Category: musings
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Mindful March: Day 7
a tranquil garden of peace Today’s reminder from the Mindful March initiative is: ‘Take three calm breaths at regular intervals during your day.’ Taking three deep breaths is always good advice when you feel like you’re about to say something you might regret, or maybe do something that you really shouldn’t, like sneak that extra Twinkie an…
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Age is just a number
I had to stop in at the pharmacy this week to pick up some pills (the doctor has me back on magnesium) so I decided while there to ask the pharmacist about my duff knee, which has been playing up these last few weeks. We talked about this and that and then, she asked me…
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Mindful March: Day 6
happy days sitting in the sun Today’s reminder from the Mindful March initiative is: ‘If you find yourself rushing, make an effort to slow down.’ There is no chance of me rushing anywhere anytime soon, ever! Let me assure you, my rushing to do something, or to go somewhere are well and truly behind me. My problem…
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Mindful March: Day 5
passionate peony Today’s prompt asks us to: ‘Bring to mind people you care about and send love to them.’ There are only a handful of people I care about at the moment, and all of them know what they mean to me, knowing what I’ve been through. They were all there, supporting me when I…
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Mindful March: Day 4
Be joyful, together Today’s prompt is: ‘Notice how you speak to yourself and choose to use kind words.’ I’ve been using kinder words to counsel myself for a while now, especially after my first big health scare. Realising that I wasn’t doing myself any favours being critical or harsh with my perceived failures. It wasn’t…
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Mindful March: Day 3
a new awakening arrives with spring I really didn’t need today’s prompt for Mindful March to ‘Start today by appreciating your body and that you’re alive.’ I’ve been viscerally aware of my poor body and it’s failings since the spring of 2016 when, quite suddenly, I had a brain fart (a blood pressure event) that…
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Mindful March: Day 2
Like many, I’m following the ‘Mindful March’ challenge from Action for Happiness. a view of the St. Lawrance river from the bois du coulonge Each day, there’s a simple instruction to follow, to help you reconnect with what’s happening around you. Today’s task was to ‘Notice three things you find beautiful in the outside world’. For me it…
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Mindful March
a time for renewed awareness Thanks to MacPsych, I’ve discovered Mindful March by Action For Happiness, and thought to participate where possible this month. Today’s prompt asks us to ‘set an intention to live with awareness and kindness’. Two excellent principles we should all be adhering to. And what a perfect month to start thinking…
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Estranged
Covid didn’t just kill millions world wide and put us all in lockdown at various times in those first couple of years of struggles, it all but destroyed people’s relationships and sanity in so many ways. I know two dear friends of mine who I helped introduce never survived living together in tight quarters, each…
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You’ve Got Mail
I was reading Veronique’s post titled, Just A Small Town Girl, and smiled at all her lovely doodles. But there was one that caught my eye and then, brought a lump to my throat. It featured a stamp and the words, Post Air Mail. And it hit me. I hadn’t had any real mail from…