Sometimes at the end of a long hard journey we can compliment the adventurer who undertook it and say “you did well” or when someone passes away after a difficult illness we say they “shame, they did so well”. I once did a mountain climb that I was convinced was going to kill me! At the end of the climb, people said to me, “you did so well!”. But, upon reflection I know that what they meant was, “You made it”.
Read MoreWhat takes life from being something that is happening to you, to something you are living well? I propose it is the sense that you are using all the raw materials you have been given in order to create something, something that will long outlast you and your time on this earth.
Read MoreWhatever you do don’t tell… If you do that I’ll tell everyone… I’m going to tell on you… You can’t tell them that or they’ll…
I cannot tell you how may times in my life I have heard these chilling sentences and I hate to admit how many years I allowed myself to be bound in guilt, fear and condemnation because I was afraid to 'tell'.
Read MoreIn today's world many many people do not consider themselves to be people of faith and therefore not people who worship. But looking at this scripture it makes me think... worship is not so much about lifting your hands to songs, or bowing down before alters. However, worship is much more about the things that not only grab and hold your affection, but also your resources - emotional and physical. We invest in what we love, in what holds our affection. But the word treasure... that takes it a step further. I asked myself, what do I treasure?
Read MoreTHIRTY ONE: days are some of the best in my opinion. This issue is jam packed with pure gold. Right from Ps. Edna's powerful Power Note all the way through the stunning articles written by women I love and esteem. Edna challenges us to "refuse to allow smallness to enter our thinking." And dares us to "enter into the spacious wide-open life". And for me, my contribution to this issue, was just that. A refusal to give into smallness, or to stay quiet in the process and journey of life.
Read MoreI am super excited to announce that Issue 8 of THIRTY ONE: Magazine is out and yet again the team have knocked it out of the park! Between these pages are well springs of life, wisdom and beauty.
Read MoreEvery time I write it, say it or think about that word I smile. Because just saying it... Focus... Brings a stillness to my heart and a deep breath in my lungs. As I say "focus" I feel lots of pressures and tensions fall away, because I don't have to do it all! It is a quality over quantity word. It is a word that causes one to live from a posture of being proactive rather than reactive.
Read MoreJanuary 1st comes... Ready, set, go!
But all too often, by the time February rolls around, or even mid Jan, the realities of life, or even our early failures in our best laid plans can threaten to derail and deflate us. So I today I thought I would share what I think are some of the keys to maintaining momentum as you work through and toward your vision for the year.
Read MoreDaily routines, vision and goals, mentoring, creative team development- you name it there is a list for it! And with great planning comes great stationery - yes, I'm not ashamed to say it, I heart stationery.
Read MoreSimply put, Harvest is the process of gathering ripe crops from the fields. Reaping is the cutting of grain and pulses. Harvest also marks the end of the growing season. As I was reading up a little on the subject I felt a tugging at my heart and a question popped up - What have I grown over the last season that is now ready to harvest? What have I been cultivating that is ready to be pruned?
Read MoreIn the West we are not used to being quiet, we do not practice "getting quiet". In fact, if most of us are honest, we fear the quiet. And stillness is a foreign, abstract idea. You see stillness is not the absence of movement... Quiet is not the absence of sound. To still and quiet ones soul is a journey for the brave because it means that each of us have to face the resounding jungle of words, thoughts and voices that line the path along the way.
Read MoreIt is not healthy to live in a habitual pattern of trying to keep up with life or surviving life rather than living your life.Don't let your day happen to you. Happen to your day.
Read MoreThe great unknown. Sounds beautifully enigmatic doesn’t it? Wide open space with no boundaries, no time constraint, no systems or agendas. Um… Yes. Until you are living smack. Bang. In the middle of it. And the only thing you have to hang onto is a word or a promise and of course, everyone’s questions.
Read More“It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something.” from the opening scene of the movie Crash.
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