Being part of the 21 Days has been a great experience. I have really enjoyed being a Hero. I don't think anyone can ever be 100% happy and no matter what we do there are certain aspects in our lives that are out of our control that create sadness, fear and unhappiness. [...]
As some of you may have read....due to having no car till the end of the week I decided I would start walking to wherever I needed to get to where possible. It has been a mind opening experience. I can't believe that you can have been living in the same area [...]
I had a phone call on Monday morning from an elderly lady friend. She had fallen at home and asked if I could come to help her. She refused to phone for an ambulance as thought it a waste of their valuable time (she is also very stubborn). After asking her all the [...]
When I was younger I liked to go shopping for clothes, shoes, make up, etc, etc. A great girlie Saturday was to meet up, have lunch and shop till we dropped! I remember having so many clothes to choose from that if there was a night out (and there were many) I was [...]
I had a visit today from someone close who is having lots of problems with a member of her family. She was telling me about lots of bad things that have happened lately and how they have been affecting the family. During this conversation we were thinking what could have happened to this family [...]
I woke up this morning and thought "good, I have the morning off so I'm going to get on with the ironing I've let pile up"... which I really didn't fancy doing! Then I read today's thought about self compassion and being kind to myself. It made me think "who really cares if [...]
Kindness... Being kind to close friends and family is something that comes quite naturally to most of us but being kind to strangers or people we don't know too well sometimes poses questions! Will they think I'm being too familiar? Will they think I'm weird? Will they think I'm after something? These thoughts can [...]
I bumped into a friend this morning and she was feeling a bit down about some results she was awaiting. During our chat I thought about today's word POSITIVITY and what it truly meant. I found myself saying to her 'stay positive'. She said it wasn't easy and I could empathise [...]
Staring into the garden from the kitchen window first thing this morning, whilst waiting for the kettle to boil and trying to spot the different little birds that come to the feeder... Seeing them come to my garden for something to eat is a lovely sight. And even more exciting this morning [...]
I have a bit of an emotional week ahead. I'm going to the scattering of ashes of 2 very close friends....ironically both in the same week. But I have today thought of the word GRATITUDE and instead of feeling sad about the forthcoming events I feel extremely grateful that I had [...]
