‘Work when there is work to do. Rest when you are tired. One thing done in peace will most likely be better than ten things done in panic…I am not a hero if I deny rest; I am only tired…’ This week has been one of those weeks. Baby B was home for six days, …
‘As each day arises, welcome it as the very best day of all, and make it your own possession. We must seize what flees’ – Seneca As the days get lighter, and the clocks go forward it reminds us of the change in season from winter to spring. We look forward to the warmer lighter …
‘To harm another is to harm oneself. When you heal yourself, you heal the world’ – Yung Pueblo Food for thought The Lunar New Year is upon us. This year is the year of the snake, representing a time for personal growth, transformation and shedding bad energy. When I think of transformation, I think of …
‘There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle’. Albert Einstein Food for thought I love reading quotes from Einstein. He used to write letters to children who posed questions to him and so we have a liturgy …
‘It is only by risking ourselves from one hour to another that we live at all’ Food for thought No matter the path we choose to honour, there will always be conflict to negotiate. There will always be discord with those who would rather have us be something other than ourselves. If we choose to …
‘Now there is nothing left but to keep dancing’ I don’t know if it is human nature or the way of life on earth, but we rarely become all of who we are until forced to do it. Some say that something in us arises to the occasion that there is as, as Hemingway called …
‘Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.’ Dr Maya Angelou I’ve been thinking a lot about new year resolutions lately. How we create them and then feel all that pressure. Eventually we break them and then feel guilty, and the cycle starts again every year, or …
‘We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives … not looking for flaws but for potential’. All the traditions around food in …
As we move into the holidays, with social and family meets. I thought I would send out a few tips on how to keep your plate and yourself balanced. I was asked to contribute to an article by the lovely Cam Hayes from Rent.com. I will post the link to the full article at the …
‘Be open to the most present possibility’ Ilene Friedman This is a quote from one of my friends who I meditate with in the mornings over zoom. We were discussing a different quote, when she explained her version of being present, was ‘to be open to the most present possibilities’ instead of making multiple assumptions …
