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At 50 plus I find myself with more unanswered questions than I started my adult life with. A career in finance, followed by another in the charitable sector satisfied nothing more than a practical need to support myself – which, given the economic difficulties of contemporary life, I realise I was lucky to have. But the dreams I set out to chase thirty years ago were not necessarily my own but those of the era, encouraged and rewarded by the society in which I lived.
Sometimes writer and taking tentative steps into the world of painting, my dreams now are less about personal advancement and more about respecting this beautiful planet and the destiny of mankind upon and within it. But I do have a desire to share some of the thoughts which tease my mind. I’m fascinated by human development as we advance deeper into the 21st century and our relationship within and to the natural environment. My aim is not to persuade or influence but rather to promote reflection and perhaps a discussion or two. Maybe it is mere self indulgence or just possibly I may have something useful to say once in a while.
Thank you for taking time to stop by and check out my blog. I appreciate your philosophy and look forward to reading more of your reflections which I expect to serve as wonderful food for thought. Peace and Joy.
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Thank you for your lovely comment Amanda. I think the connection will be mutually nourishing!
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Hi Rebecca. Thanks for starting to follow my blog. Hope you enjoy your visits. Malc
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Thanks for following my blog Rebecca. I really do appreciate it!
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Your blog is very good. Let me recommend that you take a break and check our posts, “Christmas In The 50s,” and “Christmas Of Simpler Times.” Blessings to you.
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May you have a wonderful and blessed 2015!
Warm regards from Romania,
Andreea
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See that? You already said something of use to others: we are not alone in experiencing these things in our lives. Human condition, eh! Thanks for being here, and cheers to you on your continuing journey.
Kathryn
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Hi Rebecca!!! Thank you for dropping by and following my blog. You’re blog and work is really interesting.. Nice to meet you.. Have a good day ahead. 🙂
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Thank you. Love your recent shots of the Mandirs Temples!
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Hi Rebecca!! Thank you.. I’m glad you enjoy my work.:)
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Hello it is lovely to meet you, I think you now have great goals and wish you well with them I look forward to reading your posts. Thank you so much for the follow. I am always grateful and surprised when I get a follow. I wish you all you wish yourself in 2015!!
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Thanks for stopping by my blog 🙂
Happy to meet you..!!!
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Hi Rebecca. I love the idea of inviting discussion. If we did that more, we might get along a lot better. 🙂 To asking, listening and discussing…
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Yes I think so too. And sometimes it is good to put forward a view which doesn’t necessarily tow the popular line (which can keep us stuck) in order to open up the debate a little. Thank you for following 🙂
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You’re welcome Rebecca.
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Thank you for subscribing to my blog, Rebecca! Here you’ll find more than 3500 pictures from Norway and Norwegian nature, mostly in ‘full screen mode’, and new pictures will be posted on a regular scale.
Please enjoy!
And if you really become exited over what you find, please tell your friends! 🙂
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Thank you for the follow. You have a thought-provoking blog here which I am enjoying!
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Thank you Chris. That’s good to hear!
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Congratulations, rebecca!
I have nominated your blog for the Real Neat Blog Award.
More about this nomination is at
https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/real-neat-blog-award-congratulations-to-you-all/
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Thank you! I’m not entirely sure what this entails but will take a look 🙂
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Well deserved! And no need to hurry, as the awad is for helping bloggers; not for hurrying them 🙂
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The true artist!
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Thanks for coming to my place and following, Rebecca. I look forward to finding interesting work here, too. Have a good week.
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Hi Rebecca …your site and paintings are so beautiful , thank you so much for opening my door yesterday …I will follow your amazing journey with graditude…blessings megxxx
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Hi Rebecca,
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Best,
Harold
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It’s wonderful to find another like minded person.
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Dear Rebecca,
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Happy to have come across yours as I read about your fascination towards human development or intrinsic personal advancement, if I may call it so. Hope to engage in some interesting and enlightening discussions through the posts.
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It is beautiful to express oneself and think progress. it is not anyway self -indulgence. Your take on life is great.Human development in the 21 st century is going through a progress which is tremendous and very different.Your call on this aspect is most welcome.
Nice to know that you follow Meenas Poems.
Hope you find them interesting .
All the best.
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Pleased to meet you. 🙂
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Really encouraging and positive essay posting. I will follow your journey. 🙂
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Thank you. Glad you enjoy my posts.
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Hi Rebecca! Thank you so much for liking my posts!:) I absolutely adore your paintings – what beautiful colours you use: mesmerizing! I could look at them for hours:) And your texts are thoughtful and inspiring. I´m glad to have “stumbled” upon your blog! Sarah
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Thank you for those lovely comments Sarah. Glad you like my paintings and words. I will follow your own creative ‘expedition’ !
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Can’t wait to read more! I feel like we are very much in sync.
Suzanne
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Hey Rebecca – Seems our journeys took a similar turn after finance; like you, I’m learning to paint. Must say, your thoughtful writing and poetry is art as well. Reminds me of something I was taught as a child: great writing starts with great thinking. – Tom
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Hi Tom. Must be something in the financial waters which make us seek something more creative! I find that writing balances well with the painting and poetry which is new to me, seems to sit between the two. I shall follow your journey with interest.
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Rebecca, your ‘like’ on my post today reminded me that I’ve never said something about your paintings, which are exquisite. Thanks so much for making them, and for letting us all see them.
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Thank you Samir. That is much appreciated. I follow your blog with interest – you address some fascinating and sometimes difficult subjects in an informative and very readable way. Creative juices brewed in a stove top coffee pot are always the best!
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Thanks, Rebecca; I’m glad to know you’ve found my posts interesting. I write because I have something on my mind, but it’s good to know they are read too. And i hear you on the stove top coffee; can’t get my day started any other way!
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Hi Rebecca, I know exactly how you feel. What we feel about getting a job and making a living when we are young and first start out, our ideas, and concepts about life and what we want for ourselves are very different until we reach 50. Speaking for myself, you tend to think much differently. I am now looking at 56 the end of the month, which means the Big 60 is looming, however, I never had the proverbial mid life crisis that everyone seems to talk about.
I look back to when I started the blog, and think, I never was anything special, or did anything noteworthy, to be known for, but perhaps all the things I learned through life, from my great grand mother, grandparents and mother, would be of interest and someone might just find such information useful. I was always the loner in school. I was always eager to learn, but it was not until after school ended that i really enjoyed learning, doing and trying new things, art, music, piano, basketry, chair caning, watercolor painting, and the list goes on and on.
I am working on a post looking to the next 25 years of my life, and I can tell you it certainly looks different from the time I was 20 and starting out. I like your paintings I have seen in some of your posts. very nice. and I like to read your blog! 🙂
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Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments. I too have just turned 56 and feel the weight of 60 looming over my shoulder! And sometimes I still feel like I’m waiting for my life to begin . . . and then I remind myself that this is it, every moment, every day in the mundane and the routine, in friendships and experiences and in the frustration and elation of creating. Your basketry work is beautiful – that in itself is an offering – and I’m looking forward to reading about the next 25 years! I don’t spend as much time on my blog as I used to as so much of my time and energy is spent on painting but I do catch up once a month or so. Warmest regards, Rebecca.
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Hi Rebecca, the one thing I now believe is the largest draw back to myself moving forward to the problem many of us have, and that is the lamenting and torturing ourselves over what could of, should of been done differently in the past, the past is over, none of us can turn back time and repair what we should have done then, we can only learn from knowledge we gained along lifes way and do things differently TODAY & TOMORROW. It sounds as though you have taken this to heart as well. The future does not worry me, we can only live for today and work towards tomorrow, one day at a time.
Thank you for your kind words on my baskets. I enjoy doing them, and coming up with new ideas and ways of doing them. 🙂
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