When Things Get Messy
Life is always a little less straightforward than we would perhaps like. However, there are times when the winds of change turn a little more stormy and seem in equal measure more threatening. At times like this it is easy to lose one’s footing when one’s composure has been shaken.
With the Support of Nature
Living in the 21st century it seems apparent that we are more divorced from nature than ever in our day to day lives. This is especially true in urban environments where green spaces can be overcrowded and in short supply. Add to this the fact that …
Doing Nothing
Doing nothing is an almost heretical act in a world that seems to worship at the altar of busyness. I remain something of a sceptic and as such I think it advisable to have fallow spaces in our life for …
The Beauty of an Ordinary Life
The more ordinary parts of life are full of potential for enriching our lives, yet in modern times where hustle culture, excitement, glamour and almost constant stimulation seem to be the order of the day, the more spacious, quieter aspects of our lives are …
A Morning Ritual
One of my favourite morning rituals is making myself a cup of Kashmiri chai. It’s a simple ritual that helps ground me and ...
Simplicity
A major contributor to artless living is moving in the direction of making our lives a little simpler. Towards this end, we will inevitably need to …
Constraints
There isn’t a human life anywhere that has not been lived within the confines of built in constraints, which makes a lot of cultural messaging in this age of optimization seem …
No Mud, No Lotus
This is the title of a book written by the Vietnamese monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. What I like about this is …
The Metrics of Worth
If happiness in life and love reside in the health of our relationships, then the most fundamental and important one has to be the relationship we have to ourself.
The Necessity of Beauty
We all adhere to divergent notions of what constitutes beauty and a beautiful life is bound to reflect that diversity, but what is beauty?
Of Humility and Hubris
The word “humility” has an aura of old-fashioned obsolescence about it, perhaps accounting for the tendency of so many to dismiss the whole notion as irrelevant—so rare a presence in contemporary times it might as well be considered a counter culture value.