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Just because

Just because I was overweight in childhood (in your eyes), just because I had freckles, just because I was shy, just because I didn’t cope with changes well, just because I didn’t follow your beliefs, just because I developed my own mind, just because I didn’t agree with the masses, …

Relish all that is

What a wondrous world we live in and how phenomenal are our bodies. We have the incredible gift of thought that can be turned into action. We have intuition that guides us. We can make choices and learn from the consequences of them. We can gain insight to matters that …

Self care

Some days I feel like I can take on the world and other days I need to do what soothes my soul. Then there are days when there is compromise between doing what I feel needs to be done and doing what I need to in order for self-care. For …

Kindness

It is amazing how the planets align. Yesterday I had two topics in front of me to write about; onions or kindness. Little did I know then that with my decision to do the piece on Onions that I would be writing today about kindness on World Kindness Day. Nor …

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, …