Meditation or quiet-time is a time to allow your mind to relax which is very necessary in a world where everything seems to go by so quickly. Due to “Mother Nature’s” intervention the days are now even shorter.

In today’s troubled world, it’s not easy to stay upbeat and positive. The stresses of life drag many down down to the edges of despair. Many succumb to depression, seeking to find solace in food, alcohol or drugs. Unfortunately, such methods only compound problems. But creating your private happy place can help preserve your sanity during difficult times.

Take time to enjoy your life.

Thoughts on a publication once widely read in rural Newfoundland.

It’s so very easy to let some of life’s basic simple pleasures slip by and out of our lives while we hustle to and fro getting this and that done. But it is just as easy to rediscover them either through the quiet contemplation of the present moment or a blissful memory from our past.