If being good isn't working, try being outrageous!

Have you ever thought about what you want written on your tomb stone ... I know .. it’s a bit of a morbid thought .... but my thoughts have been on memories and remembrance and the legacy we leave behind us, throughout this last week.  It got me thinking about what I’d like to be remembered for ....

I want to be remembered for radiating happiness to all those I come into contact with .... for always smiling ..... for never losing my ability to appreciate the awesome beauty I see around me .... for never losing the insatiable zest I have for life.  I want to be remembered for putting a smile on people’s faces ... I know my hound already does that - in a big way.  I want to inspire others to be the best they can be, regardless of where in the world they find themselves .... and regardless of how menial or trivial the task that they’re doing is.

I want to instil in my children the notion that material success or “achievement” should never be their number one goal .... their happiness ... their family’s happiness ... the happiness of their friends should always be their priority ..... a happy person achieves so much more.

So, with that in mind I want to celebrate today ... celebrate ME ... celebrate living ... celebrate my beautiful rainbows ... and sunsets .... and butterflies ... and celebrate the outrageous!

Is it ok to allow myself to be outrageous .... to not always have to conform to society’s norms??  There’s a time and place for being “good” ... and I’ve done my share of “good”  .... but think how much more fun I’ll have by being outrageous!  I already take off my shoes and dance on the beach and in the waves ... the privacy at Ladies Bay allows me to indulge this without fear of it being witnessed .... and it’s liberating!  The hound loves it .... she dances in and out the waves with me ..... and we get rather wet ..... but the joy and freedom I feel is priceless.

I could sit in Ladies Bay for hours .... the tranquility .... the beauty .... the solitude .... are sometimes just what my soul needs.  I don’t even mind the occasional body joining me there .... the nudists don’t hang around long .... they head off further round the bay when they see me already there ..... my fellow ramblers often stop to pass the time of day before continuing on their ramble ..... and any tourists that might venture down are in awe of the magnificence of the vista.  I truly do live in an amazing part of the world and my daily rambles only serve to emphasise this in my mind.

Suzanne and Bella came to Ladies Bay with us this morning ...  Suzanne and I are hatching a plan ... we love that we can be in Ladies Bay with our hounds so we intend, on one of these fine days, to spend  a glorious morning down there with our hounds and a good book to hand.
Any would-be nude sun-worshipper will beat a hasty retreat when faced with 2 over-exuberant chocolate hounds.

Nowhere in this world is perfect ... but my little bay comes pretty close to it ... in my eyes that is. After all there’s perfection in “imperfection” and who am I to determine what the definition of perfection is.  I’m “perfectly” me ... I’m outrageously ME ... and I’m OK with that!

“If being good isn’t working, try being outrageous!” Mary Anne Radmacher ..... I like that!