Generosity and Kindness – Creating contentment all around
A good friend of mine brought me some lovely fruit which comprised of pears bought at a slashed price from the bargain shelf in one of the supermarkets, apples left out on walls as spare from windfall and some delicious juicy oranges with lots of seeds, available from a car boot sale by the bagful. […]
Getting It Right – And making it work well for you
You will have challenges in your life that you have to overcome, and it doesn’t matter if they are bigger or smaller than the challenges other people have to face. If it’s a challenge, it’s a challenge, and therefore requires some attention. Add to that the fact that there is absolutely no point in comparing […]
Managing Energy – Incorporating all kinds of days
Kim Witten, PhD wrote a great article on Medium entitled “Stop Trying to Manage Your Time”, in which she gave us lots of alternatives to try-out. I particularly liked Dr Witten’s focus on managing energy rather than time, and her reminder that small actions can have a huge impact on our wellbeing (She gave the example of removing a […]
Love Beyond A Box – A tale of two realities
1 No matter which way I turn, or how I express or present myself, I remain restless, despite the busy family life. Perhaps turning 60 scratches at my tranquillity.I make the most of the time, though. I finish preparing the food for Maria’s return from an afternoon out with the grandchildren. We take it in […]
Choices – Driven by experience or expediency
“Only the madman is absolutely sure.” — Robert Anton Wilson Many things fail to launch in our lives. As we grow older, we realise just how long that list is. Even the things we think we know quite well, might just be a small subset of all there is to know on the subject. I […]
Walking in Bristol (UK) – And finding carvings from trees in Purdown
* Photographs by Sandy are provided with permission to use in this post When I encountered Purdown during the Autumn of last year, I was quite taken by the bright sunshine, the clouds and the great views, finding a huge tract of land, running down into Stoke Gifford and Stoke Park in one direction, and […]
An A-Z of Equality – Equal rights and equality of opportunity is everything
A lways thinking about equality can beB etter for everyone, itC an change the world for the better, andD elivers results when positive actions are takenE qual rights and equality of opportunity is everythingF air societies can work better, and that isG reat news for minorities, itH elps the downtroddenI nquiries help to answer questionsJ […]
Taking Time To Tick – Meandering moments
time fliesuntil you startwatching the clockor until you look to seewhere time has gonesee what effect it has hadon your song do you feel that you belong?are you having fun yet?keep on asking foreverbut never, everstop doing whatyou’re doingwhatever that may bethat keeps you feeling youngand helps to keep you free and only when you […]
Writing for Wellbeing – I take a step forward this week
This week, I was accepted on to an MA degree programme on Creative Writing and Wellbeing at Teesside University in the UK. This is not a subject that I am unfamiliar with, particularly as I have spent the last 6 years in a writing group for wellbeing, initially run expertly and independently in UK Bristol […]
The Journey There – And the rhythm…
He feels it rather than hears it. It is like a deep, piercing, heart-felt, gut-wrenching feeling that tears his limbs apart. And yet, it is also a sound screeching out of the earth and the sea, sent, like a screaming banshee from the heart of his homeland to the depths of his mind, insistent, taking […]