The sound of peace and hope

Merry Christmas

To those I love near & far,

I hope that we all have a peaceful and beautiful Christmas and that the year ahead brings us opportunities to "follow our bliss".

With love & affection.

x

Preparing for Christmas

Although I haven't been in the mood to participate in Christmas festivities this year, I am still maintaining some traditions... mince tarts or Panatone for breakfast, writing Christmas cards to friends & family, decorating my home, shopping for Christmas gifts with Mum at Chadstone, supporting the local fetes & community, adding another Christmas decoration to my collection, attending Christmas Carols & Midnight mass at St Francis in Melbourne on Christmas Eve... and planting the seed of hope for next year.

The Marriage of Figaro

Dear Mares,

It was lovely to be able to attend the Melbourne Operas' performance of The Marriage of Figaro together tonight.

It was an entertaining and delightful evening and a generous gift. Thank you.

With affection. Jules

Time to take time

It has taken time, coeur, compassion, and honesty to finally realise that a precious dream is not able to be fulfilled. This Epiphany has not broken my spirit; rather it has given me clarity and peace. Everything ventured has not been lost.

The "little adventure to Italy" I gave myself as a gift in 2007 changed the way I looked at life and the emotions and experiences of recent years have been an extension of that journey. They have been rich and have penetrated my soul with a depth and longevity I could not have imagined.

Since then, I disentangled myself from many things, because I was focused on my definition of happiness. However life doesn't deliver gifts pre ordered, complete and on a specific date. Rather part of the joy of life is about unravelling the mystery, finding the beauty and then adoring and preserving it.

A thread has unravelled from the tapestry I'd diligently and lovingly stitched and although I do not know the direction it is taking me in, I have finally found the coeur to flow wherever that is.

I hope and pray that in the near future, I can share this journey with someone special. That I find the faith, humility and honesty to fall in love again. To love deeply and fully.

Summer delights

Looking forward to more... balmy summer nights, riding along the bay, plunging defiantly into the ocean and swimming at dusk, meeting up with friends for dinner after work, sun kissed skin, curls entangled by the sea and salt air, fish and chips, cosies, floral dresses, chunky jewellery & beaded sandals, feeling carefree.. youthful.. untouched by previous seasons, emotions or unfulfilled dreams.