The wound is the place where the light enters you. Rumi Life is full of pain, joy, anger—the whole gamut of emotions. Allowing ourselves to be vulnerable enough to process our emotions, express them, allow them and allow others to express them, can be a healing process. Too often we feel we need to […]
#35 Days of Dares #13 Dare to Be Ageless ‘I worry about my age.’ Worry is self-attack. In truth, no one will hold your age against you if you don’t. Remember, you are never too old, to love, to smile, to give a compliment, to think positively. Be ageless. Eckhart Tolle There’s no denying […]
#35 Days of Dares #12 Dare to Start Over So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don’t sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. Lee Iacocca As I finished writing my […]
#35 Days of Dares #11 Dare to Live —Today She threw back her blankets and thought only of today. Kristen Cashore January is a month of planning and reflection in our house. We buy a wall calendar and plot out travel and other significant events that we know of. We reflect on the past […]
#35 Days of Dares #10 Dare to Belong We exist in a bundle of belonging. Archbishop Desmond Tutu I just read an interesting book: The Art of Belonging by social researcher Hugh Mackay. I’ve read most of his books as they give an excellent insight and understanding of our society. Mackay’s thesis is: It’s not […]
#35 Days of Dares #9 Dare to Share Give yourself away you find yourself. Share your love, time, money, skills, words, friendship and so on, your life will be richer. Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste. Charlotte Brontë If you live in Australia like I do, you’ve won the […]
#35 Days of Dares #7 Dare to Retreat As part of my plans for a new year, I set aside time for retreats. I spend time with a spiritual mentor at least twice a year. I attend some form of writing retreat. Last year it was in Tuscany. (You can read about it here: […]
Dare #3 Dare to Leave Should I stay or should I go? Apply this question to an area of your life and it can be stressful! Should I stay in a relationship? Should I stay in my job? Should I stay and talk longer or go? Staying or leaving. Each has consequences. There have been […]
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller Helen Keller, author, political activist, and lecturer, was blind and deaf, yet lived an incredible life. Her words of inspiration still speak to us today and invite us to view life as something to be grasped with both hands. Daring to live life […]
