Introducing : Rocking Hal Our Champion of Delight Membership is starting to grow and we felt that it would be lovely to introduce people to one another through story sharing. So, so we have decided to do regular features of our Champions as part of the weaving together of our community of beautiful souls. Hal Taylor is our first featured Champion of Delight, an early member and a natural choice as he is quick to speak up about his passion and make his voice heard. He wrote to me immediately upon joining wanting to know more about how we were …Continue reading »
Finding Delight : November Alchemy
November 27, 2012 – 11:56 am
In recent years I have noticed that November has been sneaking into the number one position for my favourite months. I suspect that whatever month is occurring is my favourite month at the time, but November has certainly been capturing my heart of late. My walks at the lake and the woods have been lengthening each day as the beauty of the season has made it far too challenging to stay in, and the outdoors has felt more like home. This week my usual 1 and ¼ hour walk extended to nearly 5 hours as I wandered off track and …Continue reading »
The Danger of a Single Story
November 21, 2012 – 8:57 pm
This beautiful TEd Talk really emphasises the importance and power of the stories we tell the world’s children, of the stories that we tell each other and tell to ourselves. Growing up in Nigeria, author Chimamanda Adichie only read stories about blue-eyed British children, playing in the snow and eating apples. She loved these stories, but she could not connect to these stories. Growing up in an English-speaking former colony, Adichie nevertheless embraces Nigerian history and tradition to write critically acclaimed diasporan literature. Watch her discuss her own youth and the perceptions about Africa she had to overcome. …Continue reading »
Finding Delight : Grandma
November 15, 2012 – 10:06 am
My grandmother is 92 and to me she is amazing, beautiful, exceptional and a source of two very precious qualities which have been unwavering treasures throughout my life; joy and unconditional love. We have our differences and sometimes our differences are extreme. Voices have been raised on a subject or two, however, in the course of 48 years they amount to no more than a few seconds. That dynamic of relationship has been, and is, priceless; and it is also something of a miracle as we are both opinionated and can be a bit hot headed. On those rare times …Continue reading »
Courage
October 22, 2012 – 2:08 pm
COURAGE I looked into the eyes of a child Openness gazed back Gentle faced A tender hand reached out “Show me the world” One Moment One Decision Magic unfolded Peals of laughter rang out Unedited shrieks and giggles Delight beaming Through the eyes of a child …………………. How rich would we consider ourselves to be if we dared to measure our wealth by the level of laughter we hear from the world’s children? The world today is the manifestation of every one of our choices. Every moment each of …Continue reading »
