Category Archives: Being Well, Living Well

Doors to Freedom

Here’s a little collection of things I’m trying to turn into habits. I’m using them to avoid and even reverse some of the unnecessary complications and self-created stresses in my life. I think of them as doors to freedom. They’re … Continue reading

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Not Interested

A two week retreat in Plum Village, Thich Nhat Hanh’s acclaimed Zen practice centre in France, helped me see more clearly what I’m really interested in. It also revealed many things I’m seriously not interested in. If it’s true for you, as is it for me, that there are many things you are not interested in, then you just might be interested in this little diary entry … Continue reading

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Beautiful Backslider

A Christian friend of mine from way back, Geoff, posted on Facebook recently: “The older I get, the more convinced I am that Christianity is true. Where do you sit and why?” As it turns out, I’m what’s called a … Continue reading

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Creed

Today I decided to write out a personal creed, though ‘creed’ feels far too grandiose a term. All I’m really doing here is putting words to a few of the things I do and don’t believe in the area of spirituality. Interestingly, I’m finding it quite a raw but exhilarating experience to come out and say these things. You might like to try it too. Continue reading

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The One Promise

There’s only one promise you should ever make. It’s a promise to yourself and it’s to live a life you love. Continue reading

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The Story of Me – A Brief Autobiography

Once upon a time, on a small-ish planet called Earth, my little life began. I was born as a human, bigger than a porcupine, smaller than a cow, faster than a caterpillar, slower than a horse. Continue reading

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Advice to my 14-Year-Old Self

Advice to My 14-Year-Old Self: I know you don’t fit easily into this world. The truth, my love, is that most of us don’t. But most of us surrender to the world and turn ourselves into people who do fit. And then we no longer fit into ourselves. And, as we grow older, this makes us miserable and insane. Continue reading

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