CHALLENGING CHANGE, Spiritual

SEND HER DOWN!

22nd January 2018

One of the biggest impediments and stumbling block to change has to be the concept of guilt. Whilst a conscience and realisation of something untoward that one may have done is good because it elicits some degree of culpability, feeling guilty about it doesn’t necessarily have the same desired effect. The former is likely to be something one has said or done that wounds another. The latter in many instances is about one’s behaviour ( eating or drinking too much, overspending, neglecting chores to rather sleep in or watch daytime TV etc ) and this is where the term ‘…

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CHALLENGING CHANGE, FITNESS, Spiritual

AN INDISSOLUBLE BOND

20th January 2018

’ Through Him each part of the body is joined and knitted together by every supporting ligament so that every part of the body may function as it should, building itself up in love ‘ Ephesians 4:16

CHALLENGING CHANGE

THE HORSE OR THE CART?

20th January 2018

I’m struggling to know where to start. Do I need to deal with what I do first or do I start with why I do it before I can move on to how to fix it? How can one process exist in isolation from the other? They are all intertwined afterall. An immediate vision springs to mind: I think of the magnificent Ebony trees that I have encountered over the years when on safari in South Africa. I draw parallels between the tree and myself. I see the solid trunk that I aliken to my central core, my soul, that…

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CHALLENGING CHANGE

NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED

19th January 2018

Today has been a bad day. No different to many hundreds, if not thousands of days like it in my past, but perhaps I am just more aware of what I do thus heightening my negative self talk and disappointment in myself. I have struggled to focus or concentrate on anything , have felt restless and somewhat anxious. Most days I am just numb. I operate on rote – its Groundhog Day over and over again. Being alone exacerbates and increases the behaviour but I am not forced to seek isolation. It’s something I have always been drawn to and…

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HEALTH

THE REAL QUESTION

18th January 2018

Safari – 18 Jan 2018 at 16:51   I read this article in The Times this morning and it stopped me in my tracks. I have been telling myself for years that I need to put on weight in order to be healthy. 2017 was an extremely challenging year for me health-wise and for my family anyway, there was this tacit assumption that my health issues were related to my low body weight and choices I have made over the years regarding my diet. So for me, that elusive , pie in the sky blanket statement that so many of…

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FITNESS, Spiritual

PROCRASTINATION

17th January 2018

” Prayer is not our most natural response to the world. Left to our own impulses, we will always want to do something else before we pray. “ Henri Nouwen

CHALLENGING CHANGE

AVOIDANCE

17th January 2018

Avoidance, as defined in the Oxford Living Dictionary, is a noun meaning ‘ The action of keeping away from or not doing something ‘. Expert , adjective, is described as ‘ having a great deal of skill in a particular area ‘. I am expert in avoidance  

RELATIONSHIPS, Things around me

RAISE THE ALARM!

16th January 2018

I watched a trespassing cat in my garden in France this afternoon as it clumsily ( it was a rather portly cat )attempted to stalk the little tits that frequent my bird-feeder. The birds immediately sent out a chorus of warning signals until the danger had passed. Wouldn’t it be amazing if humans did likewise, rallying round each other, looking out for each other , constantly vigilant and issuing warnings whenever the slightest hint of danger seemed apparent. So often we become insular, looking the other way, scared to offend or interfere, looking after our own but neglecting our neighbour.…

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