I didn’t write this inspiring story about a brave and selfless little parrot, but I wish I had! I found it on the Internet and edited it a bit. I hope it moves you as …
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The Brave Little Parrot
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Forward!
Stepping out of your old, familiar way of seeing yourself and your life isn't easy in the beginning. It feels uncomfortable, weird and risky. But when you persist in growing, you become stronger, flourish, and fulfill your destiny for all the world to see and enjoy!
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Early Morning Musing
When we resist what is, we block what could be. When we embrace what is, we unlock what could be. ~ Alexandra Innes
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Neuroplasticity
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‘Tis Always the Season for Giving
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 …
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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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A Night to Remember
The swing band with its six-foot-four charismatic young star singer, Ken Snakehips Johnson, wowed the revellers. Youthful couples, many in uniform, crowded the dance floor. They danced to forget the hardships and horrors of World War II...
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Rights, not Revenge
I was reading about Rosa Parks the other day. The wonderful woman whose peaceful and dignified refusal to bow down to bigotry, a.k.a. cold-hearted, narrow-minded, spiteful meanness, helped to change the world.
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Right Place, Right Time
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