Trust

A friend recently asked me to help him through the issue of trust, and the challenges he was having trusting people. I blithely responded as someone “on the path” “Oh. I trust everyone”. However, in a later conversation with him I found myself musing and questioning the whole thing of TRUST as I started to […]

Love like a dog

I have always had dogs in my life, as my father was a great lover of dogs. Bonding time with Daddy was about bathing the dogs and picking ticks (strange but true)! Puppies were always welcomed into our home, with the only condition being that my sister and I had to do all the care, […]

"That Old Woman"

The other day, someone made a reference to “that old woman”. As I read the correspondence, I wondered for a moment to whom the person was referring. And then I realised that it was me! WOW! “That old woman”! I had never thought of myself in that way before. As I muse on it, I […]

The Bombay Mango

Displayed on the table was a bowl brimming with an assortment of mangoes – Julie, East Indian, Blackie and Bombay. My eyes and hands were drawn instantly to a perfectly ripe Bombay mango. As I took it up, I noted its perfection – the green-transitioning-to-orange colour that indicates “just ready”; the special scent of ripeness; […]