Feeling Absolutely Fabulous

09/09/2025

"I think it's a deep consolation to know that spiders dream, that monkeys tease predators, that dolphins have accents,

that lions can be scared silly by a lone mongoose, that otters hold hands,

and ants bury their dead.

That there isn't their life and our life. Nor your life and my life.

That it's just one teetering and endless thread and all of us, all of us, are entangled with it as deep as entanglement goes."

—Kate Forster

When you’re feeling alone, read this and be reminded that we are connected to it all. We don’t go out in nature. We are nature.

There’s comfort in the knowing.

Big love 💕
Jacqueline

09/09/2025

Look up! The world is filled with beauty.

Complain if you like. Go ahead and worry. Get anxious. Fill yourself with fear. Have a pity party. Let the doom and gloom take you.

Set a timer and dive in. Allow yourself about ten minutes.

Then give yourself a shake and start choosing to see the other side of the coin.

Start by looking up. Try noticing little moments of beauty. A child’s smile. A w**d pushing up through the concrete. The way the sunlight hits a prism and throws rainbows around a room.

Moonlight. Rustling leaves. Cat purrs.

Breathe deeply. Stretch your body. Slow down and start noticing. Find the blessings in the moment.

Struggling? Remember what you used to do to feel good. Even if you can’t do it anymore, let your mind go there. Let the feelings in.

It’s not denial. It’s not toxic positivity. It’s being present. Being real.

Honour your feelings. All of them.

But please Dearheart don’t get stuck in the ugliness. In fact, if we’re gonna get stuck may as well be in the beauty.

Choose to look up!

Big love 💕
Jacqueline

09/08/2025

I used to have a bumper sticker on my car that read "I believe in angels."

When I leased a new car I got one that said "Angels believe in me."

Choose to believe what you will, but know that angels absolutely do believe in us.

Big love Dearheart, you've got this! 🥰
Jacqueline Fairbrass

09/07/2025

There’s been a lot of jewellery ads in my feed. Well, I do like sparkles. They’re mostly gold plated or dipped.

Got me thinking.

I want solid gold.

No more looks good on the outside but wears off and the base metal underneath begins to show through. Sparkle gone. Permanently tarnished.

And possibly a green smudge left behind after wearing. And worst case, a nasty rash.

Yeah, that’s right. I’m talking about more than jewellery.

I don’t want fake people in my life. I’m done with gold plated. I want solid 21 carat gold.

I don’t mind if you’re a bit worn and dented with age. So am I. And I’m absolutely priceless.

So, if you got this far…this is my on-line dating profile. 🤣🤣🤣

(Just kidding!)

Keep it real!

Big love 💕
Jacqueline

09/07/2025

Hitting a rough patch doesn’t undo all the progress you’ve made.

Big love 💕
Jacqueline

09/07/2025

More of this…

I don’t like to ‘should’ people…or myself.

But today I’m making an exception.

There’s always space in my life for a little rule breaking!

At the end of the day:

Your feet should be dirty
Your hair messy
And your eyes sparkling with joy…and a bit of mischief.

Not every day feels this way. But I’m working on it!

Choose the happy path through life. You deserve it.

Big love 💕
Jacqueline

09/06/2025

Smile. Don’t cost nothing. And the rewards are magnificent. Feel good hormones immediately start to bounce around the body.

I’m a smiler, in case you haven’t guessed. I say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. I smile at strangers.

Most people smile back. It becomes infectious. However, not everyone does.

In fact yesterday I noticed quite a few blank looks, eyes averted.

Do I take it personally? F**k NO!

Just think about this…if I did, I’d feel 💩 about myself. And I’d stop smiling and join them.

We’ve no idea what’s going on in someone’s life. Even the closest loved ones can keep their darkest moments to themselves.

So I keep smiling. Sending love out. If people choose not to receive it, it’s up to them.

And we can extend that to all sorts of life events.

Didn’t get an invitation to the party? Phone call not returned? Feelings and experiences not valued? Apology not accepted? I’d carry-on, but you get the picture!

None of it is personal. None of it reflects on me and who I am.

Keep smiling Dearheart. Keep sending love out into the world. I am.

Big love 💕
Jacqueline

09/05/2025

I wish you bubbles on your tea...
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I invited a lady to come for tea. She accepted with alacrity. A new friend in the making perhaps?
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She arrived on a hot + steamy day, so I made it cold. As a Brit, this isn’t my fave way to serve tea at all! I take my tea hot, with a splash of milk.
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But, I thought a lovely iced herbal infusion would be just the ticket!
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Served in a delightful delicate crystal glass.
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Perfect!
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Or so I thought. Turns out, so I was told, at least 3 times during our tea party—she’d never, ‘ever’ been invited to tea before.
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(I know, you’d think I’d learn. Americans don’t do tea. I guess sometimes I’m a bit slow!)
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As she left I invited her again, but this time told her I’d do it properly...which just floated over her head. Of course, she’s never been invited to tea before + had no idea what I was blathering about!
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So, darling, I was left wondering why I’d watered down my magic? Trying to accommodate what I thought someone needed to be comfy. Instead of celebrating my uniqueness.
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In doing so, I actually shortchanged this lovely lady from having a new experience.
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How often do you rein it in? Water down your magic? Not be fully you? Are you shortchanging yourself + those around you?
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What if today we show up 100 percent in all our sparkly, stardust, messy eccentricity! What will you do differently today?
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I’d love to know your thoughts on this. Drop me a line below or message me.
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And the bubbles...my Welsh grandmother taught me that bubbles on the top of your tea mean money flowing your way.
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So, my dear, today I wish you bubbles on your tea. Served proper...hot, and poured from the teapot. Wanna come over for tea?
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Big love 💕
Jacqueline
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09/04/2025

Stopping for a bit…

Big love 💕
Jacqueline

09/03/2025

Just in case…

Throwing a love bomb at you! Did you feel it?