A Wellness Path

Getting Well Staying Well Mental Illnesses

In – Valid Me. Invalid Me.

As a person who has experienced mental illness and as someone who is seen by many as unable to provide any kind of valuable input to society, as somebody who is generally seen as more of a burden than a contributor I have often felt like a burden to others. […]

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Are you a Good Listener?

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Stop, right now. Yeah, I’m talking to you the listener! Just stop! For a few seconds, just take a breather in your busyness, and listen. Hear the world around you, the noise, the clock ticking, creating pressure. Listen to the silence that must be filled with something, I suppose? The […]

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Little by little

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“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” Mahatma Gandhi. ‘My life is not where I want it to be, I should be …’ ‘Should’s’ have a powerful pull over the mind. We have expectations, we have dreams, others have expectations for us, and others have dreams for us. […]

The Allure of Grace: How God Draws Us Into the Desert to Heal

Getting Well Staying Well

I am now going to allure her

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peopleAllure – the quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating. It’s autumn, and already I am looking forward to spring. I have to go through winter and all the wet and cold, but I know better times are coming when my senses are filled with the fragrance of […]

Spiritual Formation

Extreme Makeover to your Living House

Over the last few weeks, I have had time to get to work on some of the home maintenance issues that have needed addressing. The list was quite long, but slowly and steadily I have worked through them all, item by item. There will always be a list of things […]

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We Learn by What we Ask

Once upon a time, yes its one of those stories, the Ear, the Eye and the Tongue got together for a chat. The Eye was telling the other two about how it had observed something the day before. It had watched an event intently and saw all that could […]

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Tick on a dog

A friend and I were talking the other day about ticks. Not the nicest of topics but apparently in Australia they have ticks that can cause paralysis to a dog, and then eventually death. Reflecting on this I remembered what Dr. Larry Crabb wrote. ‘What is a tick there for, […]