I received a convoluted phone call last night from one of my daughters asking my opinion of her choice. For that evening as there was guilt she felt.
You see, it was her birthday and she initially said she didnt want to go anywhere because she had run out of cash and so postponed the [...]
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Choices and Conseqences
Posted in Life on July 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Words
Posted in Life on July 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A fragile day
glistens into being.
I hear
your silent words
falling about me
like tender caresses.
I wonder
Do you know
how deeply
your simple thoughts
move me?
‘Be true to the dreams of your youth.’ George Bernard Shaw
Posted in Life on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a speech by Lord Puttnam, producer and policy maker, from the 2009 Edinburgh International Film Festival, I pulled the above quote which jumped up and sang in my face. In the midst of a work day my thoughts turn to what my young dreams were. Away my mind and heart tripped tpo revisit the [...]
Some interesting numbers
Posted in Life on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
10g - That is the small amount of mushrooms you need to eat each day to reduce your risk of breast cancer by a staggering 64%, according to researchers at the University of Western Australia.
2.1 - That’s how much younger you will look if you eat the recommended daily serves of 2 fruit and 5 [...]
The Best Things in Life
Posted in Life on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I have not stinted on life and living I have walked the Red Carpet at film premieres, met and grown to know people mentioned in news reports (sometimes favourably – sometimes not so favourably!) , lived in many countries and savoured and tasted mny cultures far different from that I was raised to believe [...]
Waiting – “How much of human life is lost in waiting” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted in Life on July 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I have given much thought to waiting in the last few days. What is it? It is when you know there i something or someone ahead in time and you are not quite there yet in hours and days, or even moments.
I m not a big fan of waiting and in this age of [...]
Random Sunday Morning thoughts
Posted in Life on June 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I am sipping my way through a cup of coffee I could swim in. It is thick and fragrant and black and tastes as good as cooffee smells. The cup is so big and so full my hand shakesif I try and pick it up in one hand. It is larger than a soup bowl. [...]
Body Image
Posted in Life on June 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Having a self absorbed teen in the house can be emotionally exhausting as she stares for many hours in the mirror, and everything becomes about her or appears to be twisted that way. This slender whisp of feminine possibility imagines spots where there is the tiniest blemish and continually sees herself as “fat”.
She wants to [...]
Desire and letting go
Posted in Days, Lessons, Life, Thoughts on June 22, 2009 | 8 Comments »
After my morning personal training session and as I wandered the miles into work for a new week, I found myself skirting around the subject of desire and sexuality and what it means or doesn’t mean. For me.
There is physical hunger ( often called lust) which races like an infection through every breath one takes. [...]
STRESS – 10 top tips
Posted in Life on June 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
LET IT OUT! Sit quietly and hum gently, then focus on feeling it resonate through your body. Or tune into cheerful music and sing along. A long noisy sigh, or a deep groan also helps release stress.
SWING LOW. Stand and clasp your hands behind your back, palams facing downwards. Slowly bring your hands up and [...]
