Be Gentle
Be Gentle With Yourself
When was the last time you stopped to take a few moments to really look after yourself? Quit telling yourself you’re not smart enough, thin enough, rich enough … and just say you’re OK. Our souls are beautiful and fragile and don’t deserve the beatings we often give them. Here’s a bunch self-nurturing things that [...]
Instead Of TV …
The real world is the ultimate in reality TV. So instead of turning your mind to mush watching unnaturally thin people pretend to be other unnaturally thin people, spend a week when you turn off the TV and … … attend school. … attempt something considered to be impossible and prove all your critics wrong. [...]
Land Of Hope
This was the theme song for an Australian mini-series a long time ago. I wrote down the words because they moved me so much, in childish coloured pencil on a piece of lined paper … and never found a recording of the song, although I’ve been looking for it ever since. Here it is: When [...]
Prayers And Sayings
Different to the quotes page, this is for those sayings and quotes which I come back to time and time again. Soul-food. May wisdom shine through me May love glow in me May strength penetrate me That in me may arise A helper of mankind A servant of holy things Selfless, and true. — Rudolf [...]
Be Gentle With The Earth – Hints
I have been thinking about things that we can do to help make our footprint on the environment smaller. Little things, yes, but they add up. Or at least, I like to think so! At Home Only Wash When The Machine’s Full This goes for the dishwasher – if you use one – as well [...]
Be Gentle With Our Earth
Our earth is fragile too, and deserves our gentleness. In this twenty-first century, man seems to me to finally be realising just how fragile our Mother Earth is … and about time too! I have been working on a document with Practical Ways To Be Gentle To Our Earth. Hopefully if everybody puts at least [...]
Be Gentle With Everything: A Life Philosophy
I think that being gentle is something that most people think that they don’t have the time to do. It’s easier to just barrel through life without thinking too hard about anything. My philosophy is that – far from not having the time to be gentle, people don’t have the time not to do it. [...]
Gentle Books
These are books that I’ve read which reinforce and nourish my ideas about gentleness. I welcome your additions and suggestions, as always … Biographies and Life Stories Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson, by Rich Albom. This has also been made into a movie but I haven’t seen [...]
A Rainbow Hug
You lift up your arms in request for a hug, and find yourself happy to be hugged by the sky itself … the clear blue sky with just a few fluffy white clouds and a truly beautiful strong rainbow filling the whole sky … as you feel yourself hugged by the sky and the beautiful [...]
Certificate Of The Right To Play!
This certificate states that _________________________________ is hereby and forever entitled to … Act silly, get excited about everything, be different, climb trees, get up early, do nothing, give up worry and guilt and shame, take naps, collect rainbows, feel sad, fly kites, be a clown, feel happy, be unique, blow bubbles, play loud music, build [...]
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