I’ve been having a few conversations lately about wasted potential. I was reminded about a job I worked in a few years ago where I’d go along, and literally count down the minutes. The job was fulfilling some needs, ie paying my rent and keeping me fed, but I can remember literally …
What I’ve discovered is that I’ve spent periods in my life ‘flat lining’. Not literally, (I didn’t die) but I’ve just motored on and not actually been aware of how I’ve felt about things. I was introduced to the notion that life is like a heart monitor, with the peaks and troughs …
‘Top Five Regrets, a colleague sent this to me today and I thought I would share it with you all …… For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their …
by sports people who show such raw emotion. The start of Wimbledon has reminded me of this. I love it, I find myself shedding a tear regularly when watching athletes do their thing. When they win, lose, injure themselves, climb into the audience to hug their family with absolute joy… It’s just …
Previously, I worked towards events in my life and focussed so heavily upon them that nothing else mattered in the build up. And then, once the event had passed, I forgot the whole process and moved on with little reflection. I started wondering how many of us actually tell ourselves our story …
It became a butterfly… A beautiful little quote I came across.
I was wondering where the title of this post came from, and then I remembered it’s from the amazing Holstee manifesto and went on an internet search to find it. As well as finding the original amazing manifesto online, I found a new video they’ve created – I just had to share …
“The planet does not need more ‘successful people’. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds. It needs people to live well in their places. It needs people with moral courage willing to join the struggle to make the world habitable and humane and these qualities …
This message is immensely calming and grounding. Instantly eliminating future concerns or regretful pasts. It makes me feel free.
‘The world lies in the hands of those who have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams – each according to his or her own talents.’ Paolo Coelho, The Valkyries. Personally I was ‘ok’ at most subjects in school, mediocre you could say. But there …
