Perhaps it’s that time of the year again, or more likely I’ve just gotten more in tune with these messages but it seems that nearly every where I turn, there’s yet another message of ‘answering the call’ to your life’s purpose.
With the beginning of each new day comes the promise of another wholly embracing, potential-filled experience, yet the presence and setting of each day anew starts long before you awaken when the alarm goes off, or when the sunshine comes flooding in to your room.
We have all been there, haven’t we? That seemingly prolonged phase in life where we suddenly feel as if we’ve been cast adrift, as if stranded on a small raft in the middle of the vast ocean of uncertainty.
At the risk of offending millions of people around the world simply because of the headline of this post, I think I should start off with a disclaimer.
There is a saying that there may be only two reasons, that we encounter the people that we do in our lives: to love or to learn.
In desperation and depression I begged, “Please! Dear Universe, we need your help. We’re down to our last pennies And we need something to change”. As my mind silenced and my heart eased, This is how the Universe replied. Know that everything, every single thing is always working out for you Everything that you are […]
What if today, and everyday, we looked at everyone, all the people around us, all the people we come in contact with, and saw Beyond the colour of their skin Beyond the style of the hair Or the clothes that they may wear
As I chanced upon my neighbour in the supermarket this morning, her usual cheerful happy countenance had been replaced by a sombre, sad face, and I asked, as I always do, ‘How are you?’ In her soft, quiet tone of voice, barely above an audible whisper, she replied, ‘Not so good’. Living in this busy, […]
There can be No Light without Darkness. There is an old Chinese saying that “It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.”
Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” ~ Shel Silverstein
We so very often live our lives in fear of making mistakes, making wrong decision. We seem to have embedded within ourselves this perception that every single choice we make has to be the absolutely correct one. Perhaps it is the nature of the society we live in, dictated to by achievement exams, seemingly final career […]
We so often hear it said ‘Practise Gratitude’ ‘Be Grateful’ ‘See the best in everyday’. I know well though, what it is like when there are long dark days, when it feels as if you’re treading water just to stay afloat, when the bills were due yesterday and your bank account shows even less than […]
You know how all those self-help, ‘achieve your wildest dreams’ type of books always always say that you have to practise Gratitude, to give thanks and be grateful for our lot in life?
It’s snowing here today where I am, and as I sit and write this post, I am so grateful to work from home. But more than that, seeing the soft fluffy white stuff, always puts a smile on my face. I love snow!
I’m sure you’ve all heard the maxim “Be grateful” and I know that sometimes, it just seems SO HARD to find something for which to be grateful. I know I’ve been there too. Times when everything just seems to go wrong, or when there’s just so much going on that you don’t know how you’re […]