It is easy to think that in a world of visible achievement, you are looking on with no idea of what on earth you can contribute.

I’ve been pondering over all the things we have at our disposal that can turn our bad days into good ones.

Of ‘better times’ stop you from making more right now.

I’m sitting here with what would be an amazing view if it weren’t for the rain. Except that I know what’s really there in front of me*.

I was thinking about the kaleidoscope of people who have helped me over the years and realised that it really does take all sorts.

There’s another children’s song that goes ‘I am a promise, I am a possibility, I am a great big bundle of potentiality’ Do you know how much you matter, just as you are?

So, I searched for photos of people jumping with energy and joy and the only one I could relate to was this one! I think I used to be a morning person but now when my husband calls ‘rise and shine’ I pull the quilt back over my head. To get up at the minute…

It has not been a very pleasant week; full of unexpected tragedy that will stay with some for the rest of their lives. I have to acknowledge that first and foremost else my post will seem unsympathetic to everyone who is struggling today.

I don’t know why but the word ‘pilgrimage‘ keeps coming into my mind. My cousin sang about her week-long experience walking part of the Camino de Santiago, bringing me alongside with her rhythmic strumming. Someone else compared giving things up for Lent as joining with Jesus when He journeyed to Jerusalem and His death on…

Find a sense of achievement. When you’re at school, tests track your progress. When you’re at work, often one-to-ones with your manager record how you are getting on. When you are an athlete or do some form of sport there are personal bests or step counts to measure your activities. However, when none of those…