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Thank you Guest Paul Taylor for your lovely comment! I hope you come back to read my comment on your comment and decide to become a full Northlands member. I am also from the UK (east midlands though which is only North to folk from Surrey) and my gran and then my mum called me Rattlepapana - thus the name of this blog.

Will you stop doing things you don't get points for?

I'm still reading The Burning White. I'm also rereading Goodbye Things by Fumio Sasaki.

Wow you are on a reading roll @PyroCJ

Great MSC themed video from Pick Up Limes with accompanying pdf attached. Breaking the habit of negative self-talk: Overcoming_the_habit_of_negative_self_talk_PickUpLimes.pdf

There is a light within you. A light that is you. Like the Sun, it is always there even when it seems hidden by the clouds. A light that says, 'I'll try again tomorrow'. A light that makes everything clearer and brighter. This light is entirely inextinguishable and infinite. The light of a million stars. The light of a hundred thousand Angels. Your light is not separate from us. You are an extension of the Divine that you call upon. When you call upon the light, you are indeed asking for a reminder of you. The you that is connected to All That Is. You are calling upon you, the magnificent you that has been brought to earth to share your light in human form; the you that is powerful beyond measure. Do not be afraid of your light. Shine it brightly. You were born to shine! For your light can do no harm, and those who feel threatened or intimidated by your light are simply afraid of their own. Do not let them deter you but equally do not force your light upon others. Your light is indeed a powerful force in the world but it need not be forced. Your light is your light. Just be the light. Let it go where it goes. Shine because it makes you feel good, shine for all the people who are ready to wake up from their slumber, shine for all the hearts who are meant to find you. Do not be fooled, however, into thinking that your light must be drained to help another. Be a beacon, be a lighthouse, be a guide for those who should find themselves struggling. But remember that you are not their source of light. Your light is your light. Their light is theirs. By owning your light by standing in your truth, you light the way for others to come back to theirs and one by one, light shines around the world. Your light is so needed. Keep showing up. Keep shining. Anna Grace Taylor

I added you @Sabrana669. Sorry for the delay (we had covid and then I had a bunch of stuff to catch up on that kept me away from The Northlands lol)

Absolutely! I don't intend to close it.... People can join any time. I have already added you to the club

From the description of your blog post (which I am looking forward to reading) it sounds like you need this t-shirt https://thespark.company/products/riots-not-diets-feminist-t-shirt

Where is this post? I went to your blog and couldn't see it.

For sure the fox gets hummingbird visits every day. Love you Ogre. Love you @fox.

@fox, @Redly, @JessicaJess, @Dulcet & @Phoenix - you have all been added to the club

Okay Forest Pixie Sparkle Bottom

Oo I need to update this - I have made some progress.

IKR, Netflix be stealing my best years too

That happens also. Can you write yourself out? Or float yourself out on a lake of Rye?

No length requirement - and yes there will be cookies. Although you will to pop over to Bangkok to get them.

Yay - I will check it out! I do still love blogging even though it is a bit passe these days. I think that is actually liberating because it frees you up from the feeling that you are trying to become a blogger and you can just enjoy posting for yourself.

@fox great update Four years eh? Where did the time go? There is a post somewhere... That I made recently, about a 9 week Mindful Self Compassion program I'm about to start - to deal with the self hate thing. I realise as you indicated above that you do actually have to work at it, literally. It is hard work to change negative thought habits. But I need to try. I used to think I needed to do it for @Timberwolfbut now I realise I'm 51 and my days on this planet are limited and I'd quite like to be the best version of myself for a portion of them. Anyway I am glad you are in a better place and having a demon fighting strategy in place. Thanks for sharing.

Great @fox. For me the only writing I do is journaling these days so I'm hopeful I will find it easier than creative writing tasks. Also I fully expect people to skip weeks and as some of the writing we do might be deeply personal so we may not choose to share what we have written every week. But as long as we show up more often than we don't it should work.

Wonderful. I have a few Daily OM courses. I just got this one.