Gillian Lesley Scott
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Scots born Australian. Tales of being human. Despite aiming for the highest good of all, not always successful
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Dance with the Devil
Ruthie felt excited, but vaguely queasy at the same time. She had packed the kids off to bed, made sure the sitter had everything she needed, and laid her false trail. The year was 1991 ... and it was way easier back then to keep prying eyes away from your secret business. Ruthie liked her secrets.
By Gillian Lesley Scott5 years ago in Humans
The dying art of letter writing....
I’m going to write you a letter, not an email, not a message ... a letter. You know, pen, paper, postal service..Problem is, I don’t have your address ...I’ve never needed it. I’d fire off a text or meet you in the pub... never really needed to know exactly where you resided...oh well maybe I can give it to a mutual acquaintance to hand to you, so you too can know what it is to rip open an envelope and feel crisp writing paper in your hands, and the anticipation of what the missive might say... or perhaps the option of ripping it up or screwing it into a ball without glancing at it. Come to think of it that’s probably what you’ll choose to do. No matter, I’m going to write you a letter anyway.
By Gillian Lesley Scott5 years ago in Humans
Fresh Start ..Looking After Me
MIND,BODY, SPIRIT AND COMMONSENSE I actually quite like me.... I’m a good friend.. I hope a half decent mum of amazing adults a bit of a shonky wife of a quiet genius... but prone to flights of fancy and consuming vast quantities of potato chips and chocolate in all its wonderful forms. This probably isn’t helpful at the best of times. While in a working from home lockdown, it’s positively asking for trouble.
By Gillian Lesley Scott5 years ago in Motivation
Not another mid life crisis
I’m not a fan of the term “crisis” and all the negativity that implies. It doesn’t have to be negative though, if you are using the definition of crisis as a “danger” and the more palatable “opportunity”... even if those opportunities are dwindling rapidly. I’d like to say I experienced it as a “wake up call”. In many ways it’s just .... that feeling of “is that all there is...?”
By Gillian Lesley Scott5 years ago in Motivation
You’re Not Going To Say or Do that are you?
It’s that time of year again when I revisit why I hate Christmas Parties. I never used to hate them, but a few years ago I had a strong gut feeling there was one I should not attend.. however I was part of a close knit team...so I went. I really wanted to leave the whole time I was there.. it wasn’t a celebration to me, more of a wake, our close knit team was splitting up... I didn’t leave though... and that was a mistake. The first domino fell in a massive falling out, and as I’ve since observed it was all completely avoidable. People being who they are ...once that first domino fell ... things just got worse and worse...
By Gillian Lesley Scott5 years ago in Humans
Tiny Universes
I do know this ..I get it.. However many of us, if not most of us carry on as if it isn’t true....,but nothing other people do has anything to do with us. Everyone lives in their own dream, and in their own mind. They are probably in a completely different world from the one you live in. And there really isn’t anything wrong with this... except taking things personally is something that the majority of us seem predisposed to do. And it’s not ever really personal... sure it feels like it, oh boy does it ever feel like it, but it is truly to do with whoever is “throwing the shade.”
By Gillian Lesley Scott5 years ago in Humans
Curiosity killed more than the cat
Ever found yourself drawn to the most unlikely of people? No, me neither. Until I was ...and the novelty was so overwhelmingly enjoyable I jumped right in there with both feet. And my head... and a little bit of my heart.
By Gillian Lesley Scott5 years ago in Humans
Happy Birthday to me!
It’s a big one,so big in fact can’t quite believe that I’m here. I still feel like the kid I’ve always been, well in some ways.... I’ve only recently thought about the flexibility around who I think I am, and who I seem to be around others...the whole subject is complex and the more I look at it the more stuff comes up to be examined ... now tossed if unhelpful ( and boy is a LOT of it unhelpful) or kept because it’s the core of who I am ... really .So I say like it or lump it .. to all friends, ex friends and acquaintances. I’m trying my best and I don’t THINK I have any enemies....
By Gillian Lesley Scott5 years ago in Humans
Danny McColl
ANOTHER COUNTRY I guess I should explain that this was in the 70s.... you are all familiar with the quote “the past is another country” ....well it literally is in my case. However geography aside, the things we accepted, never even thought to question and even liked back then when looked at through the prism of “now” it’s actually more of a different PLANET.
By Gillian Lesley Scott5 years ago in Humans
