assume nothing

Another last line in a song that haunts me is from Shakespear's Sister “Hello” and goes “Life is a strange thing - just when you think you learned how to use it it's gone.” That and Joni Mitchell's "you don't know what you've got til it's gone" from Big Yellow Taxi. Both lines always seem to jump out at me.

A bit like parenting, just when you start to get comfortable and think you've cracked a particular challenge, things change and along comes another situation to try and deal with :) Maybe other people have less change-filled lives, maybe more, I don't know. But my experience seems to be that we can't assume anything will stay the same for any length of time. That could sound sad – I guess it depends on your view of change. It could be exciting and remembering that everything could change helps me appreciate what is here now as it may not be there tomorrow.

I'm off to run a workshop this morning so can't hang about. I love leading workshops – I think because of the way I like to defy the temptation to “perform” instead of relate. It's ALL about relationships. At least that is what I've learned... maybe I'm about to learn something else ;)