Assuming YOU’D rather be in charge of your life than your circumstances, then ‘noticing’ is a crucial skill to develop. Thoughts and feelings you’re unaware of will run your life for you unless you notice them, and sometimes even the ones you notice will dominate unless you put yourself in charge of them! Cultivating the part of yourself that is more detached and can observe or witness your thoughts and feelings is crucial to you being in charge.
FTC – Feelings, Thoughts, Choosing
With noticing, you bring yourself the freedom of choice, and with choice, you have the possibility of making a conscious decision to focus on more of what you want. At this point, YOU demonstrate being in charge. [read more]
Gift from the dolphins
posted in Jane's Blog
I see from my last blog post that it is over a month since I posted — I have been on holiday and to my sister’s wedding, both of which were wonderful! The most wonderful thing though was sailing around the Western Isles of Scotland. We were only on the 50 foot ketch for 3 nights, but it was the most fantastic weather — clear blue skies, hot sun, a light breeze, and stunning scenery.
Hopping from island to island, anchoring off the beaches and enjoying the breeze as we sailed along was all wonderful — but not as wonderful as bumping into a pod of dolphins on the way back! About 30 of them, including two little babies, they [read more]