Well, it couldn’t go on and Atlas became…Shrugged (as Ayn Rand would have it)!! Cancer was my final straw but rather than breaking this donkey’s back, I discovered the load strewn around me on the road. I did pick up my bags and just carry on, ready to face stoically whatever the health service chose to throw at me. But then…something happened and I found my ‘self’ instead. Body, mind, spirit, sustenance, relationships all came under scrutiny. I took myself back into the past, rediscovered my own likes and dislikes instead of being under the family thumb. I stood up to be counted. And the cancer hightailed it outta here!! Well, it wasn’t needed any more.

More recently, more shocks to the system. I struggled to come back quickly to the surface instead of taking my time. So fate took a hand, removed my car from my grasp, stuck me in pleasant surroundings and said ‘sit!’. I spent a couple of weeks still struggling and worrying and then said ‘OK’. And gave in. And the sky didn’t fall in. And I feel so much better. I even had time to come back here to explore your meditation mp3s – looking forward to listening to them.