Together we can create hope
“Hope is something you create together” – Kaethe Weingarten I was very moved this morning reading an article on the subject of hope in today’s Irish Times. The article puts forward an argument for the… Continue reading
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Adversity is like a strong wind
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. ~ Arthur Golden
How to Build Resilience – Dedicated to the Memory of Elizabeth Edwards
To mark World Mental Health Week, back in October, I asked some of my favourite bloggers to write a guest post on the theme of Building Resilience. I want to repost one of… Continue reading
Is happiness contagious?
I was reading some research last week which suggests that emotional states can be transferred directly from one individual to another by “emotional contagion”. People can “catch” emotional states they observe in others. This… Continue reading
A Good Day
Some of you may be reading this right now and you are feeling overwhelmed by the doom and gloom that seems to be all around us. You may be suffering a health, emotional or financial… Continue reading
Living in radical amazement
This past week we saw the first snowfall of the season in Ireland, and suddenly our ordinary everyday landscape is transformed. We look at everything around us through fresh eyes, marvelling at the… Continue reading
Poetry Friday
Thanksgiving I have been trying to read the script cut in these hills- a language carved in the shimmer of stubble and the solid lines of soil, spoken in the thud of… Continue reading
How to be beautiful
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation,… Continue reading
Are we addicted to suffering?
Isha Judd, Australian spiritual teacher and the author of “Why Walk When You Can Fly?” has something quite profound to say on the subject of suffering which I would like to share with you today. … Continue reading
The story of the cracked pot
A waterbearer in India had two large pots, one hung on each end of a pole, which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it. While the… Continue reading
