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Are we onions?

How easy is it to become an onion? Over our lifetime, as we grow, we accumulate roles, like the outer layers of an onion. We become a friend, a graduate, an employee, a partner, a parent, a mentor, a student, a coach, a grandparent and a myriad of other roles. …

In the process

Have you ever discovered that whilst working on a project, be it your daily tasks at home or work or making something specific, you actually ended up with two for one? No, not accomplished two tasks at once or made two of the same thing with one action. That in …

Pulling the blinds

It is amazing how two unconnected actions and the subsequent thoughts can come together around something else completely. From reading a beautiful message this morning and replying and then a while later, raising the blind in my kitchen, came an insight. An awareness that I had pulled the blinds a …

Gratitude

As the birds chirp their morning song, the air cools and the suns golden rays begin their dance across our part of the world. A time to be grateful I am still here; still alive, still have hopes, dreams and aspirations. Each new moment offering opportunity to work towards fulfilling …

Right Path?

How many times have you weighed up the pros and cons of whether to go in one direction or another? What if I choose this? Maybe it’s better to choose that? In the situations I found the most challenging I would reach for a trusty pen and piece of paper, …

Empty cup

‘Didn’t get the license plate’ was a tagline used some years ago with fair regularity. Often following was the ‘yep, been hit by a truck or two’ and sometimes ‘damn convoy!’ It was a time when chronic fatigue dictated the terms. Pain, unforgiving and indiscriminate, was predominantly the precursor to …

Dare to bare

The motivation I needed to ‘do something’ found its way into my world. One thought triggered another and then came an idea. With the idea, the light bulb moment and I don’t have a clue how to do it, I thought. I made a choice. This time the idea was …

Do Something!

Two simple words that have inspired me and believe me, I needed that inspiration and a big dose of kick-up-the-butt motivation to move myself from the place I was in a few days ago to where I am now. In recent times I would not have believed anyone who had …