Category Archive: self care

144 – Broken angels

144 – Broken angels

We’re all broken angels. Everyday we try to do a little better, or maybe just hang in there, and everyday a little more chips away. …

 

143 – Holes in your stockings

143 – Holes in your stockings

My sister, Diana, and her husband, Miro, wanted me to come up to Auckland to be with them when they got the pathology results following …

 

142 – Trapped

142 – Trapped

Sometimes I can be my own worst enemy, especially when I allow my inner critic to have a voice. During these times I have felt …

 

141 – Under the knife

141 – Under the knife

Surgeons must be very careful When they take the knife! Underneath their fine incisions Stirs the Culprit – Life! – Emily Dickinson For 28 days my family has been counting …

 

140 – Looking up

140 – Looking up

Your life will be no better than the plans you make, and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own …

 

138 – Strangers No More

138 – Strangers No More

Seven days ago we arrived strangers. After being challenged, photographing only each other and a lot of critiquing … something happened. We discovered new perspectives of each …

 

133 – No longer perturbed

133 – No longer perturbed

There will be calmness, tranquility, when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed. — Bruce Lee Another crisis averted. After the beautifully constructed …

 

131 – The new resolution

131 – The new resolution

It’s that time of year to make new resolutions – make a push to make positive changes in our lives. I’m not that good at …

 

130 – Stop, drop, and roll

130 – Stop, drop, and roll

You’re on the top floor of this building. There’s something of an emergency. You decide to make an evacuation, out the top windows, down the …

 

128 – Making excuses is the easy part

128 – Making excuses is the easy part

Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process. – Anne Wilson Schaef Reflecting on the past year, as we begin a new …