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Who Am I & Who Are You
I made a list tonight of the people in my life who found me very difficult to deal with, and who I have found very difficult to deal with. Then I looked at the names I had written down. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, emotions, relationships, self-care, self-doubt, self-worth, struggle, understanding
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INFJ Self-Love – Reconciling the Contradictions
I feel like I’m full of contradictions most of the time. Possibly that’s because I’m an INFJ. It’s driving me nuts quite often, but I’m also feeling like I’m reconciling more and more of the contrasting parts of me, accepting that … Continue reading
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Tagged balance, contradictions, contrast, discernment, Empath, faith, INFJ, introvert, love, reconciliation, self-acceptance, self-love, understanding
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Dealing With Destructiveness
A few years ago, I was in a short-lived and long-regretted relationship with someone I thought I knew quite well, only to then discovered that I had no idea who I was dealing with. It was partly a mistake in judgment … Continue reading
Posted in Reflect
Tagged addiction, blame, bully, destructive, experience, fear, freedom, mind, poison, regret, relationship, self-doubt, understanding
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Not Knowing
Sometimes it seems as if I’m walking on parallel paths, and that’s why I get so confused, trying to figure out where I am and who I am and where I want to go… Maybe it doesn’t have to be … Continue reading
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Tagged belonging, calling, clarity, creation, direction, discernment, faith, fear, freedom, PhD, prayer, search, understanding, vulnerability
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Equal
I’m so tired at the moment of how many men seem to have an ingrained sense of ‘natural superiority’ over women. I’m so tired of living near that, of living surrounded by people like that, in a society/world/neighbourhood like that. It’s … Continue reading
New Year, New Way?
In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33 I’m still thinking about my last post, “What’s Wonderful?”, or at least pondering the state of my mind and heart in writing that. … Continue reading
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Tagged church, creative, discernment, emotions, faith, family, feelings, forgiveness, freedom, fullness of life, gay, gay rights, God, good news, integrity, lesbian, LGBT, love, relationship, self-love, understanding, vocation, wonderful, work
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Loving Others as I Love Myself
“He who attempts to act and do things for others or for the world without deepening his own self-understanding, freedom, integrity, and capacity to love, will not have anything to give to others. He will communicate to them nothing but … Continue reading
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Tagged action, ambition, contemplation, depth, ego, freedom, fullness of life, integrity, justice, love, others, self, superficiality, Thomas Merton, truth, understanding
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Daily Riches: The Knowledge That Transcends Learning (Donald McCullough, Thomas Aquinas and G. K. Chesterton) *
Originally posted on Richer By Far:
“Some things–perhaps the most important–cannot be grasped, regardless of the reach of one’s intellectual prowess. They can only be received. There is a knowledge that cannot be gained by thinking or reasoning or deducing…
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Tagged depth, direction, discernment, Donald McCullough, expectations, faith, fear, gentleness, God, good news, goodness, grace, guidance, heart, humanity, humility, ignorance, intellect, knowledge, limitations, openness, peace, receive, should, surprise, trust, truth, understanding, wisdom, wonder
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Daily Riches: Do Nothing … and then Rest (Anne Wilson Schaef, Soren Kierkegaard and Mary Oliver)
Originally posted on Richer By Far:
“How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.” Spanish proverb “For many of us the thought of doing nothing is terrifying. We can’t imagine what life would be like if we…
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Tagged camera, experience, freedom, fullness of life, gentleness, God, good news, grace, lazy, learning, peace, photography, projects, purpose, relax, rest, space, study, time, understanding, walk, work
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Radically Good
The gospel is radical. Did you know that…? I didn’t, for a long time. I knew the gospel to be God’s demanding rules on our self-denial and the framework for some kind of achievement scale. No kidding. And I took it seriously. And … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, approval, behaviour, choice, church, conformity, delight, enjoy, enjoyment, expectations, experience, fear, freedom, fullness of life, gentle, gentleness, God, good news, goodness, grace, joy, letting go, light, love, meaning, openness, peace, pressure, radical, rest, tenderness, tension, trust, truth, unconventional, understanding
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