I’m sure I’m not the only one who can so easily go about my day and forget to admire the beauty around me. There’s the choice to see beauty in the everyday (even the mundane), recognise beauty in the chaos and find beauty in simplicity. But today I’m talking about beauty that you see, Read more…
Every single day of the past seven weeks, we’ve had visitors. At least one Kereru (or Wood Pigeon as they’re also called) has alighted on a branch out our window at about this time in the afternoon. We know this, because we’ve been home every single day of the past seven weeks, and it’s Read more…
No matter where you find yourself, or what you’re in the middle of, always remember that you matter. You were created to be you. God doesn’t make mistakes! And, while you’re pondering that, perhaps you might appreciate a peek at a piece of wall art we have in our house that is somewhat of Read more…
I was cleaning out the very top of my pantry the other day – you know, one of those spaces that ends up with things shoved on top of other things (in this case, little broken toys, party favours, vases, candles, jars, stray lollies, the last behaviour incentive system for our kids that has Read more…
When did you last create something, purely because you enjoy the process of creating? Today, at hubby’s direction, we spent some time looking into the purpose of dopamine. At how easy it is to get caught up in activities that provide a high dopamine hit for low effort, especially in the technological world in Read more…
This time last year, to the hour, I broke my finger. Badly. It caught in the way of a heavy duty aluminium framed door, and oh the pain!! Literally and figuratively. I was genuinely shocked when the x-ray showed a fracture – but the agony I was in certainly reflected it. Today I was Read more…
For quite a long time now, I’ve pondered what joy really means. How do you experience the full gamut of human emotions, while still choosing joy? A loved one said to me recently, that to truly know joy, we also need to allow ourselves to feel the grief, and pain that life can sometimes Read more…
I ummed and ahhed about writing a blogpost today, because I’ll be honest with you, my emotions are all over the place. But even so, there is still beauty in the chaos. This morning, I found myself comforted by the reminder that no matter what floods might come (be they tears, or otherwise), God Read more…
Our garden needs a lot of work. And I mean, a lot. We are surrounded by hedges reaching haphazardly towards the sky, nonchalantly nodding their leaves at the patchy grass below. Being on a hill, the landscaping of our yard is loosely terraced, somewhat overgrown, and boasts evidence of a recent (extensive) war with Read more…
Notice – are your muscles relaxed right now or tense? Is your breathing deep and relaxed, or are you taking short, shallow breaths? Are you able to read this leisurely, or do you feel you need to get through it quickly? Most of the day we simply plow through a myriad of diverse tasks, Read more…