Seasons of life

Seasons of life

There is a sigh of relief as we learn that Tropical Cyclone Alessia has left Australia’s Top End capital, leaving behind little damage. The formation and movement of Alessia reminds us that we have moved into the Wet Season once more. There are many who would rather not experience the Build-Up or the Wet Season…

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I am

I am

Recently I was attending a workshop and I was asked to complete an activity that I often ask others to do. The task was to complete a double-sided worksheet that consisted of lines of unfinished sentences, commencing with the phrase “I am…”.  Many people will be very familiar with this sort of exercise that is…

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Trusting the bumps in our lives

Trusting the bumps in our lives

There is a beautiful prayer written by Teilhard de Chardin titled Patient Trust. It reminds us to trust in the movement and progress of our lives and to have patience. Most of us wish that things would happen straight away and turn out just as we want them, however this does not always correspond with …

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Patient Trust

Patient Trust

A beautiful prayer by Teilhard de Chardin SJ

Living with miracles

Living with miracles

Albert Einstein stated: “There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; or you can live as if everything is a miracle.” Travelling to new places always opens my eyes to the many miracles in the world: the wonders of art and buildings, of communication and culture, of landscape…

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Freeing myself: The perception of others

Freeing myself: The perception of others

We can find ourselves churning over and over things that people have said or done, or the things that we feel they have neglected to say or do. We may feel hurt or angry by their actions or inactions, their words or their silence. Mostly, we take on board their behaviour, interpret it in the…

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Passion needs Compassion

Passion needs Compassion

Are you passionate about something? Perhaps the work that you do, or a particular sport or sporting group, a hobby, or perhaps just changing the world! To be passionate, according to the dictionary, is to have “intense emotion or strong feeling.” It is this strong feeling that can propel a person into action. Passion can…

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Your Body is Your Temple

Your Body is Your Temple

Being told in RE classes, ‘back in the day’ (or in the olden days as my children remind me) that “Your body is your temple”, I believed that the nuns were instilling in us the importance of keeping your body ‘pure’ with the avoidance of promiscuity. That befitted the Catholic Young Ladies College of the…

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The Heart of Forgiveness, Part 3: Forgiving Myself

The Heart of Forgiveness, Part 3: Forgiving Myself

How many times have I put my foot in it, and wish I could take back some of the things I have said or done? Or what about those significant hurtful behaviours of the past that I wish I could

The Heart of Forgiveness, Part 2: How do I forgive?

The Heart of Forgiveness, Part 2: How do I forgive?

Forgiveness, like love, is both a decision and a commitment. Decision is of the mind, and commitment is of action, and both arise from intention. In achieving a heart of forgiveness, we first need to have the intention to forgive