IF If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,Or being hated, don’t give way to … Continue reading The poem “IF”, by Rudyard Kipling
Empowerment
Broken Trust
"When someone has broken your trust once, it takes a lot to get it back. When trust has been repeatedly broken, the damage takes every effort to repair. After repeated breakage to trust, or to any structure, it becomes very weak and, unless proper attention is given to repair, it breaks irreparably or is demolished." … Continue reading Broken Trust
Double For Your Trouble
One day I heard that God was going to gift me "double for my trouble". This was an awesome promise. I could hardly believe that anyone, let alone God, could make up for all the 'avalanches', the trials and shocks, the pain and all the sorrow. Well, he is doing just as he promised, by … Continue reading Double For Your Trouble
A Letter To My Brother
To my darling brother, Whom I have known for fifty years today, A message that is on my heart to share with you, On your special birthday far away ... I am not sure how to write this, nor how to best begin, and so am going to pretend that we are in the … Continue reading A Letter To My Brother
She Let Go – A Poem by Safire Rose – And A Story
She Let Go She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go. She let go of fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She let go of the committee of indecision within her. She let go of all the ‘right’ … Continue reading She Let Go – A Poem by Safire Rose – And A Story
On Teaching Our Children
It is all very well teaching children Academic subjects, Sex Education and how to pass Examination with perfect results ... But how about teaching them how to THRIVE in the big wide world? How about teaching them to LOVE ... themselves and others? How about teaching them how to SAFELY and sustainably … Continue reading On Teaching Our Children
On Architecture
I imagine that a good course in Psychology would be as worthwhile to an Architect, as a good course in Nutrition would be to any Doctor. ♥ ~ Holly
The Holly Tree Tales 