Our neighbours are moving out. They sold their house a few months ago and are in the cleaning out and packing stage. I don't know them well - we've had a few conversations over the fence and shared lawn mowing of the nature strip outside our homes and I've found them to be nice people and they've been great neighbours. Sadly, the pressure of moving home Continue Reading

The sad and worrying part of the world we live in is that there are many injustices and a great deal of violence and cruelty. That's a fact and it's disturbing and hard to believe that humans can be so destructive and out of balance. But, there are also many peaceful, compassionate people taking action every day, week, month and year to bring kindness to Continue Reading

Tip number one. Be more grateful. Tip number two. Be more kind (towards yourself and others). Tip number three. Be calmer. BE MORE GRATEFUL. You hear this word bandied about everywhere but do we actually stop to think what being grateful is all about? How do you summon up feelings of gratitude when life is presenting you with a myriad of Continue Reading

As the crowds rush through the shops at the last minute before 'the big day', I wonder how many people are in a loving state of being. I'm not talking about joy or excitement and especially not the hype that can sweep people up at this time of year, but rather, a peaceful, deep love of oneself and others - without exceptions. With the buying frenzy Continue Reading

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas! Who wants it, who needs it and who couldn't care less? The truth is, yes there's some who love the celebrations and festivities but there's also a great many people who find Christmas highly stressful and a huge pressure. It's all very well to say to those dislikers, 'don't be a Scrooge, change your attitude' but is it Continue Reading

How do you begin your day? Do you wake looking forward to the day ahead or perhaps you face the day feeling a tad daunted or even overwhelmed at what lies ahead. Some people leap out of bed early, go for a walk or run, maybe do yoga or go to the gym and have a healthy breakfast, but still experience a crap day once they get to their place of work and Continue Reading

If my mother had lived this long, she would have been 99 today. If only the world and her loved ones had been so fortunate to have had her kindness, love and wisdom still, to this day. But sadly she passed away in 1993, aged 76. My mother was an exceptional woman. In many ways she lived the life of a woman of her time but in more ways, she was different Continue Reading

Isn't it interesting how much fear is present at the moment, especially in America, but it's spilling out into the rest of the world as well. Of course, fear is everywhere, always, but currently it's escalated beyond what is considered a 'normal' amount of fear, if there is such a thing. Even if people are not particularly interested or tied up in politics, Continue Reading