Learning to Let Go, Learning to Trust
Before I had a child, I had always been focussed, purposeful, goal-driven. I invariably achieved most of what I had set out to…and yet, and perhaps it is meant to be so, in my parenting journey and subsequently in much of my life since, I have had to learn and re-learn the lessons of ‘letting […]
Sailboats in the Wind – A Metaphor for Living
I had recently been contemplating the message of Trust and Letting things be, when i had the good fortune to visit Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. It is a beautiful park with tree lined avenues, manicured lawns and riots of colour in its flower beds.
Defining Happiness by Redefining Success
In our modern day society’s race to be, do and have more, we have constantly moved forward the boundaries of success. Not surprisingly, we have also falsely learnt to equate success with happiness.
Living with Purpose – How Do I Start?
A little while ago, I participated in an online discussion on LinkedIn that started off something like, ‘It is more important to live with Passion than with Purpose. Discuss.’
Practising Gratitude From a Place of Fear and Lack
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 […]
The Power of Gratitude
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?
Let go and be present
Live in the present Believe in coincidences No matter how small Accept that we are all different
5 Simple Steps to Making Each Day Count
Just the other day, I had a to do list as long as my arm and at the end of the day I had not ticked one single thing off. Was it frustrating? Of course it was, and yet at the end of the day, I realised that although I had not accomplished anything I’d […]
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is emotional control Mindfulness is coolness and clarity of thought Mindfulness exists in overcoming emotional storms By defusing them, rather than indulging them.
When will I be happy?
Much of our lives are spent striving to achieve goals that we believe will make us happy. Most, if not all of us, have been conditioned from a very young age to believe that happiness is dependent on achieving goals. And so we wait…
Choose to be happy
We too often live our lives caught up in our daily grind, the early morning rises, the dashing off to work or hurrying the children to school, the chores, the demands all never-ending.
Look to This Day
Look to this day For it is Life, the very life of Life In it’s brief course lie all the Verities and realities of your existence