Find Your Middle Ground

Category: Lighten Up

  • Life is like … Pizza

    Life is like … Pizza It draws you in wanting more When its good, its really really good, when its bad, its still pretty good Some of us can’t get enough of it! In life we are made up of  the same basic ingredients and get dressed up sometimes Some are more stodgy than others…

  • Joy and Twinkle Lights

    “Twinkle lights are the perfect metaphor for joy. Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments – often ordinary moments. Sometimes we miss out on the bursts of joy because we’re too busy chasing down extraordinary moments. Other times we’re so afraid of the dark that we don’t dare let ourselves enjoy…

  • * Are you a Giver or a Taker?

    Many of us when asked are we givers or takers, will answer “Oh yes, I am a giver”. But is it really so, or is it our ego that wants to believe it to be so… Are you bringing your gifts to the world or are you looking for what you can get from the…

  • * Be a Bold Writer

    “If a writer is so cautious he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never write anything that can be read. If  you want to help other people you have got to make up your mind to write things that some men will condemn.” ~ Thomas Merton This is an alternative version of this…

  • * Wise Words for Cautious Writers

    “If a writer is so cautious he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never write anything that can be read. If  you want to help other people you have got to make up your mind to write things that some men will condemn.” ~ Thomas Merton Be bold my friends!

  • * Inspiration – Joy

    “Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are”. ~ Marianne Williamson We humans have a built in default of negative thinking. Its part of our survival mechanism that the ego has reenforced ever since we were little. We are alert to scarcity and threats. So for…

  • T.G.I.F.: Let’s be – that kind of clear.

    Perfect for today! Thank you David Kanigan. Live & Learn Let’s walk around outside and forget it is raining. Let’s get soaked in all that noise. Let’s be water all day, and breathe like low tide when we sleep, breathe like dew, and grateful faucets. Let’s be the ice melting at the top of mountains— that kind…

  • * Lighten Up – death and whisky

    The elderly Scottish Laird lay near death and called his faithful manservant to his bedside to hear his final request. “Hamish,” he said, “When I’m gone I want you to take that bottle of single malt Scottish whisky that’s been in the family for thirty years and pour it over my grave.” “Certainly Sir,” replied…

  • * Overseers of comings and goings

    Overseers of comings and goings, people gatherings, dogs doing their business. There’s nothing behind the alert blankness Yet their presence is here A part of the landscape. Contributors to play and lightness. They move at night you know! I love my sheep.

  • Inspiration – Life is an adventure – Tolle

    “Life is an adventure, not a package tour.” ~ Eckhart Tolle This is a great reminder for me today – especially as I will be leaving for Europe on vacation next week. We are not going on a package tour, but I do want to be prepared and feel in control 😉 When we spend…

  • * Making Friends with our Emotions

    I am grateful to work with clients who want to find their middle ground. A big part of this is becoming aware of what gets in the way and making friends with our emotions.  This poem by Chade Meng Tan is taken from his book Search Inside Yourself. It is inspired by Rumi’s The Guest…

  • * Dear Bacon

    I am still laughing … If you haven’t come across clever and funny Piglove yet, check out today’s advice column from Bacon the pig! Dear Bacon.

  • * And Rest

    Come to a place of rest Lie down and let go Let the body be still and heavy Feel the music alive within Come inside to your perfect wholeness Namaste

  • * Still Moving

    Oh yes … still moving!

  • * Move it, rock it

    I decided to go for a walk today and had a change of plan I listened to my heart and decided to go dancing instead Yes – like no one is looking Move it, rock it and let your yogi dance!

  • * Mantra for Today – Simple

    Some days we tie ourselves up into knots of analysis and thinking. Going around and around and making a fine mess, rather getting clarity or direction. This mantra is a helpful reminder for me when I get into a tangle. “Spirit is simple”   Keep coming back to the simple and let go of the…