Tag #newyear

Get Off The Path

One of my favourite poems is by Robert Frost. It’s a little clichéd, but the image resonates with my soul. The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be…

Surprised By Joy

I remember reading Pollyanna as a child and playing the Glad Game and being interested, but not really knowing how to live like that. It’s taken me a lifetime to change the way I see the world. My natural temperament…

No Risk, No Story

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller There have been lots of occasions where I’ve said yes to doing something and then been completely freaked out about it afterwards. Those times I’ve done those things…

Adventures in Authenticity

  The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong.  David O. Russell Today we went on a canoe tour with a father and daughter team. They invited us to a bonfire…