Posts by Sue Watson

“Mindfulness is the kind of light that shows us the way. It is the living Buddha inside of each of us. Mindfulness gives birth to insight, awakening, compassion, and love.”  Thich Nhat Hanh This week we are exploring mindfulness and for me, this is a wonderful skill to learn as this tool can help us…

“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”  Dr Loretta Scott This week we are exploring the benefits of helping others, whilst I understand that not everyone is in a financial position to donate money.  We all have other resources available, like our time and/or other services that we can donate.  We can choose…

“Some people don’t do well simply because they don’t feel well.”  Jim Rohn This week we are discussing health and wellness and how our physical health can impact on our mental health and wellbeing and vice versa. I have returned from leave over the past two weeks, and I am adjusting back into the workplace. …

“Don’t confuse having a career with having a life.” Hilary Clinton I am going on leave for some time and for the first time in a very long time, I am going to sign off the social media and website for the business. Normally, I would preplan my posts and blogs to be uploaded prior…

“I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.”  John Stuart Mill This week we are discussing happiness and what makes you happy. For me, this is a choice – despite what is going on within and around me.  I am not saying that everything Is…

“Slow down, Calm down, Don’t worry, Don’t hurry, Trust the process.” Alexandra Stoddard This week, our discussion is around self-care and how this is so important – especially in times of difficulty. I remember when life was difficult for me and my family.  We had a few health issues within a six-month period, and we…

“Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all.”  Thomas Carlyle This week we are exploring anxiety and how this can impact on our everyday lives and wellbeing. Most of the time, I can manage the anxiety that presents from time to time.  However, this week has…

“There is no illusion greater than fear.” Lao Tzu This week we are discussing confidence and at times our confidence can wane. For those who are following my mosaic journey, my confidence comes and goes with this as I challenge myself with different projects and the different textures that you can use. I have completed…

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.  John Lubbock I love this quote as it a definite reminder that we need to…

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”  Aristotle This week we are exploring work, and this is really hitting home for me as the renovations of my new workspace is continuing. As I am sitting here writing this piece, my kitchenette is waiting to be completed.   The tradies were in on the weekend…

“Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.” Thomas Carlyle This week we are exploring accomplishment and how this is achieved.  I know at times; we don’t feel that we are achieving our goals in the moment BUT if we look back over a period of time – this shows the growth and movement. Many of…

“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, ‘I’m possible!” Audrey Hepburn This week we are looking at meaning and what this does for us individually. I have been reflecting on this and for me, it comes down to the language that we use and how we look at life.  I like to think that I…

“Clarity emerges when focus is engaged.”  Anesu Masamba For those of you that don’t know, mosaics are a form of self-care for me which I have utilised for some time now.  I must admit though, I have a love/hate relationship with this for a number of reasons. Looking back at my photos as a form…

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”   Dalai Lama Humans need relationships.  Whether this is one with your family and/or friends, we cannot exist without them.  We all need a community or village, to survive. This was reinforced yesterday when I attended a community meeting within a retirement village. …

“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” Mary Lou Retton Having an optimistic outlook is a powerful emotion that provides great coping skills in times of stress.  Having a more positive outlook on life doesn’t stop difficult times and/or situations, BUT it does…

“If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him.”  Criss Jami Compassion is a lovely word and it’s meaning is the sympathetic consciousness of others distress together with a desire to alleviate it (Merriam-Webster Dictionary).  I think that it is a human trait to…

“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring.” Oscar Wilde This week’s topic is warmth and with this I mean the warmth that we…

“Toilet paper is like an unreliable bridge, you are gonna have to walk across mud valley from time to time.”  Nuclear Circus This week’s topic is reliability and for me, this is a form of trust and preferences for people who have shown up in the past and have proven their skill and their ability…

“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives, the cumulative experience of many masters of craftsmanship.”    William A. Foster This week we are discussing quality, and this is a very much needed item in…