<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041</id><updated>2012-02-06T21:27:54.107+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Denise Gray (UK) - The Road to Freedom</title><subtitle type='html'>Who is Denise Gray and what has she got to say?

I have an Entrepreneurial spirit, I have a purpose and mission in life - and I have the correct Mindset to achieve this. 

My aim is for Financial Freedom and the control that this will give me to live my life how I choose, with my passion, persistence and determination I know I'm on my way.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>31</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-5870185276538218697</id><published>2012-01-27T18:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T18:21:57.972+01:00</updated><title type='text'>"For Things to Change You have to Change" Jim Rohn</title><content type='html'>Well!! I've totally neglected this site haven't I?So a belated Happy New Year to everyone :) and it's going to be a great one :) Lots of changes happening for me, exciting times ahead .... I'll be back ... Refreshed - Renewed - and Raring To Go, so look out world here I come!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-5870185276538218697?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/5870185276538218697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2012/01/for-things-to-change-you-have-to-change.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/5870185276538218697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/5870185276538218697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2012/01/for-things-to-change-you-have-to-change.html' title='&quot;For Things to Change You have to Change&quot; Jim Rohn'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-674706706316266273</id><published>2011-02-14T01:24:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-02-14T22:40:33.584+01:00</updated><title type='text'>You Want Financial Freedom? ... How's Your Financial Intelligence ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Money is not Evil ... It's just Money !!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Money affects and connects everyone, regardless of whether they believe this or not&lt;br /&gt;I have been reading another great book from Robert Kiyosaki in which he gives a refreshingly honest outlook on how to become smart about money:- &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;‘Increase Your Financial IQ – Get Smarter with your Money’&lt;/b&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this post, I have taken extracts of really interesting information from the above mentioned book to whet your appetite, the book is a riveting and fascinating read and if you care about what is happening to the global economy and how it affects you, then do yourself a favour and read this book (unless you have already done so, then you will know exactly what I mean) and the video below is equally relevant and valuable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following is the author’s (Robert Kiyosaki) note prior to his introduction to his book&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;“It ‘s financial education that enables people to process financial information, and turn it into knowledge...and most people don’t have the financial education they need to take charge of their lives”  – Donald Trump says ‘he couldn’t agree more’&lt;br /&gt;“One of the greatest failures of the educational system is the failure to provide financial education to students.  Educators seem to think that money has some sort of quasi-religious or cult-like taint to it, believing ‘the love of money is the root of all evil’.  As most of us know, it is not the love of money that is evil – it is the lack of money that causes evil.  It is working at a job we hate that is evil.  Working hard yet not earning enough to provide for our families is evil.  For some, being deeply in debt is evil. Fighting with people you love over money is evil.  Being greedy is evil.  And committing criminal or immoral acts to get money is evil.  Money by itself is not evil.  Money is Just Money” Robert Kiyosaki&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hmmm! Thought-provoking words !!  &lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IDvp5odmN3s/TVhpvbe9-YI/AAAAAAAAAHA/SwkSaf4Bdeg/s1600/absofreakinlutely.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="66" width="66" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IDvp5odmN3s/TVhpvbe9-YI/AAAAAAAAAHA/SwkSaf4Bdeg/s320/absofreakinlutely.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don’t know about you, but they really struck a chord with me.  Here’s some more :-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Being born poor and financially un-educated, does not mean you cannot become rich.&lt;br /&gt;2) Start small and take baby steps.&lt;br /&gt;3) Dream BIG&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robert  Kiyosaki states  in his book ‘that there are 5 Financial IQs that need to be developed to increase your financial intelligence and achieve financial integrity – a person who has mastered the five intelligences has achieved financial integrity – in this respect integrity = wholeness, a quality or state of being complete or undivided.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Financial intelligence is the intelligence we use to solve our specific financial problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The five financial IQs are:&lt;br /&gt;1) Making More Money&lt;br /&gt;2) Protecting Your Money&lt;br /&gt;3) Budgeting Your Money&lt;br /&gt;4) Leveraging Your Money&lt;br /&gt;5) Improving your Financial Information    (develop these to become rich)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hmm!  I always thought that it takes money to make money (I even state that in my ‘About this blog’ page!!) but not so according to Robert ... tell me more I need to learn, I am keen to learn.  It’s all starting to make sense to me ...   &lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hPbJNu2bsl0/TVhqhu0M4TI/AAAAAAAAAHI/GOz9uaGZJH8/s1600/lightbulb-idea.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="83" width="83" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hPbJNu2bsl0/TVhqhu0M4TI/AAAAAAAAAHI/GOz9uaGZJH8/s320/lightbulb-idea.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it’s  all about information – which now leads me to this next piece from Robert:-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;“Information is the single greatest asset of this era. In previous ages, you owned factories, cattle ranches, goldmine, oil wells or skyscrapers to be rich ... In the Information Age, information alone can make you very rich.  You don’t need tangible resources like land, gold or oil.  The young entrepreneurs who created  MySpace &amp; YouTube have proved that with just a few dollars, some information, and the leverage of technology, these ‘twenty-year-olds’ have become billionaires. Likewise poor or mistaken information is a liability.  Poor information creates poor people.  One of the reasons so many people are struggling financially is simply because they have obsolete, biased, misleading, or erroneous information powering their most powerful asset, their brain. Many people who are struggling, are doing so because they are using Industrial or Agrarian Age Information in the Information age. Examples of Industrial Age information are ideas such as, ‘I need a good education to get a high-paying job’ – an example of Agrarian Age Information is ‘Land is the basis of all wealth’ “ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Information is just information, intelligence is the ability to take information and make it meaningful. You have to learn how to sort, categorise, discard and process tremendous amounts of information from multiple and varied sources. You need to know the difference between facts and opinions. A fact is something that is proved by verification of physical proof (e.g. cashflow, how much rent is being received). An opinion is something that may or may not be based upon a fact (e.g. Capital Gains, how much a property is likely to be valued at). In other words, an opinion might be a fact, but it remains an opinion until verified. As my good friend and business partner Ken McElroy says, Trust but verify. A smart investor is a person who invests with both opinions and facts”   Robert Kiyosaki&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well some real nuggets of wisdom here ! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robert has stated that he strongly believes in the power of our minds, our minds being our most important form of leverage, and he recommends that we read books and attend seminars before investing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wow! this is all very thought-provoking isn’t it – I know that I need to re-read the book and to keep referring back to it so that I can really learn and internalise all this valuable information, as there is so much more to read and learn from the book, especially how our brain works!!  (maybe another blog post on that later !!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So which economic age ideas are you still sticking to? The Hunter-Gatherer Age, The Agrarian Age, The Industrial Age or The Information Age??  Well I know which  one I choose, your choice I believe will dictate whether or not you become rich.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;“Rich or poor we are all involved in the game of money” Robert Kiyosaki&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ALymGxpyi6M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you found this post interesting and helpful, discovering the words of wisdom from Robert Kiyosaki has been a major influence for me.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-674706706316266273?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/674706706316266273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2011/02/you-want-financial-freedom-hows-your.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/674706706316266273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/674706706316266273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2011/02/you-want-financial-freedom-hows-your.html' title='You Want Financial Freedom? ... 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TSI-cuhQNmI/AAAAAAAAAGY/SwcXGmvtHMY/s1600/question.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="31" width="50" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TSI-cuhQNmI/AAAAAAAAAGY/SwcXGmvtHMY/s320/question.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and on a more positive note Happy New Year and I'm going to make 2011 a great year how about you?  &lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TSI_qRwwB7I/AAAAAAAAAGo/zyC4yvFvLmw/s1600/happy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="50" width="50" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TSI_qRwwB7I/AAAAAAAAAGo/zyC4yvFvLmw/s320/happy.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below is a picture of me sat in a snow throne which my son and daughter and their friends had made, also a pic of them Lol!  so while we are all working hard to achieve our goals this year ... remember to have fun and enjoy life ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;A Friendly Gesture !!&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Something happened a couple of days ago which left me quite reflective in mood, and which I felt that I needed to share...&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I had been to town with my daughter to do some shopping, it was Sunday and everywhere was closing and we had just been for something to eat and drink before we set off for home.&amp;nbsp; A woman came up to me and said, “would you mind if I asked you something?” to which I replied, “no of course not” she smiled and seemed happy and asked me if there was anywhere open where she could go as she had about an hour and a half to pass before she got her train back to London (we were in Middlesbrough and London is approximately 350 miles away). I explained about everywhere closing early on a Sunday as she was wondering why everywhere was closed and not many people about. I explained that there were a couple of pubs close by where she could get something to eat and drink and that she could pass the time and which were also not far from the railway station.&amp;nbsp; I then said that we were heading that way and she could come with us and we would show her where the pubs where.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Although we were complete strangers, we seemed to be at ease with each other and began to chat about ourselves. I learned from her, that her name was Sam, as she introduced herself to us and shook our hands.&amp;nbsp; She had travelled down on her own to attend an Absailing/Bungee jumping event from the Transporter bridge (a well-known local landmark in this area ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"&gt;  &lt;v:stroke joinstyle="miter"&gt;  &lt;v:formulas&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"&gt;  &lt;/v:f&gt;  &lt;v:path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"&gt;  &lt;o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"&gt; &lt;/o:lock&gt;&lt;v:shape alt="None" id="productImage" o:spid="_x0000_i1027" style="height: 164.25pt; visibility: visible; width: 335.25pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata o:title="None" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CDENISE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.jpg"&gt; &lt;/v:imagedata&gt;&lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;/v:path&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:formulas&gt;&lt;/v:stroke&gt;&lt;/v:shapetype&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TKJRFBteypI/AAAAAAAAAFg/3Tf03E7i4EA/s1600/106-Transporter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TKJRFBteypI/AAAAAAAAAFg/3Tf03E7i4EA/s320/106-Transporter.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt; ..and that she was doing this for charity, she stated that she had pledged to raise £100 for a charity for children with Leukaemia (CLIC Sargent) but had only raised a small amount and had put the rest in herself,&amp;nbsp; she was smiling all the time, but laughed as she stated that at the time of the ‘event’&amp;nbsp; she was very scared (not her exact words lol!) She was 27 years old and stated that she was originally from Iran.&amp;nbsp; My daughter and I were very interested in what she had to say, as she spoke proudly about her country and her family.&amp;nbsp; She also expressed a keen interest in how my daughter looked with her distinct look of partly shaved head on both sides and two-tone hair, with piercings and tattoos, as Sam explained that she herself, is quite independent and loves a challenge and loves to travel. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TKJJn4OQmuI/AAAAAAAAAFc/-m2W08QScKE/s1600/Fran+two+tone+shaved+look%21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TKJJn4OQmuI/AAAAAAAAAFc/-m2W08QScKE/s320/Fran+two+tone+shaved+look%21.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;She was also dressed in western style clothing of casual trousers and jacket, but then politely explained about the Islamic rules of clothing for women. This then led to an interesting mutual conversation of how we all come from very different cultural backgrounds and yet we are all human beings with a right to be as individual as we choose to be, and how we should not judge people from how they look. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;v:shape alt="Fran two tone shaved look!.JPG" id="Picture_x0020_10" o:spid="_x0000_i1026" style="height: 285.75pt; visibility: visible; width: 214.5pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata o:title="Fran two tone shaved look!" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CDENISE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_image002.jpg"&gt; &lt;/v:imagedata&gt;&lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Before we knew it, time had passed and we each had to go our own ways, but before she left, she asked if she could hug us, and thanked us for being so kind to take the time to talk to her and help her, and we agreed that this does not always happen in this day and age as some people are either too busy or to suspicious to help or even just to talk to a fellow human being especially when they are on their own in an unfamiliar environment!!! As she looked me in the eyes, she smiled and said to me “I can see that you have soul” I felt surprised and somewhat humbled as I smiled back and said “thank you” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I don’t really know what anyone else will make of this ‘meeting’ but my daughter and I were talking about how ‘random’ this was ... I felt really affected by what had happened, and I always believe that there are reasons for everything! I kept thinking about this when I was at home, which then made me think of another lady I had heard about online who was from Iran (I think!!) a well respected motivational speaker named ‘Ellie Drake’ I checked out her site on line again, and was surprised to read that ‘she speaks from her soul’ ... I then decided to join her online community ‘BraveHeart Women Global Community’ which is something I can relate to and respect. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;This random meeting certainly stopped me in my tracks, and made me think deeply about how we all connect as human beings and how a smile and a few kind words can really make a difference to someone’s day ... &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TKJWH5hS54I/AAAAAAAAAFk/R3Qihgkwp28/s1600/DSCF1161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TKJWH5hS54I/AAAAAAAAAFk/R3Qihgkwp28/s320/DSCF1161.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;v:shape alt="DSCF1161.JPG" id="Picture_x0020_7" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" style="height: 303.75pt; visibility: visible; width: 404.25pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata o:title="DSCF1161" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CDENISE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_image003.jpg"&gt; &lt;/v:imagedata&gt;&lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-7590600174760918818?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/7590600174760918818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/09/have-you-unconditionally-helped-someone.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/7590600174760918818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/7590600174760918818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/09/have-you-unconditionally-helped-someone.html' title='Have You Unconditionally Helped Someone Lately &amp; Made a Difference to their Day?'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TKJRFBteypI/AAAAAAAAAFg/3Tf03E7i4EA/s72-c/106-Transporter.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-6488975161264456501</id><published>2010-07-22T14:57:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-22T14:57:55.319+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Overcoming Adversity</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVpyLbfnOI/AAAAAAAAAEw/y0LDQq4v95A/s1600/thank-you.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVpyLbfnOI/AAAAAAAAAEw/y0LDQq4v95A/s1600/thank-you.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hey check out this great video, think it's a great 'antidote' to my last post lol! Another little gem I found through courtesy of Kellie Hosaka's site ... so thanks again Kellie &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1kGmjb9Qhzg&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1kGmjb9Qhzg&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-6488975161264456501?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/6488975161264456501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/07/overcoming-adversity.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/6488975161264456501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/6488975161264456501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/07/overcoming-adversity.html' title='Overcoming Adversity'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVpyLbfnOI/AAAAAAAAAEw/y0LDQq4v95A/s72-c/thank-you.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-7851484631991957210</id><published>2010-06-14T02:19:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T04:42:01.181+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Online Network Marketing / Information Overload!! -  Want to know how I dealt with it ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;style&gt;&lt;!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; 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float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVpZFpMGsI/AAAAAAAAAEU/1ozeZNkBgxk/s1600/moodswings.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVpDM2cuJI/AAAAAAAAAD8/vuQKu-vu4S0/s1600/happy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVpDM2cuJI/AAAAAAAAAD8/vuQKu-vu4S0/s1600/happy.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SMILEY FACE&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;YOU’VE HEARD OF R&amp;amp;R (Rest &amp;amp;Recuperation) WELL HERE’S MY R&amp;amp;V (Rant &amp;amp; Vent)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;What prompted me to do this ‘alternative’ post was thinking about a patient I was working with a couple of weeks ago.&amp;nbsp; He was working in a computer session and decided to put his heartfelt emotions down onto the screen.&amp;nbsp; He did this in a very large font size and in a bold print (as if he was shouting!!) &amp;nbsp;It left nothing to the imagination as he described some of his fellow peers, staff members and his consultant psychiatrist in a less than flattering light.&amp;nbsp; Now I know this might seem unprofessional of me, but I could not help but laugh when I read it (bearing in mind this was not in the presence of the patient or any others, as another staff member had saved it and printed off a copy for me to read and for me to act on). &amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I initially thought it was perhaps inappropriate and disrespectful, but then as I heard from the staff member that the patient had been laughing to himself as he typed away on the computer... and no-one had been physically hurt, I began to think that maybe this had acted as a form of therapy for him!!&amp;nbsp; As I was aware that not too far away, another patient was ‘kicking off’ quite aggressively with the potential of hurting himself and many others...hmmm! so which was the better way of the two options to vent&amp;nbsp; frustration?&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVoepBe2eI/AAAAAAAAADU/B88o2X4AlPc/s1600/and-now-for-something-completely-different-1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="And now for something completely different" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVoepBe2eI/AAAAAAAAADU/B88o2X4AlPc/s200/and-now-for-something-completely-different-1.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;So here goes with my official Rant &amp;amp; vent ....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I know my picture of me on my sites is a nice ‘smiley’ one which I am and aim to be most of the time (hence the title!!) ... but every now and then I stop smiling and give vent to my emotions.&amp;nbsp; Now I usually advise the patients I work with that we are all human and that we are born with a range of emotions, (stating that we are not robots or like Spock!!) and that we would not have been born with these emotions if we were not expected to express them. &amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;There is also obviously a right and wrong way to express emotions; working with people with learning disabilities and personality disorders has given me plenty of experience of this... heck! I think my personality is disordered at the moment lol! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Hopefully some of that DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) which I used to help teach, is rubbing off on me now and then....Talk about ‘practice what you preach’ or ‘lead by example’ ...&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I have taken time off from my JOB to play ‘catch-up’ and I’ve been ‘cabined up’ in my ‘home office’ for this past week.. .studying, studying, studying... I’ve hit information overload again.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I have been trying soo hard&amp;nbsp; lately.... in fact too hard and something had to give and here it is...&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;There is only so much optimism and positivity a person can take ...&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I am sick of everyone promising me the earth...’just do this’ ‘just do that’ ‘buy this – &amp;nbsp;buy that’&amp;nbsp; ‘&lt;b&gt;BUY THIS – BUY THAT’&amp;nbsp; ... &lt;/b&gt;Sheesh I’m fed up with it all!!!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;‘Watch this webinar’, ‘watch that webinar’, ‘read this article read that article, set up this website implement this n that’... all that technical jargon WHAAT!!&amp;nbsp; I think I’m&amp;nbsp; about to blow a fuse!!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVp3J9qo9I/AAAAAAAAAE0/EmxkVsR1K5w/s1600/throw-computer.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVp3J9qo9I/AAAAAAAAAE0/EmxkVsR1K5w/s200/throw-computer.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I’ve also joined so many new social media networks, which are fun, interesting and very helpful, but it takes up so much time trying to keep up with everything.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Now I know if I stick at this &lt;b&gt;I will succeed&lt;/b&gt;, I know that !! and I’m determined to do so... but just for the time being I just need to have full vent of my emotions .... &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVoTajhqxI/AAAAAAAAADE/jJ9yfIG5mCw/s1600/screamer.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVoTajhqxI/AAAAAAAAADE/jJ9yfIG5mCw/s200/screamer.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVoP6bDdqI/AAAAAAAAADA/62J8IH3auXQ/s1600/pulling-my-hair-out.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="171" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVoP6bDdqI/AAAAAAAAADA/62J8IH3auXQ/s200/pulling-my-hair-out.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;sometimes it is just so hard , frustrating and overwhelming ...many a time I have felt like pulling my hair &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;out and head screaming&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt; for the hills (a little dramatic&amp;nbsp; I Know but hey that’s just me !!) and the Eston hills are just on my doorstep by the way. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Yes! &amp;nbsp;I really do appreciate all the positive, inspirational and motivational stuff out there, but I’m sure a lot of you out there can relate to me on this when I sometimes &amp;nbsp;say ... &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ‘What am I doing now?’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVpdkUfUrI/AAAAAAAAAEY/CxuX7yj3Ba8/s1600/question.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="123" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVpdkUfUrI/AAAAAAAAAEY/CxuX7yj3Ba8/s200/question.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;‘I don’t know what to do next?’&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ‘I don’t know where I’m going wrong’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Heck ! &amp;nbsp;I’ve even felt guilty for feeling this way !!! as if I’m not allowed to have these emotions.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVqI4Hjx4I/AAAAAAAAAFE/6_jPNZni_zM/s1600/you-rock.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="157" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVqI4Hjx4I/AAAAAAAAAFE/6_jPNZni_zM/s200/you-rock.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I know the companies I am currently working with are fantastic,&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and offer a lot of help and support, everything is there, I just have to reach out and ask and take action! But! they are based in America and I am in England and sometimes, just sometimes ... it would be so nice to meet up with someone face to face&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;someone who understands, a kindred spirit who could help me to find solutions to my problems... a problem shared is a problem halved. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I know I need to get to the live events, and it is my intention to do so.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;There I’ve said it and got it off my chest!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVqEybuTBI/AAAAAAAAAFA/AU9hb-Bfjps/s1600/yes-1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVqEybuTBI/AAAAAAAAAFA/AU9hb-Bfjps/s200/yes-1.gif" width="199" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Man! that feels good now !!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVppp7rNNI/AAAAAAAAAEk/MICEAMLwg1I/s1600/smile.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVppp7rNNI/AAAAAAAAAEk/MICEAMLwg1I/s200/smile.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I can almost feel the smile spreading from the middle of my face and reaching outwards and upwards towards my ears lol! – Woohoo! nearly back to my old self again.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVpNFJ3mYI/AAAAAAAAAEI/lz3BH7SJizw/s1600/libra.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVpNFJ3mYI/AAAAAAAAAEI/lz3BH7SJizw/s200/libra.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;YEP! It’s good to rant and vent now and again.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;Now I think I’ll go indulge myself with wine, chocolate and music !!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVo1WCL9OI/AAAAAAAAADs/aR4w0zkhaMQ/s1600/drinking-red-wine.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVo1WCL9OI/AAAAAAAAADs/aR4w0zkhaMQ/s200/drinking-red-wine.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVoyL7ulBI/AAAAAAAAADo/d9W0-o4mIuw/s1600/chocolate.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="107" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVoyL7ulBI/AAAAAAAAADo/d9W0-o4mIuw/s200/chocolate.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVoWiOpyOI/AAAAAAAAADI/EPGtlQspAkI/s1600/music.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVoWiOpyOI/AAAAAAAAADI/EPGtlQspAkI/s200/music.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;PS. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I know I will look back over this post later, when I’m back to my positive self again, and I will probably think to myself :&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;“what a moaning/whingeing Pom, and why didn’t I just focus and get on with it”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;But hey! Like I said ... I’m only human.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVvRgMETdI/AAAAAAAAAFM/oGt33DQFTks/s1600/surprise+Hawaiian+party+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="216" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVvRgMETdI/AAAAAAAAAFM/oGt33DQFTks/s320/surprise+Hawaiian+party+003.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-7851484631991957210?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/7851484631991957210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/06/other-side-of-smiley-face.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/7851484631991957210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/7851484631991957210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/06/other-side-of-smiley-face.html' title='Online Network Marketing / Information Overload!! -  Want to know how I dealt with it ?'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/TBVpZFpMGsI/AAAAAAAAAEU/1ozeZNkBgxk/s72-c/moodswings.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-453715811073629060</id><published>2010-06-09T18:21:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T18:23:39.647+02:00</updated><title type='text'>'FREE'</title><content type='html'>Hey there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whilst chillin!&amp;nbsp; (just taking a break from study lol!)&amp;nbsp; having a cuppa and a 'sarnie' and listening to one of my favourite singers Jack Johnson, I stumbled across this singer (I think Jack J is singing along with him) his name is Donavon Frankenreiter (hope I got that right) and I thought it was a really cool song and video with a really relevant title and just felt like I had to share it ... so check it out and see what you think! it's got me dreaming and planning again ...so I'm going to check out some more of his music and enjoy the pleasant distraction for a while before I get back to my 'studying' and my plans for freedom!! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l3b2k08f3b8&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l3b2k08f3b8&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-453715811073629060?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/453715811073629060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/06/free.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/453715811073629060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/453715811073629060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/06/free.html' title='&apos;FREE&apos;'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-2155915389584531839</id><published>2010-05-26T02:41:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-26T02:59:04.355+02:00</updated><title type='text'>A Great Day With Friends</title><content type='html'>Hi there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just thought I'd share this picture and explain the story behind it.&amp;nbsp; This was taken a few years ago when Ged (my husband) and I had recently joined a local family bike club, and were attending our first rally.&amp;nbsp; Ged had bought his dream bike a Harley Davidson, and in a local pub one night we got talking to friends and fellow bikers and decided to join the newly formed bike club called Estonians Motorcycle Club.&amp;nbsp; This was named after the small village called Eston near Middlesbrough, where most of the members are from. They are all a great bunch of people who aim to raise the profile and image of bikers, and consist of people of all ages and from all walks of life.&amp;nbsp; The group does a lot to raise money for various local charities, and the main aim is for everyone to have fun whilst enjoying their shared passion of motorcycling.&amp;nbsp; This is carried out via many runs out, nights out and organised rallies and weekends and holidays away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was our first rally which was held in a local farmers field (courtesy of the farmer) we had a huge marquee&lt;br /&gt;with a number of bands playing throughout the night, a couple of burger stands, and stands selling various merchandise.&amp;nbsp; There was also a huge bonfire, and of course numerous tents for all the fellow bikers attending.&amp;nbsp; The atmosphere was amazing!! and what a great weekend it was.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S_xt7EbyZUI/AAAAAAAAAC0/IAkeeHPoCEA/s1600/Imported+Photos+00009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S_xt7EbyZUI/AAAAAAAAAC0/IAkeeHPoCEA/s320/Imported+Photos+00009.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Many people have a negative image of bikers, probably because of the way they are sometimes portrayed in the media as 'rough and ready troublemakers' yet for all the people who attended this rally, and there were many, from young children upto some people even in their seventies!! this was not the case, there was not any trouble at all, and everyone was friendly, just enjoying their time socialising, drinking and dancing until the early hours, and also enjoying pre-arranged 'games' throughout the weekend.&amp;nbsp; Another highlight of the weekend, is that all the bikers would then be led by a police escort through the various local towns, now that was a sight worth seeing and even better being a part of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the picture above, I am to the very left of the picture, wearing my Harley Davidson t-shirt with pride, and Ged is to the far right of the picture, and our great friends are in between. What makes me laugh about this as I look at the picture, is that we all&amp;nbsp; watched and laughed in amazement as we watched our friends Val and Nigel setting up their tent .... blow up airbed arrived, then the quilt and many pillows, then they put fairy lights up around the outside of their tent ... so funny!! but there's more to come if you notice in the picture.....the table came out plus a fancy table cloth, bottle of wine, and then a potted plant haha! hilarious,&amp;nbsp; bearing in mind we were 'roughing it' camping out in a farmers field.&amp;nbsp; Then what got everyone's vote of approval was the huge pan of curry she had prepared for everyone (well those in our group anyway) with relevant pots pans and cutlery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What a fantastic weekend we had, we made many new friends and this was just the start of many great times we have had, and hope to still have ... what great memories!!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I hope to share more with you soon. :)&lt;div 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Friends'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S_xt7EbyZUI/AAAAAAAAAC0/IAkeeHPoCEA/s72-c/Imported+Photos+00009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-4292068991090954569</id><published>2010-05-14T01:48:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-14T01:52:14.454+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants</title><content type='html'>&amp;nbsp;Here's another great article I found from a fellow 'twitter' MarcJ Ward&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marcjward.com/self-development/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants/"&gt;Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-4292068991090954569?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/4292068991090954569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/05/standing-on-shoulders-of-giants.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/4292068991090954569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/4292068991090954569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/05/standing-on-shoulders-of-giants.html' title='Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-2236510211038844124</id><published>2010-05-14T00:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-14T00:43:45.506+02:00</updated><title type='text'>THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA</title><content type='html'>Just been checking out my twitter site and found this great article and video which I thought I would share, check it out and see what you think :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="status-body"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/DrivinMedia"&gt;DrivinMedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;                              &lt;span class="actions"&gt;&lt;div&gt;      &lt;a class="fav-action non-fav" href="" id="status_star_13937867975" title="favorite this tweet"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;             &lt;span class="entry-content"&gt;Think your business doesn't need social media? Think again. Check out this blog post! &lt;a class="tweet-url web" href="http://ow.ly/1KFIW" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://ow.ly/1KFIW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-2236510211038844124?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/2236510211038844124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/05/importance-of-social-media.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/2236510211038844124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/2236510211038844124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/05/importance-of-social-media.html' title='THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-8661975946837129632</id><published>2010-05-02T05:20:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T05:20:32.878+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Want to know about Financial Education? - Then listen to Robert and Kim Kiyosaki</title><content type='html'>Hi there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thought it was about time I added some valuable educational content on this blog, and since I began to read the words of wisdom from Robert Kiyosaki of Rich Dad Poor Dad fame, I have been&amp;nbsp; greatly influenced by what he has to say and he has inspired me to take the steps to achieve the life of my choosing ... check out the links and articles I've added below, and judge for youself ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="status-body"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/theRealKiyosaki"&gt;theRealKiyosaki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;                              &lt;span class="actions"&gt;&lt;div&gt;      &lt;a class="fav-action fav" href="" id="status_star_12526430074" title="un-favorite this tweet"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;             &lt;span class="entry-content"&gt;The most important event I have EVER put on... &lt;a class="tweet-url web" href="http://ow.ly/1AP4l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://ow.ly/1AP4l&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="status-body"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/theRealKiyosaki"&gt;theRealKiyosaki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;                              &lt;span class="actions"&gt;&lt;div&gt;      &lt;a class="fav-action fav" href="" id="status_star_12166832472" title="un-favorite this tweet"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;             &lt;span class="entry-content"&gt;Gotta listen to Tom &lt;a class="tweet-url web" href="http://ow.ly/1y5ot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://ow.ly/1y5ot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="status-body"&gt;&lt;span class="entry-content"&gt;&lt;iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=degrukthrotof-20&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;p=8&amp;amp;l=bpl&amp;amp;asins=044656740X&amp;amp;fc1=000000&amp;amp;IS2=1&amp;amp;lt1=_blank&amp;amp;m=amazon&amp;amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;amp;bc1=000000&amp;amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;amp;f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="status-body"&gt;&lt;span class="entry-content"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-8661975946837129632?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/8661975946837129632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/05/want-to-know-about-financial-education.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/8661975946837129632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/8661975946837129632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/05/want-to-know-about-financial-education.html' title='Want to know about Financial Education? - Then listen to Robert and Kim Kiyosaki'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-726607824177719083</id><published>2010-04-20T03:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-20T03:28:33.401+02:00</updated><title type='text'>'DON'T WORRY' VIDEO</title><content type='html'>Here's another feelgood video from 'Playing for Change - Peace through Music' - Enjoy !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tAjFnJuk1Aw&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tAjFnJuk1Aw&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-726607824177719083?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/726607824177719083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/dont-worry-video.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/726607824177719083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/726607824177719083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/dont-worry-video.html' title='&apos;DON&apos;T WORRY&apos; VIDEO'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-7791855424425454251</id><published>2010-04-20T03:06:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-20T03:06:55.586+02:00</updated><title type='text'>'ONE LOVE'  - GREAT SONG /GREAT MESSAGE !</title><content type='html'>Here's another great song from the 'Playing for Change' people with another great message that I'd like to share:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4xjPODksI08&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4xjPODksI08&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-7791855424425454251?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/7791855424425454251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/one-love-great-song-great-message.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/7791855424425454251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/7791855424425454251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/one-love-great-song-great-message.html' title='&apos;ONE LOVE&apos;  - GREAT SONG /GREAT MESSAGE !'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-4541540393513236956</id><published>2010-04-20T01:05:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-20T01:05:27.998+02:00</updated><title type='text'>'Ukele's for Peace' video</title><content type='html'>I have been listening to some great 'feel-good' songs on videos from 'Playing for Peace' with such inspirational messages, check this one out, it talks about how children across the world are being trained to act as soldiers and use weapons!!&amp;nbsp; whereas the message in the video aims to get children laughing, singing and playing together with Ukeles.... well I know which I prefer children to be playing with ... how about you? :) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8QsXUtUOiig&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8QsXUtUOiig&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-4541540393513236956?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/4541540393513236956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/ukeles-for-peace-video.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/4541540393513236956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/4541540393513236956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/ukeles-for-peace-video.html' title='&apos;Ukele&apos;s for Peace&apos; video'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-6663429444120923896</id><published>2010-04-12T01:36:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-02T21:19:23.078+02:00</updated><title type='text'>OOPS!!</title><content type='html'>Well something didn't go quite right there, and the video didn't show up as I thought, hmmm! all this technical stuff gets a bit beyond me at times haha! but I'll keep trying and get it on eventually 'if at first you don't succeed...etc etc'&amp;nbsp; funnily enough it worked on my twitter site!!... ah well back later :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello again, I went back to this post later, and managed to get the video on ... what did I say about if at first you don't succeed lol :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-6663429444120923896?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/6663429444120923896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/oops.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/6663429444120923896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/6663429444120923896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/oops.html' title='OOPS!!'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-3635150273536703997</id><published>2010-04-12T01:17:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-02T21:14:20.441+02:00</updated><title type='text'>'I've Got So Much Love' by The King Blues (Great Song)</title><content type='html'>This a great feel good song, my daughter Francesca introduced me to the music of The King Blues, and it always makes us feel happy whenever we hear it and we can't help but sing along to it at the top of our voices lol!  I love the way people start to smile later in the video, quite infectious - check it out and enjoy :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fYOEGymrYCk?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_GB"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fYOEGymrYCk?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-3635150273536703997?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/3635150273536703997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/ive-got-so-much-love-by-king-blues.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/3635150273536703997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/3635150273536703997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/ive-got-so-much-love-by-king-blues.html' title='&apos;I&apos;ve Got So Much Love&apos; by The King Blues (Great Song)'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-4222193691678755847</id><published>2010-04-06T01:52:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-06T02:04:49.280+02:00</updated><title type='text'>WELCOME LEISURE TIME AMIDST ALL THE HARD WORK !! - ROSEBERRY TOPPING</title><content type='html'>&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S7p0pQVb0II/AAAAAAAAACQ/g7hv_mAYGJA/s1600-h/IMG00691-20100404-1534+Roseberry+Topping++almost+there.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S7p0pQVb0II/AAAAAAAAACQ/g7hv_mAYGJA/s320/IMG00691-20100404-1534+Roseberry+Topping++almost+there.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Almost there! &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S7pyy7Z1rxI/AAAAAAAAACM/8z-gJo2VP4c/s1600-h/IMG00694-20100404-1602+roseberry+topping.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S7pyy7Z1rxI/AAAAAAAAACM/8z-gJo2VP4c/s320/IMG00694-20100404-1602+roseberry+topping.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hello everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As it was Easter Sunday and a fairly nice day here in England (although had been raining earlier!) I decided I needed some fresh air and exercise.&amp;nbsp; So along with my husband Ged, daughter Steph and her boyfriend Carl and our faithful staffie Zak we headed off to Great Ayton to climb Roseberry Topping, a well known tourist site aound here, and although we only live about 20 minutes drive away, we (myself and hubby Ged) have never actually been up there before, a first time for everything eh!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I would normally consider this a daunting task, especially as I&amp;nbsp; am spending a lot of time sitting at my laptop with the lure of social media, and as much as I love this and find it fascinating, it is also very challenging to me, regarding internet technology, not one of my strong points haha! So I&amp;nbsp; thought I need to practice what I preach&amp;nbsp; - becoming 'Healthy, Wealthy and Wise' - focusing here on the 'Healthy' bit.&amp;nbsp; As all the new internet 'stuff' I am learning is certainly exercising my mind and brain, I realised, as I looked at the pictures I am adding here and there, what about the rest of me!!! so metaphorically speaking, if I can face the challenges of the internet, then I can climb any mountain...well a very large hill anyway!&amp;nbsp; and guess what ... I did it slowly and surely and very muddily ...mission accomplished,&amp;nbsp; as the pictures will show (if I can manage to upload them from my phone!!) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was a very enjoyable and invigorating day spent with my family, and as I reflected on the day (especially as we approached and the air ambulance was just arriving, didn't find out why and hopefully no-one was seriously hurt) I felt like I had accomplished much, not just the physical challenge, but I felt like all my senses had been heightened and I felt really grateful and happy about my life and the plans I have :) it's great to work hard for yourself to achieve you goals and dreams, but it's also important to take time out and 'stop and smell the roses ...'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope everyone else had time to enjoy with their friends and family over the Easter break:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I look forward to posting more articles during which I aim to inform, educate, empower and entertain - it's good to laugh :0&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-4222193691678755847?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/4222193691678755847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/welcome-leisure-time-amidst-all-hard.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/4222193691678755847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/4222193691678755847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/welcome-leisure-time-amidst-all-hard.html' title='WELCOME LEISURE TIME AMIDST ALL THE HARD WORK !! - ROSEBERRY TOPPING'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S7p0pQVb0II/AAAAAAAAACQ/g7hv_mAYGJA/s72-c/IMG00691-20100404-1534+Roseberry+Topping++almost+there.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-8908564821687040384</id><published>2010-04-05T05:01:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T05:01:29.744+02:00</updated><title type='text'>I hate being told what to do !!</title><content type='html'>I was just wondering 'why have I not read Kim Kiyosaki's book yet as we have a valid and valuable shared interest 'we hate being told what to do haha!' I have read many of her husband Roberts' books which have influenced me greatly, but now I feel that I owe it to myself as a fellow female entrepreneur to be greatly influenced by Kim !! so ... I shall do this and report back later, no doubt with some interesting and illuminating comments :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=degrukthrotof-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=bpl&amp;asins=1933914009&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr" style="align:left;padding-top:5px;width:131px;height:245px;padding-right:10px;"align="left" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-8908564821687040384?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/8908564821687040384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-hate-being-told-what-to-do.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/8908564821687040384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/8908564821687040384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-hate-being-told-what-to-do.html' title='I hate being told what to do !!'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-3832937618667265433</id><published>2010-04-04T02:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-04T02:30:55.896+02:00</updated><title type='text'>A little inspirational poem</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S7fdbAe6WUI/AAAAAAAAABQ/VlusMk4y7yE/s1600/Sunset.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S7fdbAe6WUI/AAAAAAAAABQ/VlusMk4y7yE/s320/Sunset.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456072929638504770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi everyone I made up this little poem of all these meaningful words see what you think !! my daughter is learning to play the ukelele, maybe she can make it into a song for me haha! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE SOLUTION&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HEY THIS DITTY IS MINE, MY CHANCE TO SHINE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If your lives’ are full of stress&lt;br /&gt;Then here’s my chance to impress&lt;br /&gt;These are all words that mean a lot to me&lt;br /&gt;How I act upon them, will enable me to live joyously&lt;br /&gt;And to give freely and generously&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;So if I have your ATTENTION&lt;br /&gt;Let my tell you about my VISION, MISSION  and INTENTION &lt;br /&gt;I have my ASPIRATIONS&lt;br /&gt;Fuelled by my DETERMINATION&lt;br /&gt;My dreams are driven by my PASSION&lt;br /&gt;I’m filling my life with INSPIRATION and MOTIVATION&lt;br /&gt;Helped by MEDITATION, AFFIRMATION and VISUALISATION&lt;br /&gt;Most importantly, now that I’ve taken the ACTION&lt;br /&gt;The life I choose by Design will be Mine&lt;br /&gt;So make a DECISION to get out of CONFUSION and FRUSTRATION&lt;br /&gt;And change your SITUATION.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-3832937618667265433?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/3832937618667265433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/little-inspirational-poem.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/3832937618667265433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/3832937618667265433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/04/little-inspirational-poem.html' title='A little inspirational poem'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S7fdbAe6WUI/AAAAAAAAABQ/VlusMk4y7yE/s72-c/Sunset.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-7714764780090201955</id><published>2010-04-01T00:14:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T00:19:11.729+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Video 'Earth Hour'</title><content type='html'>Hi everyone I fould this great video from a fellow follower on twitter called 'Earth Hour' it's about many countries across the world turning of all their unneeded lights for one hour to give an inspiring message - check it out and see what you think, I loved it, lovely song too! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mDM1piwvGCQ&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mDM1piwvGCQ&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-7714764780090201955?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-8982258814219125682</id><published>2010-02-27T03:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-27T03:37:47.021+01:00</updated><title type='text'>WE SHOULD ALL BE TIGGERS !!</title><content type='html'>Just watched this inspirational video (from Kellie Hosaka's site) which has a profound message and which had me in tears :( check it out and see for yourself !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R9ya9BXClRw&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R9ya9BXClRw&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-8982258814219125682?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/8982258814219125682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/02/we-should-all-be-tiggers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/8982258814219125682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/8982258814219125682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/02/we-should-all-be-tiggers.html' title='WE SHOULD ALL BE TIGGERS !!'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-4343824974920233076</id><published>2010-02-25T01:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-25T02:00:30.728+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Inspirational video clip from 'Rocky'</title><content type='html'>Hopefully below should be a short video clip from the ROCKY film, I got this from TomBoyuka.com website - I found this very moving and inspirational, I'm sure many people can relate to this in some way - check it out and see what you think :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com&lt;br /&gt;/v/6tWLqFmaNdQ&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6tWLqFmaNdQ&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-4343824974920233076?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/4343824974920233076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/02/inspirational-video-clip-from-rocky.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/4343824974920233076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/4343824974920233076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/02/inspirational-video-clip-from-rocky.html' title='Inspirational video clip from &apos;Rocky&apos;'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-3515691939795719950</id><published>2010-02-22T00:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-22T01:03:07.325+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Beautiful Picture</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4HJq1aqKyI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Wy1Al5HCrQA/s1600-h/pictureeee.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4HJq1aqKyI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Wy1Al5HCrQA/s320/pictureeee.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440851562570853154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey isn't this a beautiful picture? I can't remember which site I got it from off the internet, so unfortunately can't acknowledge where its from ! but I think the author's name is actually on the picture.  I love the mythology associated with dragonflies and lotus flowers, which is why this picture appealed to me - enjoy :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-3515691939795719950?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/3515691939795719950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/02/beautiful-picture.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/3515691939795719950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/3515691939795719950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/02/beautiful-picture.html' title='Beautiful Picture'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4HJq1aqKyI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Wy1Al5HCrQA/s72-c/pictureeee.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-6127918451905630233</id><published>2010-02-22T00:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-22T00:42:58.807+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Isn't Music Great !!</title><content type='html'>Isn't music great? it unites people, it affects our moods, be they happy, sad or whatever.  It evokes our memories and sets the scene for many occasions. What would the world be like without music... I can't imagine!   I have just been watching the 'universe' video below, and it has some related videos which have equally beautiful music and messages -  why not check them out and see how it makes you feel :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-6127918451905630233?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/6127918451905630233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/02/isnt-music-great.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/6127918451905630233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/6127918451905630233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/02/isnt-music-great.html' title='Isn&apos;t Music Great !!'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-2266981685562770400</id><published>2010-02-21T00:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T00:39:26.861+01:00</updated><title type='text'>2nd attempt to get video as described in last post !!</title><content type='html'>oops last post didn't quite work lets see if this does !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2AiHUf36k34&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2AiHUf36k34&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-2266981685562770400?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/2266981685562770400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/02/2nd-attempt-to-get-video-as-described.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/2266981685562770400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/2266981685562770400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/02/2nd-attempt-to-get-video-as-described.html' title='2nd attempt to get video as described in last post !!'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-3682538359392875233</id><published>2010-02-21T00:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T00:30:07.316+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Retweet from Kellie Hosaka - Beatiful video about the universe</title><content type='html'>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ive been neglecting this site and spending lots of time on twitter, where I have met many new people with lots of interesting, fascinating and inspiring things to say and show.  I hope to have 'my story/about me' on here soon (I know I've been saying that for a while, and I am working on my time management haha!) ;) In the meantime here is a beautiful, thought-provoking video which I have retweeted and copied from Kellie Hosaka's site (which is a great site - check it out !!) I think it has a very deep and philosophical message - hope you like it - I do :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are You Ready To Fly? Then Listen To The Universe, Listen &amp; Grow, Shine Your Light.enjoy Synchronicities video..http://bit.ly/9jac29    4:18 AM Feb 18th   from bit.ly    Retweeted by you&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-3682538359392875233?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/3682538359392875233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/02/retweet-from-kellie-hosaka-beatiful.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/3682538359392875233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/3682538359392875233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/02/retweet-from-kellie-hosaka-beatiful.html' title='Retweet from Kellie Hosaka - Beatiful video about the universe'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-8808505034691312985</id><published>2010-01-29T02:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-29T02:11:40.762+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Seven principles of Huna (Ancient Hawaiian wisdom)</title><content type='html'>Just found this really inspirational video from Katie Freilling's website - I really like it and just wanted to share - enjoy !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PUo_M4LRggc&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PUo_M4LRggc&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-8808505034691312985?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/8808505034691312985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/01/seven-principles-of-huna-ancient.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/8808505034691312985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/8808505034691312985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/01/seven-principles-of-huna-ancient.html' title='The Seven principles of Huna (Ancient Hawaiian wisdom)'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-42648766842651064</id><published>2010-01-21T22:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T22:40:42.283+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Playing For Change: Peace Through Music</title><content type='html'>Just thought I would share this great video with everyone, which I have just been shown by a new follower (ItsCindy) on twitter.&lt;br /&gt;Its a real feel good music video, watch it and see for yourself I'm sure you will agree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love it!&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Us-TVg40ExM&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Us-TVg40ExM&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-42648766842651064?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/42648766842651064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/01/playing-for-change-peace-through-music.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/42648766842651064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/42648766842651064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/01/playing-for-change-peace-through-music.html' title='Playing For Change: Peace Through Music'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-780640422384894862</id><published>2010-01-17T23:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T23:46:57.497+01:00</updated><title type='text'>* Words of Wisdom *</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;Whilst I'm trying to get some relevant details about myself together, (it's a work in progress at the moment) I thought I would share some 'words of wisdom/golden nuggets' that I come across which I like.  I love inspirational/philosophical quotes or statements, and whilst reading, 'Why We Want You To Be Rich' by Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki, Donald Trump mentioned that he liked the following two quotes:-&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;     "What lies behind us and what lies before us, are tiny matters&lt;br /&gt;      compared to what lies within us" ..... Ralph Waldo Emmerson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     "The mind that opens up to a new idea never comes back to its&lt;br /&gt;      original size" .....  Albert Einstein&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thought provoking, don't you think?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-780640422384894862?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/780640422384894862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/01/words-of-wisdom.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/780640422384894862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/780640422384894862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/01/words-of-wisdom.html' title='* Words of Wisdom *'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675299596657024041.post-7055815331762192527</id><published>2010-01-10T23:11:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T05:54:12.978+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year - Everyone</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S7leoUs89KI/AAAAAAAAABg/ksBkBZ3nnFY/s1600/Imported+Photos+00509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S7leoUs89KI/AAAAAAAAABg/ksBkBZ3nnFY/s320/Imported+Photos+00509.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello and welcome to my blog and Happy New Year (2010) to everyone :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I usually have lots to say (as everyone who knows me will agree haha!) but as I have only just set up this blog, I will keep this welcome message short and sweet with the promise of lots more interesting details about myself to come .......&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5675299596657024041-7055815331762192527?l=denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/feeds/7055815331762192527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-new-year-everyone.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/7055815331762192527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5675299596657024041/posts/default/7055815331762192527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://denisegray-theroadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-new-year-everyone.html' title='Happy New Year - Everyone'/><author><name>Denise  Angela Gray (UK)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01165530450779275219</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S4MSVCmcTII/AAAAAAAAAAg/ZHyIVGjhFew/S220/MAAAAAAAAAM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BA5r3Grc7E/S7leoUs89KI/AAAAAAAAABg/ksBkBZ3nnFY/s72-c/Imported+Photos+00509.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
