We started a new week with our guest speaker Rachel who, inspired by a previous Cup of Calm session on ‘forgiveness’ took us through the topic of ‘beauty’. We were treated to some images of beauty together with the beautiful words from T S Elliot’s Four Quartets which stirred up unique emotions in each of us and conjured up stark visualizations … Continue reading Cup of Calm #18 Beauty
Today, our lovely Lamese talked about inviting joy in to our lives during this ‘period of pause’. Many of us have been discovering joy in the smallest of things and rediscovering forgotten joys… or joy that we didn’t know we needed. Our natural state is being still, quiet awareness. It is one with a feeling … Continue reading Cup of Calm #17 Inviting Joy
Forgiveness has the transformative potential to grow cherry trees from our scars... This mornings 'cuppa' was led by Elizabeth Stopford. She is a story-teller and filmaker who has a special interest in forgiveness as a way to resolve trauma. She began today by reading a short passage from Toni Morrison’s Beloved, a haunting lyrical response … Continue reading Cup of Calm #15 The transformative potential of forgiveness
We had a reflective Cup of Calm this morning with participants from the UK, South Africa and Dubai! We focused on the fascinating topic of resilience - a skill that we are needing to use a lot at the moment. The dictionary describes resilience as “the capacity to recover from difficulties; toughness” and other definitions include “knowing how … Continue reading Cup of Calm #14 Resilience
How has your family life changed? I'm battling with being far from family, Karen is struggling to balance home-schooling and work-life. Marta is, in her own words, 'completely overwhelmed'. John is feeling resentful about being forced into a home-care role, whilst Sam is delighting in being a full-time Mom. Nick is missing being a busy … Continue reading Holding family in strange times…
"Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.” - Anton Chekhov How can you connect with nature today? Will it be through taking a short walk or a run? Walking in a direction that you haven’t walked in before? … Continue reading Cup of Calm #8 Connecting with Nature
“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the BIGGEST one first!” Mark Twain The frog, of course, is a metaphor for the things that you are finding challenging to complete or … Continue reading Cup of Calm #4 – Eating Frogs
