Two nights ago, my husband and son told me to stand up and come down the stairs to see something amazing. I reluctantly struggled into the garden and looked up to see a faint version of what you see in the picture above. They were both so excited and all I could think about was how I would get inside. Shame on me.
Continue reading “Fight for your chances”
Do you ever feel everything in your world is moving too fast? And you are left searching for something solid to hold onto?
Continue reading “The rock”
I heard this week that the centuries old Moulin Rouge windmill in Paris has lost its sails. For no explicable reason. When I read that, I couldn’t help but relate. But for some reason that cheesy song, You’re flying without wings by Take That (edit: oops, Westlife) came to mind. Scrabbling away from dangerous self-pity I thought, now there’s my challenge. So what if you’ve lost your sails or your wings, you just have to find a different way to fly.
Else you miss it
My neighbour has this cherry tree that blossoms for a week every year. After that, it returns to being just a normal looking tree. I was looking at it a few days ago and realised this was my chance to enjoy the blossom before it blows off for another year. Looking at a picture of my children taken only four years ago, they look so different to now. Are there the equivalent of passing blossoms in your life too?
Continue reading “Don’t blink”
That you can win. I was reading an article on BBC news about Ukraine, and one general from here was saying that 2024 was likely to be the year when Ukraine has to concede defeat. ‘The reason, he says, is “because Ukraine may come to feel it can’t win”.That made my heart sink. The moment you start thinking you can’t win is the moment defeat begins.
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Out of bed, have a yawn and scratch your head and say thank-you, it’s a brand new day.’ Or so says a Bible club song from years ago. Is that the way you feel every morning? A witty friend re-wrote the song with ‘Get up out of bed, stub your toe and bang your head’. More realistic?
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Last week I told you I had a dream of setting my feet on the sand. The way I thought I would do it turned out to be too difficult, but I found another way that made my dream come true. Not how I imagined, but still it happened for me. I wonder if you need to re-think your approach to achieve what you have dreamed about?
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If life is getting overwhelming, sometimes it helps to focus on the next step, not whatever lies beyond that. If you’re like me and wake up dreading what the day brings, don’t look too far ahead. Even getting out of bed is a good start.
Continue reading “Take one step and then the next.”
When you are facing stormy seas in your life, never forget to look out for lifeboats.
Continue reading “The lifeboat is there.”
It’s Mother’s Day today. I didn’t get a card from either of my two children but that didn’t matter, because they both do more to show their love for me every day than most other children have to. For example, I came into the kitchen for breakfast earlier and my daughter told me to sit down as she brought everything to me. She hugged me then and said ‘happy mother’s day’. Better than a card, don’t you think?
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A room of one's own 