by Diane Holliday | Jan 12, 2025 | a spiritual life, blessings
Most people love candles, not just for special occasions, but lighting a candle is a lovely thing to do. I start my morning with a candle to illuminate my meditation space, and that is what I was writing about in the last blog. When I got into the zone, so to speak, I...
by Diane Holliday | Dec 23, 2024 | a spiritual life, blessings
After the festivities what comes next? Well, we welcome a new year and hope that this one will bring us happiness and love. I suppose most years in the past I have considered what I would like to change and so resolved, as in a resolution, to do something differently...
by Diane Holliday | Dec 7, 2024 | blessings
Over the past few years, I’ve found myself longing for something deeper—a sense of peace and connection that material success or routines couldn’t provide. That longing led me to embark deeper on a spiritual journey, one that has transformed how I see myself and the...
by Diane Holliday | Nov 10, 2024 | a spiritual life, blessings, Wellness, Widowhood
It is a fundamental wish for everyone, that we are happy and suffer less pain, emotional and physical, so how do we achieve that wonderful state of being? I was listening to a podcast this morning featuring a Dr Jim Doty https://www.jamesrdotymd.com/ Having never...
by Diane Holliday | Oct 26, 2024 | a spiritual life, blessings, Relationships, Wellness
Did you know that when we react to something without thought, we set up a train of events, sometimes easy to stop and on other occasions difficult, and then we are left with worry about what we have said or done? Worry and anxiety flow, and like water, it will always...
by Diane Holliday | Jun 24, 2024 | a spiritual life, blessings, Later life, Relationships, Wellness, Widowhood
It seems that on social media and in recent books, the mantra of ’love yourself’ is predominant. It’s everywhere, including on my blogs and posts occasionally but today I would like to explain why. To love ourselves is not egotistic or selfish, it is the fundamental...
