I am not always good at this as my mind seems to have a million and one things racing through it at the same time. However, I do try to make time to be present. One thing I do is read a mindful magazine, I have it delivered each month and it gives me time to just focus on that. I do practice gratefulness each day, but can easily be distracted, so I must work on being more present everyday more too.

Human nature

To realise that we are all the same: Human Beings. That there should be no barriers/borders/class/race etc that define us, but that we are all one with each other. If we can accept that into our hearts then surely peace would naturally follow.

It is teaching me that if I look after it and am grateful for it, then it too will do its best to look after me.

I have trouble sometimes allowing the ‘we’. I like to be in control of what happens. However, when I let my guard down and let others in, ‘we’ often brings fun and laughter and my serious nature takes a break. I should allow the barriers to come down more often, I know.

To the world each morning, for being alive and feeling well.

My brothers ‘new friend’. I always try not to judge and I have been thinking positive about his new friend. But because of the circumstances they met I have found it hard not to presume particular things. I will continue to focus of positives rather than negatives and have faith that she has come into his life for good.

In many moments throughout the day when I stop and look around and am grateful for what I have. But every morning I take the time to list 10 things I am grateful for and for each one I also find the meaning behind it and my heart fills with joy.

I am practising gratefulness from a new book and today I will complete the task set for me.

The feeling of not being OK sometimes. I put on a brave face, when I understand I ought to accept that it is alright to feel down sometimes and that often exploring those feelings can help alleviate them. I need to remember that I need to be there for me first and foremost, in order to be able to support others to the best of my ability.

I am able to submit to the universe and trust that things will work out. It’s difficult as fear always seems to be in the background, but love certainly does let me trust more.

To be honest any good deed that I do, I do not do it to observe the outcome. If the outcome is positive then the ripples have the possibility of being further reaching than can even be observed in any case.

The simple fact that I am here and have life to be grateful for.

I hope that I exude an aura of acceptance, a non judgemental attitude that goes towards creating a more friendly experience with those that I meet or simply pass on a day to day basis. A smile costs nothing.

By respecting it and not taking it for granted. Understanding that everything I am blessed with is sacred and being grateful for that everyday.

I often find it amazing what or who can change us or help us, a cat, a river, a written word. Whatever you find to make you feel safe, cling to it and respond to it. Even in the deepest of despairs I hope the smallest of things can find you and bring you through.