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Thanks for the share @Eleanor Anstruther it means a lot 🥹

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OMFG. I love this post, SLART. I'm so excited for your connection with Mark, what a treasure. I canna believe you got on Dyson's website, easier to get forgiveness than permission, what a great choice btw. I actually feel inspired just reading the description of _The Power of Puerility._ What a perfect match you two are. I will have the best week in part because I read you are HOPESICK and I get it and you've inspired me. (Plus, that Cadbury ad! We didn't have that in the US, methinks. What a hoot!) PS: I was also rejected this week and quite proud of it!

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Thanks for reading it Beth! Yes he’s really lit me up! Haha I know, that’s my motto! Exactly! No one will ever know anyway.

Yes. It’s a fun book, lots of imagery and wisdom.

Do you have Cadbury’s cream eggs over there?

I know you like a play on words and knew you’d understand HOPESICK!

Do tell about your rejection, if you wish!

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Thank you. We have lots of Cadbury's here...yes, I believe their cream eggs have even appeared in my Easter baskets on occasion. I was rejected from a brilliant small business development grant offered by my county. It completely got me out of my comfort zone to apply; I designed a brilliant use of the funds. What is great is a) I'm fine with the rejection and believe I know what it means as a message from the Universe and b) when I let the primary organization I'd invited to partner with me on the grant know that I hadn't received the funds, I asked them to partner with me anyway! oh and c) I asked the grantsmaker to tell me anything they could about why I was rejected so I could learn and improve. And that's what I think we should do with reversals raisingclarity.com/2024/04/reversals-joy-in-sudden-disappointment/ and that's what I did! So I feel good inside. Thank you for asking! PS: I first heard that motto from someone in the US Navy...makes you wonder, eh?

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Thank you for this post, I did need the reminder http://raisingclarity.com/2024/04/reversals-joy-in-sudden-disappointment/

You remember I said that I was procrastinating on getting an EV lease? Then the car I borrowed from a friend, its battery died. I don’t think I was trusting El Universo for the money to come for a safe, reliable car.

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I love that you can tell you weren't trusting!

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Yes! I forget!

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Oh I’m glad you have cream eggs there!

Well done, I love to hear that you’re going out of your comfort zone too!

Oh really? I’d never heard hopesick before!

Thanks for the link, I feel like I need this reminder 🙏

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No, hopesick is surely Mark's term, I meant the motto of forgiveness. vs. permission!

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Oh yes! It seems like a military thing come to think of it. Hopesick just came to me after for interview when I was feeling a bit giddy.

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