A room of one’s own
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The rock
Do you ever feel everything in your world is moving too fast? And you are left searching for something solid to hold onto?
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Flying without wings
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…
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Don’t blink
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…
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Always believe
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…
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‘Get up
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’.…
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A different way
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…
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Take one step and then the next.
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.
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The lifeboat is there.
When you are facing stormy seas in your life, never forget to look out for lifeboats.
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More than a card
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…
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How little it takes
To give someone a boost. On Saturday, my husband drove us both to see an astounding vista of the Mourne mountains. We sat there watching the sun shine on the snowcapped mountains and our spirits rose. Yesterday, all I had to say to our daughter was ‘Moon Gelato’ and the sun came out with her…
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