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Tag Archives: lifeWinterWe are sitting silently through the very first weeks of what is perhaps due to be one of the coldest winters in theView full post » Fragility“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” ― John Steinbeck WeView full post » Afterlife‘Muuu-uuum, was your name Sash when you were a kid? That’s a silly name for a kid!’ ‘Yep, thatView full post » RISK“The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, When I was 25 I quit myView full post » THIS!I was 18 when I found myself working as a PA in a very expensive law firm pushing paper around desks and drinking myView full post » practicing in publicI often talk to people about the pressure for perfection. I experience it every day in the landscape of my own mind.View full post » waves and tides“There’s something about the thousands of glittering lights, the veil of nighttime that almost makes this placeView full post » Bowerbird and the Beaches.When talking about favourites, it’s easy to continually come back to the obvious – a cup of hot tea, a home-cookedView full post » Oh hey spring.“She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: “Winter is dead.” ― A.A.View full post » Forever“I’ll love you forever Bo.” “No you won’t. One day you will be dead.” LongView full post » The swell of a decadeIt was a sight I hadn’t seen for years. Cars packed into the carpark and dozens of people lined up along the lookoutView full post » the stories we tell ourselves“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” —John Steinbeck, East of Eden The past week was a bitView full post » Sing with me.“Mama, when you sing you have to put your voice inside my voice..” “You mean sing together? Both ofView full post » Starved by adviceI’m confused. Aren’t you? Our food industry is so saturated with fad diets and advice that I’m sureView full post » Be less busy.“Action expresses priorities.” ― Mahatma Gandhi When someone asks you how you are, do you often find yourself replyingView full post » A compassionate revolution.We concern ourselves so often with how we look, with the hair on our bodies, with the colour of our skin, with theView full post » The death of the dreamer.I killed the dreamer. It occurred to me a few weeks ago as I was tumbling through the pages of The Alchemist thatView full post » A certain kind of stillnessWe live in a world where everything seems to not only be getting faster and more frantic… but louder. Perhaps weView full post » How the light gets in.It was a few weeks ago now that I sat on the front porch of a friends home with the sun in my face and a book on myView full post » Just JumpThere are times in our life where we are standing on a cliff face, with our history behind us and a world of unknownsView full post » Perspective“When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have noView full post » Taking StockAbout 10 days ago I had a mini existential crisis. This isn’t unusual for me. I have moments of great self doubtView full post » Week 40: Back to RealityLike any wonderful thing that you spend days or weeks or months preparing for – when it’s over it feelsView full post » This {+Big News} lifeFor those of you who follow us on Facebook you will know that I have had some pretty massive news that I have been (notView full post » How do you determine the value of a life?Perhaps one of the biggest problems that we face on a day to day as a part of modern human society is how poorly weView full post » The thing about love is…I’ve found that since I split with my husband, as a young(ish) single mum, my love life (or lack thereof)View full post » When no one is watching.I seem to find myself in this place every three to six months, questioning my use of social media, questioning theView full post » The juggler.I’m beginning to finally recognise that what I have always believed is my greatest asset, is actually, perhaps,View full post » Wabi SabiHave you ever heard of wabi-sabi? Wabi-sabi (n) a way of living that focuses on the beauty within the imperfections ofView full post » Taking time.Life in the past few weeks has been rushed and busy, feverish and at times overwhelming. With deadlines and work,View full post » Happy“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” ― A.AView full post » LaundretteYesterday I spent the morning sitting in the cool white tiles of a Laundromat. We’ve been having one of those monthsView full post » Live InspiredI love to be inspired. There is nothing better than that moment where it feels like something has lit a fire deepView full post » |