“The Sleeping warrior” Arran.
From overwhelm to peace.
I was having an off day. Do you ever have a day when you feel out of step with what is going on around you? I was ruminating over some different things that I just couldn’t figure out. So I got up early in the morning, went out and sat down on a seat overlooking…
Inspirational nature!
This week, I had the privilege of visiting Akagera national park in Rwanda. We left at 4am, to arrive early to have the best possibility to see the animals. They are more likely to be out in the cool of the morning or evening, going down to a waterhole for a drink. Everyone is looking…
The challenge of forgiveness.
The Rwandan genocide started on 7th April 1994, when there was an intense 100 days of bloodshed and atrocities against the Tutsi minority. The trigger for these murders and rapes was the assasination of the Rwandan President Habyarimana, but the evidence is that the subsequent killings were preplanned and premeditated. There are many factors that…
Rwanda adventure!
I have the enormous privilege of being out in Rwanda with Comfort International. Comfort International is a developmental charity, whose focus is to help rebuild lives of those affected by poverty, conflict and genocide. I am out visiting some of their partner projects, to support their work, and to meet some of the people involved.…
Spiritual detours.
The roads around Glasgow just now are difficult to navigate, with road works, road closures and diversions. That yellow diversion sign can strike fear into any driver, as the organisers seem to delight in omitting one sign from the sequence. All too often, you are on a diverted road, and then you come up to…
Saying thank you!
Recently I have been engaging with utility companies to get some work done in the house. This can be frustrating, involving endless phonecalls, changing passwords and protracted negotiations. However now and again, a company does something really good. They respond to your call, do what you ask promptly, and the repair is made. The interesting…
Locked in the bathroom
This morning, I was coming out of the bathroom, ready to face the day. I pushed down on the door handle, only for it to sheer off in my hand. It was a really stiff handle to start with, so try as I might, I just couldn’t get the door handle to budge. With a…
Choosing to walk in the light
The 21st of June is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, the day with the longest light and least dark. Sunrise today in Glasgow is 4.27am, and sunset 21.40 – giving over 17 hours of light. The light is so glorious, and such a contrast to the 21st of December when in Glasgow there…
Gaudi’s legacy…
Last year I had the privilege of visiting the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona. What a gorgeous, imaginative, exhuberant place of worship. It was the most amazing structure, the exterior with intricate carvings of the Nativity and Easter stories, and luscious motifs of plants and animals. And the interior was flooded with a kaleidoscope of…
Sunshine and showers
What a day- I have got soaked so many times, but in the midst of it all is such sunshine and colour. One minute you are wet and have soggy, squelchy shoes. Next minute, there is a rainbow reflected in the puddles- didn’t manage to capture that on camera though! Life feels like this just…
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