Page218 - I shall not live in vain. I don't think any of us live in vain, but during my life I hope I have helped people. As a nurse I hope I gave help and comfort to both my patients and their families, and also my colleagues. As a wife and mother I hope I have done the same for my family. None of us live in a box, what we do affects others, and I hope my actions and words have done nothing but help. Sometimes we choose to help, at other times we have no choice and act instinctively.

Page 217 - the bright side. I always try to look on the bright side of situations, although sometime it has been hard. There seem to be some people who just cannot see anything good about their lives, however small. Being able to see things in a good light makes life more bearable, and also helps to make us happier. In retrospect there often seems to be a good reason for some bad things to happen, and they can alter the course of our lives, hopefully for the better. A good laugh over a mishap always helps! So why be down about everything when looking from a different angle will brighten it all up!

Recently, at a friend's funeral, the service ended with the song "Always look on the bright side of life", which suited him perfectly!

Week 29 lo, birth month.

Page 216 - Life is full of beauty, Notice! How often do we go about our daily life and not notice what is around us. I know I did, until I was ill and suddenly I started to notice so much! Not just the beauty of nature around me as I walked the dog, but the people, and even the buildings held surprises. I started looking up and down, not just straight ahead, and saw so much previously unnoticed. When with small children I have always talked about what was around us, but not sure I really noticed it all!

Today's pic is me with dgs2 celebrating dd2's birthday, we are looking at a dog over the fence!

This is little album No 6 for this challenge, the orange paint was very bright, but I thought it suited summer!

Page 215 - Happiness, doesn't just happen, it comes about from all our actions in life! But to experience happiness we need to experience other emotions, then we can truly appreciate it! I have had a happy life so far, but it has had it's bad times too! I think so far in life I have worked, played, loved and lived, but hopefully there is much more to come! I will keep playing this game of life!

Page 214 - If we were always afraid to do something, what would we do in life? Always frustrated with everything, we wouldn't achieve anything. Wasting time thinking about our failures, we wouldn't move on. It is best to accept what has passed and attempt new things, though there is nothing wrong in trying again to achieve past failures. We all need to hope and dream, but have to be active to make them a reality, not just sit back, bemoan our lot and hope for the best. There is so much left to do, be they small or large things, in our lives.