An exploration of what this might mean. — Joy is a word often heard, and its affiliate, joyfully. The other day in a quaker meeting a friend mentioned Joy in everyday things as her ministry, and how easy it is to overlook. Her focus for moments of Joy was all external and that set me thinking more deeply…

About getting older and laughing about it — When menopause hit I went from Twiggy lean, thin, elegant, angular a great clothes horse, sculpted, athletic, muscular, ending up as Marilyn Monroe curvaceous, my tummy pouting its extra visibility, a layer of hormone replacement provided by nature. like worn rocks, I grow gnarled and out of shape I wobble in places…

A mindful poem — I come in peace, yet I have fire in my veins, passion rifles through every cell in my body. I seek peace in solitude in quiet contemplation with the nature surrounding me. I find peace in silence, the silence of life breathing in the forest, of infinity evolving through time, …

Trying to talk to people mindfully about things that matter — I once had a conversation with someone who regularly ridiculed my spiritual approach to life. The conversation was about climate change. This person was convinced at the time that it was pure fiction and no reason to stop flying everywhere and driving umpteen BMW cars. When I suggested there was…

Mindfully finding my way forwards — I have had an awful lot of healing to do in my life. I came from an abusive, emotionally dysfunctional, and physically violent family. Then I managed to recreate much of that in my early adult life, one way or another. We often do this. I used to think this…

Mindfully choosing your pardigm When I was about twelve years old, our english teacher came into the classroom and taught me something that would start to change my world. She asked us to look at the table and chair that she had set up in the front of the room…