Here and Now - Counselling and Mindfulness Coaching

"How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people — first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving." ~ Albert Einstein

16 Mantras to Reset Your Mindset for Joy 14. What you put energy and effort into grows stronger over time.

Don’t grieve. Everything you lose comes round
in another form.
The child weaned from mother’s milk now drinks wine and honey mixed ~ Rumi

“Stress is caused by being 'here' but wanting to be 'there'.” - Eckhart Tolle

Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. ~ Rumi

The History of Human Emotions

The history of human emotions The words we use to describe our emotions affect how we feel, says historian Tiffany Watt Smith, and they've often changed (sometimes very dramatically) in response to new cultural expectations and ideas. Take nostalgia, for instance: first defined in 1688 as an illness and considered deadly, today....

"Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray." ~ RUMI

Wherever you have friends, that's your country.
Wherever you receive love, that's your home.

Happy holidays everyone 🕊

Spiritual Fitness

If you can start the day without caffeine or pep pills,
If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches & pains,
If you can resist complaining & boring people with your troubles,
If you can understand when loved ones are too busy to give you time,
If you can overlook when people take things out on you when, through no fault of yours, something goes wrong,
If you can take criticism & blame without resentment,
If you can face the world without lies & deceit,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without liquor,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs…
Then you are probably a dog

(Unknown author)

"One has not only an ability to perceive the world but an ability to alter one's perception of it; more simply, one can change things by the manner in which one looks at them." - Tom Robbins