Picking up where I left off in my first list of things that make me happy, here are the next additions: The connecting messages, emails and phone calls I sometimes received from loved ones after writing blog posts. Birdsong – outside my window in the mornings, in the early morning dark when out running, or … More Happiness contd.
I have found myself turning back to read and re-read the paragraph below a number of times over the past few days. There is something in it that offers profound value, but I feel I need to mull it over and over gently, letting it sink in a little deeper each time. “Embracing the contents … More Holding a paradox
It’s a little unsettling when a complete stranger can tell you more about YOU than most people that know and love you. Here’s what a remarkable stranger had to tell me. Can you guess how she knew all this, without ever having spoken to me before? “You are mutable: changeable, adaptable, moving with the times. … More Self-understanding, acceptance and love
Dusk, and the full moon rising. Birdsong all around; traffic in the distance cicadas flexing their tymbals in between. Breathing in the soft breeze, grass-scented and subtle. Stillness, after a day of constant movement. Open-hearted, I am suffused with peace, gratitude, awe, joy. Perfectly content to breathe in this moment, each second flowing … More breathing in the fullness of the moon (the fullness of my heart)
The stillness of a moment Of just being. Breathing into inner silence Without the incessant chatter of my mind (judging, approving, and constantly narrating); Seeing what is around and within me without need to hold onto, change, react to or filter it. Peace sits within my heart (so deeply familiar, yet it became so rare) … More quietening the mind
I had the privilege, a year and a half ago, of becoming part of a truly remarkable community of caring, open-hearted people committed to keep learning from life – just as it is – in each new moment that unfolds. This is the joy of being involved with the More to Life programme. I spent the … More Mastery of Self in Service
Thank you Christine for placing this lovely quote in my path today. “Letting go means just what it says. It’s an invitation to cease clinging to anything — whether it be an idea, a thing, an event, a particular time, or view, or desire. It is a conscious decision to release with full acceptance into … More Letting Go
(I wrote this on Tuesday night, but I haven’t had internet until today. Life turned a little bit upside down again yesterday, but I thought I would post this anyway) Today I am grateful for… The joy of reciprocity. Breathing in life, just as it is. My sweet little (and not-so-little) pooches, the best of friends. … More Tuesday’s Gratitude
There are phrases we hear or read that stay with us, and assist us, through many years of our lives, often making increasing sense as the years go by. As I teenager I came across, and wrote down in my poetry book, these words from a Gestalt Prayer: “I am not in this world to … More Guiding Words
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