The buddleia in our garden is bright purple at the minute, but it will fade soon. Maybe there is someone in your life who is not the vibrant person they once were. Watching President Biden struggle with his age is a case in point.

It was mostly cloudy and rainy during our holiday in Donegal last week. As we travelled home yesterday I asked my usual question, ‘what were the highlights?’. Silence. I realised I couldn’t think of any either. Not a good sign. Then I heard that not only had my in-laws’ flight home been cancelled but their…

Have you noticed that life quickly becomes a series of numbers: how many steps you have done, how many likes your picture got, how many calories you’ve burned, how many words you have written, what score did you get in your last exam, what was the weight of your baby, and so it goes on.…

And use it to push back negative thoughts. I discovered again how you can train yourself to think positively and drown out the bad.

I was listening to the birds again this morning and the loudest ones (crows) were drowning out the others. I’ve been thinking about that today- how often do you notice when you or somebody else is talked over by a louder person? I have found that when you are below other people, it is easy…

weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.(Psalm 30v5) The best memories I have are of long-gone people laughing. One of my grannies used to start laughing before the joke had properly begun. A TV series (Somebody feed Phil) I watch always ends with ‘a joke for Max’, the presenter’s dad…

This week has been a life lesson for my son. Every time he tried to do something, he was turned back. This evening I have been thinking about hurdles as well- I’m home alone and it has taken me 35 minutes to get in the position I wanted- lying on my bed! Keeping going can…

‘today is just like yesterday and tomorrow’s going to be just like today.’ Or so says a character in Isabel Allende’s The Wind Knows my Name. Do you live a life like that? Is there anyone who doesn’t? I often think my life is a repetition of nothings. But right now I’m saying it’s got…

Many years ago, when my dad was dating mum, he had her round to his flat. It looked very tidy. Until she peered behind the sofa. That was where he had put all his mess. Do you have a place where you hide all your rubbish? Remember Monica’s cupboard in Friends? What are you hiding…

My brother asked someone last weekend if he had seen the aurora. His answer was ‘no because I was looking out the wrong window.’ Does it ever strike you that maybe you are looking at your life the wrong way? That perhaps you might find a better perspective than you have right now?