Savouring Ceremony: Celebrating the Dark Days
Savouring Ceremony: Celebrating the Dark Days. Once again the turning of the wheel of the year has brought us close to the darkest days of the year. These days can be times for quiet and reflection, but also of rebirth and renewal. This short days invite us inward, but also herald the return of the...
The Fact of Universal Kindness Makes All the Difference
The Fact of Universal Kindness Makes All the Difference: As one response to challenging situations in the world at large, and maybe in our personal development and our lives, I invite us to remember the fact (and it is a fact), of universal kindness. I have noticed the kindnesses around me recently, and they are...
Giving Thanks for People Who Have Been Important in our Lives
Giving thanks for people who been important in our lives seems a fitting theme for season of Canadian Thanksgiving, and the coming of All Saint’s Day and Hallowe’en. The person you choose to remember could be alive or have died; could be a parent, grand-, a teacher, preacher, good friend — someone who made...
Focus on the Possible—to Thrive, not Just Survive.
Focus on the Possible–to thrive, not just survive. Recently I was mightily inspired by a short TED Talk by Angus Harvey, one of the authors of Fix the News, a newsletter I treasure for its offering of inspirational, ground breaking good news — happening right now all over the planet. After listening several times, I was struck by...
Inspiration For Hard Times
Inspiration for hard times is a fitting theme for our current world situation! I love the word Autumn…it just sings to me of the richness of the season: the colours – golds, crimsons, the subtler ochres and soft russets; the sounds – the wild geese, the acorns and chestnuts cracking underfoot, the rustle of leaves....
