Yearly Archives: 2015

I have really struggled with the topic this month. Don’t get me wrong I think determination is wonderful. It is that inner grit, that drive to get things done. It is the impetus that keeps you moving ahead even if you hit a problem. It is the energy that helps you […]

what happens when determination doesn’t work?

29 Apr, 2015 in 2015: Determine by Jodie McCarthy

She was just 15, but she nearly lost her life. Shot in the head at point blank range. Malala Yousafzai. A young girl from beautiful mountainous country, plagued by the ruling fist of a power that wished only control. Malala just wanted to go to school. She was a normal […]

Shot at point blank…at just 15.

20 Apr, 2015 in 2015: Determine by Esther Murray

I can be very determined. I was going to write about my internal stance; fists holding themselves tight, my nails digging into my palms. My jaw clenched tight, eyes focused. Climbing. I was going to tell you about my 9pm scrubbing of the laundry top to toe, and of my […]

get up, show up, hush up.

20 Apr, 2015 in 2015: Determine / Uncategorized by Em Hazeldean

I listen to the radio quite a bit as part of my working week, mainly during my drive time – a newsy, current affairs channel on the way to work, and music often on the way home. On two different occasions this week, I heard the life story of women […]

Talent & Climbing a Mountain

14 Apr, 2015 in 2015: Determine tagged 720AM / betty churcher / climb every mountain / determination / judith durham / kinwomen / no regrets / the seekers by Penny

Determination is the voice inside me that says, ‘I’ll show you,’ or ‘I’ll do it.’ Rarely is the voice loud or insistent. It’s not an outside voice. It’s definitely an inside voice. Where does that determination come from? Before I knew about dreams, passions or goals, I was a child […]

My Inside Voice

7 Apr, 2015 in 2015: Determine by Elaine Fraser

I can see it in her eyes. She watches him play with his vehicles, her eagle eye studies every track he aligns and the motion of the toy train as it chugs along his makeshift route. She watches him talk. Every word digested, stored away , catalogued internally. Determination […]

miss determination

1 Apr, 2015 in Uncategorized by Amanda