Throughout our life we will face many battles but there are two which will stay with us until the end. We want to be seen and we want to be heard. Each and everyone of us has a contribution to make, a role to play, a mission to fulfil. We all have a purpose for … Continue reading Giving And Getting →

When it comes to what should be the simple art of communication, we waste a lot of words. So much of what we say is what we believe our audience wants to hear. We verbalise more from the head than from the heart. What that results in is mixed messages. Confusion. Confrontation. But if we … Continue reading The Wait Of Words →

It's important to be content with where we are and what we have...content in the moment...content in the time and place we occupy. Contentment, however, does not rule out ambition. The former is for now, the latter for then. While contentment and happiness often occupy the same space, they are not the same thing. A … Continue reading A Tender Agenda →

Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes. We spend a lot of time meeting and greeting and on closures and goodbyes. Some people come into our lives for a brief period of time while others are with us for years. It's the gap between the start of a friendship or relationship and its ultimate … Continue reading A Friend In Deed →

Whether by choice or circumstance we can be our own worst enemy creating problems that can be both unnerving and unnecessary. In all kinds of relationships we have a grasp on what is expected of us. That, then, puts the responsibility of delivery back in our wheelhouse. There are occasions when choice is taken from … Continue reading Better Is As Better Does →

Not everything makes sense. Decisions made by others can be hard to understand and actions can be every bit as confounding as words. It would be safe to say that the majority of us spend an inordinate amount of time in a state of semi-confusion. We look for answers we may never find and our … Continue reading The Delusion Of Confusion →

All the want and all the will amount to little other than frustration without the work. It's often been said that good things come to those who wait. But there is much more to it. Good things come to those who put effort into making it happen. Good things are the reward for effort ...for … Continue reading Want, Will And Work →

There are times when the troublesome issue of our own mortality is presented to us in stark potential detail. National, international and personal events shine a light on the inevitable. Understanding that our life will end can be easier than accepting it as fact. But there is nothing more than grief and mental torment to … Continue reading Now Is The Our →

Happiness builds but sadness has a way of catching us unawares. Both emotions are powerful. Both are necessary. And both have their value. The difference is that while happiness can build to excitement and euphoria, sadness can spiral into depression. It's easier to come down from an emotional high than it is to recover from … Continue reading Happy Versus Sad →

In conversation, what we hear is not necessarily what has been said. The spoken word can be misunderstood when filtered through the fears, opinions and pre-conceptions of its audience. Intent is not always immediately obvious. Confusion results. Unresolved confusion can lead to conflict and conflict to mental anguish. There is a danger that twisted perception … Continue reading It’s Only Words →