Category Archives: Faith and Personal Development
Suffering: it’s normal
Suffering is part of life and common to all of us, do not fool yourself or let others trick you into believing otherwise.
What you do with suffering and your attitude to it will determine your success in life.
In all things hold on to hope, never let go. You can get through!
If you are not coping then get help, professional help if need be, get help to overcome. You do not need to go through it alone and there any many organisations/mental health providers worldwide to help you overcome and get through so check your local directory or contact your doctor or even your local citizens advice bureau.
Like this:
The tree still stands
The tree has stood strong against the prevailing wind, it wears the battering but it still stands.
Perseverance comes not from standing in the face of a gentle breeze, it comes by standing in the face of howling gales and storms.
Like this:
What would you change?
It is within the capacity of us all of to influence the part of the world we live in.
I love this video from Kat Edmonson - Be The Change.
Now don’t just talk about what you would like to change; work on a plan to influence the change then implement it.
The need for contemplation
As I start this new day I take a few moments just to think, contemplate, meditate, pray and take time to allow my thoughts to settle.
It is my cave (or quiet) time, where nothing matters apart from stillness of the heart and mind. I can sit and watch the world go by without participating in its busy-ness. Sometimes I think about the work I must do, but, the most important thing I do is to just sit and in quiet contemplation just allow myself to listen.
Contemplation, meditation and prayer, to me, are much more about spending time listening than about the process or method or in the case of prayer, speaking or asking for things. When we sit and listen we discover many things about ourselves. Some are good some are not so good, but it is always for us to be encouraged about something or challenged to work on other things or even just to be a peace for a short time in our busy world.
Whether you are a Christian, as I am, or have another faith or even no faith at all, let me encourage you to practice the art of just “being”, sitting for a few moments everyday in quietness just to listen. You will be amazed at what you will discover.
