Getting ready for Christmas
Who says that Christmas expectancy can’t be enriched by a learning curve? Learning and Christmas? Do they go together? I think yes. Isn’t Christmas about
Realization
Barns burnt down – nowI can see the moon. Mizuta Masahide, 17th century Japanese poet This poem is quoted inEugene Peterson, The Jesus Way. A conversation
Mind knows
I recently travelled to visit family and friends. I was wearing a new watch – a beautiful present from my dear husband. It served me
A feel thing
We can use words to describe what Good, God, means to us. We can speak about it and write about it. Yes, that is possible
Go out
I read and study the Bible every day. Part of my study is the One Year Bible, a Bible that accompanies throughout the year and
Is progress going on?
Just the other day I needed advice. In every profession an insight from a colleague is sometimes all it takes, and in every profession the
Fear is not us
There is nothing more healing and strengthening than the revelation that there is no fear in Love. No fear whatsoever. None. There is no carrier
Motive matters
A complicated situation at my workplace kept me up all night about a decade ago. It involved sensitivities, a new policy, a crosstalk among colleagues.
The hardest part
…and the most rewarding part is stop believing into the reality and power of evil. What does it take to disbelief in evil entirely? What
Galaxies of stars
The spectacular galaxy NGC 4254, also known as Messier 99. A grand design spiral galaxy. This galaxy is about 49 million light-years away from Earth.
Getting more than you’ve always got
Spring in Iceland. 2022 Henry Ford: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you’ve always got.” Mary Baker Eddy wrote
Finding yourself, finding joy
I am on a continuing quest to learn more about joy. It seems to me to be an existential quest. Over the years I have
The island of the innocent
“When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it
“…the very heavens shall laugh at them…”
“What you take by force you can only maintain by force.” This insight was voiced by Mahatma Gandhi, and it is one of those propositions
Commit to Life
The art of living is an art that is not reserved for the few. It is a task assigned to all of us, whereever we
Who are you – before you accomplish something?
There is absolutely nothing you can do to improve your relationship to Life. Nothing. Your relationship is already the closest relationship you will ever have.