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Change

Change is often said to be the only constant in one’s life.That doesn’t mean people like change. In fact, many don’t! It seems to be basic human nature to resist changes, especially drastic ones. Fear of change keeps people stuck.Change is a variation in the common or known way of doing things.One of the reasons why people tend to counteract changes is to maintain the status quo. It’s convenient to continue doing something as it always has been done. Learning new things can be challengin...

Chai Tea

It’s Winter. Well, at least here in the Southern Hemisphere it is.For me winter calls me inside, both physically into the house and spiritually and emotionally inside myself.I adjust my waking times, I adjust my bed times, I adjust the food I eat, I take hot baths, I put blankets out that otherwise live in the cupboard, I find myself socialising less, particularly in the evenings when it’s just too cosy at home to bother going out. I definitely light candles. Having grown up in Germany,...

Being Very, Very Present

So, a little while back I stayed with my mother for a couple of nights.  I usually stay at friends when I visit her town, as she forgets that I am there and then gets a fright each morning when I come out of my room, but the friend’s guest room was being used and so I stayed with her. As you might have guessed my mother’s short-term memory isn’t working so well anymore. In fact, it is getting shorter all the time.Anyway, that morning I heard her get up and walk into the kitchen a...