Mary Niker Mindfulness

06/10/2026

26/09/2026

“There is within each one of us a potential for goodness beyond our imagining; for giving which seeks no reward; for listening without judgment; for loving unconditionally.”
Dr Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Emmanuel Sougez - Two women looking out to sea, 1920.

26/09/2026

“Dogs die. But dogs live, too. Right up until they die, they live. They live brave, beautiful lives. They protect their families. And love us. And make our lives a little brighter. And they don't waste time being afraid of tomorrow.”
Dan Gemeinhart - The Honest Truth.

Peder Severin Krøyer - Summer Evening at Skagen, The Artist's Wife and Dog, 1892.

26/09/2026

Don't Just
by Roy T. Bennett,
The Light in the Heart

Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live.

[Image: An Italian Woman Knitting on a Stone Stair (1926) oil painting on canvas by Danish artist Peder Mønsted (1859-1941).]

Poetry, Tea and Me

26/09/2026

“Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning, but 'steal' some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be." 🧡🌻

- Albert Camus

(art: Jane Newland)

25/09/2026

"The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to." - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, On Grief and Grieving

(Photo: Joseph Charroy)

25/09/2026

"Every soul has something to give, so find out what you have to give and then give it. Never forget there are many levels on which you can give."

💗 Guidance received by Eileen Caddy for today, from 'Opening Doors Within'

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25/09/2026

And, one day
I looked back for you
But you weren’t there anymore
A stranger did I see
Looking back at me
And, in that very moment
I did promise
That I would keep on looking back for you
As I know
One day
I will
See you again

A Poem by Athey Thompson
Taken from A Little Book Of Poetry
by Athey Thompson.
Art by Lucy Campbell

22/09/2026

One of the qualities that you can develop, particularly in your older years, is a sense of great compassion for yourself.

When you visit the wounds within the temple of memory, you should not blame yourself for making bad mistakes that you greatly regret.

Sometimes you have grown unexpectedly through these mistakes.

Frequently, in a journey of the soul, the most precious moments are the mistakes. They have brought you to a place that you would otherwise have always avoided.

You should bring a compassionate mindfulness to your mistakes and wounds.

Endeavor to inhabit the rhythm you were in at that time. If you visit this configuration of your soul with forgiveness in your heart, it will fall into place itself.

When you forgive yourself, the inner wounds begin to heal.

You come in out of the exile of hurt into the joy of inner belonging.
~JOHN O'DONOHUE~

Excerpt from the book, Anam Cara,
25th Anniversary Edition.
https://johnodonohue.com/anam-cara

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