I have recently been tackling a difficult area of my life. My inability to stop. Or to put it another way, my need to constantly fill every moment of my day with something. For all of my posts and resolutions at the beginning of the year about being careful about what I take on, and … Continue reading on stopping …
sitting with the silence
My intentional slowing down, stripping back, taking time, weighing each thing for the year before deciding, has an unintentional result. Silence It is overwhelming me at times, filled with nothingness. So I try to fill it. With my thoughts and plans and schemes. And then I remember ... I'm not doing that just yet. I'm … Continue reading sitting with the silence
Available
I expected that as a consequence of my wait and see attitude to this year I would be bored. Going slightly barmy sitting at home with my girls, desperately craving adult company, and stimulation above that of a three year old. What I have found instead is ... I am available. When my sister-in-law wants … Continue reading Available
actively fighting busyness
January is quickly passing me by, and my desire to live lighter and freer already seems like a struggle. The end of last year was frantic, and one day when I was given a moment of reflection by myself, I came back with two words "boundaries" and "margin". So this year I have intentionally decided not to … Continue reading actively fighting busyness
no plans
Mr has been off work for Christmas and the first week of the New Year. It has been fabulous, it has been fun and it has been frantic. Yep, you heard me right ... frantic. We have been blessed to have a number of friends back in Perth for this years Christmas and New Year … Continue reading no plans
peace and quiet
I often think to have peace, I must have silence or at least quiet. And the reality of my life is that silence is non-existent. As I write the girls are drawing and putting the pens back into a metal tin, the noise reverberates through the house. Mr is watching cricket and occasionally exclaims at … Continue reading peace and quiet