Posts Tagged ‘Mindfulness’

*+-Today is my birthday. At my age, this a cause for celebrations, enjoying the now, and appreciating what I have. It is also a time for some looking back & thinking about what has gone. For me, the past is very important. It informs my present, and my future, but it does not define, restrict,…

*+-Last weekend I was tired. I didn’t turn my computer on from Friday afternoon until Monday afternoon. I visited Mum in the Nursing Home on Friday afternoon, & had dinner with my sister on Friday night, & we made a YouTube video for ‘Dine In’. On Saturday I had Brunch with my 4 sisters, always…

*+-Where does Happiness come from? Some will say first you need clean water, enough to eat, somewhere safe to sleep. After that, the perception of what it takes to be truly ‘happy’ diverges markedly. Some think that even more money will do it; others think that finding someone who will love them forever will do…

*+-I had all kinds of grand ideas for my final blog before Christmas 2013, but in the end I decided to go with something very simple. There are times in my life, or there have been, when I have felt the weight of the world. I’m sure you have too. Some of those times were…

*+-I get a lot of opportunities to travel in my work and PhD study and have done a lot of it over the past 10 years. Some has been to far flung places like South Africa (which was the best trip in my life) and Florence (which was also pretty amazing). Lots has been to…