WHOLE PEACH

Do not love half lovers

Do not entertain half friends

Do not indulge in works of the half talented

Do not live half a life and do not die a half death

If you choose silence, then be silent

When you speak, do so until you are finished

Do not silence yourself to say something

And do not speak to be silent

If you accept, then express it bluntly

Do not mask it

If you refuse then be clear about it

for an ambiguous refusal is but a weak acceptance

Do not accept half a solution

Do not believe half truths

Do not dream half a dream

Do not fantasize about half hopes

Half a drink will not quench your thirst

Half a meal will not satiate your hunger

Half the way will get you no where

Half an idea will bear you no results

Your other half is not the one you love

It is you in another time yet in the same space

It is you when you are not

Half a life is a life you didn't live,

A word you have not said

A smile you postponed

A love you have not had

A friendship you did not know

To reach and not arrive

Work and not work

Attend only to be absent

What makes you a stranger to them closest to you

and they strangers to you

The half is a mere moment of inability

but you are able for you are not half a being

You are a whole that exists to live a life not half a life

Gibran Khalil Gibran

?? Less poetically, but in a nutshell, never half arse anything. Always use your whole arse ??

It's simple. For best results in life -

??Play full out.

??Play your A game.

??Leave nothing on the table.

I know the entire poem is choc full of the most life enhancing phrases to live by, but "Do not attend only to be absent" has to be one of the best pieces of advice, ever, ever, ever.

Do every action from a place of love, for yourself and for others.

If you're reading this a second time, I'm sorry but LinkedIn removed my article yesterday as I posted a detail from an oil painting of a bum. The heading was "Use Your Whole Arse." I mean, maybe it's a bit strong, but I was feeling playful, and creative.

It was only a bit of fun.

Then I posted a full frontal nude male in the form of Michelangelo's David along with the same poem, and that seems to be okay. So men's front bottoms, provided they are in stone, are okay, but not women's. Or at least, not mine, in oil, because that's who modelled for it. However, I won't take it personally, or I'll never shake my tush again. And that would be a very sad thing indeed.

Not that I'm particularly bothered (am I bovvered) but there is more bum on any given high street where teenage boys refuse to pull their trousers up.

There is more bum, underboob and sideboob (oh dear me, keep up) in any glossy magazine or stupid pop video.

Okay, so now onto the serious bit.

Serious?

NAH

Well, hardly ever.

The only thing I take seriously, is the healing bit.

Anyone who's ever worked with me will tell you. We have fun, but we will get the work done.

I coach you to recalibrate your emotions so that you can have better business and personal relationships

I use psycho education, meditation, visualisation both in and out of trance and, where legal, plant medicine, but most of all, I use my wisdom, and that which I cannot explain

Tanya

If you would like to know more about how I can help you develop your own powerful emotional resilience so you can thrive in tough times, please book a call with me https://calendly.com/tanyamannrennick/30min