Fall in Love With Chaos and Discover Who You Are.
As Pema says, “Every ending is a new beginning.” Part of relaxing and surrendering into the chaos of life is the soulful acknowledgement of impermanence.
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Leonie Orton
What’s Your 2019 Definition of Success?
I was ticking all my boxes, and society’s boxes for that matter -- so far as I imagined them. Isn’t this what success looks like?
The Little Things in Life Are the Biggest Ones.
When life feels like that, and someone vomits an affirmation in my direction, I don’t find it uplifting or inspiring. It just makes me want to slap them.
The Joy of Swearing.
I discovered the joy of swearing at an early age, despite (or maybe because of) parents who seldom swore and strongly discouraged their three daughters from doing so.
Dear Dad: An Open Letter.
You’ve always been the ultimate practical joker… waiting in a dark bedroom with one of your dinner plate-sized hands over the light switch... hiding behind doors and scaring the shit out of us... banging your hand on the side of any vehicle, making us think we'd backed into something... driving ...
All Roads Lead to Dot’s House: Why Creativity Sometimes Needs Broken Promises.
If we’d always kept our word, we would have missed out on countless afternoons of fun and quality time with Dot. And now that she’s gone, I am so very grateful we broke promises and didn’t keep to our word.
Dig Below the ‘Fine, Thanks’ Façade & Awaken to Love.
Awakening to love, and reconnecting with your heart, is living with presence, bravery and vulnerability. It's a willingness to accept it all, moment to moment -- the good times, the painful times, the perfections, the fuck-ups, the triumphs and the spectacular failures.
It’s Not too Late to Take that Leap.
What would my 20-year-old self think of my almost 40-year-old self? She’d probably think, "Oh fuck, you still haven’t done any of that stuff? Now it’s way too late. You’re old. You missed the boat." And I’d say, "Yeah, I know, I know, I’ve been thinking that too."
We Teach Best What We Most Need To Learn.
... next time you have the inspiration to create/write/paint/say something but don’t -- because you feel like you’re not good enough, not worthy enough, not experienced enough, not consistent enough, not perfect enough -- do it anyway.
Dear Mummsy: An Open Letter.
I love that even though you are a fiercely independent, anti-establishment, let’s face it... feminist (of course, you wouldn’t call yourself this because it would mean conforming to a social cliché), you also bake awesome scones, knit socks, sew frocks, grow your own veggies, and have a pantry ...