There is a pattern with me that rears it's head, though thankfully less and less. A pattern of pain = escape. I can recall as early as primary school getting headaches as my out. It was my go to. How could I function or do anything I was expected to if I had a headache? I have always been a high achiever as well. So I can see the relationship between my headaches and key times in my life when achievement was imminent, possible or a breakthrough was on the horizon.
Read MoreSo at the moment I am sitting to write this piece from a point of pain. An all too familiar default in my body is headache. Yes there are physical reasons. Let’s just call it transition or change of life. This explanation still does not alter the fact that pain comes up in my life.
Read MoreDear Blog Reader
It has been a long time since I started writing on this blog. To be specific it has been almost 10 years. My first blog post was a scary step for me. It was scary back then to express myself publicly and even put my name to words on the internet.
Read MoreRecently I did an experiment. Each day I set the intention to do one thing above all else - listen without judgement. This plan of mine seemed easy at first. All nice and simple to jot a note in your journal and then follow it. Not. I found myself caught out many times. Yet I also learned so much more about others and myself.
Read MoreToday.
A lot can happen that seems insignificant yet in total is significant.
(A day. Interactions. Observations. Encounters. Genuine people.)
Read MoreRemember.
Remember the stories.
Remember the way people lead lives and show you a way.
Remember how you see in others a mirror of what is or is not perfect in your own life.
Why?
Read MoreIt is an interesting observation, in self and others, the words with which we choose to inspire or be inspired. Whether it's a borrowed post in social media, a quote fancily dressed up with graphics or even a physical momento displayed visually in your space. Words are powerful. No doubt, or they would not have such staying power and shared understanding across groups and cultures.
Read MoreWho are you in a digital world? Are you the collection of data from all your accounts and devices? Or are you a pattern in an algorithm honed over daily observation you unknowingly opted in to?
I wonder.
Will an algorithm applied to a question know more about who we are than we do ourselves?
Read MoreTourist update 3. Travelling and writing. Today I woke up and felt these words so sharing before I head off to my next destination.
Just a few days after the terrorist attack in Barcelona, I visited La Sagrada Familia. For me it was genuinely a spiritual experience. Not because this cathedral was a religious place, but because of the feeling that came over me during my visit.
Read MoreTourist update two. Yes I am travelling by myself at the moment, have the lap top, and feel like writing.
I am in Barcelona and love it! The kind of love where I fall back in my hotel bed, smiling, kicking my feet in excitement like a little girl let out of school. I am just so excited to be here.
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