The Chinese Banyan in my clinic room has begun to look sick. It's shedding leaves and, aside from a few at the tips of the branches, the rest of them are turning yellow. This may not seem like a big deal but my plant, which only cost a few pounds from IKEA several years ago, was one of six that … [Read more...] about Becoming What You Focus On
Gratitude
In Praise Of The Wild
On a balmy summer's evening, Martin is round for dinner and we're sitting outside wondering if the zoom lens on my camera is powerful enough to take a reasonable picture of the stunning moon. Deciding it isn't we eat ice cream and stare out into the wilderness. "Your garden reminds me of your … [Read more...] about In Praise Of The Wild
The Downside Of Immediacy
We know that unlimited choice isn't all it's cracked up to be, and it turns out that immediacy, for some of us at least, has significant downsides too. In a conversation with my son about my disinterest in almost everything on the TV coupled with weariness at sifting through the thousands of … [Read more...] about The Downside Of Immediacy
An Antidote to Loneliness
It's Mental Health Awareness week and this year the theme is "loneliness" Over dinner, my family is asking me if I am intending to write something on the subject this week. I tell them that I can never think of anything to write other than pointing out that developing a feeling of love for … [Read more...] about An Antidote to Loneliness
Shortcuts
Shortcuts often seem alluring in their promise to get us somewhere we want to be faster than we thought possible, but most of the time they don't really work, and anyway, sometimes we use them to get to a place that we don't really want to be. I'm in the garden painting the third coat on the … [Read more...] about Shortcuts