Choosing life
I’ve been feeling lately on the verge of a relapse. It’s a place I really don’t want to go – day upon endless day of darkness and hopelessness. I know my journey through ‘the valley of death’ has been long…
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It’s a new year
It’s a new year and I am thankful for it. I started last year with a feeling of hopelessness. There seemed to be no end in sight to my PTSD and I was losing the will to live. Work for…
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A little bit of grace…
There is this tiny little town off the beaten track called Garcetown on the south coast of Western Australia. I came across it by accident and the name drew me in. I feel like I need to live in Grace…
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On the path to unlearning…
Transformation is often more about unlearning than learning – Richard Rohr. I am reading a number of books at moment and this seems to be a common thread through all of them. I am a little slow sometimes and need…
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To work or not to work…
It’s been a few weeks of ups and downs. Started with a phone call to say that they were looking to let people go who were unassigned for a long stretch. Given that it’s been a little over 5 months…
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Alive or living, that is the question
I have been thinking a lot lately about death and dying. I have been putting my affairs in order, making a will etc. No I am not depressed and I am not contemplating ending it all. I just dream about…
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2017 and beyond…
2016 has been quite a year and I am thankful it is over. Tomorrow 2017 begins – a fresh year with endless possibilities awaits. At the start of the year, I wrote in one of my blog posts that I…
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Tis the season and all…
Tis the season to be jolly – or so the old songs says. But I have met so many that are anything but jolly at this time of the year. To many it just seems to add to their already…
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