by Carla | Feb 1, 2023 | Food for Thought
GUILT IS A THIEF OF JOY. Certainly there are genuine reasons to feel guilty, particularly at times when we actually hurt someone in some way – their feelings or otherwise. But I find that many of us feel guilty far too often, for everything from: ~ saying the...
by Carla | Jan 25, 2023 | Food for Thought, Shifting Perspective
THERE IS NOTHING GREATER THAN ANY OF US – the being, the essence, the spirit that is each one of us. There are forces greater than our physical bodies, but the essence that is each of us cannot be destroyed – it has withstood it all. Maybe you believe in...
by Carla | Jan 25, 2023 | Comparison to Others, Food for Thought, Interactions & Communication
THAT PERSON WHO MUST TELL US ALL ABOUT A TOPIC THAT WE ALSO KNOW ABOUT, or how they excel at an activity or task that we also do – how fast or effective they are – it’s possible our first reaction might be that it is a reflection on us. We might take it to mean they...
by Carla | Jan 17, 2023 | Food for Thought, Self-Worth & Self-Esteem
A RIVER LOOKS MUCH THE SAME AT ANY MOMENT from a distance, a little like how we might view our days, or even ourselves: much the same from one day to the next. But even though the river appears nearly identical on the surface from moment to moment, in truth it is in...
by Carla | Jan 15, 2023 | Food for Thought, Interactions & Communication
OVER THE YEARS I’VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME WINCING AS I’VE THOUGHT BACK TO EXPERIENCES – particularly conversations and interactions – contemplating just how much better or differently I would handle them ‘now.’ ‘Now’ is really any point after it happened...
by Carla | Jan 11, 2023 | Food for Thought, Inspiration
INTUITION IS THE GATEWAY TO EVERYWHERE ELSE AND NOWHERE ELSE AT THE SAME TIME. The gut feelings, ideas, even images and messages that arise – we tend to think they’re coming FROM elsewhere TO us because we’re just discovering them, so it’s difficult...