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As Mental Health Awareness Week draws to an end, here’s some of the wonder that has helped to root me and find myself again this week. It’s vital to look after ourselves. It’s the path to freedom and love. I’m a better parent, wife, friend, colleague and person when I soak my soul in the wonder that I am loved, worthy, of value, held, seen and known. Link the bio to my latest blog post where I get a bit shouty about these things. #mentalhealthawarenessweek #loved #takecareofyourself #freedomWhy make a normal Victoria sponge cake when you can make a blue and green one? Thankfully still tastes yummy... #cake #rainysaturday #timeforacuppaDay 1 of being signed off the bit of work I could be signed off from, due to exhaustion. Realising how tired my body is. Saw amazing bluebells. Inhaled their scent. Stumbled home to sit in the sun. Stared at bluetits on our cherry tree. Read a bit of a book. Napped for an hour. Repeated go slow, be gentle, be kind to yourself. Felt grateful for being able to be signed off. #sleep #rest #bestillmysoul #bekindtoyourself #mentalhealth #bluebells #stopping #tiredness48 hours away in Selsey to pay attention to my body, listen to @lostwordsspellsongs from the National History Museum, drink @skylark.coffee, hang out with the One who loves me most, walk in pretty places, have a morning walk in ancient Yew trees with my Dad, read books and realise the weight of exhaustion that covers me right now. Grateful for the husbandface for holding the fort and My Maker for blue seas, green grass and a beautiful word to bumble around in. #timeoff #exhaustion #beauty #soulsoothing #toesjusttouchedthewaterWalking my tired body around the woods. Noticing the green creeping higher and wider each day. This world reminding me that resurrection always comes. That hope will win out. That there are inescapable wonders even through the aching bones and fog in my brain. #inescapablehope #walkingon #green #blueskiesObligatory I’ve had a haircut selfie! Ah the small joys of life in this weird world. #haircut #pandemiclife #grateful #feelinglikemeArchives
Tag Archives: weakness
Weakness pt6 My most recent weakness hero.
Emma Scrivener is another person who more recently has come into the fore for making the world a gift of her weakness. She writes about her experience with anorexia and her on going struggles to keep going through this world. … Continue reading
Posted in Life on the journey
Tagged A New Name, broken, God, messy, reality, weakness, writing
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Weakness pt5 My weakness heroes
One of the most important joys I have found in my weakness is the joy of knowing that I am not alone. I am not the only one. My weaknesses become all the more paralysing and hidden when I think … Continue reading
Posted in Life on the journey
Tagged adrian plass, battle, henri nouwen, maturity, weakness
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Weakness pt 4. A Case study.
To help me think through what dealing with weakness looks like in practise I thought I’d dig deep into one of mine. It’s one that still daily affects me but is being worked on by our amazing God. I am a … Continue reading
Weakness Pt3 Dealing with each day…
So, it’s time to go back to some of my ramblings on weakness- see here and here for parts 1 and 2. Also see updated artwork by the excellent Jason. I want to ask some questions about how we deal … Continue reading
Weakness pt2 – Some questions for you.
As promised here’s part 2 of the weakness contemplations. This is the one where I ask many questions. Or possibly the same question over and over again: are we really ready to admit to being weak in our churches and … Continue reading
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Breakfast with an old friend. Good chats of realising things this afternoon. The unoriginal but yet still unnervingly surprising thought that even in my greatest strengths there will always be weakness, and that is more than ok because my identity … Continue reading
