Category Archives: Love & loss, grief & joy

A world of AIDS

Posted on December 1, 2012 by amindfullife

This day, for the past 24 years, has been about raising awareness around HIV and AIDS. For many of us, especially here in South Africa, this one disease has become central to our lives.  This is true for many of … Continue reading →

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Stuck in the Doldrums

Posted on November 23, 2012 by amindfullife

All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, ‘ Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, no breath no motion; As idle as … Continue reading →

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Life without calculation

Posted on November 2, 2012 by amindfullife

Driving on the highway last night to visit a little patient and his family I see weekly, I found myself musing about the nature of faith and hope.  I rarely travel this road but it has become a weekly ritual … Continue reading →

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It’s not your journey

Posted on October 7, 2012 by amindfullife

The best advice I received this week was via my own therapist from her animal behaviourist, about the behaviour of her beloved pet with brain damage.  To remember it was his journey, not hers.  It reminds me of the poem … Continue reading →

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Acceptance

Posted on September 2, 2012 by amindfullife

“I finally seem to be accepting it”, my dad said last night.  His voice warm, close, and caring in my ear, despite the distance of a continent’s span between us. “What?” I said.  “That you are old?”  We had been … Continue reading →

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