It can be frustrating when your ‘hands are tied’. ‘My hands are tied’ is an idiom that means that you are unable to act or behave in a certain way because something is constraining you. There is no freedom. ‘I would love to raise your salary but my hands are […]
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It’s an acronym I learnt this week from All is Grace, Brennan Manning’s memoir. He was describing his time in a rehab facility for his alcoholism when he received feedback from his fellow alcoholics in a peer review worksheet. I SEE YOU USING THE FOLLOWING DIVERSIONS TO KEEP FROM DEALING […]
For the apostle Paul, he knew what a dark place was like. But he found an antidote for thoughts of suicide. To him, darkness was a close friend. Always present, never leaving, clinging on like a wet shirt. Life sucked. No joy, no hope. As he sat with me I […]
Who Knows you? I know Raj down at the petrol station, I know his face, I see him regularly, and he possibly knows me at the same level. If I was to see him at the Mall, without his uniform, I might wonder where I know him from. Then there […]
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 […]
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 […]