Greetings, As we move into winter here in the southern hemisphere it is time to adapt to the different patterns/routines that come with the drop in temperature. My ocean swimming has sadly been put on pause until warmer weather returns (and is what I prefer!!). I have...
Active Hope and the Flame Within
Hello, During the past few months I have been blessed with visits from overseas of much-loved family members, as well as celebrating a significant birthday. It has been a 'roller coaster' ride of precious and wonderful connection that gives me hope. Active hope for...
The Road Less Travelled
Welcome, Following on from last month's newsletter I wish to mention again about being prepared to 'do your own thing', 'beat to your own drum', 'stand-alone'. For many years I have had on my fridge the saying 'Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where...
Research and Independent Thinking
Hello, Not being a technical type I rarely look at facts and figures, so I was delighted when I took a peep at how many 'hits' I had a few days after placing my August newsletter on my Website (which I need to update!). Thank you to all of you who read it. I trust...
Endurance and the Ship Endurance
Welcome, Once again, the magic of synchronicity has revealed itself. Early in March this year the long-lost wreck of the wooden ship Endurance was found, after being lost for over a hundred years, where it sank in the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic in 1915. It was...
Bertrand Russell Quote and Control
Warm greetings, The following statement by Bertrand Russell, in 1953, was forwarded to me recently: "Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities consider...
Buddha Quote – We Are What We Think
Welcome "We are what we think. All that we are arises with thoughts. With our thoughts we make our world" The Buddha The above quote is a powerful reminder for all of us that we create our own reality. Are you a victim or a gloriously empowered being? Do you see your...
Kaya – Honouring Indigenous People
Kaya, Something so very long overdue and necessary is now happening in my home country of Australia. Recognition for our first people - our Aborigines - is finally happening on a larger and more prominent level. The indigenous people have been in Australia for over...
Rescuing Ladybugs and Animal Welfare
Greetings, There are so many wonderful and inspiring books to read - to educate and inform us as well as give us pleasure and comfort. This past month I have read another most powerful book "White Spirit Animals - Prophets of Change" by J. Zohara Meyerhoff Hieronimus...