Mental Health

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Grounded in Reality: The Freedom of Being Known and Loved
Trauma & Recovery

No More Lies. Stay Grounded in Reality

‘If you really knew me, would you still love me?’ A grounded reality of knowing God speaks ‘You are loved no matter what’.

For some reason we prefer fabricated realities to the
strong and sensitizing face of what is.
The spiritual life begins with accepting and
living our reality. Richard Rohr

I know someone who lies and embellishes the truth. They want to be known and loved but the facade of lies they have built up around themselves has become their truth.

Sometimes, when they feel safe, they let their guard down and the honesty flows. It’s beautiful to watch.

The Reason Why So People Walk the Camino de Santiago
Mental health

The Reason Why So Many People Walk the Camino de Santiago

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Three hundred thousand pilgrims walked the Camino de Santiago in 2017. These ancient pathways in Northern Spain have allured people from all over the world. But why? What is the reason that these trails have drawn so many pilgrims for such a long period? Camino means ‘Path.’ Just a little […]

If You Put Your Nose to the Grindstone Rough
Getting Well Staying Well Mental health

If You Put Your Nose to the Grindstone Rough

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If you put your nose to the grindstone rough, And keep it down there long enough, You will soon conclude that there are no such things, As a brook that babbles or a bird that sings. These three things will your world compose: Just you, the stone, And your ground-down […]

The First Step To A Great Day Is To Go To Sleep With God
Getting Well Staying Well Mental health

The First Step for a Great Day Is To Fall Into Sleep

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You want a great day, and you plan for it. But so much is reliant on actually having a good sleep. This is because God has always meant for the day to begin when your head hits the pillow and you rest in Gods trusting embrace. There is a rhythm […]

Does 'Turning the other cheek' mean I have to keep taking abuse?
Relationships & Connection

To ‘Turn the other cheek’ mean I have to keep taking abuse?

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Harsh words and rough hands can abuse but are we meant to turn the other cheek and accept the abuse. No, we are to grow in dignity. She had given into the bully 365 times too many. She had been cheek-slapped all of the marriage. For him, he had accepted […]

It's Love That Wins The Blind Prodigal Back
Helping & Supporting Others Mental health

It’s Love That Wins The Blind Prodigal Back

They were so caught up in themselves and their selfish desires that they got lost to the concerns of others. Without recognising the wealth of love around them, they were the prodigal, a child of abundance squandering it away.  What drew them back was a memory of love, faint and small, […]