Author: judyjosephmcsween

I am not sure how many of you as children owned a tricycle, but as I reflect on my big blue tricycle, I recall a sense of security, stability, the Rolls Royce of cycles. You just pulled up and parked. No need to think about maintaining your balance. It was not like a bicycle. A … Continue reading Time Out …… from tricycles to bicycles

Workplace stress is a reality. It may stem from a multiplicity of issues such as: • Trying to control matters that are outside our sphere of control • Holding onto grudges • Consistently viewing the negatives in situations • Regularly being late • Setting unrealistic goals • Over-scheduling • A belief that we have no … Continue reading Time Out ………… the one minute silence

Some time ago I attended a forum on women and change. I was at my table before the session began exchanging pleasantries with the other women seated, when one of them turned to me and asked “why are you here? You could be up there facilitating this session.” For a moment, time stood still and … Continue reading Time Out ……………. learning is continuous

For as far back as I can recall, our home was always surrounded by security dogs, that neighbours, friends and strangers feared, but that I considered the most affectionate pets. One phenomenon that always amazed me was the ability of one particular Rottweiler to amble along the double barrier of chain link fence and suddenly … Continue reading Time Out ………….. making the impossible, possible

In the fairy tale Snow White, the queen asks, “Mirror, mirror on the all, who’s the fairest of us all?” She is filled with disdain and jealousy, to discover that Snow White and not she is the fairest in the land. As leaders, we have all complained at one time or another about the unsatisfactory … Continue reading Time Out ……. mirror mirror on the wall

Many of you are familiar with my penchant for posting my reflections to Facebook on a daily basis. It is in fact for me a form of journalling. My time on Facebook is actually my pause in between chores, or office work when after a moment (s) of stillness, I pen whatever my meditations evoke. … Continue reading Time Out ……….. about Stalkers

Time Out …. I waivered between labelling this blog “Taking Risk”, and “Sharing Your Dreams”. The last week has been hectic and yet reflective. I had the opportunity to meet in person, someone I have been communicating with online for over a year now. How the online relationship began, I am yet to recall. Given … Continue reading Time Out ….. Taking Risks and Sharing Dreams

Today, Sunday, I was about to pen another blog, when I decided to take a Time Out - today is a day to relax and just bask in the blessings of the week gone by, embrace the learnings and centre myself in the joy of the present moment. I do it in the confidence that … Continue reading Time Out …… It’s Sunday

An inner voice had driven me to the Client’s office that day. The cheque had been promised since last Friday, today was Wednesday. I arrived just before noon and the Administrator who had been in contact with me throughout the preceding months said she would contact the Accounts Department immediately. She turned to me in … Continue reading Time Out ….. the experience

John Maxwell calls it hesitation, I call it Time Out, that pause we take, to translate learnings into insight, the pause we take to let the Power that lies within us, to emerge!!!