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All around us the sense of autumn is unmistakeable. The temperatures have begun to drop, the light has begun to fade giving us shorter days; our flowering plants die. Some dry up while others yield their autumn fruits. Green leaves begin to fade and brilliant red and gold in various shades emerge and eventually they will turn to brown and drop to form a carpet beneath our Read More …
Change is a constant in our lives. The beautiful field of rapeseed in the picture will soon be harvested and leave a bare field behind. The swallows that are arriving now in Ireland will stay for a few short months and then move to warmer lands again once the temperatures here start to drop. Nature teaches us to embrace the new normal with each changing day, Read More …
You are the creator of your experiences and no external event or circumstance can determine your experience. Within you, you have the unique potential to create the best experience imaginable. When you feel positive and full of vitality, it significantly impacts your actions and experiences, just as when you are feeling depleted and downbeat your experiences are the poorer. Sometimes, the demands in our Read More …
The Thoughts we think and the words we speak create our experiences. You are the gatekeeper of your mind. You, and only you, get to decide what thoughts get in and what ones you decide to stop at the gate. Start taking responsibility for your thoughts. Learn to manage them. You have choice around the thoughts you entertain. Do not allow any old thoughts to Read More …
This is the time to be slow, Lie low to the wall Until the bitter weather passes. Try, as best you can, not to let The wire brush of doubt Scrape from your heart All sense of yourself And your hesitant light. If you remain generous, Time will come good; And you will find your feet Again on fresh pastures of promise, Where the air will be Read More …
We are surrounded by uncertainty, insecurity, anxiety and concern. For many of us it is outside our immediate circle of family and friends, and for others it is very close to us. One thing for sure is that at this time we cannot have certainty. We are in unique and exceptional circumstances and our old familiar ways of knowing and making sense of the world are Read More …
Christmas is about many different things for each of us, with many feeling the pressure to be festive and of good cheer. The kind of Christmas we have is largely dependent on the choices we make. C – Calm – being and remaining calm starts with breathing slowly and deeply. This state is always available to you, once you choose to make it a priority in your life. Choose Read More …
Nature around us in November days invite us to slow down, while the commercial world invites to wind up, get busier, plan, shop, bake, and prepare for Christmas. We find so many things to do. Then ‘Black Friday” has been added to the frenzy in recent years. We are living in contradiction to the natural world, yet the world around us demands that we engage with Read More …
I listened to a radio interview this past week with Claire Downey of the Community Reuse Network. As she described the kinds of things that people bring to their Repair Cafés, she mentioned a badly broken plate that someone brought in to be fixed. It apparently took over three hours to mend. The interviewer’s comment was ”why would you bother… why would you bother?” It got Read More …
In the northern hemisphere we have just changed to winter-time, and listening to people’s conversations I have become aware that very few look forward to autumn in the way that one looks forward to spring – to the new life, new growth and new beginnings. Autumn is the season of completion, bringing closure to the growing time. It is a time for harvesting, gathering up, clearing Read More …