We humans are generally brimful of intentions. Whether more personally focused or embracing a bigger, world-changing vista, we have an abundance. Yet my personal experience suggests they’re too often stored up for tomorrow. Tomorrow never really comes though. We move through our lives moment to moment. While we’re dreaming of that brighter future, of that...
We likely all have a favourite scent. That of a beautiful rose. New mown grass. Freshly baked bread. The sea. Fragrance can inspire, connect us to time, place, experience, a person. It lingers in memory long after the initial impact and transports us back whenever we smell it. Then there’s the scent we choose to...
Our every thought, expressed or not, is the seed of a potential intention. Some thoughts are inconsequential, others weightier. When we bring our conscious attention to the weightier, investing them with energy, the likelihood of manifestation mushrooms. Careful what we wish for then, and how. Intentions are powerful. When formed mindfully, through deep reflection, and...
Legacy – what we build/create and leave behind – can be testament to our pursuit of our purpose. Sometimes it’s inspiring on a grand scale – world changers like Gandhi, Mandela, Luther King Jr – come to mind, as do artists and inventors. Under the radar, beavering quietly away, unheralded, are the many bringing positive...
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill Churchill’s words feel like a useful reminder of what’s needed for the times, indeed any times, we live in. He led a nation through the darkest of days, calling into service the hearts and courage of his...
It’s often said, usually by motivational speakers, that we can be whatever we want to be, or can become whatever we want, or can manifest whatever we want. What’s noticeable in these sayings is the self-focus, the betterment of the lot of the individual. Whether be anything, have anything, do anything is myth or reality,...
For me the recent death of Pope Francis brings into sharp focus the quality of conscious presence. Of course, I never met him and yet he seemed the living embodiment of all he believed and espoused – peace, humility, simplicity, compassion for all and especially those less fortunate and disenfranchised in our world. Amongst the...
The dictionary defines intention as an idea that you plan to carry out; a goal or purpose or aim; something you mean to do whether you do it or not. In this context the intention is often self-focused, on our own plans, and not looking to a far and elevated horizon. If we look deeper...
The discovery of fire is generally thought to date back to between 300,000 and 400,000 years ago, though archaeologists have unearthed possible traces of campfires that flickered 1 million years ago. Whatever the discovery date fire has transformed human existence and has continued at the heart of that experience through time. We might consider all...
It’s said that the natural world offers everything we need to cure all the diseases that ail humankind. Firstly we have to believe that to be true and then we just have to discover them. We might also surmise that we have all the knowledge we need to tackle the challenges facing our planet and...