CWA Ulverstone Branch

17/10/2026

CWA has women in branches right across Tassie generating very practical support items just like Janine💛👏😊

A beaut donation passed on to CWA Community Support Officer South.

17/10/2026

Today’s the day👌😊

17/10/2026

SUNDAY SAYINGS … enjoy those spring blooms🥀🌼💐🌹🪻

17/10/2026

Your flight was supposed to leave at 2:15. At 2:40 the board flips to “DELAYED,” and by 3:30 it says “CANCELED.” All around the gate, people are yelling at the airline agent, slamming carry-ons onto chairs, and calling their bosses in furious whispers. You feel the heat rising in your own chest too. Then you look out the giant windows at the storm rolling across the runway, take a breath, and realize there’s absolutely nothing anyone in this terminal can do about the weather.

So much of our stress comes from fighting things we were never in charge of.

You can’t control the weather, other people’s actions, how others treat you, whether people like you, or what your friends decide to do. You can’t go back and rewrite your past, either, no matter how many nights you spend replaying it.

What’s left is actually a lot. Your words and your actions belong to you. So does the effort you give, when you go to bed, whether you exercise, and which goals you set. You get to choose who your friends are, how you care for your feelings, and whether you own up to your mistakes.

Peace often begins the moment you stop gripping what was never yours to hold.

At the gate that afternoon, you could have joined the yelling. Instead, you bought a sandwich, called your sister, rebooked for the morning flight, and found a quiet corner to read. The storm passed at the same speed either way, and only one version of you got some rest.

So the next time something frustrating happens, try sorting it quickly in your head into two piles, what you can change and what you can’t. Put your energy into the first pile, let the second one go, and notice how much lighter the day feels once you stop trying to push the storm out of the sky yourself.

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17/10/2026

Remember learning to sew at school?

First you had to thread the needle, which could take longer than the sewing itself.

Then came the careful little stitches, trying to keep them straight and evenly spaced.

And if you made a mistake, there was a good chance you'd be told to unpick it and start again.

Some pupils took to it straight away. Others spent most of the lesson untangling thread.

Did you have sewing lessons at school? What was the first thing you remember making?

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