Category: Thought for Today

Thought for today: ‘Always take the work seriously, but not yourself.’ — Burt Kwouk/Margot Fonteyn/Clint Eastwood #thoughtfortoday #work #serious #self #notserious #growth #psychotherapy #coaching I read this quote this morning in the obituary for Paul Ritter, the actor. In fact, it was Paul Ritter quoting Burt Kwouk quoting Margo Fonteyn. And if you research the…

Thought for today: ‘Sometimes what you’re most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free.’ — Robert Tew #thoughtfortoday #Easter #renewal #change #selfdiscovery #growth As I write this on Easter Monday, it is gently snowing outside. Although a holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, it is not officially a bank…

Thought for today: ‘Easter is very important to me, it’s a second chance.’ — Reba McEntire #thoughtfortoday #Easter #secondchance #change #selfdiscovery #growth It is Easter Sunday 2021. A meaningful day for many, in all manner of ways. I am wondering whether it represents a chance to do things differently as we grind our way out…

Thought for today: ‘We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.’ — Marcel Proust #thoughtfortoday #wisdom #discovery #journey #selfdiscovery #growth I have been re-reading one of the books recommended when I was training as a psychotherapist. It has been a…

Thought for today: ‘After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.’ — Kenneth Grahame #thoughtfortoday #Easter #childhood #holiday #TheWindInTheWillows #relax #mindfulness If I had to pick just one book to take to my desert island, it would…

Thought for today:   ‘I have great faith in fools — self-confidence my friends will call it.’   — Edgar Allan Poe   #thoughtfortoday #AprilFool #fools #faith #self-confidence #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur   Are April Fools stories better thanks to social media?   Or are the desperate attempts to fool us so transparent now?   Then…

Thought for today: ‘Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.’ — Henry Ford #thoughtfortoday #thinking #hardwork #engage #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur The wonderful thing about some time out is the chance to just think. There’s not much in my diary this week, some chores to complete,…

Thought for today: ‘Our judgments, like our watches, none go just alike, yet each believes his own.’ — Alexander Pope #thoughtfortoday #judgement #unique #notwoalike #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur I think one of the hardest things about being a counsellor is recognising your own judgement. We try to be devoid of judgement in our work, to give…

Thought for today: ‘Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.’ — Maya Angelou #thoughtfortoday #words #meaning #nuance #BodyLanguage #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur There was a time, in what feels like a decade ago, when I travelled in to London for…

Thought for today:   ‘How green was my Valley, then, and the Valley of them that have gone.’   — Richard Llewellyn   #thoughtfortoday #wales #nostalgia #celtic #roots #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur   When I started reading prolifically, sometime around 10 or 11, my mother urged me to read “How Green Was My Valley”.   I…