Come Easter and the Lilium longiflorum flowers begin to blossom. No wonder the flower is commonly called the Easter Lily. As I looked at these flowers growing among the weeds, I thought of how it’s possible to rise above your circumstances, to rise up after every fall. Rise Up Down the ages, famous men and […]
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Creativity and Well-Being
Creativity and well-being are closely connected. I find that when I’m not feeling good about myself, my creativity ebbs. But when I’m all charged up, feeling good physically and emotionally, then I have an idea a minute! When we tap into our creativity, we experience a sense of strength and well-being. — Julia Cameron Today’s image […]
Bloom Today
As I looked for images to share on my post, I found these two pictures on my phone. They’re both images of flowers that I love – the sunshiny allamanda shot in Varca, Goa and the fallen flower, a frangipani, from a path near my home. These photographs inspired me to reflect on the phrase […]
The Windmills Of Your Mind | #Wordless Wednesday
Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheelNever ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel……Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its faceAnd the world is like an apple whirling silently in spaceLike the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind!~ from […]
Need A Break?
I last travelled out of town in February 2019 when we visited Mumbai. Since we have an apartment there, it was not exactly a holiday, although it was a break of sorts. For various reasons, we’ve not been able to have a holiday since August 2018. With the pandemic, thinking of a holiday was not […]
Glimmers Of Light
Glimmers of light, that’s what I’ve been seeing through the last two months. In the midst of my sadness at the illness and subsequent passing our sweet dog, there have been moments of light peeping through. Glimmers Of Light Already, with the pandemic things are hard enough, so if there was one thing I was […]