How do we perceive the future? With fear and trepidation or joyful expectation? Maybe, our feelings fall somewhere in between. Or if we are evolved beings, we’ve learned to live in the present moment and not anticipate the future at all! But how do we perceive the unknown, the things outside our comfort zone? How […]
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Recuperate Gently
If you’ve ever had an illness that has kept you confined to your bed for over a month, you’ll understand the sheer frustration you experience. You want to get well, you want to move about, you want to get back to normal – quickly. But that’s the worst thing to do – you might have […]
The Self Love Habit
With Valentine’s Day just past, it seems relevant to write about love. Self love. Self compassion. How can we make incorporate the self love habit into our daily lives? The Self Love Habit While I have written about self care several times here, I’d lie to stress that taking care of and loving oneself goes […]
Exasperated By The Smallest Things?
“How’s married life treating you,” her friend asked a few months after the wedding. “Overall, it’s good. He’s a great guy. But often I’m exasperated by the smallest things. A jar left half opened. A wet towel left on the bed. Facial hair in the wash basin….” Exasperated By The Smallest Things? Some years later. […]
Is It Okay To Disappoint Others?
I signed up for Anita Ojeda’s #Write28Days Challenge over a month ago. This is something I really want to do, as part of writing a lot more in this year of yes. Life provided me with the perfect excuse to give this up (more about this in another post). But my theme for these 28 […]
Playing God?
The other day José used the phrase ‘playing God’ while talking to me and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. I recalled a little story I read a while back that made me chuckle. A man claimed to be God and was brought before the Caliph, who said to him, “Last year someone here […]
