About a year and a half ago, I connected on Facebook with a charming blogger over an issue that we both had similar views about. She struck me as being someone who is at peace with herself, quiet yet strong and very talented. In the last few months, I’ve been…
When Darla Dollman wrote a short post as part of The Writers’ Post Blog Hop, she raised a great question: How do you show compassion? This made me recall one of Alan Cohen’s stories (yes, yes, I do love the man!) in his book Deep Breath of Life. He talks…
Last week, we heard a woman screaming out a string of insults at the workers in the apartment opposite ours. As we listened closer, we realized it was a neighbour from upstairs, calling the workers ‘animals’ etc. Their crime? They were doing their work – breaking the plaster prior to…