What is your normal habit when having a meal? At breakfast, do you eat with your family and discuss the day, or read a newspaper? At lunch do you chat with colleagues or stay at your desk working while you eat? In the evening do you visit a restaurant with friends or watch TV with … Continue reading Appreciation
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"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." * Names help us to make sense of the world. Humankind has bestowed names for things as far back as history tracks and for the majority, this desire to label things, to give a unique identity, to categorize and organise, has offered some way of … Continue reading Labels
Attention
Sometimes it is difficult to live in the moment. We feel pulled from all sides; work, family, friends, social media, future planning...it can be a struggle to live in the now and let go of these. However, if we treat every encounter, every moment, as if it were only ever to happen this once, in … Continue reading Attention
Gift
It's no co-incidence that present and gift mean the same thing. What a joy it is to be truly present, not to be split in two with our head always half in some other place. To really be present and to live in the moment is the most peaceful and freeing experience we can have. … Continue reading Gift
Brave New World
My daily walk this morning was shrouded in mist – a beautiful damp whiteness that hung in the air obscuring all, blowing in clouds across my path. Instead of seeing the valley and gently rolling hills I have become so accustomed to, my path was hidden from view and I could not look ahead. Instead … Continue reading Brave New World
Black and White
We know that nothing is just one thing and not another. Every colour holds traces of every other colour, just as species are related, languages are similar, thoughts, feelings and emotions cross all boarders. Nothing is black and white and that in itself is something to celebrate – as we can never tire of the … Continue reading Black and White
Cherish
The sun is streaming through the window, warming my outer and inner body alike. There are daffodils and swathes of greenery, with the still stark branches of slowly budding trees fanning the blue sky. This is a mere snap-shot of what there is to be seen from my window. Ivy trailing its feelers along a … Continue reading Cherish
Looking beyond
How often have you been excited with a wrapped present, feeling its contours, shaking it, smelling it – only to be disappointed once it is ripped open? Conversely, there have been times when you have met someone who you did not find at all attractive, but as you have grown to know and like them … Continue reading Looking beyond
Wish
How often a day do we wish for something, how often a week, a month? I wish I had a bigger house, a newer car, a better job. I wish she wouldn't say that, I wish that wouldn't happen. Our wishes are endless. And our wishes are all centred around the ego. I wish. How … Continue reading Wish
Zen musings 