In Reading i found Peace.

23/06/2025

13/06/2025

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11/06/2025

Meryl Streep once said: Let things fall apart — stop exhausting yourself trying to hold them together. Not everything is meant to last forever, and forcing what is already breaking will only drain you. Sometimes, the best thing you can do is let go.

Let people be upset. Let them misunderstand you. Let them criticize and judge. Their opinions are reflections of their own perceptions, not a measure of your worth. You do not need to explain yourself to those who are committed to misunderstanding you. You are not responsible for how others choose to see you or how they react to your truth.

Stop fearing the unknown. Stop asking, Where will I go? What will I do? as if the universe has not already carved a path for you. Loss can feel unbearable, but sometimes, it is simply clearing the way for something better. What is meant to leave will leave, no matter how desperately you try to hold on. What is meant to stay will find a way, no matter how uncertain things seem. Life always finds a way to balance itself, even when we can’t see how.

There is a rhythm to life, a natural order of endings and beginnings. When we resist that flow, we create suffering. We cling to what is breaking, fearing that nothing good will replace it. But this is an illusion. The universe is abundant, constantly unfolding new opportunities, new love, and new purpose. The only thing keeping you from it is your attachment to what no longer belongs to you.

And never, for a second, believe that the best is behind you. Life does not stop offering beauty just because you have endured hardship. The good has not run out. There is still more joy to experience, more love to receive, more peace to be found. But you must be willing to make room for it.

So, ask yourself—What am I holding onto that is holding me back? And when you find the answer, trust yourself enough to let it go. Something better is already on its way.

09/06/2025

If while washing dishes, we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus hurrying to get the dishes out of the way as if they were a nuisance, then we are not “washing the dishes to wash the dishes.” What’s more, we are not alive during the time we are washing the dishes. In fact we are completely incapable of realizing the miracle of life while standing at the sink. If we can’t wash the dishes, the chances are we won’t be able to drink our tea either. While drinking the cup of tea, we will only be thinking of other things, barely aware of the cup in our hands. Thus we are sucked away into the future—and we are incapable of actually living one minute of life.
~Thich Nhat Hanh

(Book: The Miracle of Mindfulness https://amzn.to/3ZjfL9M )

(Art: Painting by Anna Ancher)

22/05/2025

She could have spread her wings.... could have run away.... and saved yourself.

But she didn't. She didn't even try. It stayed right there... next to the most valuable thing it had..

In birds, this instinct is deeply rooted in their biology. The prolactin hormone, responsible for incubation behavior, shoots into the brain during the breeding season. This substance not only drives them to build nests and warm their eggs but also to defend them, even in the face of imminent danger.

They don’t feel love as we humans understand, but they feel urgency, duty, and something deeper: the genetic programming to protect the future of their species, even if it means facing death.

This little body, still among the ashes, isn't just a bird's.

It's a mother's.

An anonymous heroine of nature who d_i_e_d doing the only thing she knew was to take care of the most valuable thing she had 🐣🫶

19/05/2025

"When I am full of silence,
and no one else is near,
the voice I keep inside of me
is all I want to hear.
I settle in my secret place,
contented and alone,
and i think no other thoughts except
the thoughts that are my own.

When I am full of silence,
I do not care to play,
to run and jump and fuss about,
the way I do all day.
The pictures painted in my mind
are all I need to see
when I am full of silence...
when I am truly me."
~ Jack Prelutski 🌳🪻🐦📖

Artwork by Maria Pawlowna Friesen 🎨🖌

05/05/2025

DO NOTHING, REST...
Don't fall into the trap of thinking that doing nothing means doing nothing for you.

That being unproductive is unproductive for you.

We've become so accustomed to being busy, so accustomed to doing things with visible results, so accustomed to pacing and recording our activity and crossing things off our to-do lists, that we've forgotten the importance of rest.

"Doing nothing" and being "unproductive" are actually doing something productive.

They're helping you recharge.

Recover.

Reading a magazine or taking a bath or sitting in the garden with a cup of coffee are not wasted time.

Rest time is not wasted time.

We are not machines. We are not robots.

We're not here to work,
move, and do things constantly.

We are human beings.

And sometimes we just need to be

Becky Hemsley✍️

🎨 Sleeping Woman, Carl Vilhelm Holsøe

20/02/2025

I came across a quote that said:

You'll always be brave in someone's mind and coward in another's, strong to one and fragile to another, good to one and terrible to another.
You will be seen as annoying to one and comforting to another.
Some will feel anxious around you and some will find peace in your company. Some will see you as "too much" while others will see you as a gift.
The world will look at you from their subjective point of view.
The world is never going to agree on a definition of who you are.
So you might as well live the way that feels true to your heart

Unknown
Art: Hayk Shalunts

20/02/2025

I looked up the word ‘yellow’ the other day.

I found so many shades of yellow that they had been distinguished by words like
gold
honey
daffodil.

I found words like fire and sand and champagne and lemon and sunbeam and I even found a song.

Now imagine someone telling yellow that it’s ‘just yellow’.

When yellow is a sunbeam and a daffodil and fire.
When yellow is a song.

Without yellow, we couldn’t make orange and we couldn’t create green and our world would be far less colourful because of it.

Yellow’s true colours are not limited to one thing.
And neither are yours.

Some days you are dark and fiery and intense.

Some days you are rich and bright and vibrant.

Some days you are buttercups and dandelions and some days you are champagne and a song.

And without you, someone’s life would be far less bright and far less beautiful.

You are you as
yellow is yellow.

And the world needs you.

Because, no matter what you think, you are not ‘just you’.

You are so much more.

💛🌼💛🌼

Becky Hemsley 2023

Lovely artwork by Colin Page

13/02/2025

I’m a big fan of women who snort when they laugh.
Women who overshare awkward truths when the conversation stalls.
I’m a big believer in singing loudly in the car whenever possible and I love pulling alongside a fellow diva doing the same.
I’m a big fan of women who love women,
who spot loo roll on the shoes and help each other out,
when Mother Nature calls.
I’m a huge believer in comparison being the thief of joy,
that dimming someone else’s light, won’t ever make yours shine brighter.
I just can’t get enough of those women who are unashamedly themselves, in technicolour glory.
I’m a lover of laughter and those moments when the tears start to flow, give me life.
I think the best therapy, is quality time with a friend who listens without judgement.
I’m a big fan of women who break, who share,
who rebuild each other and cheer them along the way.
I’m grateful for this world half-full of fabulous females,
I see you all.

Donna Ashworth

From To The Women: which is landing on doormats all over the country today! And will make the perfect Galentines gift

02/02/2025

Introverts love a boring life..
Quiet mornings, calm nights, and time to think.

They shut down when the world gets too loud, not because they're rude, but because they need peace ..