How are you all going out there? For me it has been and continues to be an incredibly difficult and lonely time, as it would be for many others who are far worse off than I. For those who have lost their jobs, find it difficult to put food on the table, have lost a…
Tag: Faith
Learning to Breathe Again
The world has been turned upside down. Of that there is no doubt. In a few short weeks we have stopped everything we love doing as a community, are unable to be with friends or extended family, have changed the way we work, or have lost jobs. Children are mostly being educated online at home,…
A Time to Surrender
Happy New Year MuSinGers, The past few months have been a whirlwind of activity and a rollercoaster of emotions for me, as much as for many other people at this time of year. Who are we? What are we doing or not doing? Are we taking time to just be? Where are we going? Bushfires…
Saying Goodbye… and Dancing
Goodbye. It is such a loaded word – such an emotional word. I have had to say goodbye to many people and places over my life, and it is never easy. Sometimes the goodbyes have been self-imposed, such as when I chose to leave a soul-draining workplace. Most people would advise that one should never…
The Darkness
An intense personal darkness is with me. This has been triggered by several things, especially life and career transitions, but also because of the actions of some people around me. Despite my own advice about not allowing yourself to be affected, things just sometimes do get to you, and you just have to ride it…
Book review: ‘You Are Enough’ by Mandy Hale
A few posts ago I reviewed Mandy Hale’s book Beautiful Uncertainty. Her newest book, You Are Enough: Heartbreak, Healing, and Becoming Whole, is the subject of today’s post. If you have read Beautiful Uncertainty, you could not ask for a greater contrast between that book and this new one, and perhaps even wonder if this…
Our Epidemic
Today’s topic is not something which many of us choose to talk about, but I think we seriously need to look at it. Loneliness. I’m not talking about choosing to have periods of time alone or intentional silence – that can actually be a very good thing for you, and many of us can cope…
Book review: ‘Beautiful Uncertainty’ by Mandy Hale
Today’s book review is about Beautiful Uncertainty by Mandy Hale. Mandy is also a blogger and has written other books. You can find her at The Single Woman blog. Beautiful Uncertainty has class, emotion, poetic words, faith, and strength saturating its pages. In fact, it is dripping in sweetness and comfort. It is like a…
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