To reflect on the situation and see how else would you deal with it …

Simple things are enough to give immense joy …

I have always found that in times of crisis, I find someone always there supporting me. Often from a place least expected .. and I am always so grateful that I am never alone in a way. That is the mark of a thriving community .

Listening and tuning into them … hug if they need one, listen if they need, help if they need , give support if they need.

To be grateful each morning that I have another day to enjoy and share joys and to make a difference.

To anyone who needs to be listened, I am there.

For thinking of them and helping them in times of need.

After a few tough weeks with my parents illness, I am grateful that they are doing better and have started to walk again .

Treat myself with love, to know that I have an unique way of tenderness .

Recently my neighbour has touched my life . She may be infirm but she has an immense capacity to love and care. I am blessed to have be a recipient of her love.

the true care and love I get from my family … my son, my sister, my nieces , my parents, my aunts and my friends.

To pause before I react … to any situation, conversation or event.

My dance teacher . She was much more than a teacher, she was a mother to me , my support, my mentor …. she stood and helped me during my troubled adolescent years through unconditional love. I am what I am because of her. We had so many plans to do, but she left early. But I know she is watching me and blessing me . I am eternally grateful that I had her in my life.

After 30 years of difficult marriage I have moved out. I would like to love living alone and find the pleasure of my own company. I would love to explore things which I always wanted but never could.

I woke up this beautiful morning to see falling leaves from a tree in front of my house …. gently wafting down, settling down . And in an hour’s time there was a little child who was shrieking in delight and trying to catch the falling leaves. It reminded me to hold on to the childlike joys that the world offers.