Apart AND together Alone and Thriving When out walking I regularly pass this scene. A neighbour’s front garden had a minimalist design with stone chippings and a central point with a large tub growing several alpines. I would smile at the fact that some way from the central tub, a renegade seedling had taken root …
It’s Elementary! I know, the words “It’s elementary, my dear Watson” do not actually appear in any of the books, but it was too nice a title to dismiss. What today’s musing considers is the mindful mind. Minding What We Put In Our Minds Let me be quite clear from the outset, I do not …
Broken Hearts. Broken Hearts Are Everywhere. We have all seen the movies we know what a broken hearts look like. Stories of unrequited love painting an easily recognisable picture of the iconic broken heart. Cinematic beauty depicting water-colour sadness and loss in daubs of glistening tears and wistful sighs delicately streaking across our screens in …
Blue skies and the blues, guys. Lockdown Fatigue. The months have turned into years, since we first learnt about Covid 19 and began our first faltering steps to deal with a pandemic. It would have been apt to have felt depressed then. At the point where our liberty became restricted, we learnt to work from …
Perception and Reality. Carl Jung Had Insight. I think that this little unassuming quote, so easily passed over invites a lot of consideration on the nature of perception and reality. Irrespective of Jung’s theories or any reference to dream analysis I am considering the words in isolation. Just pondering on them as a stand-alone and …
Helpless is not hopeless. Perhaps you’ve had a knock back. You’re pootling along in life, nothing out of the ordinary particularly happening, nothing particularly remarkable, just the usual usual. You’re getting on with your life, in your way, day by day. Regular laughter, minor frustrations, irksome ponderings, magnificent musings, just the regular, usual, comfortably normal …
begin it now. Gerty’s Advice Still holds. Whether it was Goethe or a translator who actually penned the words; “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” The words ring true. Read them again! POW! Gorgeous isn’t it? Don’t hesitate. Our minds are wonderful hubs …
HAVE A lAUGH. Give Yourself a Giggle. It is ironic that the times when there is absolutely nothing to laugh about are the times when you most need the spirit-lifting properties of a real belly laugh. The reason behind this week’s musing came about when reflecting on life before Covid19 with a colleague that I …
The Art of Doing Nothing. January Blues. I have to say I am not embracing lockdown 2 (or is it 3?) with the same stoic, “best-step-forward”, chipper demeanour that I gave to the first time we were told to stay home back on 23rd March 2020. Since then, 2020 has disappeared under ever shifting levels …
Only the Lonely. Loneliness, The Unspoken Plague. This week’s musing has come about by the increasing incidence of articles, quotes, and themes of “Loneliness” crossing my path. Much research has been conducted on the effects of long-lasting loneliness on our physical and mental health and the findings are disquieting. There is a significant link between …
