… So there you are excitedly anticipating an all-powerful, intimidating yet charismatic genie to pop out of the lamp and, with his big muscly arms folded over his chest, bellow out something about three wishes.
But nothing happens. There is no genie. Hmm, you think. You wait a second then you peer inside. All you see is swirling mist. It smells stale. You sneeze. A puff of grey dust escapes the lamp and settles on your coffee table. So that’s it, you think? [click to continue…]
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Visualise this: You’re walking in a park when you stub your toe on a teapot that’s poking out of the dirt. Weird, you think. Maybe someone left it here after a picnic?
You pick it up and notice that it’s not a normal teapot. It looks like it’s made of brass but in certain angles you can almost see inside it. It has a long sprout and a chain going from the handle to a lid that is rusted and clogged with dirt. [click to continue…]
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Last post (Part One) I talked about the differences between octopuses and polar bears and how we can relate to those differences as humans. Just to recap: an octopus adapts to any situation but a polar bear always behaves like a polar bear. But we all like a good swim (I have no idea what that means but it sounded relevant). [click to continue…]
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I have a confession to make: I am not normal. There. I’ve admitted it. The thing is I used to try and be normal but it didn’t work out for me. [click to continue…]
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So there I was walking on Mudjimba Beach, umbrella in hand, peering out over the slow misty waves at Old Woman Island. It was one of those wow moments in life when everything just feels pretty darn perfect. A cool autumn morning, black clouds overhead, cold wind, empty beach. [click to continue…]
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Since I appear to be following a theme of ‘choices’ with my hard road/easy road and left brain/right brain posts I thought I’d finish with a heart/head post and then move on to something lighter (in keeping with the theme of this blog). [click to continue…]
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For the majority of my life I have lived in a beautiful if not slightly make-believe place called ‘Imaginopia’. Imaginopia is a magical, faraway land full of wondrous things to do and see. Anything is possible in Imaginopia because it is a place ruled by the imagination. In Imaginopia everything and everyone is really creative. It’s pretty awesome. [click to continue…]
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Ah, true happiness. It goes without saying that happy people are, er, happier than the rest of us. Second only to love, it’s what we’re all searching for.
You could say it’s the benchmark of authentic living. But how can we tell if we’re happy other than comparing ourselves to others or counting how many times we smile in a day? And if we don’t know how happy we are how can we can become happier? [click to continue…]
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Argh! I just turned the calendar and it’s already May! Where have the last four months gone? Already 2009 has been an extremely challenging year for me.
This may sound like an exaggeration but I feel like I’ve experienced the same amount of personal growth in the past four months as in my whole previous life. I won’t depress you with the details, needless to say my life has taken a whole different direction and my plans for the next five years and beyond have seriously ground to a halt. [click to continue…]
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I don’t know about you, but sometimes I just want to pack up and go live on a tropical island. I can just picture see myself sprawled out on a sun lounge with while hot guys serve me cool drinks and the world drifts slowly by.
Ah, Island Life. Bliss. [click to continue…]
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