Do you hate greasy dishes? They frustrate me. You have hot water with detergent in the water, you wash that pot or plastic container from the Indian takeaway, and out it comes with a smear of grease. So what do you? Well, you get the detergent bottle and squirt a […]
A Wellness Path
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Confession – One of my favorite shows is Ice road Truckers. In a recent show there were mouse droppings scattered all over the floor of the Kenworth truck of Ice Road Trucker Rick. He was unwell and had potentially Hanta Virus. The truck was quarantined and one serious […]
They stood beside me. Shoulder to shoulder and when my little shield of faith started to droop under the tiredness of the battle, they came in closer, knowing one day, perhaps the next, I would rise again. Friends are crucial in this life. If you have a mental illness […]
Dear God, why do I keep fighting you off? One part of me wants you desperately, another part of me unknowingly pushes you back and runs away. What is there in me that so contradicts my desire for you? These transition days, these passageways, are calling me to let go […]
If we want to see our goals achieved we have to negotiate the plan with those that will influence the outcome. Do you negotiate your plans? Over the last four posts I have been going through some lessons Daniel, a character from the Bible, has taught me about achieving […]
Stop, pause, pull back and spend some time in considering how things truly are. In the last couple of posts I have been going through some lessons Daniel, a character from the Bible, has taught me about achieving goals. In Daniel’s story we find him making a goal of […]
I’m not ‘simple’, I just like to keep things simple. Do you? Complexity baffles me, frustrates me and adds to the resistance to achieve goals. I like to keep things simple. I’m not alone in this as I read the story of Daniel and the goal he set of not […]
Saying the word ‘Goal’ can bring a trigger for a flood of nervous anxiety. Your mind quickly remembers all those failed goals and the negative feelings around them. As a former Mental Health Support Worker I can well remember the many conversations I had with people I was supporting who […]
Often in life, our mental health can be whittled away, but when we know this, we can find ways to restore. As a young boy one of my favourite activities to do was to get a knife and to whittle away at a piece of wood. Nothing elaborate, just a […]
God hath not promised skies always blue, Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through; God hath not promised sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, peace without pain. But God hath promised strength for the day, Rest for the labor, light for the way, Grace for the trials, help from above, Unfailing […]