Zen Meditation: Emptying the Dishwater

By Gael Erdhart October 17, 2018 Off

Watch as the water flows away, carrying all those unnecessary remnants away, and attach your own resentments, one by one, to a piece of soggy onion or a baked bean; As they get sucked away through the drainpipe, visualise their journey away from you, down the waste pipe, to blend in with the cycle of life… but

Agony Aunt: Annoying Step Daughter

By Gael Erdhart October 10, 2018 Off

Dear Gael, I am having trouble with my step-daughter. She constantly snipes at me and criticises everything I do. For example, I have a bowl of boiled sweets,and she told me off for letting her son have some just because their out of date. She moans about my make up being old. She pours my Prosecco out of the bottle from the fridge when I’ve only had one glass. She throws away leftover food after she’s been for dinner. She is really upsetting me, and I dread her visits, even though I love to see the grandkids. I’m at my wits end, and don’t know how to handle her. Can the cards tell me what I should do? I do hope so, Love Patty.