i left her at the base of the mountain/ as i raced up/ climbing/ focused//
there was sweat/ it was worth it/ right?//
there were clear blue skies/ and beauty at the summit//
and yet, i was lonely/ not for others/ but for myself//…
A poem in honour of the second mountain and the journey there.
Read MoreSitting in my library after meditation, looking at all my books I realised something significant had changed. Over the last couple of months there has been a shift in my relationship with books. My books. And books in general. I feel differently about them. And this difference, I realised as I contemplated how it felt, was not just about the books which surrounded me. It was about every aspect of my life.
Read MoreYesterday I watched a young woman show herself and the rest of the world what she is made of. I watched her lift everyone around her as she ran the 10km run of the Melbourne Marathon. We were all awe struck, proud and inspired. Writing about hope and inspiration, and an amazing young woman.
Read MoreWe live well planned lives. It is pretty much mapped out way in advance. There isn’t room for uncertainty. There isn’t tolerance for uncertainty. Certainty is king. Maybe it is time to make room for uncertainty and sit with it for a while.
Read MoreI have always been intrigued by the fact when a friend walks out of your life, through the door they leave open, another one walks in. How when placing the earth over a loved one with tears of sorrow, they turn to tears of joy with the announcement or birth of a new baby. It is the cycle of life. Hello. Goodbye.
Read MoreDostoevsky wrote: ‘The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.’ I realise there is no point in arguing with the great philosophers and psychologists of our time, research studies, medical experts and survivors. To have purpose is to have life.
Read MoreWriting more freely is about detaching from your writing. That does not mean being cold and distant from it, but truly loving it. Write in a way that embraces the four Buddhists noble truths of love. Maitri, Karuna, Mudita and Upeksha: loving-kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity.
Read MoreFor years I have shunned her. Pretended she wasn't there. The writer within me. Yet she has always been me; and I have always been her. The writer.
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