The world tilts up The world tilts down The world spins, taking me with it and how could I ever think I could make everything still even for a minute When the clock keeps ticking *Our body chemistry controls so much of what and how we think. I was reminded of this last night, when […]
It isn’t as bad as we think And it isn’t as good either Catastrophising The head can be a dark place Full of terrors that we install there Fearful thoughts Foreboding Eye opening anxiety that pounds the heart against the ribs And leaves us Sleepless A few days later Things are better Much better Cheerful […]
I spent the week-end asking myself questions. There is nothing like concern for someone you love to make you pound the “what if ” keys like a heavy metal rocker… It was certainly noisy in there Desiring peace, I leant on my new incense habit until my hair smelt like a gypsy. Realising that it […]
Have you ever seen a tree uncertain? Anxious? Worried about dropping their leaves? Their seeds? Have you ever sat under a huge tree It’s bark at your back Imagined the depth of its roots Burrowing down in the earth Keeping it stable They sway in the wind Lose a branch here and there But the […]
The difference between what you believe in And what you do Is the place where discomfort arises And festers Becoming full blown anxiety if you don’t close the gap And come into alignment *When anxiety arises I know that living in-authentically is one of the major causes with me. Sometimes we are pulled off tangent […]
It comes from the gut What to do Where to go And if ignored This advice often has deep repercussions It comes from the heart Who to be Whom to love And if ignored This advice often has deep repercussions It comes from the brain The idea to ignore both these other organs And if […]
When all the world is closing in The curtains sheer The walls too thin And fingernails scratch Down the backbone of your life Notice the spine How it bends and twists And notice the gaps The space between Notice the breath how it moves within Noticing noticing everything Now My friend My very best friend […]
Cheryl Strayed promised me in “Tiny Beautiful Things” that all the wasted days would add up to something. And they are beginning to. As is all the time spent “wasted” reading – something I’ve always felt vaguely guilty about. I hadn’t read a book in a couple of weeks (unheard of really in my world […]
Reading another bloggers post triggered my own this morning. It reminded me of an old foe. Panic used to have me on speed dial. I would pick up the phone and it would race over and take over my entire house. I’ve learnt how to not pick up the phone. I keep it at a […]
