Category Archive: Inspiration

Breaking the worry habit

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Many of you commented on how useful you found the Deepak Chopra post Time to Stop Worrying that I highlighted last month.  Chopra wrote that worry is like a mental smog and one of the… Continue reading

Getting past “why me”

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Do you ever find yourself saying “why me”? or “it’s just not fair”? I can honestly say I haven’t said those words since I was a child. As I grew up it didn’t… Continue reading

Parable of the blessing or the curse

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There’s no disaster that can’t become a blessing, and no blessing that can’t become a disaster ~ Richard Bach I am sure many of you will have heard the parable of the old… Continue reading

We are all heroes

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I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles ~ Christopher Reeve Although he never planned it that way, Christopher Reeve became a… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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The Path When you have followed the map which is not a map and created the path with every step you will traverse the in-ferno, meet the dragons and find them tame. You… Continue reading

To risk is to be free

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RISK To laugh, is to risk appearing the fool. To weep, is to risk appearing sentimental. To give without regard for reward, is to risk misunderstanding. To reach out to others, is to… Continue reading

Top Ten Ways to Live Authentically

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     “The only thing worse than not having sight is not having vision”    ~ Helen Keller    Do you remember in Alice in Wonderland, Alice asked the cat, “Would you tell me, please, which… Continue reading

Happy Independence Day!

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Today is Independence Day,the national holiday of the United States. More commonly known as the Fourth of July, it commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the… Continue reading

Lessons from the movies

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Today’s post is inspired by my friend Luann’s latest blog post, where she draws analogies between the lessons she has learned on her own cancer journey and the lessons inherent in the classic Wizard of… Continue reading

How to practise loving-kindness

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I read a lovely post on practising loving-kindness meditation in the Huffington Post last week.  A practice, author of the post, Marguerite Manteau-Rao “routinely calls upon when the emotions get to be too much…my… Continue reading