A small child walks into a hardware store with his parents. He doesn’t register the screws and nuts or any of the other materials he has no prior knowledge of, but does see the display of brightly coloured buckets and spades and is instantly drawn there. The father, who has been working on a DIY … Continue reading Awakening
Tag: joy
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
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
Thankfulness
Life supplies us with everything we need. Every day we have air to breathe and wonder to fill us with awe. There is energy which feeds the soul, if we recognise it and allow it into our lives. The blade of grass in spring-time, so pure and green, sprouting from the earth, bathing in the … Continue reading Thankfulness
Expectation
To impose upon another any expectation carries a heavy burden, for both parties. Can one ever live up to the expectations of another? We are wholly different, however close we are - our eyes see things differently from one another, our hearts long for something individual only to us - so to hold expectations of … Continue reading Expectation
Zen musings 