I was chatting with a friend recently about how we’re all coping with living with restrictions at the moment because of the current pandemic.
Of course, whilst some of what we’re each doing is to protect ourselves, there’s also the aspect of protecting and caring for others.
Wearing masks is a good example.
This reminded me of The Parable of the Long-Handled Spoons – a very simple tale that illustrates how we can create harmony or misery for ourselves, depending on how much we help and support each other – or not.
If you’ve not heard of this and/or would like a quick reminder, this short video (just 4 minutes) gives you the gist:
Have you found yourself (more than usually, on occasion, or more often) off-balance or overwhelmed this year as a result of life events that you may (or may not) have anticipated – plus, on top of all of that, everything we’ve all been dealing with/are still facing to do with covid-19?
Yesterday, in between other meetings, I attended some sessions at the 
How do we feel when we look at this photo, for example?
Personally, I have a vivid image in my mind, now, of a person in a the middle of an open plan office with a box on their head covered in rude and funny Post Its from their mischievous colleagues…
‘Ikigai’ is a Japanese word for describing the pleasures and meanings of life – from ‘iki’ (to live) and ‘gai’ (reason) – sometimes described as ‘the reason we get up in the morning’.
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