If we take a view of life as a battle or quest to get, achieve or overcome SOMETHING or arrive SOMEWHERE, then we place a huge target on our backs for the arrows of pain, suffering, frustration and distraction. However, an alternative approach is to view LIFE AS A JOURNEY with no accidents or mistakes,... Continue Reading →
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩? A life dedicated or solely focused on 'getting and having' does not appeal to those who are waking up from slumber. There will 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 you should get, have or secure; someone else who has got... Continue Reading →
Often, we don't have control over the timing, nature and location of the storms that arise within or around us. However, we can choose to put our lives on hold by focusing on the storm, OR press on regardless by consciously and deliberately focusing on the positives instead. Brolly anyone? Let's go dancing in the... Continue Reading →
You didn't pass through the year 2022. The year 2022 passed through you. How is that for a thought? You are situated in the NOW - the ever constant moment. Like a conveyor belt, everything (events, thoughts and perceptions) flows through you. The mind's layering of these is perceived as time. It feels real enough,... Continue Reading →
A call to reflect on the power of your intentions and true motives. As the New Year 2023 steps unto the stage, do consider that your intentions (and motivation), whether conscious or unconscious, are a powerful signal emitted out into the Universe. Our intentions work like a homing beacon that attracts (or repels) things, people,... Continue Reading →
I no longer want to live with the old conditioned responses, feelings and perceptions. FATHER, The Old Man has served its purpose. It does not serve me anymore in the new light of revelation and understanding that We have. It is time to lay him down. It is time to silence him. He beats an... Continue Reading →
I caught myself again the other day, walking away with a suppressed smile on my face - trying to conceal my true emotions - as I marched off from another 'angry raised voice' encounter with my 9 and 8 year olds. I find myself doing this a lot more these days. I was once a... Continue Reading →
Do not despise your season of small beginnings. Start where you are. Pay attention to the small steps and beginnings of your journey. That is all you have to do. Truth is you are not in control of the outcomes. No one is. Your role is to focus on the inputs. The outcomes will come.... Continue Reading →
The right decision isn’t always the easiest. But ultimately it will be good, because God is good. May you find courage in your heart today to do the right thing. #InspirationalQuotes #motivation #purpose #faith #courage
Living Life on Purpose The last few months have been both the brightest and darkest of times for me. They have been both the most fulfilling and the most disorientating. It has been the most scared I have been and the bravest, all at the same time. They have been the most liberating and yet... Continue Reading →
There is something calming, healing, inspiring and prophetic about the sights and sound of flowing water.⠀I find myself drawn to the river again and again. It flows fast and focused with purpose.⠀For me, some of the most beautiful allegories in the Jewish and Christian traditions use the imagery of a flowing river.⠀The books of Ezekiel... Continue Reading →
Judas Iscariot is infamous, the Bible's quintessential betrayer who allegedly sold out Jesus for silver. But was he truly a villain? Or does his story have layers beyond the gospel narratives? Perhaps the key lies not in the historical details but in the deeper meaning betrayal can hold. Though painful, Jesus's betrayal served his path.... Continue Reading →
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