Children have stars as friends. These stars watch over them. If you want to see your star, you do not need to go far into the forest. You can follow it from the window of your bedroom. Once upon a time there was a little girl called Nathalie. She was often alone at night, waiting... View Article

Choose a night when the moon is dark, so it is easier to see the stars. How will you find out when it is the new moon? Take a piece of paper and a pencil outside with you and find a comfortable place to be. Invite some friends to join you. Find a star pattern that... View Article

ADITI SAXENA considers the importance of teachers and role models in how we create our destiny and personality. Have you ever wondered how we grow as personalities? How does our value system build, ultimately reflecting the same through our actions, behaviour and character? While I was thinking about this, I went back to my childhood... View Article

What is maturity? How does it manifest in an individual, or in a nation? This is my take on it. Maturity is to live from the heart, which is the deeper part of ourselves, rather than living from the head, which is the superficial part of our mind. Instead of just reacting to fears and... View Article

ALANDA GREENE shares her gratitude at the bounty Nature gives at harvest time in her garden, and asks what are we all doing to work with Nature to provide the food we eat. LESSONS FROM THE GARDEN HARVEST AND GRATITUDE It’s harvest time. Plums are falling from the trees every day. Tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini and... View Article

The Hopi are an ancient Pueblo people who live in northern Arizona in the southwestern United States. The word ‘Hopi’ means ‘one who behaves, who is mannered, civilised, peaceable and polite’. The wisdom they received over 1,100 years ago from Maasaw, the ancient caretaker of the Earth, is known as the Hopi Spiritual Ark and... View Article