Celebrating YOU! xo

This is just a special post to celebrate and recognise the greatness in each one of you!

I absolutely LOVE people and the human spirit and in the past few days I have had more evidence than ever of the good within us all!

I would really like to express my thanks and GRATITUDE to a few special souls out there who have been SO helpful and really gone out of their way to help a girl in a pickle!! :)

To all the lovely and incredibly generous people who helped me, for a GOOD hour, to try and find my LOST car key ON THE BEACH! THANK YOU!

Adrian, Jo and Paul and your LOVELY boys, and the other beautiful woman who I am afraid I did not get your name....THANK YOU!!!

You absolutely did NOT have to help me and I felt terrible for being a PAIN on your Friday evening!!!

Thank you, thank you again!

To fill in everyone else...I was at Noosa Hastings Street, after a walk and decided to go for a QUICK dip....taking ONLY my car key, towel, bikini's (obviously!), thongs and cap...I dropped it all on the sand and ran into the water...it was lovely and refreshing, yet upon hearing the warning about stingers I decided it was not the day to spend longer in here unfortunately...so I got out, went back to my towel and grabbed it gratefully...(it was getting chilly!)

Now...was my key there then...? I am not sure...I do know I would have shaken my towel out REALLY well to get rid of the sand..but anyone with an electronic key knows they are BIG and surely you would notice that flinging out somewhere..???

I quickly moved on up the beach to the shower, placing my stuff (?key included), on the rock wall nearby....yep, YUM! refreshing shower..now to allow 5 mins to dry before getting back into the car and onto home...

Laying down peacefully in a nice grassy spot I relaxed for a good 5 mins...then I got up to walk back and realised...."Where is my KEY?!?!!"

Oh no......surely it'll be EASY to find!!!

Anyway...NO it wasn't and NO I didn't find it...even with the help of my angels...

So without a PHONE, or even knowing my partners mobile number (note to self..MEMORISE this! I now have!) I was well and truly stranded. I had not let Brad know where I was- as the dip was a random idea after a BIG walk....My home keys were in the car... yeah..it really was a tricky situation!!

But never fear...Adrian offered a lift to my home to get my spare key- thank you Adrian.

As a girl can never be too careful however, and Adrian NOTHING personal to you..I just have to follow mum's orders about never getting into the car with a man I don't know :) I took up Jo's offer to take me home :)

Anyway, long story short- I got home, Brad was home (thank goodness), I got back to my car and gratefully drove it home!

Now there is just the mystery of the missing key....

And the fun- and costly part- of arranging a spare....! That's what you get for choosing a VW!!!! :)

Thank you again to my Angels!

Another special person I'd LOVE to acknowledge....

Bev at the Mooloolaba Australia Post...THANK YOU! You absolutely did NOT have to be SO generous the other day, as it was clearly MY error...however your gesture REALLY DID make my day and was another CLEAR example of how WONDERFUL people are! Thank you Bev! You are an Angel! :)

Oh! And to the guy on the bike in Mooloolaba the other day who made me LAUGH simply by being FUN and having a helicopter Santa on his helmet! THANK YOU!!! You really did give me a giggle, and made me think how wonderful it is when people JUST BE and EXPRESS THEMSELVES :) Thank you funny one! xo

To leave you with something that really sums up the tone of this post...from my wonderful friend Carina's Deck of Joyful Expectancy Oracle Cards (see them at www.joyfulexpectancy.com)-

"COMMUNITY

There are people around you who are united in their desire to love you and to assist you. Be willing to accept their encouragement and their support"

This really is SO true and so often I see and know of those amazing souls who constantly GIVE....they give so much of themselves and they forget to RECEIVE!!

The other woman on the beach (who's name I'm SO sorry I did not get) reminded me that it gives JOY to others to simply offer a helping hand when it's needed....

We often try to do everything ourselves and forget that by ALLOWING others to assist, we are GIVING them a gift and allowing them to feel special and needed..

So, as Carina advises in her cards....
-we ALL have a reservoir of kindness and protection available within the community within which we belong

-you DO NOT need to carry your burdens alone and unaided

-how do YOU feel about receiving help from others?

-do you feel it is easier to GIVE rather than RECEIVE?

-identify your needs and recognise your WORTHINESS to receive

-make a commitment to ask for what you require and then allow your community to help you...

Now...remember...your community MAY NOT be united by their GEOGRAPHICAL location...yet they are UNITED by their willingness to be of service to you....this may include your family and close friends...the neighbour who looks after your garden while you are away...

Look around and realise just how many people want to HELP and support you...

All you need to do is ASK...

Sometimes, all you need to do is RECEIVE....

Thank you again to my angels....

And to those countless one's out there who struggle to receive....remember IT IS A GIFT for those who get SO MUCH pleasure out of helping..

This is a GREAT area in life to take check on and see if there is a BALANCE between GIVING and RECEIVING :)

Love to you all!

mwah! xoxo

BridgetJane
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