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Quality of Life

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Never mind the width ....... feel the quality

*****

It's the Whole of it

***

A fine quality of

your whole

Life

is

full

of

fine quality

parts

inner-connected

to

becoming

and

being

***

a

***

Fine

*

quality

*

Whole

*

Radiant Being

*****

Expressing

***

fine

quality

radiant

wholeness in life

***

The Whole

is

always

beautiful

and

radiates

***

a

*

quality

*

of

*

radiant whole beauty

*

thoughts

*

words

*

actions

*

*********

mind

*

body

*

soul

*

inner-connected

*

to

*

heart first

*

radiant

*

whole

*

spirit

:)

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*****

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Intoxicating Sunsets

*****

LOL EGYPT

my Valentine

*********

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Thebes

Moonset

Dawn Summer Solstice

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Egypt 2008

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Travel Stories

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Reflections

****

When you've moved on

it can be good to glance back

***

But, it is not to be dwelt in

***

There really isn't the time

to live anywhere but here & now

***

the moments have passed

Beyond

&

preferably

above

all of it

inner

life

unfolds

***

Thebes Sunset

********

Human Heart Sunset

****

Isn't it a pity

****

Everyone knows

your soul

has

nowhere

to

hide

isn't it a shame

everyone knows

spirit has flown

mind now in far away land

****

A little sad

heart has gone bad

frozen in a time gone by

****

In a moment back there

Life Love laughter

In a flash of Alphabet

I couldn't hear

You

took my spirit

to drown

inside a grief

so deep & dark

that I

could not enchant

myself to it

****

do we take our loves

to our graves

does it ever stop

stealing into our dreams

and finding pain

awakening

into raw hot tears

&

anguished sobbling

****

everyone knows

****

life

&

love

****

Life

***

the woman reflected

***

with age,

one could immediately see if one's life was in

freefallllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

***

There was

nothing

but

crossroads

&

difficult

or

simply blissful

choices

that could lead....

well,

to anywhere.....

***

At 50yrs

she could draw back the curtains

of time

as if peeling

a

never ending fat onion

***

What revealed itself

mostly

overwhelmed

her

caused her

to

sag

like an old lumpy sofa

***

Some lives,

are just big

she thought

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We met

let me be your mirror

he said

****

then

****

he

stopped

****

the shards

cut me

into pieces

****

stardust

&

light

poured in

****

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Only in Egypt .................

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MMmm

that Van Morrison said it right

didn't he?

Days like this

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Life in Egypt is full of days

that you couldn't live anywhere else

*****************

It is a kaliedescopic tumble through time

a flurry

of vibrant heart stopping

moments

love and tears filled

seconds

joy

& fury

close lovers here :)

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We are in a stable

on a bed of rice hay

a young foal

lies

cradled

in a jacket

his beautiful

head

in the hands

of a massive man

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We are eight men and

two women

the foal

a

day old

************

as the sun

slips

away

********

night chills the air

the farm falls

silent

***********

Eight men

& two women

do all each can

then

rest

on hay

and wait

***********

Eight men feel

the foal slipping

they feel

the women

and

the foal

*********

The eight men

sing

slowly

together

the women

weep

for

the beauty

of the moment

touched to the core

by the eight men singing

and

the spirit

of the foal

silent tears

stream

****

the stable fills,

light

and

love pours out

Eight men and two women

and

a

foal

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Only in Egypt

********************

Egypt

a privilege

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Grateful thanks for the lives of the Animals

& the kind and generous loving spirit of friendships :)

Hamdulilah

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Radiant Life :)

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Cathedrals

of Isolation

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Alone

vastness

eerie silence

Time

stands still

Tall

lofty ideals stand

brittle

as pillars

chipped by the blows

Mortar dries

wishes

like crumbs

escape

into the vortex

of

despair

Depression

the Death-watch beetle

of mind and heart

scuttles about

searching for a hold

to settle

and gnaw

at

hope

trust

and

finally

LOVE

******************

Next door,

is so bright

luminescent in JOY

Love

is pouring

out

flooding

crazy

with a heat that burns

inside

so intensely

it forges altars

and a

fervour

of worship

that feels unbound

by

time or space

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Opposite.........

grief wails

screams

like a chilled steel blade

slicing

into the heart

& hope for Love

Darkness

Screeching spirit

gutteral silent spires of weeping

sorrow

twilight

of

no more starry nights

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Around the corner

laughter

mirth

fun & finesse

elegant success

carefree

monstrous trust

ecstacy of hearts melding

blazing

sunshine

shooting stars

sparkling

as comets

of happiness

and

reckless

wheels of pleasure

career onwards

into

whatever

beautiful destiny awaits

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Above

worry, towers

heart stopping shock

disbelief

pain claws ripping out life

searing tears

rush along a face

a hole in the self grows

bitter edges wither the spirit

ageing

cold

lacklustre soul

rain

muddy depths of misunderstandings

fights for breath

gasping

slips away

into

the longest night

of the darkest sleep

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Below

founded

on peaceful steady breath

solid walls

huge slabs

of

wisdom

quiet

thoughtful

tendrils of compassion

of living sparkling

strands of forgiveness & Love

*********************

Alone, now

seeing all resonant majesty

The past

flies up

smacks into consciousness

secrets revealed

hurts unbound

spilling into wakening life

laughter forgotten bubbles up

a smile emerges

Life

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Dahab

Dahab

oh

my friend said

it's changed

a lot

He had been here 20 yrs ago

Hmm

Yes

We walked to our accomodation

quaint

usual egyptian plumbing

clean though

We walked along beside the beach

but it was covered in restaurants

we couldn't walk on the beach

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We walked on

stopped for Chai

Sundown

we headed

back

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suddenly am alone

my friend has vamoosed

with the room key

I sit on the sea wall

well it's a restaurant actually

but it is the sea wall

the sun dips behind the desert mountains

it feels cold

I can't remember where our room is

I don't speak arabic

I wait

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He returns

had got sidetracked by a Bedouin

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We eat at Nirvana

authentic Indian food

ha ha

near the beach

in Sinai

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It most definately isn't ha ha

when i wake in the night

gasping for breath

two troubles together

a huge sewage issue

lung infection

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Will I be taking you home

in a box

sweetheart?

Did I come all this way to

lose my breath

forever?

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Sacred spaces

Awesome places

Sinai

Sharks Bay Umbi

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Oh darlin' wish I could take you to Egypt

So, spoke my pal,

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Landed 8 weeks later

Immediately, adventure on, caught a taxi to take us to the desert

and meet local for herbs.

At one point we were miles from the road

wondering if we were lost

but no, we were soon on our way

to the wrong hotel

Welcome to Egypt!

After a night in the wrong hotel in the wrong place

we found our way to the right place

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it was quiet,

on it's own bay,

nestled by a beach,

nearby an island,

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here,

we laughed,

slept,

lay on ancient coral sand,

cooled by the lapping waters of the Red Sea

mesmerised sensing ancient footprints

of those

who trod

the

shore

before

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On New Years Eve

it was also a festival of Eid

a tribe arrived

built fires

on the beach

shared ancient tales

spoken

by

the music

&

the dance

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We were touched,

moved

endeared

blessed

the event was a gift

to the staff

who couldn't be home

from the owner of the place

we were at the staff party

The following morning

we would leave by car for Dahab

Adventure on !

Tally ho :)

Nileside Sunset with beautiful friends

Homelessness to Egypt is just a single chapter, quite a lengthy one but with a fabulous cast.

Set in Cheshire, Staffordshire, French Pyranees, Derbyshire, Morecambe Bay(!) & Edinburgh

during a time when I moved to more than 30 different temporary addresses.

In just one year.

Insanity avoided.

It just forced me to Give to the Tao

Dance the dance

Let the weaver weave the web

Almost 18 months here in Egypt now.

Life is a paradox.

It's the same

but

completely different

I'd hardly heard of Egypt 25 months ago.

Sure, I knew it had Pyramids and places

knew of The boy King Tutankamun

Nothing else though................

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Odd things happen in my life. There I had been telling a friend my plans to visit Thailand

for the end of first year uni summer hols.

I hadn't worked it out in detail

but I would

and she just didn't really go for it. You know she's wanting to be pleased

& saying Yes my friend that sounds great

but actually she is thinking something completely different.......

Like, are you crazier than i know?

Some of my other friends took up the same

impenetrable glances & stances.

Knowing full well I would rebel and go anyway

if they gave overt disapproval.

None wanted to say You can't do that

they needed an alternative

Egypt

Luxor to be precise.

I'm just calling to tell you you can have a lovely time there darling

Excuse me!

Luxor............. Egypt............

What!

Well, they were all so pleased.

It all eventually came together................

& I landed with a dear friend June 07.

Something profound happened, I instantly fell in love with Egypt.

I felt at home.

Back to my roots, back in time, biblical way of life

who can know?

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Ridiculous & magical experiences all the way through my entire life to date, have ensured my extreme gratitude for this magnificent chapter.

May it be long be peaceful, success filled and full of love.

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Valley of Kings

Summer solstice sunrise

Hod Hod balloons

fly across the Temples and Tombs

On reflection...................

Life ............ full of surprises

Homeless........... land in Egypt

Excuse me lol

how did that happen ?

Tao surfing to another Continent lol :)

To be me,

as I was in 2008,

sitting on a hillock, in the Valley of Kings

watching the summer solstice sunrise.

Is............... to be amazed.

From summer solstice 2005

Homeless

in

Stoke on Trent

To this ...................

incredible stage of life journey