Celebrating
You are meant to thrive. Every impulse in nature and the Universe is towards well-being. When we cut ourselves, Nature’s instinct is to do all it can to heal that wound. When environmental disasters like fire, earthquake and tsumami occur, it does not take long for Nature
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OK, so I’ve now discovered a fail-safe way of waking up happy. All we’ve got to do is to emulate my niece’s 3 year old daughter – Ruth (better known as Ruthie). Anna – that’s my niece – went to wake up her son Harry (5 years
Read more →“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.” ― William Blake, Auguries of Innocence It is often a waking dream of mine to imagine what might be happening around the world
Read more →Dear me from 10 years ago, This is your Future Self speaking. You are about 3 months away from making a very big decision. One that will significantly alter your life. How should I describe you? Baffled? Searching? Hopeful yet exasperated? Your children are 2 and 4
Read more →“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddah –
Read more →I’ve just got back from a fabulous time at the Quest Festival in Devon. I had the absolute pleasure of running 4 workshops on Happiness, The Artist’s Way and ‘Future Self Now‘. Everyone who came to my sessions was really up for all the games and exercises
Read more →My goodness – what a wonderful way to start the day. I have a tear in my eye right now. Do take a look at these wonderful pictures. 21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity. P.S. Isn’t this summer THE BEST?!!!
Read more →Yes, I know, I know, dear hearts. I’ve been away for 3 months. I never forgot you. I never intended to be away for so long. But one thing I am absolutely certain about is that I must never do anything that doesn’t feel instinctively right. And for
Read more →Ahhhh – how wonderful to finally feel Spring in the air. It inspired a Haiku from me tonight: sitting here, windows wide open to the warm air, the birds excitedly ushering in nightfall… Night song on ink sky Celebrates joyous day Spring is here at last! (Don’t
Read more →Here’s a great post from Purpose Fairy (www.purposefairy.com)- well worth a read: What are the differences between happy people and unhappy people? Of course, it should be very obvious:happy people are happy while unhappy people are unhappy, right? Well, that is correct.But, we want to know what happy people do differently, so I have put together a list of
Read more →“You cannot get it done, ever, and you cannot get it wrong. So you might as well relax and start having fun with this.” Abraham-Hicks I find this thought very liberating. I often hamper myself by getting hung up on doing things “right”. Sometimes “good enough”
Read more →Like everyone – Mr Benn in particular – I have a choice of many costumes I could wear at any one time. One of those costumes is a sauce-stained apron with copious pockets. Inside the pockets are a red pen, an eraser, a cheque book, a little
Read more →And this is how I spent much of it – freezing my noo-noos off on the side of a windswept pitch watching Sasha play football. Time for a hot bath and birthday cake!
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