days start to become colder and shorter so begins my favourite time of the year.  It’s time to turn on the fireplaces, pull out the cozy blankets, cuddle up and start planning for the holiday season.   My love affair with the holiday season goes far back to my childhood, when I first landed in Canada on December 28 (back in 1973).  The beautiful, glistening snow covering…

Hello Lovely Friends, Last week’s post http://fabulousfiftyfive.com/letting-the-soul-not-the-ego-be-our-guide/ has naturally lead itself to this week’s post.  I am humbled by all the interesting conversations I was able to have with many of you over different social media and in person. An interesting question came up that I often wonder about myself.  What holds majority of us back from committing to and achieving emotional and mental wellbeing?  We all dream of happier, healthier and…

It all began over 20 years ago, when I was pregnant with our youngest child.  For some strange reason I could not sleep on my left side.  As a result,  for almost the last six months of the pregnancy, I slept on the right side.  Soon after I started to notice a dull pain in a small penny sized area of my right shoulder blade.  I took it as being…

Hello friends, It’s not my usual posting day but I had to post this follow up to last Thursday’s post. I hope you had a chance to read “10 Reasons We Must All Create a Bucket List”.  (Go ahead do give it a read first.) Ok, good!  Now that you are all inspired and ready let us move forward to creating our epic bucket  list. What to include in the…

What is a Bucket List? A “Bucket List” according to Oxford Dictionary  is “a number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime”. When I was younger I never quite liked the term Bucket List.  I much preferred to call it a wish list or goal list.  Over the years, however, I have learnt to accept and be comfortable with human mortality.  It…