My 3 words for 2017

As we recover from the celebrations of New Year’s eve and come to the start of 2017, people all over the world are writing lists of goals for the year or thinking about resolutions for personal change for the year. All too often, these fall by the wayside within the first few weeks of the […]

What age are we living in? The age of the mind

“You see, loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our own egotistical selves.” ― Sōseki Natsume, Kokoro I was talking to a friend the other evening about what age we were living in. Our parents experienced the mass production industrial age […]

Daily Dose of Inspiration – Surrender

According to Webster’s Dictionary, surrender is an act of yielding or resigning your life or the possession of something into the power of another; to give up or to yield to the influence, passion,… Source: Daily Dose of Inspiration – Surrender

Ruminating and how to change how you think?

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” ― Terry Pratchett, Diggers We all self-reflect on situations and life’s events. Constantly. Every moment of every day. I do it. You do it. We all do it. It is one […]

How stress affects your brain?

“If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.” ― Śāntideva In my previous post, I shared with you some of the physical effects that stress can cause to your body. The most common causes of stress include work, money matters and relationships with […]

What is stress and how do you can deal with it?

“Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are.” ― Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire We all experience stress. For some, it is mild, transient and they can generally shrug off the impact. For some, […]

Welcome to the new look

Just a quick note to say that after a couple of years, I have revamped the WordPress site [with thanks to my brother for his help]. I hope you like the new format and layout. Comments and suggestions always welcome.

Being in the Moment

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx This […]

What’s in a Raisin?

“Sometimes the world slows and you notice every small thing, as if you stood between two beats of eternity’s heart.” ― Mark Lawrence Following on from the activities at work where we ran an event focusing on Mindfulness that supported World Mental Health day; a number of people have been talking to me about how […]

What is a silent retreat?

“We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves.” ― Leonora Carrington What on earth is a silent retreat? Is this something related to soldiers fighting? A war? A conflict? This is a question I got asked recently. […]