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Mind Chatter Last week I received an email from my professional friend and teacher, Sidra Jafri about ‘that voice inside your head.’ You know the one, don’t you? It’s the one that, no matter how good or...

Congratulations & Celebrations Well, well!  Very proud I am; like I have achieved a MAJOR milestone! And it IS! A great success. Last week’s post was number 100. Yes, ONE HUNDRED! Ta-dah! I feel both...

Rainbow oil slick from gasoline leak on wet pavement ‘The beauty you see around you is a reflection of the beauty inside you.’ Just think about that for a minute.  What it says is that if there was no...

Blue Begonia – Claire Scott This beautiful poem is by guest contributor, Iris Liebner, who kindly agreed to have her poem published on my blog. Thank you Iris 🙂 Some time ago, another artist gave...

Giving is Receiving There is a lesson in A Course of Miracles that says Giving is Receiving. It’s a difficult one to understand. Well, it is for me. I get it intellectually; but not quite in my heart. As...

Be Do Have Dream Catcher There is a reason the strap line for The Baobab Way is ‘Simplifying the Science of Life.’ That is because I like to keep things simple. I also value space – space in my diary,...

It’s that time of year. Time to look back over the past twelve months and reflect on the year that’s been. Just like at the end of a project, you want to review what went well, what could have gone better,...

Did you also grow up with the maxim ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away?’ Well, we can rest in peace now – research has finally proved that it’s indeed true. It does amuse me how we need the stamp of...

There are some extraordinary people among us.  This week I want to introduce you to three of them. I have been fortunate enough to meet two of them in the flesh. The other one I’ve read about in the news. These...

Nelson Mandela in 2008. (Wikipedia) During his long years in prison, Nelson Mandela noticed time and time again that no matter how cruel his jailers were, sooner or later they would display an act of pure...