The start of the year is a great time to do a personality test. They're a bit of fun if you like that sort of thing. If so, have you ever done the Enneagram personality profile? What I like about the Enneagram is that it takes into account spiritual weaknesses and strengths for each type …
A lot has changed since my first blog back in May. What started as a therapeutic way for me to encourage my own faith in the midst of cancer, evolved into writing because I wanted to encourage others, and the therapeutic benefits of writing became the by-product instead of the motivation. I tweaked my "Welcome" …
Big sterile room. Futuristic looking machine. Green laser lights. Warning beeps. Whirrs. Radiation arms sweep over, hover. Breathe in. Hold. Don't move a muscle! Machine goes to next precise position. Repeat. I lay on my back and stare at the crack in the ceiling.That simple little crack has helped me focus on keeping perfectly still …
In my original post I wrote about the anecdote for disappointment being hope. "Hope expects a better outcome next time," I wrote. "Hope sees the smallest flicker of light, even in the dark. Hope speaks positively, even if negative emotions are still being worked through. Hope seeks what is known and good. Hope remembers that …
Continue reading Disappointment and the Bird Feeder (part 2)
What I knew about my husband when I first met him was that he was from Sydney, he lived with his sister, and he worked in the music industry. As our friendship developed I began to know who he was. He was confident but not egotistical. He was good at thinking on his feet. He …
Have you ever been the executor of an estate? My husband is in the bizarre situation of being the executor of an estate for someone he barely knew and never personally met. We recently spent a few days categorising the contents of the deceased's house. There we were, sorting through someone's life. Yet those things do …
The afternoon has turned grey and dark. We are currently camping by the ocean and I can hear the distant thunder building in the hills of the hinterland. Storms are a common occurrence as the weather heats up here in South East Queensland. In summers past we've had storms blow through hitting hard and fast …
Sitting in my garden is a new bird feeder that our local birds either haven't noticed, or don't like! My expectations of rainbow lorikeets, galahs and cockatoos stopping by for a visit each morning and afternoon have not been met and I feel disappointed! If only disappointment was always the bird feeder kind of variety! …
The laundry. Where all unwanted items in our house seem to end up. The latest item awaiting adoption in my laundry is a shield of armour. Left over from a theatre production perhaps? Upon quizzing the only theatrical member of our family I'm told "I'm going to use it for a kids church lesson and …
Have you ever had a dream where you're totally aware that you're dreaming and can control events within the dream? My ability to lucid dream has waned in recent years, but occasionally I can still tell myself during a dream "you're dreaming", and then control to some degree the direction I want the dream to …
Quietly Roaring 