Sheila Bridge Blog
[This is the text of a talk I gave recently about the ways that we bolster our inner resources to help us stand up against life’s fluctuations, variations, permutations and sudden transformations.] What do you need to keep your inner calm or sunshine when all around you the “weather” of your life is less than... Continue Reading →
Yesterday evening I enjoyed a lovely meal with a group of girlfriends I hadn't seen for a while. On previous such occasions the main focus of our conversation would be about the personal details of our lives "how are the kids doing?", "Where are you going on holiday?", that type of stuff. But last night... Continue Reading →
[The text below is all written by my friend Ed. For the record, even though she doesn't believe me, she IS beautiful in every way, incredibly tolerant, wise and compassionate but also witty and a tiny bit scary. I love her immensely. This is one of her saddest posts but brutal honesty is one of... Continue Reading →
There are five questions in life that preoccupy all of us for most to the time. Sometimes we are turning over trivial matters and sometimes we are ruminating/obsessing/agonising over much bigger issues, either personal to us or related to society; but whatever it is we are thinking about, it is likely that our thoughts are... Continue Reading →
This week I have been totally bamboozled-twice! Firstly in a conversation with a marketing consultant about the best way to use social media and secondly, in a conversation with a retired gentleman running a community allotment. Digital communication and gardening. https://twitter.com/PeterJohnPeople/status/723517764468613120 Not subjects that have too much in common but in both conversations I found... Continue Reading →
Is that anywhere close to 'Bonafide bonkers'? This week is wall to wall services if you are an Anglican clergy person: 4 services in the last 2 days and now a pause before the BIG day itself tomorrow. I'm feeling a bit 'bonafide bonkers' today. However, it was at the first of those services that... Continue Reading →
The Bible says that 'Godliness with contentment is great gain'. The first word in that proverb might sound pious and off-putting to some. If it helps I don't think it means some 'Holier than thou, nit-picking, rule-keeping, God loves me more than he loves you' kind of attitude (thoroughly repugant). I think of it more... Continue Reading →
The story of a broken family, broken through several generations then formed and broken again, this book is heart-wrenching but brilliant. A debut novel for Taiye Selasi, it won the Granta best young British novelist 2013 prize, deservedly so. It is the story of a Nigerian-Ghanaian family who are trying to make a new life... Continue Reading →
Comparison is a dangerous business – we are rarely level-headed in our judgement when we compare ourselves with others. Either we find fault with others and serve ourselves a little slice of ‘superiority pie’ or we feel intimidated by their brilliance/effectiveness/giftedness/fruitfulness and we defeat ourselves by picking up an inner badge and wearing it all... Continue Reading →
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