Day 693: Your Love is an Apricot

Thank you, you forces beyond my perception, for giving me the energy, clarity and Schwung to do the Talking Like TED course on Tuesday. It went off like a dream. I was concerned, having been so ill, that I might not be able to pull it out of the bag to my own satisfaction... on Sunday, it felt like there wasn't even a bag to pull it out of. I think that was part of the mental journey of underminey fearness too. I know I know this stuff and I know I love it. 

I'm grateful, though, for all the help. I was ok on Monday, and on Tuesday, I'd almost never have known I'd been ill. I even ate normal food with no repercussions. Today is slightly more delicate, but yesterday was mint. My intentions for the course were fully met. Not all the goals were, but they were too big for the time allowed. 

If it were, it would be juicy and rich, like this one

I had a delicious nugget of professional juice yesterday. While talking about the power of metaphor, the delegates named one of the many many many talks they'd heard the day before as memorable because of a particular metaphor the speaker had used to make her point. I delved... it was a fabulous woman who'd been on the Storytelling for Leaders course I'd run at the same organisation in October, one of the first players of the suddenly made-up game, 'Your Love is an Apricot', as a vehicle to play with metaphor. She nailed it! I felt proud like a mother, and all bristly (in a good way). It's nice to make a difference, even just in that.

It's a microcosm of the world and it may not be the most lifesaving work in the world, but it is good and I love it. I get into this state of joyous, juicy flow and I enjoy every second of it. It's like the tenderest meat, the sweetest leaves, the richest of sauces. It's a feast of presence and occupation. I'm very, very lucky and very, very glad. 

In my need to do something of worth, I've been looking at the Help Refugees website. 

Did you know that you can up and buy blankets, clothes and cooking equipment direct from them here, and that you can buy gift cards for people this Christmas that do the same. We've got enough stuff, haven't we? Black Friday, my arse. Must-have gifts from amazon, my tits. This is a proper Christmas present.