Together with
Susie Berry!
Rushing and gushing
Here and there
What’s that hiding?
Behind the chair!
In the wardrobe!
Under the bed!
My body is tingling,
I’m filled with DREAD!
My heart is pounding,
my eyes are wide.
I think this must be
FEAR inside!
Let’s PAUSE a moment
and check this out...
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So, your body’s all fizzy,
your thinking in a tizz.
The FEAR’s taken over!
Your mind is a whizz!
You’re not thinking clearly
and your body’s alight
You’re ready for danger,
all sparky with fright!
(Book 9)
Myrtle’s body tensed with great anticipation and she noticed herself holding her breath as she waited. She looked keenly at Whou, breathless with excitement to hear what wise words would flow from the great Mindful Marauder.
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“No.” said Whou, giving Myrtle a slow wistful nod and promptly flying off!
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Myrtle was astounded!
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“No!” she stomped. “No?!?”
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“This is your teaching!?” Myrtle skipped around in quite a pickle! “No!?”
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This way and that, Myrtle’s arms were flailing up and down, down and up, and around and around. There was so much flapping that if you were there, you might think she was trying to fly after Whou!
(Book 8)
here are some extracts from the books...
"Hello little mushroom" a booming voice said
and there right above her a tree, with a head!
"I get muddled a lot Whou"
"You do Myrtle, what a clever thing to notice!"
"The bad thoughts keep following me Whou,
and it doesn’t seem to matter how fast I run!"
"I wonder...Have you ever thought of
turning around to listen to them Myrtle?"
Jumping on and riding about
"Whoopee, look at me!" Myrtle did shout!
"Maybe you’d like to learn how to love yourself Myrtle?"
Says Whou, "after all, a lifetime can be quite a long time."
“I guess it is quite a silly thing to try and win an argument with yourself” Myrtle suddenly realises. “Part of me wants to be right SO much, yet there is another part of me that also wants to be right SO much, so it all just feels horribly hopeless.” And quite suddenly, as Myrtle hears her own words, a realisation trickles throughout her whole body. It illuminates her from the inside out as all the little pathways in her brain come alive and sparkle like a forest full of fairy lights!
(Book 8)
Look at the flower, the bee and the fly.
Look at the spider and the bird in the sky.
Look at the grass as it waves in the wind,
then listen to the sounds that this moment brings.
Take just a moment to then check inside…
What do you notice as this moment collides
with your body
your breath
and all that you are?
This moment is yours and it's
the best so far!
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