InnerMe
As a Counsellor I find wisdom about the experience of being human in many places. On this page I share and offer quotes, images and poetry that resonate with me.
'You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view . . . until you climb into their skin and walk around in it.'
-Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960
'Nobody really knows much more about it than you.'
-Yrsa Daley-Ward, The How, 2021
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; … who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
-T. Roosevelt,1910.
'In a world so filled with voice, how to ever be sure of your own?'
-Yrsa Daley-Ward, The How, 2021
Mindful Walking - 24 November 2025
'Mindful walking keeps showing me
how much changes when I slow down enough to notice.'
I walked my usual route this Sunday, the same path and route I wrote about in a recent blog about mindful walking. Even though the route is very familiar and only a week or so between the walks, it felt different this time.
The light was softer, the colours shifted, and the air was much colder. Small details caught my attention that I hadn’t noticed before, reminding me that every mindful step brings something new.
'I notice my senses tuning into the quieter but consistent rhythm of nature.'
If you'd like to explore more about mindful walking, the original blog is available here: Pause, Breathe, Walk: An Autumn Reflection