Malala and going back to work

If I win Nobel Peace Prize,
it would be a great opportunity for me,
but if I don't get it,
it's not important because my goal is not to
get Nobel Peace Prize, my goal is to get peace
and my goal is to see the education of every child.
- Malala Yousafzai

I love this girl.
I have nothing but respect and love
for someone so young,
so dedicated and so brave.
Unless you live under a rock,
you know that Malala was shot in the head
by the Taliban in October 2012,
on her way home from school.
She was shot - and survived.

Most of us would have gone into hiding after that.

Malala continued to speak out
on the importance of education for girls.
She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 - 
the youngest person to ever received the award.
This was painted rather quickly,
acrylic on paper
but i plan on doing a painting of her
on a large canvas eventually.
Can you imaging being so brave?
I can't.
I have nothing but admiration
for those who recognize when things are wrong
and try to make them right.

On another note,

there's been a slight bump in the road
for me lately.
I started working again.
Same place, same work,
but NOT ON THE PHONES.
When they called me,
I did some serious weighing of options,
the pros and cons of going back there,
but in the end, I said yes,
and I think this time will be different.
First of all,
did I mention I was not on the phones? ;)
I set my own hours, 
so i'll be working 7:30am to 3:30pm
(instead of 9 to 5 and sometimes 10 to 6pm!)
and the contract ends on July 21st,
so i get the tail end of summer
and the joy of being here for the fall.

Back in 2011, I had done a Vision Board (images above).

I'm still aiming for these things in my life.

Some have become my reality.

Others - not (yet). ;)

Doing a vision board was something

I had never done.

It was part of an on-line class i had taken.

I did the board, put it on my wall for a while

but eventually put it away & forgot about it.

When I found it the other day,
it cracked me up.
Especially the "ME" in the middle doing yoga. :)
(No, that's not my body. It's a cut & paste)
Seeing it again actually made me
want to do another one.
And I was a bit surprised at how many things
were actually part of my life.
And I believe that one of the reasons
why I don't feel so depressed this time
about having to go back to a job
that doesn't fulfill me in any way
other than the paycheque -
is because of the yoga & meditation.
It's helping me develop a bit more patience
and tolerance and acceptance.
Kinda like what prayer does
for a lot of people.  :)
And of course, 
knowing that it's temporary helps too. 

So I bought myself some new Sketchers
(no high heels for this girl)
and off to work I went!

David Letterman used to stack all his coffee cups
after every one of his shows.
As you can see - it's a wall of cups. 
Maybe I'll do this at work -
like a lifer in prison counting his days
with chalk on the walls. ;)
I know one thing.
I won't let that place get to me
the way it did last year.
The sun is shining
and every little thing
is gonna be alright. 
:)