Affirmation of the week

A life lived in fear is a life half lived

Whilst at a book club for Dying To Be Me by Anita Moorjani (Inspiring book) we were talking about how simple her message is. Love yourself. I have thought about it a lot mentioned it now several times. Although a simple concept, why is it so hard to practice? Fear? Someone at the book club […]

Why not being perfect is okay with me

I battle within myself about not being perfect. I mean who doesn’t? Recently I have marveled at how incredibly strong my body is, how quick my mind is and how good I am at problem solving. I think not being perfect is an incredibly useful tool for our children to learn and so recently have started admitting […]

New year, Real me

You may have noticed that I have not written a thing since before Christmas. It is now the last week of January and I finally feel like I have something to say! I was very tired at the end of last year. I have a strange combination of doing everything at once and then sticking […]

Spotlight on Hong Kongs Protests

To get a get a good visual image of the impact the protest is having on the city check out here  On the eve of China Day I wanted to reflect on the events in Hong Kong since Sunday. I am not sure how the events here have been publicised in the country you are […]

Practice what you Preach

It is really important to me to live as natural life as possible. I use my air conditioning as little as possible, drive the car only when necessary and try to buy the best food our budget allows. Everyone is an individual and will have a different drive and priorities. Their life is there life […]

Clouds add interest!

There was an amazing sunset on Wednesday and I rushed home to get my camera. I realised that I had been really bummed about the lack of sunshine recently and about other things in my life- and like all bumps along the way they are there for a reason. That is what inspired my Affirmation […]

Every day is one to relish

Sunshine of my life

Affirmation of the week- Since the theme of the week has been sunshine I thought I would first share these quotes to be used as affirmations for the weekend. Repeat as many times as you need to make your heart feel glad!;   and