Category: Life Change

  • Love Life Purpose – Grief and Family

    Love Life Purpose – Grief and Family

    Featured Image: Pexels Free Images Grief and Family Grief has visited my life more often than I’d ever wish. As a child, the nights were the hardest; fear seemed to wait for the dark before it crept in. As an adult, I’ve learned that fear doesn’t keep to a schedule—it can make its appearance at…

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  • Love Life Purpose – Competitiveness and Creativity

    Love Life Purpose – Competitiveness and Creativity

    Featured Image:  Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking : Bayles, David, Orland, Ted, Mann, Sally: Amazon.ie: Books Competitiveness vs. Creativity I want to share something that has shaped much of my life—something you may recognise in yourself as well: competitiveness. I was born in 1942, near the end of the…

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  • Power of Now Journal – Doorway to Presence

    Power of Now Journal – Doorway to Presence

    “When you wash your hands, pay attention to all the sense perceptions associated with the activity; the sound and feel of the water, the movement of your hands, the scent of the soap, and so on.” Eckhart Tolle – The Power of Now Journal Featured Image: pexels free photos images washing hands with soap bar…

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  • Power of Now Journal – Are You Present

    Power of Now Journal – Are You Present

    “There is nothing you need to understand before you become present.” Eckhart Tolle – The Power of Now Journal You may have heard Anselm’s quote: “For I do not seek to understand so that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand.”[1] I discovered that belief in anything is the vital key…

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  • Some Writing for You To Enjoy.

    Some Writing for You To Enjoy.

    What Goes Around Featured Image: Upsplash.com At some time or other, we have all heard or read the above proverb, ‘What goes around comes around.’ I have no idea of the exact origins of the proverb. But it could have had some link to the ancient scriptures because these allude to the fact that what…

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  • Some Writing for You To Enjoy.

    Some Writing for You To Enjoy.

    What is My Purpose in This Life Featured Image: Upsplash.com I wonder if the most asked question by people is: ‘What is my purpose in life?’ My philosophy is this: I came into this world naked and without luggage. After a short stay (comparatively speaking, it is fleeting – even as I live to 120),…

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  • Some Writing for You To Enjoy.

    Some Writing for You To Enjoy.

    Urge or Stress? Featured Image by wtax.com on upsplash.com An older man popped in to chat to his doctor about a problem he was experiencing with his water works. “Do you think its urge or stress related?” Doctor asked. The older man raised his eyebrows in question. “Does it happen when you have an urge you…

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  • Some Writing for You To Enjoy.

    Some Writing for You To Enjoy.

    I have decided to do a bi-monthly post of short encouraging articles. As I go along, I will post articles about writing and mini-stories. My writing and stories, that is. I have been writing ‘seriously’ for about seven years. I noticed that I have published some 820 posts on this site alone. It seems to…

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  • Christmas Carol

    Christmas Carol

    It’s that time of the year and our writers group gave me this title as a prompt. I guess the idea might have been for something traditional but I decided to be a little different. When she became aware of the more profound matters of life and began to spend much of her time alone,…

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  • The Fairy and the Caterpillar (Part Two)

    The Fairy and the Caterpillar (Part Two)

    Did you miss Part One? Use this link and catch up.   Clarence was terrified and began wriggling for all he was worth. The bird swooped towards the river, heading for her young ones in their nest. Then Clarence squirmed free and fell headlong into the water, where a fish took a bite at him,…

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