GIVING PLEASURE TO OTHERS

There is a cute little shop in this city called " Sugarplum Sweets" which makes lemon meringue cupcakes that are to die for. The girls and I went there for afternoon tea and I had one which had just been made. Gooey meringue, tangy lemon curd  and cake so fresh it collapsed in my hands and was shovelled straight into my mouth. I was in heaven.

The ability to create something, edible or otherwise, which gives pleasure to people is a gift. This morning I had breakfast with one of my oldest friends Anna. She is one of the most talented people I know. Not only is she an experienced teacher, she is also a published author of plays and songs for children. She has recently been commissioned to write a school song for a new college in Perth and this will be her third time doing such a job, such is her talent.

My big thrill today was to find out that an online Canadian chiropractic magazine had listed my blog under Arts and Entertainment. I am honoured that my writing is entertaining enough to receive this honour, even though the subject matter can be quite tense at times. Maybe it's an omen - first an online magazine, then a book publisher. Watch out Oprah and Ellen! Regardless, I am pleased that my writing gave sufficient pleasure to someone to be chosen.

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And then there was the radio announcer, Ben Fordham, who responded to Ashton's tweet to ask his listeners to pray for her in the lead up to her 14th surgery on Friday. Such a simple task, which when completed gave her such happiness and pleasure and filled my eyes with tears of joy. He could have ignored it, but he didn't.

It really doesn't take much to make people happy and give them pleasure.

My greatest pleasure this week would be knowing that Ashton's surgery is successful. I pray for God to guide the doctors' hands and for our gift to be her improved health.


Till next time...xxxxxxxxxxxx