I recently started playing a new game… I call it 5 Good Things. If you ever take the time to stop and listen to exactly what you are saying to yourself… or more importantly, about yourself… on any given day, you will be surprised to…
Can one person make a difference? I believe that they can. I believe that we all make a difference just by the nature of our very presence here. How much of a difference we make is up to us. Recently I came across an individual…
Devastating flooding continues to affect parts of my home state, Queensland. Neighbouring areas went under this weekend, with road closures and many, many homes being lost completely. The number of affected people continues to rise. But what of my own home. Well… the major affect…
Listening to a talk the other day by Ram Dass on judgement, and how as human beings, we seem to have this need to be in constant judgement of each other. He gave an interesting analogy. He described the experience of going into the forest…
When I set out on this journey my goal was simple. I wanted to become the best possible photographer that I could become. And from humble beginnings I have improved. I have studied, and learned, and practised, and gotten better. But I have also gotten…
The other day I had a disagreement with a friend over a difference of opinion. I have though much about that exchange in the days since. I don’t think I was very gracious. Like everyone I have faults, and one of them is that I…
When you were in kindergarten, it was right and proper for you to think like a child in kindergarten… to act like a child in kindergarten. It was normal. It was natural. And no-one thought badly of you for doing so. But at some point…
My son is a very talented musician and an incredible song writer. But he is yet to be “discovered”. So he works a day job in a supermarket. He has been there for a couple of years now and is very well liked and respected.…
You must be the change you want to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi It’s a Sunday afternoon and hubby is in the other room watching a movie… Battle Los Angles. It’s too violent for me. I started to watch it, but once it gets…
For todays (hopefully) brief blog, I want to share something with you that a very wise man told me a long time ago. Now this man was SO wise and SO kind and caring, that I decided that I should marry him. This is what…
