A good half hour of singing "Happy" meant I returned from choir incredibly bouncy!! Looking forwards to performing it with equal joy at our gig tonight. The pep talk our leader gave was great - the directors of both choirs I go to have recently repeatedly used the phrase "strong and wrong" - to sing with conviction and enjoyment, even if it's not the right notes :) This way of being has been great for me to learn. Perfectionism is a trait of Virgos, apparently, but for a long portion of my life, being seen to get it exactly right was important. As a child my mum once found me in frustrated tears surrounded by many many sheets of a notepad torn off because my drawing wasn't quite right. I have mellowed since then, I love the idea that it is better to be kind than right. Doing the right thing is still massively important to me, but getting things wrong is not as fearsome as it used to be :)
I woke this morning denied - I'd just been about to taste the slab of soft caramel (like the insides of a millionaire shortbread, to be honest it would have been far too sickly without the shortbread underneath) when the caravan we were in (it started out as a cafe and my daughter was being shown how to make it) began to roll and I had to get everybody out. Even in my dreams I assume responsibility!
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