Well hello there! There are only two more sleeps until Christmas! I cannot believe it! I don’t know about your part of the world, but here in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia … it is hot and humid! I don’t handle heat well … so I am thankful we have […]
I have a lot of things that need doing. My ‘to do’ list is long. This afternoon I had started to internally berate myself for not achieving as much as I could today, when I stopped myself in my tracks! No more self criticism! I started instead to […]
Love this quote and oh how true it is! Our busy minds, aka ‘monkey minds’, creating complexity for us in a myriad of ways. Simplicity is the key to a less stressful life – healthy food, healthy bodies, healthy minds, good sleep, and doing what makes us happy. […]
It’s been quite a while since I last posted a quote on my blog. Not for any other reason than I wasn’t coming across anything new that resonated with me. Until now. I came across this quote and whilst I’ve seen some that are similar, this one really […]
Though I’m no longer commuting and working full-time in the city, I still have many things that I am trying to do and I’ve been having a little trouble finding the right balance so that I feel I am giving a good proportion of my time to each […]
This morning after waking and while eating my breakfast, I was scrolling through my news feed on Facebook and came across this quote posted by Maya Angelou. I shared it on my Facebook page, but I also took it as a sign or omen that I was to […]
One thing I have improved on is saying “shut up” to any negative self talk that comes into my head. An example would be the Photography course I am doing at the moment. My inner negative voice has been saying things like “you’ll never understand it all”, “you’ll […]
To me this quote is quite clearly telling us that we should use our mistakes as lessons for the future. Sometimes mistakes and/or challenging times during our lives can have a positive side. They teach us, we learn, we apply those lessons to our futures. Sometimes, admitting a […]
Life doesn’t always go according to Plan A. Mine certainly hasn’t! And you know what … I’m glad. I’m very, very glad!! I have faced many storms during my life time. One of the most recent was mid-way during 2012. That storm certainly rattled me. It knocked me […]
I mentioned in a previous Mindful Monday quote (here) that I had ordered the Eckhart Tolle book – ‘The Power of Now‘. It has arrived and I have started reading it. First to address the quote for today – “Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to […]
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