UNPUBLISHED "PEACE"

Started writing the following piece at the beginning of 2015 - This was before I knew that I was going to enter a new PERIOD in my life.

The only conclusion I can come to as to why it was not finished or published is that I probably got interrupted by the boss.  Yep let me just blame him for this one. LOL

However, I think it is worth a share anyway, considering how everything turned out after all - the point I was trying to make - life is unpredictable (including the boss interrupting me).

"Just in case you thought I gave up on blogging.  Here I am again putting you in the clear.

2014 was a roller coaster year, especially in terms of my health.  I am not one to get sick very often and when I do, it really takes its toll on my well-being.  But sometimes it is necessary to get sick in order to reflect on what is important in life.

Most of my ill-health was due to the dampness I was living in from being subjected to two pipe bursts in the previous place I was living for the last four years until mid-October when the ceiling literally landed on my bed.  Fortunately I was not home lying in that bed ("you make your bed, you lie in it"), watching television like I sometimes did on a Sunday when I had nothing else or no-one to do. Just kidding on the no-one to do bit.  I was taking a break from "relationships" so to speak.

It was a pretty scary thought when I realised what could have been.  Anyway I now look at it as another positive incident as it got me moving to my dream area - Zeekoevlei after looking at a whole lot of other options including a wooden cabin on Boyes Drive which I could have got (and almost did get) might have gone up in smoke now with the disastrous fire that recently engulfed the Mountains of Fish Hoek to Hout Bay.

Life is very unpredictable, and you are either prepared or unprepared for what you are faced with.  I would like to consider myself fortunate in being prepared. Perhaps it is because I have been knocked down so many times, physically, mentally and emotionally that I already know how to get up and carry on. Yes, I have been through physical abuse, a bad relationship.  But like all things in life - what you give out will come back to you ten-fold.  Sorry to say but that person who physically abused me continues to get his day, from being shot, hi-jacked, bike accident, losing his brother, losing all his money and now his mental capacity. I don't wish ill on anyone as I believe the Universe takes care of me and she does.

I would like to believe that as I approach 50 my life will only get better and more fulfilled, not in material things that is a plus if I can get the house I would like to have."

I made it to 50 and now heading for 52 and my journey continues to be one of adventure and purpose. My past and my experiences are my tools to keep me going until the end of my journey - and I am at peace at how my life has turned out.