In the past few days I’ve been struck by the story of the stranger who noticed a man sitting on a bench outside a coffee shop in some distress – vomiting and sweating. As others passed by – perhaps avoiding someone they may have assumed had drunk a little too much – this woman stopped...
We’ve kind of got used to not seeing beyond today or tomorrow given the clouds of uncertainty that persistently hover. With many of our everyday ‘taken for granteds’ being on hold we’ve perhaps all had to get a little better at being in the moment, and living moment to moment. And as much as we...
It’s rare for people to share much about their inner world. We do it sometimes with close family or friends but even then it may not touch into the real depths of our inner reflections and sense of self. And of course there’s also the question of the depth of our own self-awareness – do...
How often do we litter our conversation with the ‘intention’ word – ‘it is my intention’ we say, or ‘I intend…’ without really having invested in our words or the substance beneath them. At the simplest level this commonplace phrasing sets up an expectation in ourselves and others and is casually wasteful of the true...
What do we hold onto in the choppy and extremely fast-flowing waters sweeping through our lives at this time? With only daily exercise or a weekly shop for variety, life confined to home can feel like stagnation on an epic scale. We’re also looking through a window on a world changing at breakneck speed, and...