Welcome From Val

Forgive the cliché, but here is the truth.  This summer I reached a point in my life where I was standing at a metaphorical crossroads, having trouble deciding which path to take.  There were no handy road signs and they don’t draw maps for this sort of dilemma.  I knew a Sat Nav couldn’t direct me when I didn’t know my destination.  There wasn’t even a Hansel and Gretel trail of breadcrumbs to follow, which I could quite rightly expect after four years of studying Literature!  There was nothing.  Just me...and the crossroads...and Robert Frost’s poem, ‘The Road Not Taken’.  Then, of course, there was my own fear of making the wrong choice, because unless we travel all available paths, how do we know which is right?  I felt I couldn’t afford to make the wrong choice.  But, therein lies a positive:  At least I had a choice, and it seems that how we respond to the events our choices trigger is what makes us individually human.

Hello From Dori

I am at a point in my life where I am wanting more from it and recently I've found myself floundering. I finished my university degree about three months ago and I thought that that would set me upon a course to other things in life, but it hasn't worked out that way. I didn't expect the world to stretch out a red carpet before me at all. I just thought that I would seize the moment better and get started with the next chapter of my life. But this has not happened.

When I think about what I want from my life, many things come to mind but not enough of them stick in order for me to make a real plan. The truth of the matter is that I want a life less ordinary. If I can be so bold, I'd say I want an extraordinary life. I don't mean a life of fame or anything like that...I mean a life where I'm truly alive and taking all of the experiences that I encounter with an open heart.