How prepared and ready are you for this year? Are you by nature a planner, who likes time to look ahead, take stock and have a general overview? Or are you more likely to take each day and week as it comes, and see what happens? For some, too much planning and advanced structuring seems…
Become what you already are
Become what you already are. A bishop used this phrase on the radio this week, and it has stayed with me. We are more than half way through the year now, and the summer season, whatever that means to you, is here. For me, that means less time writing and shorter musings. The year is…
Learning to accept…ourselves, our lives.
As we continue our musing through the 10 keys for Happier living, as outlined by Action for Happiness, we come to the penultimate: Acceptance. Once again, I am struck by the timing of this. Here in Scotland, as I mentioned last week, Covid-19 restrictions are easing and there are glimmers of hope for more normal…
Do you value what you know?
How often do you stop and value what you know – knowledge gained from the life you have lived thus far? Perhaps a question you more easily relate to is: How often do you doubt what you know? This awful pandemic and all that has come with it has caused us to doubt any number…
Walking tentatively through the darkness
Last week I was musing about darkness. This seems to have struck a chord with many of you, and thank you for comments and feedback that encourage me to keep musing. We are walking tentatively through the darkness together, somehow or other. Since last week, the news seems to have become even more difficult and…
There is always light…
It is a damp, dark and dreich day here as I write this. There is much darkness around – locally and globally. Here in Scotland, lockdown restrictions continue, and most things are shut. The impact on businesses and so many areas of our economy continues to be catastrophic. I know small business owners who are…
20 Seconds of insane courage
What would you do with 20 seconds of insane courage? What would you say ‘YES’ to? What might you say ‘NO’ to? Imagine with me your life right now. Boy, has it been a tough few months. There is so much uncertainty, constant change and lots that we are missing. And that is before we…
Perspective shift from negative to gratitude
Perspective. That is my word for you this week. Perspective allows for a shift in mindset and can expand our horizons from the immediacy of what we face in our wee bunker to the gravity of the situations and obstacles faced by others beyond what we can see. This raising of our eyes can also…
A gift of sight at Christmas
What are you seeing this week, as you look about you? There is lots of sparkle, decorations aplenty, shops groaning with an over abundance of food, plastic tat, Christmas jumpers. How focused are you on what is directly in front of your own line of vision: lists, planning, shopping, decorating, organising/facilitating/attending Christmas events…..sometimes, all we…
The power of thanksgiving
Oh the irony…talking here about mental decluttering whilst my own brain feels absolutely full to bursting. Hmmm. No surprises there I guess, and this is the real nature of the real world. There is a lot going on, and I – like many of you – wear a number of hats and carry out a…