Understanding the nature of the relationship between me and my thoughts has been very liberating indeed. Negative thoughts, like some guests, do make unannounced visits. But I don’t have to entertain them. Thoughts come barging in unannounced. They emerge in the conscious mind, feeling very much like our own creation. But they are not ours... Continue Reading →
They say death is the last enemy to be vanquished. I say FEAR is the last enemy. Show me a man or woman who has expelled fear in all its guises from their life, and I will show you a person free as a bird — soaring high, gliding joyfully with the currents. Fear causes... Continue Reading →
I learnt this lesson the hard way: Stop kicking the can down the road. Stop leaning into a future event, present activity, or expectation as a crutch for stability or a basis for your identity. I don't think I'd ever truly lived in the present fully as myself; fully independent of external milestones, projected pit... Continue Reading →
The ego needs success to thrive; the soul needs meaning .. Richard Rohr. These words jumped up from the book at me, not to teach me something new, but rather to confirm something I had already discovered. The game is rigged. No quest, goal, or project ever delivers on its promise to fully satisfy. Each... Continue Reading →
At some point in our journey, we all encounter a reality check. Your life, provision, source, and substance do not come from the world you perceive through your five senses. For some, it's a quiet nudge or a niggling question: 'Surely there's more to life than this?' For others, it comes as a full-blown, life-altering... Continue Reading →
God is working for your good in this transition. Trust Him and look forward with courage to the new day He brings. ❤️
This old King James saying invites us to a profound release of control. To exist free from the weight of worry and striving, instead trusting in the inner wisdom that guides us. True gifts aren't born from exertion, but surrender. When we quiet the mind and step into the natural flow of life, we discover... Continue Reading →
My cry is 'Freedom!'My quest is re-Union! I refuse to be defined by the pastOr limited by circumstances.Fear and doubt will not have the last say. I refuse to journey back in timeTo past grievances or slights. I spread my wings and soar,Carried by grace and unfailing love.Though I may waver,No one and nothing can... 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 →
As a mirror reflects the rays of the noonday sun, so our hearts reflect back to God the very love the Father has for us. In the midst of trial, disappointments and my own failings, that still small voice in my heart testifies ‘I am my beloved’s and He is mine’. I am assurred that... Continue Reading →
Allow God to be in you. Allow God to be with you. Allow God to be through you. Surrender to your true purpose, your identity, your destiny. Surrender to Love.
Return to me, child. Return to your centre. Move at your own determined pace. March to the beat of your own inner pacemaker. Pick up your pace from the inside out; not outside in. Resist the temptation to give up your peace for anxious energy, in pursuit of legitimate goals and activities. Look out for... Continue Reading →
The natural mind wants all the facts and circumstances aligned perfectly before resting in peace. But as soon as the mind perceives a change to the situation ...this transient peace evaporates!I am left exhausted by the many peaks and throughs of this transient, illusionary peace.I yearn for true peace. Authentic, consistent and true.The peace that... Continue Reading →
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