As we approached the Church, I took photos to try and capture its elegance and simplicity. We walked around it during Mass because it was bursting with people. Both doors had people spilling out of them. A lovely expression of devotion. Mass was completed within a few minutes and we Read more…
Something happened to me recently. A series of events made me realise that my compassion for others shouldn’t depend on them going through a crisis of some sort! Here’s what he did to ME! So we moved home, and the following is a brief description of what happened within a few days Read more…
A new trend… Over the last year or so, I’ve been aware of an increasing number of people who are hurting others, possibly without realising. I hear you asking ‘How can you hurt someone and not realise?!!?’ Delivering feedback, criticism and complaining I’ve been at the other end of aggressive, Read more…
Have you ever been in a situation when someone argued a point so passionately, that you felt they wouldn’t ever budge from that decision? They were so adamant that for one minute, you wouldn’t even entertain the possibility that they would change their mind. They were so convincing that you Read more…
I had written a very different version of this article a few weeks ago, and I’m so glad that I didn’t publish it. It was full of negativity! I’ve had some time to reflect on the events that took place, and they way I felt about them; and that made Read more…
Disability “What? Disabled. You? No way! I don’t think you even know what it means!” That’s what I heard in someone’s voice when I was speaking to them about being what happened to me on Wednesday 14th September. I get it. There are so many opinions about what ‘counts’ as a Read more…
Spending time in Sayla A few years ago, I spent just over 2 months in the Shree Raj Saubhag Satsang Mandal Ashram in Sayla, India. It was the first time I’d stayed beyond 2 weeks. I left London with mixed feelings about the trip, because it was clear that some people thought Read more…
