How much of your life are you devoting to events that never really happened, and never will? Can wasting time be forgiven? A post on why it is never too late, inspired by some wise words from Sir Ian McKellen and Reverend Richard Coles.
Author: Michael Carty
Editor ♦ Writer ♦ Blogger ♦ Artist ♦
May today be nothing but kind to you and yours.
Look with new eyes
Looking afresh at your world can reveal beauty and riches that were there all along. With wise words from John Lennon, Douglas Adams and Rory Sutherland.
Speed of life
What keeps you going through the most testing of times? How do you keep up with the speed of life?
What if you always did the kindest thing?
What if you were guided always by the decision always to do the kindest thing in any given moment? Imagine how your life would be if every decision you have made and will make were guided only by kindness. What kind of world you have helped to create? Being kind to all, and striving always […]
Kaleidoscope
Your world is shaped more than you know by the kaleidoscope of your thoughts, the music in your heart. Let what is in your mind and heart flower. Change your thoughts, change your world.
The autumn leaf dragonfly (& other illusions)
The road through life is full of both realities and illusions. Can you recognise one from the other? What will likely prove illusory in the end can feel all too real when you are in the midst of it.
Fall away
Everything will fall away with time. Each year, autumn gives us a small taste of this eternal truth. Autumn is profoundly beautiful in its own way.
Creativity: Play it naked?
James Rhodes’s excellent (if deeply harrowing) memoir Instrumental includes some wonderful words about creativity.
Flex and inflexibility
What guided the choices that brought you to where you are in life right now? How often were these choices down to choosing flexibility or its opposite?
The beautiful transformation
The seed will not become a flower overnight, no matter how hard you will it do so. The beautiful transformation will only happen with time, with patience.
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