A Banging Reception #dreamdiary 228

I’ve been invited to a colleague’s wedding. She’s only joined our site this year, but she’s been with the company for a long time, and I don’t know how long she’s been engaged for. The date that she’s given me is November 5. I don’t want to say no to that date, but it’s ringing a bell for some reason. Someone else may have an event on that date that I’ve already committed to. I’m assuming that other colleagues will be invited as well as those from her previous site. It’ll be a great evening as fireworks will be set off everywhere. I’ve got no idea if they’ll have their own display at the reception or if they’ll get a good view of someone else’s display. I don’t even know where the ceremony and reception are taking place. It might not have even been booked yet. But it’ll be rude to say no to the invitation.

Park Life

He’s a short timid man with short black hair and oval glasses with a hardened face. He hasn’t got the friendliest of expressions, which perhaps explains why his hospitality business hasn’t gone according to plan. He saves it only for his favourite customers. Everyone else gets a scorn as they haven’t been coming in as often as they should have. He’s got long and thin fingers as if they’re inevitably ready to dart out to clasp your cash to clench deep within his fists before placing them into the till. He always dresses himself in black as if he’s camouflaging himself behind the scenes or if he’s about to pop outside to complete a deep cover black ops mission. He doesn’t recognise the value of customer service and is happy to keep his customers waiting until he finishes his connection with someone else once he’s got your cash. There’s little small talk unless he can discover your intentions.

The Release #habberley 45

How did she get out? She was never meant to escape. She doesn’t look particularly happy to be out either. Maybe she had a good life inside, but she’s got to face the outside world now alongside all of her problems. So she must have been released by someone and she’s been forced to walk through. Maybe she got pushed into the exit tunnel. She might have been grateful to receive her coat again but regretted it when she realised she wouldn’t have the opportunity to wear it inside. The cold fresh air and the wind against her cheek is beginning to remind her that it’s going to be difficult for her to fins her way back again to the same prison. She’ll have to learn a new routine with a different crew. Change is never easy but sometimes we have to do it to maker ourselves better. Sometimes it’s forced on us and we must rise to the challenge.

"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve; the fear of failure".

-Paulo Coelho.

There might be lots of different factors. People might even be conspiring to work against you in lots of different ways. If that’s the case, you may want to explore why they’re doing that and try to convince them otherwise. Or there might be time restraints and physics getting in the way. But the quote is about getting you to not give up and explore every opportunity to make your dream a success. There may be more than one path. You just have to find it and get over your fears before it stops you from calling yourself to action. And if you make mistakes, you need to go and fix them when you recognise them to increase your chance of success. If you can identify each thing before it happens, you can find a way to conquer it. And talking about it to others may give you a sense of what is required.

Forced by a Cage #habberley 44

This simple equipment of chicken wire and posts create one simple mission; to get from one end of the maze to the other, though it does look like they’ve just got out of a juvenile prison. At least there’s no lid, though with the narrow walls I’m wondering if some stupid kid has attempted to climb over. There’s dead ends, but there’s little room to move if you need to turn around which is a bit of a giveaway for the person behind you and it kind of ruins their experience as well since there’s no point in them following you. Instead, you get to follow them which means that your sense of discovery is ruined too. You’re also forced to communicate with explorers and hope that you can negotiate a safe passage. The result is something of a letdown and very few will want to queue again to repeat the trip unless it’s quieter.

Hanging by a Hair #titannabell 28

With every step she took, the ground shook. She was about level with the trees. She was taller than some of them and was able to see the birds startled in their nests. She pushed her breasts through the branches, snapping the occasional one and tipping the whole tree over. Flocks now began to retreat as she approached. Her young companion didn’t dare  move her arms to prevent her from sinking deeper into her apex but the whole area was becoming dripping with sweat. Penny wondered if she was aware that she was still there and whether she should make a grab for a piece of hair and wondered if she could hold on for that long. Occasionally a thick piece dangled in front of her but it might leave her dangling and she might end up falling from an even greater height. All she could really do is let her panic build up to a terrifying scream.

Clinging On #habberley 43

What is this contraption? Why is there a dead end here? Perhaps the whole thing is a viewing point over whatever’s in the pit below. Maybe we’re being swung around for a full tour. Or perhaps there was something pinned to the panel in front of us that’s crushed to the floor; either by accident because the vibrations have caused it to become loose or an attempt’s been made to pull it off. Most likely it’s a combination of the two. It might have been a mirror so we could have seen ourselves jump or it might have been a safety notice displaying the dos and dont’s of this ride. Perhaps it’s blank and we’re hiding our fear away from whatever’s causing this thing to rise up and down as we hold on with our dear lives. I’m sure that it’s not out of spite that two of us look the other way when one of us faces the camera to ruin the picture.