A successful businessman was riding his fancy car down a street when he saw a kid run out onto his path. He slowed down, and as he passed the boy, a brick smashed into his car’s door. He instantly slammed the brakes and reversed to the spot from where the brick…
Posts tagged as “mindfulness”
Everything we experience makes us stronger in some way or other. When we have downs, the ups become even more precious. No Mud No Lotus. No rain, no flowers. I realize this every single day. Life is the biggest expert curveball thrower I know, and rather than worry about it, I’ve…
I read a superb book some years ago. Let me share something I read in it, with you. You have a photo album or albums, right? Doesn’t matter if it is digital or the physical kind. In these, you keep memories of happy times. Maybe there’s a photo… … of you…
Did you know you can have too much of a good thing? That less is more? Of course, you do! We’ve all grown up hearing that bit of advice. When you have too much of something, it is almost always bad. Case in point: Arsenic, a naturally occurring chemical. It is…
The opposite of “Don’t just stand there! Do something” We’re all so caught up with doing rather than being that it feels like a luxury to pause even for a moment. We are tuned to be on the move, running, mostly via the keyboard and watching our lives play out on…
We spent almost all day in hospital yesterday. It was time for my husband’s follow up visit after two weeks on a new medicine. This meant blood tests before starting these meds and blood tests after two weeks to see their effect on his system. Apparently, these have a load of…
As we rush through life trying desperately to cross things off our ever-growing to-do list, we need to take time to pause, catch our breath, and take stock. We have to realize that we must stop being that man on the horse. Perhaps we could even recognize that to be truly…