Category: Thoughts
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Don’t blink
Else you miss it My neighbour has this cherry tree that blossoms for a week every year. After that, it returns to being just a normal looking tree. I was looking at it a few days ago and realised this was my chance to enjoy the blossom before it blows off for another year. Looking…
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Always believe
That you can win. I was reading an article on BBC news about Ukraine, and one general from here was saying that 2024 was likely to be the year when Ukraine has to concede defeat. ‘The reason, he says, is “because Ukraine may come to feel it can’t win”.That made my heart sink. The moment…
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‘Get up
Out of bed, have a yawn and scratch your head and say thank-you, it’s a brand new day.’ Or so says a Bible club song from years ago. Is that the way you feel every morning? A witty friend re-wrote the song with ‘Get up out of bed, stub your toe and bang your head’.…
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A different way
Last week I told you I had a dream of setting my feet on the sand. The way I thought I would do it turned out to be too difficult, but I found another way that made my dream come true. Not how I imagined, but still it happened for me. I wonder if you…
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Take one step and then the next.
If life is getting overwhelming, sometimes it helps to focus on the next step, not whatever lies beyond that. If you’re like me and wake up dreading what the day brings, don’t look too far ahead. Even getting out of bed is a good start.
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The lifeboat is there.
When you are facing stormy seas in your life, never forget to look out for lifeboats.
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More than a card
It’s Mother’s Day today. I didn’t get a card from either of my two children but that didn’t matter, because they both do more to show their love for me every day than most other children have to. For example, I came into the kitchen for breakfast earlier and my daughter told me to sit…
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How little it takes
To give someone a boost. On Saturday, my husband drove us both to see an astounding vista of the Mourne mountains. We sat there watching the sun shine on the snowcapped mountains and our spirits rose. Yesterday, all I had to say to our daughter was ‘Moon Gelato’ and the sun came out with her…
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Little heroes
I was reading this morning on BBC news about 11 year old Mohammed Zo’rab from Gaza who goes hunting for food every day ‘to keep his family alive’. His father is trying to earn a small wage and his mother is sick. It got me thinking about how amazing children can be, and how often…
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When there is nothing.
I was given an amaryillis at Christmas time and still all that is there are four green leaves and no flower. For the past few weeks I have been faithfully phoning to get a date for my next, now long overdue, infusion. When I think outside of all this minimal frustration, I am aware of…
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