It has been a crazy year in work....our workload increases as our budgets decrease.  I work in the community and voluntary sector and also work outside as a volunteer in my own local community where I live - mostly with children.  

Up to last year, when I turned 50, I was going full blazes and then once my birth day turned, I decided to take a bit of a back step.  I wanted to do some things for me (and my sister who passed at 50), things we both had never done before so that is what…

In our busy day to day lives we often forget to stop and smell the roses....so here are some of mine (and others) musings to occupy you while you have a cuppa....

We grieve for our losses but is it truly lost? Never discount anything just because you cannot see or touch it! Electricity cannot be seen but its power is all around...such is the power of the Universe and of…

May the Light of your soul guide you.

May the light of your soul bless the work you do

with the secret love and warmth of your heart.

May you see in what you do, the beauty of your own soul.

May the sacredness of your work 

bring healing, light and renewal to those who work with you

and to those who see and receive your work.

May your work never weary you.

May it release wellsprings of…

I close my eyes and yet the Light

permeates the shadows.

I feel the warmth, the love, the joy.

Pure, unconditional.

I allow myself its embrace.…

If you were able to look inside yourself...

what would you see?

Do you think you would like

what you see?

Do you see hurt and pain and anger...?

Do you see misery and hunger?

What would you like to see?

Would you like to see 'ME'?

Who is 'ME'?

Is 'me' the person you love 

or the person you loathe?

Is your 'me' a case of

me, myself and I?

Or is your 'me' a part of the bigger whole?

I look inside me. 

I am learning to like seeing…

I recently left a community I have been part of for about 8 years now.  I am not going into all the gory details needless to say a clash of personalities took place.  Although I tried to state my case very clearly and openly with a view to having frank and honest dialogue about the issues, it didn't happen.  As one of the founders of the community it also hit me hard as I had been there since the beginning and have a lot of 'family' there.

The 'owner' of the group decided he wanted to…