One of my favourite practices this year has been my weekly Tai Chi class. The meditative movement and the focus on my breath has been an anchor of peace in my sometimes chaotic weekly routine. This week my instructor used a new phrase to describe the practice. She said we are "moving into stillness". My … Continue reading Move into stillness
As we leave school every day, the girls often race ahead of me, chatting to each other about their day. But when they get to the top of the hill, they pause, for there the road splits, and they don't know where I have parked the car. I call out from behind them, "to the … Continue reading Hear his voice
Let your gentleness be evident to allPhilippians 4:5 (NIV) Gentleness. It's not really a word that we hear very often these days. We live in a world that is all about drive. We are called to be "boss babes" or "influencers". We are called to hustle for our worth. I didn't want to post on … Continue reading Put on gentleness
Some people might call me an over-thinker (and they'd be right!) I am a person who ponders the in and outs of life, I analyse every interaction and motivation. I dissect conversations after an event in an effort to figure out, "what she really meant by that comment", or worrying if, "I said the right … Continue reading Investigate my life
Today November starts and we begin the crazy slide towards Christmas and the end of the year. I am already feeling a need to slow down, here in the second last month of the year. So I thought I'd start a series focused on finding peace in the midst, and for me, peace is found … Continue reading Guarded by peace
My girls and I venture out into the garden with a packet of seeds in hand. As I pour them out into waiting palms, they exclaim about how tiny these seeds are. I am once again struck by the wonder of nature. I reminded of the amazing potential in these tiny seeds. That given the … Continue reading Sowing the Seed