“I often daydream about the woman I’ll be when i leave the rush of my insecure twenties and pick up self-assurance on the way.

I can’t wait to make my eighteen-year-old self jealous of the hell i raise roaring into my thirties and forties.

My soul becoming more potent with age, at fifty I’ll sit with my wrinkles and silver hair laughing about the adventures we’ve had together, talking about the countless more in the decades ahead.

What a privilege it is to grow into the finest version of myself.”

Rupi Kaur - Aging

“A winter's day, in a deep and dark December. I am alone. Gazing from my window to the streets below, on a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock I am an island. I've built walls;a fortress deep and mighty. That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship, friendship causes pain. It's laughter and it's loving I disdain. I am a rock I am an island. Don't talk of love. Well I've heard the word before. It's sleeping in my memory. I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried. I am a rock I am an island. I have my books, and my poetry to protect me. I am shielded in my armor. Hiding in my room safe within my womb, I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock I am an island”

Paul Simon

“When authentic creative inspiration first strikes you, you are not yet the person who can bring your vision to fulfilment.  But embark on the journey, and the path will shape you into the creator you need to become.  Blocks are obstacles to make you pause and consider where you may need to develop your strengths, adjust your direction, or merely rest and recuperate for a while.  You might even meet a guide along the way…”  Rowena Roberts.

Solstice is long past, darkness is turning to light, and Spring is coming…

“Nothing new has ever entered this world without someone(s) who first imagined a possibility that others could not yet see or   believe in—and then brought realities into  being that most could later not imagine the world without.”

Krista Tippett

Hope, Imagination & Remaking The World.

“The river flows, it flows to the sea,

Wherever that river goes,

That’s where I want to be,

Flow river flow.”

Ballad of Easy Rider; The Byrds.

“Sharing my lovely friend, Elaine’s, page. If you find the power of words interesting, she’s always a reliably calm voice full of kindness and wisdom—seems like more of that is needed at the moment, so give her a follow.  Very touched to be included in her tags of inspirational women on International Women’s Day.” 

Joss Hooren.

“The wind brushes against the trees, but it never stays o see if they move.”

Anon.

May your life be a prayer. And may you be open with God as you are more and more open to your role in the ongoing creation of the world.”

Rob Bell: NOOMA; Open

With credit to Rowena Roberts from Words Inspire for her image and thanks for her inspiration.

“Remember, the time of year when the future appears, like a blank sheet of paper, a clean calendar, a new chance. On thick white snow, you vow fresh footprints, then watch them go, with the wind’s hearty gust. Fill your glass. Here’s tae us. Promises made to be broken, made to last.”

Jackie Kay

“In our post-truth culture our stories are the most powerful way to communicate.”

 Leslie Leyland Fields

“If every single person who has liked you in your lifetime, were to light up on a map, it would create the most glitteringly beautiful network you could imagine... You’re trailing a bright pathway that you don’t even know about.  What a thing.  What a thing indeed.”

Donna Ashworth.

“One day the mountain that is in front of you will be so far behind you, it will barely be visible in the distance.  But the person you become in learning to get over it?  That will stay with you forever.  And that is the point of the mountain.” 

Brianna Wiest

Sometimes I mentally punish myself for unproductive days, but then I remind myself breaks are necessary. Don't feel guilty for putting something on pause temporarily while you reconnect with yourself to find balance. Remember, your health and family come first.

Megann Roxanne

There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done. Nothing you can make that can’t be made. No-one you can save that can’t be saved. Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time. It’s easy.”

John Lennon

“You can do it like it’s a great weight on you, or you can do it like it’s part of the dance.”

Ram Dass

(Marlborough, NZ)

The whisper of dawn, when the house is still in slumber, allowing you to savour the stillness or enjoy a cup of coffee before the day begins.

(Ubud, Bali)

“It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world.” Mary Oliver

(Venice, Italy)

How to shop with a bookworm: enter store; keep eyes on your bookworm at all times; wow ok you lost them; they’re gone forever now.

Hillbillies Bookshop, Gairloch

“Seeding beautiful words is an act of radical hope that words make worlds.” Sue Heatherington