Blogging has enabled me to ‘dare’ to let others see my writing. Very rarely over the years have I shared my written thoughts with anyone. The ‘blogging’ I have done has kick-started something for me – but I realise that I have held back in my writing. I’ve simply written random thoughts at the beginning of…
Month: November 2017
“Friends”
It’s interesting to me just what that simple word ‘Friend’ may mean to different people. With ‘social media’ today people seem to ‘collect friends’. How many people can we get to ‘follow’ us – to ‘like’ our comments and photos. For me it begs the question – just what is a ‘friend’? What is it…
Stillness
Being still is not something that comes naturally to most people – certainly in our country anyway. Life seems to be one long constant movement – always something to do – somewhere to go – no time to top and simply be still. I’m not just referring to being physically still. This need for movement…
A Wet and Misty Morning
A wet and misty morning – not usually the sort to fill your heart with joy – yet I sit here and find it eerie – mysterious and quite captivating. Almost the only sound to be heard is that of the rain as it falls from grey laden skies. This quiet – this feeling of…
The darkest night is just before the dawn
It’s really dark today as I make my way downstairs. I open the French windows and can hardly make out any shapes at all but am loath to switch on a light. There’s something about this dark morning that has me thinking – thinking about the dark times in our lives – and how…
The Laughing Bird
It’s fascinating listening to the calls of the birds as the dawn breaks. I’m no ‘tweeter’ but seem to recall from somewhere that you hear the birdsong in some sort of order. Certain birds begin the dawn chorus and gradually others join in. I’m not good at identifying many of the calls but maybe I…
Habits
Sitting here this morning drinking in my morning dose of the peace, quiet and freshness of this dawn, my thoughts turn to ‘habits’ I guess we all have them – good and bad – but what got me thinking today was about the habits that we want to cultivate. I’m trying to cultivate the habit…
My Ego
Is everyone the same wander, the night before embarking on a holiday for a few days – awake – tossing – turning – seeking to convince yourself that you have everything in hand, have organised well and will not have forgotten anything. Sleep eludes you – or at least it did me last night. Here I…
Inspirational thoughts from everyday life 