a manifesto for courageous authenticity
I love photographs. Before the age of the iPhone, I did not leave home without a real-life camera in my pocket or handbag. If you’re as old as me, you’ll remember the unbearable time lapse between sending off your “film” by mail (that’s when you put something in an actual mailbox) and awaiting the return of your precious photos…unsure, even,…
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I am an achiever. Efficiency and effectiveness are my personal guideposts. Lists are my favourite. I feel ridiculously overjoyed when I accomplish tasks. A job 99% finished is not finished to me. Only 100% gets checked off the list. I am competitive; not with others, but with myself. My brain automatically schedules me, even when there is nothing official to…
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“Come, let us return to the Lord. For he has torn us, but he will heal us; he has wounded us, but he will bandage us…He will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” (Hos. 6.1-3) The storm we dreaded ravaged us. And it rescued us. Things have been onerous in a…
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My life is an enormous metaphor. The more I’ve learned about myself, especially through the lens of the Enneagram, the better I have understood that not everyone ascribes meaning to elements of life in the same way that I do. There are occasions that I read into situations and find meaning where there isn’t any, but there are others where…
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Life is gorgeous and hard and awe-inspiring and messy. We can re-frame, see all the silver linings, count it as blessing in disguise, speak positively and practice gratitude. We can and we should and we DO. But this doesn’t negate the existence of painful things. Yes, life is wondrous, but it can still be hard. Perhaps you’ll be tempted to…
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