we all have a
body mind spirit mental social and emotional self
the first we anoint and worship
while the others are often neglected
to achieve harmony and balance
we need to nurture them also
for healthy mind and spirit
ensures flexible inner wealth!
I live down under
where ancient spirits abound
our traditional landowners
the longest living culture
sixty five thousand years
they lived in harmony
then white man invadand in a few hundred years
raped and pillaged
that ancient spiritual land
can we restore balance?
dVerse, 44 word quadrille on ‘spirit’ … two for the price of one!
This post took me fifteen minutes to post, this has been going on for weeks … some take 45 minutes. That is just to open the ‘new post’, paste in my composed item … my cursor can sit still for minutes at a time. I click on a post to read and find I’m replying to a comment. Please tell me is WP stealing anyone else’s time?
I honestly thought this would be sorted but at this pace I will quit blogging because it has begun to interfere with my life …
Love your writing 🌹
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I say restoring the balance is now as hard because certain few in power don’t want it simply.
Hope your WP issue is now fixed.
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seems to be for the most part now thanks Hammad, altho it has occasional relapses 🙂
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But those occasional relapses are only because of standing on their grounds as single unit.
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Unless we get rid of the sludge that is politics/development, I fear we are doomed.
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doubt we’d ever go that far … 😦
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My fingers are always crossed for that 🙂
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Apologies for late reading….and I’ve not even posted for Tuesday or Thursday yet! Busy around here.
As to your post…..I’m reminded of the Maori people who we learned alot about when we did our Australia/New Zealand trip two years ago.
As to WP…..I’ve not had many problems…but mainly want to say, don’t give up! So enjoy seeing you at the Pub! 😉 Keep blogging.
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I’m retired until WP sort it Lillian, appreciate your kind words but I’m not letting WP steal my life!
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Balance is tricky even when you help others – you need to remind yourself that you can help but not be taken advantage of. I dislike it when I’m helping my neighbor with one thing and then he slips in another task… I don’t mind it once in a while but it can be frustrating to have anyone think you are on their clock 24/7.
I can only hope that some traditions of the past can be restored to restore the health and magic of the whole planet.
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yes, I see what you mean … I’m sure I’m as guilty as your neighbour. We have plenty of time to think of the trillion jobs we just need another pair of hands for and when an offer comes our way we abuse it. I’m hearing you!
Yes we need to care for our planet and each other 🙂
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These two poems are really very good… love the message in the second, wonder why we have been so greedy over the years.
For WP, one problem can actually be the cache in your browser slowing it down… have your tried to clean it (or run in another browser)? I have had problems in the past running chrome.
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ah this may be the key I need … have used chrome for years, how do I clean it?
Thanks Bjorn 🙂
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Go to Chrome and on the right side at the top are 3 dots. Click and go to More Tools. Select Clear Browsing Data. There are options for the time frame or you can do a clear all….
Please don’t stop blogging!!
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ah done that, for a few hours today I have recalled the joy of blogging … let’s see if this works!
Thanks so much, I’m not very tech savvy. Some are amazed I can blog 🙂
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Balance under current circumstances is, of course, desirable, but not the same as justice, unfortunately.
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there is very little evidence of justice in our world 😦
but we must keep working on it!
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How frustrating that WP isn’t working for you. Do you know anyone else who lives in your area that might be able to help?
Thank you for your poem of wisdom.
Good luck.
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thanks Ali, not heard of any around here … where I used to live I went to a WP meeting but it was a huge team of IT ppl who do the volunteer work … only one could tell me how to use WP in English, none used it but loved the creating side … guess that’s our answer!
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I am sorry. I wish I had an answer for you.
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got few clues now so hopefully it will be sorted, thanks 🙂
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Love the message in both poems. WP has weird issues going on all the time. But if it is slowing down your computer, the issue might be with storage space. Check free space available.
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not my laptop or storage issue … everything else works fine 😦
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I have different problems with WP. I don’t know when or if ever it will be free of all these glitches!
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it’s essentially free because it’s run by volunteers, I pay to take the ads off …
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Me too. $4 per month.
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I pay $80/year …
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You have a different plan then.
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Australians are charged more for everything, especially apple goods. We are wiser to ask a US friend buy them, pay the postage and it’s still heaps cheaper!
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That really is not fair. 🧐
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hey we are the idiots who pay … then they ship our dosh off shore and pay zero tax … guessing the govt must be getting kick backs …
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Superficiality in everything, that’s what human beings are good at. I felt your second poem too. Another example of superficiality—how could a non-white people have any intelligence whatsoever?
I have intermittent problems with WP. The most frequent one is when I can’t get into my editor to post. I can reply to comments but only as a reader, not the owner of the blog. The problem lasts 24/36 hours then goes away with no explanation. Either WP is saturated or what I suspect is that they want us to move from the free to a paid version.
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ha I am paying, just paid for a second year in October … I pay to remove their ads. So that’s not it .. sent them an email but never had joy with their support ppl before. Can only hope. Thanks Jane!
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That knocks my theory on the head 🙂 Just WP then. Got too big for their boots.
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it is run by volunteers which is why they can do it for free … can’t always be easy and they are trying to push us on to their new editing tool.
I just find it easier to use the original one …
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They must get a lot of revenue from advertising and a lot of people pay for services. Somebody’s making money out of it.
There are three versions of editor available at present, the one most of us use, the old one that you get at by going through admin and that I use when I’m locked out of the normal one, and this new editor that as you say, they’re pushing but everybody seems to hate. I wonder why they’re so insistent?
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guessing they think it’s wonderful … they need to listen to their users!
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The day any organisation does that….
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UGHS on WordPress! 😦 I’ve not had any trouble posting the past few weeks…but, watch, now that I’ve said that I’ll have trouble this week.
I hope the UGHS with WP straighten out soon! I don’t want you to quit blogging. 😦
But, I understand how the time glitches, and frustration they cause, would get tiring and be a ridiculous waste of time. 😦
I love your spirit! It shines through your heart, mind, words, poems, ETC!
Your words are truth!
And it’s so sad that people pay more attention to their body than to their heart, mind, and spirit.
(((HUGS))) for you! And extra HUGS for the WP UGHS!!!
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interesting that I do seem to be the only one … but 45 minutes to post! And this flicking me all over the place … nothing I click on actually opens, it’s a real waste of life!
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I’m so sorry to hear this! Is there an e-mail address or some way to contact WP for help? Or how about the WP Support page?
Let me see…be right back!
Okay, I found this…but don’t know if it would be of any help…
https://www.wordpresscontactnumber.com/
It gives a phone # for help.
If it took me 45 minutes to put up one post, I’d be so frustrated. I feel for ya’, SweetKate! I wish I knew how to fix this.
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ouch that’s not in oz, my phone can’t call overseas … I’ve never found their support ppl helpful before … but thanks Carolyn!
I thought it was a glitch but it’s continuation is frustrating … asked before and got no response so didI wonder if it was just me. Everything else works fine and efficiently on my laptop.
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Sorry all this is going on. 😦 You’ve a right to be so frustrated.
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hey much quicker today after my complaint and one guy thinks it maybe my browser, so need to clean that … will try it all, thanks 🙂
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did send them a message through that site, lets see if I get any joy!
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I hope so! Let me know what happens.
I have a WP friend who is very computer AND WP savvy, but it sounds like what is going on is definitely a WP problem that WP needs to address.
So I don’t know if my friend could be of any help.
???
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thanks but let’s give them the opportunity to rectify it first while I check my browser … leave WP permanently open, where I open and shut everything else .. hopefully we can resolve it 🙂
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Beautiful writing kate.. So true that ppl mostly care about how others would see them and doesn’t even care about inner peace..
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we need to change that focus for more contentment 🙂
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Yes.. I wonder how far people will focus..
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most expect a partner, a well paid job or medication will help rather than taking responsibility for themselves 🙂
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Right a well paid job will help solve most of the pblms
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so we think …
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Very Well Done Kate! You are so right. We worry so much about outward appearance and neglect the rest!
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thanks Dwight, it is often the root of our problems 🙂
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As always Kate, well said. The wrongs were done a long time ago, we need to put them right.
No, I am not facing any trouble in posting. Hope it gets sorted. Your quitting would be a great loss for the blogging world.
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this minute it is working beautifully … but I’m not trying to publish a new post! It’s a rare moment for me on WP … hence I’m reading and posting less. I have better things to do than waste time blogging if the system doesn’t work. Interesting to know it’s only me …
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I do hope it is a temporary glitch.
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it’s been 3 weeks now, that’s why I’m a bit over it ….I thought it was temporary and would pass!
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Oh, that’s a long time and I understand your exasperation.
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Beautiful writing Kate in both.🌹❤️
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thanks Laleh 🙂
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We all need to do the first. For the second thing, we did exactly the same thing in Canada with our First Nations peoples.
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but neither of our countries have stopped the genocide and theft … that’s why I’m compelled to call it out at every opportunity!
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That’s true for sure. It nevers ends.
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That first one is so so true, and much needed to realize. The second one makes me sad. Both well written.
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thanks heaps De 🙂
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