Lydia Rees

 FLYING SOLO As the new year welcomes us, I am more than happy to say that this year I have my mind set on what I had always planned on doing ... & that is simply, work hard & play harder! When your circumstances force you out of relationships / friendships there's nothing more to do than to focus on yourself & your priorities ; for me , Church (read my other blog for more on me & church  http://lydiarees11.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/transitions.html?m=1 ), my family, my career & last but definitely never the least ME! I am not going to lie when I say its going to be scary , but I know it will all be worth it. I took myself on some adventures and stepped far outside of my comfort zone and my oh my, am I happy that I did. The more you stray from what we consider as "comfortable", the more we allow ourselves to understand the things going on around us. SAMOA - where the mosquitos bite, and the sun bites harder  I really did mea...

Transitions – Rees “Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.” Just A Church Girl Posted by lydiarees From young it’s always been about fitting in. And as much as we all try to deny it, it’s true, you don’t fit in unless you dress, & walk, & talk & act like everyone else.  We try so hard to satisfy the needs of people we don’t even like, we spend precious, time over thinking situations that don’t even matter; we modify, adjust, alter & re-create ourselves so we are almost identical to the individuals who may not even know we exist. And if I’m being completely honest,  even after reading so many other inspiring blogs on Edmodo, I still feel like I couldn’t  relate to any of them because, well, I’m not them, I’m not in their situation, and most of all, I probably wont ever experience what they experience which is hard when trying to steal someone else’s blog. “We don’t want people to...