A WhatsApp message from a friend recently served as a wake up call. It seemed surreal as I couldn't have imagined the news ‐ She's undergone an urgent operation due to a brain tumour. We're around the same age. She's relatively healthy. Shell shocked, I am reminded again of the fraility of life. Personally, to have... Continue Reading →
The Beauty of Trials
Are you in that time and space where ... the nights just seem so long, the winter just seems to drag on, the rough patch just got rougher, Are you in a difficult lot in life right now? Wandering and wondering ... Why is this happening to me? This isn't fair! How can... Continue Reading →
Hope for the Broken Hearted
For there would be no sunrise without dark nights, ... , no restoration without brokenness. Life is unpredictable. The only thing constant is change, just like the four seasons. And much like the many parodies of life, the human heart is so intended for contrast that, without one, we would not comprehend... Continue Reading →
Joy in Sorrow – Beauty for Ashes
For there would be no sunrise without dark nights, ... , no restoration without brokenness. - Reflections from the book 'Overextended' by Lisa Harper. I'd like to warn you that this post is fairly long, I did not split this into 2 posts as that would lose the flow. So please persevere and... Continue Reading →
Retrospection
As we look back at the year, let's not look back in anger, neither should we look back in defeat. Instead look back with gratitude. Be thankful for the afflictions, for they have made your heart stronger. Be thankful for the betrayals, for they have made your eyes brighter. Be thankful for the... Continue Reading →