Rachael Stott

Bohdisattva

“I am moved by fancies that are curled Around these images, and cling: The notion of some infinitely gentle Infinitely suffering thing.” -T.S Eliot What moves you? Enjoy, and if you liked it, Share:

Tissue

Your fears are tissue paper thin. I have read it hundreds of times. Your fears are tissue paper thin. I tought I understood. I was wrong. I thought that I had faced my fears before. And to an extent I had. But I was still inclined to sit in my small risk-adverse box. So I [...]

Update

It has been 3 months since I have paid this blog the attention it deserves. To be honest it has been much longer than that, it has been 3 months since I gave this blog any attention at all. My neglect is justified (in my head at least) by the insanely amazing things that have [...]

Pillows

2012 already feels like a soft, overstuffed, wingback chair to me. How is it feeling to you? *photo credit Enjoy, and if you liked it, Share:

Thoughts count

It's the thought that counts- except when it doesn't count at all.

Compassionate lies

Is a lie ever the compassionate choice? When the truth isn’t pleasant, we often placate our loved ones with lies. We think that by not addressing the uncomfortable truth, we are somehow being loving or softening the blow. Do we really think those around us don’t know the truth? Do you think your friend can’t [...]

Farewell & thanks

My 3 year old sees a fleeting image of a penny farthing and begins wondering: Did I see that right? Why is the wheel so big? Why haven’t I seen one of these before? How does that work? Thanks to the Visionary Steve Jobs (and a little help from Mum) he begins a journey of [...]

Surrender

I will mourn the passing of night-time feeds & raspberries in the dark.

Ritual

I was told on my wedding day that ritual is not to be underestimated, that rituals change a participant. I didn’t want to believe the assertion, yet it resonated within me. I never wanted to get married. But I did. It strikes me as devastating that some people who want to get married, can’t. But [...]

Another(s) view

The short cut to increasing my compassion for another is looking at the world through their eyes. Literally. Looking at photos of my son reminds me of my love for him. Looking at pictures he has taken change everything. They remind me how small he is. How enormous the world is. How confusing adults are. [...]

Compassion void

What do we do when we meet ignorance, ambivalence, disrespect, hate?

Compassion & Listening

For most of us compassion is an action.