An Ordinary Life

“The simplest pattern is the clearest. Content with an ordinary life, you can show all people the way back to their own true nature.”  This morning, as I read these words from the Tao Te Ching, which appeared on the  Change Your Thoughts -  Change Your Life perpetual calendar on my kitchen table, I was reminded of the passing this week of the beautiful soul who produced this calendar –

By |2015-09-04T18:39:37+10:00September 4th, 2015|God|

Think Twice

Just as the world seemed to be in turmoil this week from earthquakes, volcanoes and the like, inspiration for my blog this week seems to be in a bit of a turmoil too. When the weather starting looking yucky on Thursday, my husband looked out the window and said sarcastically: “Oh good, another day in paradise”.  I told him that that reminded me of a song that my bus driver

All Creatures Great and Small

I was reminded yesterday how much I’ve changed over the years. Yesterday I heard about the stick insect that my great niece has been keeping as a pet for 6 months.  I had no idea that stick insects could be kept as pets, so I was interested to find out all about it, and when I got home I googled and found this: http://australianmuseum.net.au/Care-of-Stick-Insects/ I remarked when I heard about

By |2014-12-27T13:18:35+10:00December 27th, 2014|Mother Earth|