I have increased my gym regime this year. (You know, it is very easy to increase a regime from zero!) So I am often in those big, slighty stale-smelling rooms, with equipment down one side and mirrors all down the other wall. Those mirrors, why are they there? I always thought that the mirrors were for … Continue reading the mirror
enjoy the ride
I am the kind of person who loathes roller-coasters. I hate the fact that I am not able to know when the next turn will be. I hate going upside down. I hate the slow crawl to the top of the hill, knowing that at any minute we will be hurtling to our death. I … Continue reading enjoy the ride
2016 … fear or faith?
January 1st, time for my words for the year, and this year I have known my words well in advance. Last year was an amazing experience, a year of saying 'yes', and doing things even though I was afraid. A year of finding in the small power of a 'yes', the stretching of my … Continue reading 2016 … fear or faith?
dreams, baby steps and fear
This one is for those of you who have a dream in your heart, a tentative fragile dream, but the fear is killing it. The fear is bigger and stronger than that dream right now and so your dream, that fragile little shoot is not getting the light it needs, or the food it needs … Continue reading dreams, baby steps and fear
Sea, salt and tears
In December 1995 I travelled to Paris and studied the French language intensively there for three months. It is a city I have always held dear to my heart. I have spent the bulk of this morning on the beach with the extended family. Watching my girls and their cousins, their grandparents, their aunties and … Continue reading Sea, salt and tears