Imagine taking a walk with a turtle. I’d have to slow my pace down. Almost to a crawl. I begin to wonder what feelings it would evoke in me. Impatience. Frustration. Restlessness. Feeling like I’m wasting my time. Time that I can use more productively. Walk With A Turtle What if I saw this walk […]
Stop Saving The Good China
Recently, a couple of people on Twitter shared pictures of lovely old sauce boats and tea sets. Both these people said that they could never think of using these things. And I want to say to them, ‘Stop saving the good china!’ Most of us hoard ‘good’ things and don’t use them for fear that […]
Orange Juice?
Don’t you love the taste of fresh orange juice? Not the boxed variety? Freshly squeezed oranges…..But that’s not what this post is about! š Orange Juice? There are times when we can get quite carried away with people – their appearance, their words and sometimes their actions too. It’s only after you’ve interacted with them […]
Saying Yes To Gratitude
I love linking to Lisa’s monthly Word of The Year link up. I’ve been trying to write the post for October for a couple of weeks now, but something or the other seems to come in the way. The latest was that both JosĆ© and I have been down with quite a bad attack of […]
Just Living Isn’t Enough
“Just living isn’t enough,” said the butterfly, “one must also have freedom, sunshine, and a little flower.”~Hans Christian Anderson I’m sure not what exactly Mr Anderson meant by this, but it got me thinking about the way we live our lives. Sometimes all we do is ‘just live’. And that, according to the butterfly, my friends, […]