If a person is hungry, we should give them bread. When there is no bread, we can at least give words that nourish. To a person who looks ill or is physically frail, we can …
Author: Alexandra Innes
Buddhism-based encourager
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‘Tis Always the Season for Giving
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Start Again
Could there be such a miracle, she wondered, such a flowering of the human heart where once it was torn apart from itself...
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Tell Me a Story
I’ve been thinking about stories recently. How they get dismissed as non-essential to life, when, in fact, to quote author Philip Pullman, “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in …
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Oneness
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How to Make Your Life Blossom
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Your Voice Matters
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From Nothing to Everything
Something very interesting happened this week...
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Shine on
Do you have something you treasure? Saion, the sage-reformer of the ancient Ryukyu Kingdom (present-day Okinawa in Japan) told a story about an elderly man who helped a young boy learn what is truly worth …
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Trust…
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Mirror, Mirror
One of my favourite Buddhist teachings is the Oneness of Self and Environment. Basically, it means that your inner life creates your outer life. I came across a cute story years ago that illustrates this …
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