My all-time favourite word is Serendipity. I like the sound of it, all five syllables of it, as it rolls slowly and sweetly off my tongue. Se-ren-dip-it-y. To me its happy singsong melody resonates with the sound of soft raindrops falling in a sun shower, signalling a rainbow of possibilities. Se-ren-dip-it-y – it feels like something good is finally going … Read More
Ten tips for taking a shower
Do you ever (or always) stand in the shower and think less than flattering thoughts about your naked body? (well of course you do!) Do you let negative thoughts (about anything and bloody everything) wash over you with the steady stream from the shower rose? Is taking a shower a time for clarity or confusion? Are you in and out … Read More
Five ways to find your flow (gracefully – like a swan)
Do you feel like you are always paddling against the current, upstream without a paddle, or caught going round and round in the eddy of crazy busyness? Is life stopping you from rowing your own race? Or have you maybe taken a hold of the wrong oar? Do you ever feel like jumping overboard? Alright, enough already with the maritime … Read More
Mid-winter madness (this is not a sale)
Today is the shortest day of the year, if you live in the southern hemisphere. If you live in the northern hemisphere then the summer solstice signals warmer weather ahead (thank goodness I can hear you sigh). For me the darkness feels like a turning inward, a retreat from life, and maybe there is such a thing as a madness … Read More
The yin and yang of yoga
I’m off on a yoga retreat (read treat) in just under two weeks and I’m just a teeny bit excited! So in anticipation or celebration I thought I’d share with you what I call the yin and yang of yoga (just my term, nothing technical). I hope I can inspire you to give yoga a go, if you haven’t already. … Read More
You don’t need to climb a mountain
So much about how society views life is in the climb (read struggle) to some imagined top of a mountain. But what if the view from the top was just different, not better than the view from the bottom? You don’t need to climb a mountain to reach new heights.
Nothing, nadda, nix
No words. It’s not wordless Wednesday, but it may as well be. Instead its five am, and it’s frustrating Friday, even though it shouldn’t be. So I’ll substitute a beautiful sunset shot! A picture says a thousand words – and this one is pretty bloody beautiful. I start this 94th post on my blog (I know pretty impressive) wondering if I’ll … Read More
Half full, half empty, broken or whole
It was bound to happen – my hourglass (well actually half-hour glass) smashed and thousands (maybe millions) of the finest black grains of sand spilt and scattered amongst the shards of glass on my desk. Boisterous three year old boys and hourglasses don’t mix (they don’t really go with anything breakable, even though they are very precious). I heard the … Read More
Love the gifts of Hindsight and Foresight
In the end, the journey was as long as it needed to be. It sounds like one of those poignant closing lines from an epic story of love and adventure, the fairy tale kind with twists and turns and hopes of a happy conclusion dashed around every corner, until the narrative rounds that very last bend, the orchestra reaches its … Read More
Friday find your flow – just use your senses
OK – so this post is a little deep. When was the last time you got up at dawn and listened to the world waking up? The last time you heard the birds greet the morning and each other, oblivious to your eavesdropping? When did you last stop to really listen, watch and feel everything around you? When did you … Read More
Friday ‘in the flow’
This post is supposed to be a ‘Friday Find Your Flow’ and it’s Saturday already, so I’m kinda slow. Still flowing, but a bit like a lazy, languid river. That’s OK – its about the direction, not the speed! Last week I talked about using your senses to ‘find your flow’. This week I’d thought I’d share a post I read … Read More
I am funny (don’t laugh)
It’s toilet training! I know I’m all serious about balance and contentment and gratitude and harmony etc etc. But underneath all that sobriety (you can laugh now) I’m giggling inside. But it’s toilet training! No laughing matter, you might say, but one has to chuckle (to paraphrase the Queen – can you imagine her actually toilet training Charles…eeehhh?… Queen: How awfully improper – there … Read More
