Welcome, Every morning on awakening, and still lying in bed, I enjoy listening to bird song announcing the arrival of a new day. It is lovely to hear Kookaburras laughing, or other birds expressing their individual tunes. One morning, while still in bed, after turning...
Hello, We are now approaching mid-year, early winter here in the southern hemisphere and early summer in the northern hemisphere. It has been a long hot and dry summer and autumn here in southern Western Australia - and finally we have some very welcome rain. I trust...
Hello, It is Autumn here in Perth. It is such a lovely time of the year with cooler nights along with still warm days and hints of changes with the leaves on the trees turning colour and the birds being more active after our long hot summer. I trust, wherever you are,...
A warm hello, You may have heard the saying "the dark night of the soul". Many people have experienced it. It is a very challenging time. It can be when there is a huge shift in circumstances in life and we are in a place of great uncertainty and vulnerability. Robert...
Welcome, As the new year begins, I am reflecting on a discussion about "savouring the moment". I feel we all need to do this. Our lives are made up of "moments" and many a time we are not fully engaging in them. We have our thoughts on past happenings or future...
A warm hello, In the city in which I live (Perth) we have the most marvellous gardening program on the radio each Saturday morning. There is much shared laughter and joy between the wonderful gardening expert, the presenter and the listeners who call in with their...
Greetings, 'If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change'. I read this recently and thought of this day-to-day world we live in and how we need to deal with everyday issues no matter what level of spiritual reality we perceive ourselves to...
Hello, For many years I was a member of a wonderful group of women named 'The Executive Women's Forum' (not that we were all 'executive' women as such). We would meet for a breakfast meeting each month (at a yacht club with a glorious view) and usually had invited...
Hello, I have always loved singing the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' by Cecil Frances Alexander and first published in 1848. It was known mainly as a children's hymn. Do you know it? It is so uplifting and cheerful. At Sunday School it was one of the few...