Tis a Gift to Give and Receive Freely
"Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond." - Rumi What I'm about to tell you is from my own perspective as a child and hence is a [...]
She Who Creates is the Mother of Her Community
“With food we can share and communicate our emotions. It’s that mindset of sharing that is really what you’re eating. There is no difference between cooking and pursuing Buddha’s way.” - Jeong Kwan Jeong Kwan's life [...]
Travel to Istanbul from Sydney in Three Minutes
I'm almost 15,000 kilometres away from the city of my birth, Istanbul, yet there are times I feel a profound connection with the place, the people, a way of life and the energy, particularly the [...]
Flash Your Life Before Your Eyes
Recently on my 40th, my life flashed before my eyes in photos captured by my loved ones. My partner had laboriously taken the photographs, put them in chronological order (though anachronisms did abound, where in [...]
Holiday Season Survival Tools
Tis the season, to plan. The best tool for that is the trusty old wall calendar and a marker. If, like me, you're on a quest to optimise the quality of the time spent with [...]
Don’t Take Secrets to Your Grave (If You Want to Love Fully)
The biggest secrets that we keep are those we're keeping from ourselves. Yep, we all lie to ourselves on a daily basis. You know, that job that you hate going to but tell yourself there's [...]
A New Hope
"This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are [...]
Can Midlife Be a New Beginning?
I was about 20 when I saw a film where the character at a birthday party (perhaps his?) was lamenting how before one knows it they find themselves 40. I'm pretty sure the film was [...]