Some must cry so that others may be able to laugh more heartily
Jean Rhys

"The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light."

 

                                               ~ Joseph Campbell

The difference between the cosmos and man is ou a difference of degree not of essence

The difference between the cosmos and man is ou a difference of degree not of essence

Water on one of Jupiter's moons

politeness pays

Everybody needs a little booja booja now and then

Booja booja chocolates

Everybody needs a little booja booja now and then

Booja booja chocolates

At the centre of your being you have the answer ; you know who you are and you know what you want'
Lao tzu, Taoist

Christmas came early this year with a visit from a friend who talked to me about creative living and reminded me how vital this is. If each of our subtler bodies thrive, there is no need for boredom, stress or problems. Sustaining energy levels is not about down timing or lying on the couch. Revving up your passion, searching for the real and finding your own truth is like ginseng to the soul. Thank you, friend, for this wonderful lesson.

'Live life like it's the second time and you lived it wrongly the first time'

Holocaust survivor

Have we listened to our bodies, or have we been pressured by the world to live to its tune, and ignored our own?

• Have we breathed from our natural gentleness, or from the situations we face?

• How has our worry impacted our nervous system, and our connective tissue?

• How about our heart? Have we opened it in full, to beat the fullness of our love, or has it struggled to beat in a body that is constricted by a fear of being hurt?

• Have we slept to nurture and refresh our bodies, or out of exhaustion from overdoing it during the day?

• How have substances such as caffeine, sugar, smoking and alcohol taken their toll, if we chose to take them?

• How have we held our bodies every day?

There is no passion to be found in playing small

Nelson Mandela

To worry is to think about everything that will not happen