Reading John O’Donohue’s words (shared below) on the altar of dawn has evoked mixed feelings in me. I place on the altar of dawn:The quiet loyalty of breath,The tent of thought where I shelter,Waves of desire I am shore toAnd all beauty drawn to the eye.May my mind come alive todayTo the invisible geographyThat invites […]
Flowing Productively
Here’s what I wrote at the start of the month in my Word of The Year notebook: August is my month. The month I was born and I’m drawn to making it a very special August. I sense that I am on the cusp of something good within. More clarity, more focus. Choosing to be […]
A Chance I Didn’t Take
There was once a chance I didn’t take. Yes, back when I finished college, I wanted to be a journalist. But somehow I didn’t seem to have the guts to pursue that. I was ‘impressed’ by someone who told me how hard it was – and I gave up too easily. Maybe, I would have […]
17 Seconds
Last week, I shared how I made myself vulnerable and asked an old friend advice about how to move forward with my work. We had a great chat and one of the things we discussed was how we often don’t follow up on our dreams. That’s when he mentioned how it can take 17 seconds […]
What Stereotype Do You Hold Of Yourself ?
What is a stereotype? The Oxford dictionary describes it as : Stereotype: A widely held but fixed over simplified image or idea of a particular person We all hold stereotypes of others. In snap judgements we decide whether someone is beautiful, handsome, evil, kind, based on our stereotyping of what these qualities look like on […]