Tag Archives: baby steps

The little things….

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

  Quote on wall outside Francis Bacon Studio in Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin. “Things don’t have to change the world to be important.” – Steve Jobs A baby step is enough, Mairead.

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Take a step… just a baby step.

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

(Field trip to the Museum in Kildare Street Dublin, here’s a close up low light on the Ardagh Chalice) “What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Repeated baby steps are better … Continue reading →

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Self Discovery…. Getting lost, frustrated and confused……

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

“I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost.  Maybe Lost is exactly the right place … Continue reading →

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Take a little break!

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

(It takes time to grow a tree) “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” – Leo Tolstoy It might seem like a huge effort will get things finished, sometimes… not so. Mairead.

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Courage and Fear are close associates!

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

(Tree with some battle scars) “Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.” - Mark Twain If you’re scared, turn it into courage by taking that next step. Mairead.

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Turn off your DLPFC!

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

(Mixed media in progress…) I’ve been reading and listening to Jonah Lehrer’s book Imagine How Creativity Works. I listened to it last summer with the hens in the forest. They weren’t hugely impressed with Jonah but I really like him … Continue reading →

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Friday Quote – Choose Happiness.

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

(Roisín and Caoimhe – happy cousins) “Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.” - Aeschylus Go on – make the effort, Mairead.

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My dark January.

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

(From winter in Cashel 2010) It’s January. For me that’s the time of year when my energy is at its lowest. When the winter has been long enough and I want some spring….. now! I want it now like my … Continue reading →

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Friday Quote – Go on, go on, go on…..

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

(From the summer garden – Love in the Mist doing its insignificant thing) “Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.” – Mahatma Gandhi   Do your thing! Mairead.

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Friday Quote – Once upon a time Picasso couldn’t paint….

Posted on November 23, 2012 by

(Remembering Canada)   I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. – Pablo Picasso What do you want to learn to do today? Mairead.

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