Category: Self esteem
Attainable, but not Sustainable
Reading this morning about career development and job satisfaction in a magazine, I came across a sentence that resonated with me.It was talking specifically about having a dream about the job that you wanted and made the point that if your dream was merely the end goal, it was merely to ‘become’ something. You might […]
Continue Reading...Bird Man
It’s deceptively cool in here. The air conditioning units are blasting and the air is filled with drying, freezing, ‘fake’ air. I know it’s ridiculously hot outside and walking past the poor Security Guard on my way up the steps to my office, I hardly dared meet his sweat-drawn face. But still he smiled widely […]
Continue Reading...Make your bed (you will want to lie in it)
I read somewhere that it was important for a Buddhist monk to make his bed when he arose from his sleep. At the time I thought it was because this activity kept the strict regimentation of the monk’s life of study and service. I was correct in a way, but not fully.Arising from sleep and waking […]
Continue Reading...When clouds kiss
The filigree branches Grating the sunbeams. Dance in the breeze, Blinding or illuminating Moments in movement. Our heads touch Our shoulders breath Together, in unified unison. Our eyes closed Seeing the sun’s kaleidoscope. Sweet grasses caress, Odours of the earth Beneath our receptive bodies. As a curtain descends Slowly across the sun. We open our […]
Continue Reading...The Last Time
When you sell your car and you watch the happy new owners drive away, you know that was the last time you’ll put that key in the ignition. When you plan a wonderful holiday and the two weeks are up, you know that is the last time you’ll close the door to that apartment or […]
Continue Reading...Fear of feeling
You know that things are about to change and that they will never be the same again. But what does that mean? How will I feel? Does my body dictate how I feel or does my mind? Messages from my body are sent to my brain and I know that those messages are translated there […]
Continue Reading...The Waiting (is the worst)
So all the information is here. All the forward actions are decided on and in place. All the bruises are healed and outwardly everything is ‘normal’. Anyone seeing me walking down the street, sitting at my desk at work…normal. Nothing to see here. But they would be unaware of the chemicals rushing through my body. […]
Continue Reading...First Draft
So the letter arrived. I was expecting it although without urgency because so many had arrived with benign content. Letters to be filed in my ‘Health Folder’ when I got the chance. So I didn’t open it straight away and it was on my table threatening to hide amongst the credit card invoices and bank […]
Continue Reading...Flow
Choose well Little Barnacle, Cling to the rock in a storm, But choose the lazy rowing boat in the calm. Know when to be the rock And when to be the leaf, In the currents of your life.
Continue Reading...The Ego and the Spirit Horse
The twigs and brambles pull and tear at my clothes like clamouring requirements. I chose to ride this route again after many months, testing the access to a place that was dear to my mind but guarded by vicious thorns. My ‘Spirit Horse’ strode bravely on unencumbered by the need for comfort or solace. The […]
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