Yearly Archives: 2015

It is the season of goodwill, kindness and joy, and yet contentment is not really in much evidence. As I go about the routines of this season I am surrounded by discontent. There is discontent about missing out on a car bay, or about a package being late. There is […]

Holy discontent

18 Dec, 2015 in 2015: contentment by Jodie McCarthy

We have all been there, although only some of us are brave enough to admit it. Being Lonely at Christmas is one of the most painful places of discontent. We sing carols over and over, looking across crowded rooms, hoping someone will acknowledge that we actually exist. We sing lines […]

Being Lonely Hurts Most at Christmas; 10 ideas to help ...

15 Dec, 2015 in 2015: contentment tagged christmas / Lonely by Amanda

I’ve read so many motivational quotes that tell me it’s not about what happens to us, but our attitude to it that makes a difference. Sometimes these platitudes are like sand kicked in our face at the beach. They don’t breed contentment they breed a desire to slap someone — […]

Cultivating Contentment

10 Dec, 2015 in 2015: contentment / Uncategorized tagged #2016 / #contentment / #CSLewis / #gretchenrubin / #newyear / #shaunaniequist / #thehappinessproject / kinwomen / spirituality by Elaine Fraser

Stillness envelops me as I sit knees to chest, eyes closed and sheltered in a broad-brim hat. The sun overhead radiates therapeutic rays of warmth and comfort into my back and shoulders, sand squelches in my toes and the lapping waves create rhythmic music all around the bay. Isn’t this the life? […]

Etching words on mind and heart.

30 Nov, 2015 in 2015 a flexible life by Esther Murray

One of my biggest challenges in becoming a mother was finding that my life wasn’t as flexible as it has previously been. With a babe in arms, I couldn’t just pop out to the shops. I suddenly had to think about feeding times and sleeping times. With a toddler I […]

flexible structure or structured flexibility?

17 Nov, 2015 in 2015 a flexible life by Jodie McCarthy

I drove into the city for the second time in two days to have medical tests. I’m facing some surgery that will have me out of action for about six weeks and, having had similar surgery previously, dark thoughts infiltrated my mind. ‘I’ll start the year unfit, unhealthy and take […]

One Wild, Precarious and Precious Life

11 Nov, 2015 in 2015 a flexible life tagged #adjustyoursails / #beautifulbooks / #elainefraserauthor / #elizabethgilbertauthor / #flexiblelife / #onewild / kinwomen / precarious and precious life by Elaine Fraser