Many people in some towns or cities spend half an hour to an hour commuting to and from work. I live on Quadra Island and I commute to work, but my commute is WAY different than bumper-to-bumper traffic. I hear some islanders complain about the whole commute thing and they eventually give up and move […]
Author Archives: Jill Brocklehurst
The Gift of Presence is Now
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor got me thinking. She is a professional in the field of brain research and she says the part of our brain that is dedicated to storing information – memory – is about the size of a peanut. This is such a small part of our body and yet it can wreak […]
Experience by Living
It was a Thursday and I was thinking about my day off on Friday. Friday is when I usually plan to go skiing but I didn’t really feel like it. As I was pondering what to do, suddenly, for the first time ever, it totally and absolutely occurred to me that I have the resources […]
Sustain or Transform?
Monday morning the alarm goes off. Get up, cross the hall for the usual relief, working my way into the day. Call out at the kids to get up, look in the mirror and wonder what to do with the hair. Into the kitchen, find bowls, pull out the cereal and milk. Break open the […]
Fruits of Our Labour
How do you like this title? To me it sounds, oh, I don’t know, perhaps like some religious prose that says if I work hard I will reap benefits. The word labour seems to jump off the page and scream at me. My life, up until now, has seemed nothing but work. Work and little […]