I’ve been a reader of Kahlil Gibran for most of my life, and his book, The Prophet is my favourite. Last night, I had my very foundations of my soul and heart shaken to the core, after receiving an email from someone I thought to be a true friend and remarkable dementia advocate, suggesting the work…
Seneca on Grief and the Key to Resilience in the Face of Loss: An Extraordinary Letter to His Mother I’m a bit slower off the mark than I once was, and although I thought my feelings these last few months were mostly based on betrayal, and the anger and extreme sadness caused by the lies…
The world since ISIS and then Trump, seems to have become more openly divisive. There are people on Facebook or other social media sites, who openly state that if their ‘friends’ voted for him they will be blocked, or if their friends didn’t vote for him, they will be blocked. I’ve not before seen such…
This article was exactly what I needed to read a few weeks ago, especially after feeling such angst, despair and frustration about people without dementia, continuing to exclude the group I represent. The phrase, Nothing about us, without us (apart from helping to get funding applications approved – where we are more often still…
I follow and read Brain Pickings regularly, and almost find my own wisdom, curiosity and heart have been moved in some way. It is worth signing up to if you have not already. The article below I found especially relevant to me today… Poet Jane Kenyon’s Advice on Writing: Some of the Wisest Words to…
After publishing town blogs posts last week, five here, and five for Dementia Alliance International as part of our contribution to Dementia Awareness Week UK 2015, not surprisingly, I have been too tired to blog at all over the weekend! And then, when I had decided to have another day off, this wonderful post, by…
Another one I love from Brain Pickings… and on one of my all time favourite poets! Thanks Maria… Enormous Smallness: The Sweet Illustrated Story of E. E. Cummings and His Creative Bravery by Maria Popova “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
How to Love: Legendary Zen Buddhist Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on Mastering the Art of “Interbeing” Brain Pickings excels once again! I love this blog by Maria Popova, which you can read in full by following the link in the title. I have added a couple of quotes, and some thoughts of my own on…
How to Be a Writer: Hemingway’s Advice to Aspiring Authors by Maria Popova “As a writer you should not judge. You should understand.” Ernest Hemingway has contributed a great deal to the collected advice of great writers, from his famous admonition against the dangers of ego to his short and stellar Nobel Prize acceptance speech.…
Reblogged from Brain Pickings because I really love this blog! 20-Year-Old Hunter S. Thompson’s Superb Advice on How to Find Your Purpose and Live a Meaningful Life by Maria Popova “It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.” As a hopeless lover of both letters and famous advice,…
Many of my friends have asked me how and even why I bother to write or publish a blog most days. Some days I re-blog, either when I have found an article I feel valuable to my readers, or like today, when I also feel too tired to write my own blog. I have an artist friend who…
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