‘Traditions serves as an avenue for creating lasting memories for our families and friends.’ Which family traditions will you enjoy this Christmas? … More Seasonal Traditions (it’s nearly Christmas)
In areas of life, where values, beliefs and opinions jostle for position, each affecting our moral and/or ethical outlook and life choices, disagreements are played out on a larger, more impactful and more crucial scale. Conflict is inevitable; how we handle it, is not…
In our chaotic, dysfunctional, noisy world, we seem to be pitted against one another in increasingly distressing ways. Objective realities aside, debate, discussion and reason are becoming harder to find; formerly safe places are no longer the sanctuaries that we thought. … More See You On the Dark Side of the Moon
‘Let your fear of regret be stronger than your fear of failure.’ – Ruth Soukup (American author).
I’ve been pondering… on the difference between failure and regret.
Let’s not allow life to pass us by or failure to hold us captive, regardless of what else is happening in the world. … More Failure versus Regret
‘Happiness doesn’t have just one address’ – Anon … More Travelling Again
‘To prepare our hearts for Christmas we must cultivate the spirit of expectancy’ – Handel H Brown – pastor and author, Florida USA. I was standing by my mother in a school hall recently, singing some well-loved carols. They are by now, so familiar to me that the words are embedded in my memory banks, … More ‘The Spirit of Expectancy’
‘Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow’ – Thomas Obadiah Chisholm – hymn writer 1866–1960 I’ve been writing this blog for over eight years now, and when re-reading the Christmas posts I discovered that I’ve repeatedly returned to the theme of hope. As I pondered what to write in this Advent piece, I can’t … More Hope For The Hopeless
‘I’ve felt quite overwhelmed by world events this week, so it was good to be reminded that others have felt similarly over generations and found a path of hope’ … More More Perspective
Awesome: ‘something Americans use to describe everything.’ from the Urbandictionary.com I once knew a lady who scattered the word ‘awesome’ into conversation much as you might sprinkle sugar on your porridge and with almost equal abandon. She was as likely to use it in reference to a particularly delicious slice of cake as to a … More More Mountains
‘The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.’ – Albert Camus Congratulations are currently pinging around, which is rather wonderful. It’s all because I have a new book baby making it’s way into the world this week. ‘Haven’t you just had one of those?’ I hear you ask . Well … More Congratulations: it’s a Book!
I lift up my eyes to the mountains – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2 I’ve been fortunate to be able to see the local Helderberg mountains this week, here in the Western Cape. There have been days when the lingering wet winter … More Keep looking up
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