Slip , slop and slide!

Unusual title I know but kind of captures what's been happening over the last six months or so. Its been a long gap and of course I think I have eluded to my difficulty with consistency before. however, all is not lost and I have found my initial training in mindfulness very helpful. Since last I wrote I have been for a job interview (2nd place alas), and yesterday I sat in the car in the M6 for three hours going nowhere but watching my poor car get a bit low on fuel and also rather hot.
it was interesting to note how my anxiety levels were slowly rising as I considered all manner of potential outcomes and yet settled after some very brisk "noticing" to just be there and wait.
So a clear indication for me that mindfulness has everyday utility and also effective.
I will post more shortly about some more ideas (honest)

Keep Calm and Carry On

The slogan that has probably been most read for years, and the product of a campaign that thankfully never was. I like many people I am sure have seen it on T shirts, posters, television presenters and even on on a coffee mug! Perhaps we will never know who penned this amazing instruction to the British people in the event of a German invasion, but it seems to sum up an approach to life that is pretty timeless. You can actually imagine for most people this would not have been to difficult to do as it's so close to the national mind set. I can actually envisage that life would have gone on as it was and that people would have adjusted to the awful circumstances that would have arisen following an invasion. The new rules, the sense of helplessness and the real hope that all would have been over ridden by a positive force that was awaited.
Pretty much like the staff in the NHS at present really, stoically carrying on quietly with their duty. Remaining calm and carrying on in the hope that the present invasion of cold political imperatives will pass them by.Of course they remain calm as its essential for the people they care for that they feel safe in a situation where they are vulnerable,
I  really hope that they and indeed all of us who care about the NHS do not feel they are being told as in my other rather more up to date alternative coffee mug slogan to "Shut up and deal with it".