Vacation emptiness

Today is Day #4 of my vacation. For a total change of pace, I am vacationing in a big city, Chicago. It has been an interesting three days, living in a city. I have met numerous friends and acquaintances of my host, Desiree. Many express surprise that I live in Jamaica and am vacationing in […]

None but ourselves can free our mind

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our mind” Marcus Garve August 1 is celebrated in Jamaica as Emancipation Day. I found myself musing this morning on the words of Bob Marley’s Emancipation Song. I have always loved this song, and in particular, these two lines, which quotes the great Marcus Mosiah […]

Alia’s ‘inner Circle’ revealed

As we travel this life, we come to the realisation of how important relationships are, in particular, the relationships into which we were born – our families. It is the purpose of relationships to teach us about ourselves. There is no accident that we have the families we have – we were brought together for […]

The minute you ask – it is

This morning, I strolled through my backyard carrying out my morning routine of collecting the mangoes that have fallen overnight from the trees. It is such a pleasure to see the bounty left to me each morning, even as I realise that the birds have shared in this, judging from the number of pecked-at mangoes […]

Trust in Action

This is an IM (instant messenger) conversation I had with my son, Shane, yesterday. Shane was at home with his friend Luca. I was at my office. Shane: Mummy, I do not want to go to swimming today Mummy: You have to go. You made the commitment and you must stick to your commitments After […]

The Poinciana

Driving to work the other morning, a chance glance to my left revealed the most beauteous sight – the gracefully curving bough of a poinciana tree covered in a riot of every possible hue of orange there could possibly be! I gasped. The poinciana tree is my favourite tree, and I was just delighted to […]

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; […]

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