Monthly Archives: October 2019

“The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths, it has its pearls too.” Vincent van Gogh To describe the human heart is very much like the sea is perfect, to me. Indeed, we endure the storms. […]

Pearls of Wisdom

28 Oct, 2019 in October 2019: The Heart tagged difficult life stories / life experience / refining by Jo-Anne Gordon

The Heart is our core. The centre of us. We often reference the heart when talking about love and romantic feelings. But I think of the heart as so much more. It is our processing centre for a breadth of emotions. For how we feel about ourselves, our capacities and […]

Do you ignore your heart?

25 Oct, 2019 in October 2019: The Heart / Radio Scripts tagged #emotions / decision making / the heart by Kelley

When the heart is full the eyes overflow Sholom Aleichem As we taxied down the runway I felt fine, and then as we left the ground and banked around, I looked down on the sea of blue-topped houses and the tears started to fall. I had been in Cambodia for […]

The tears of a full heart

21 Oct, 2019 in October 2019: The Heart / Uncategorized tagged cambodia / developing world / tears by Jodie McCarthy

The plane landed as I looked out the small window I saw a curious mix of Asian architecture, European colours and mountains shadowing the horizon. It was an opportunity of a lifetime to go to the mountains of Nepal and see the work of an aid organisation. We were picked […]

Seeing with new eyes

18 Oct, 2019 in October 2019: The Heart / Radio Scripts tagged #travel / developing world / perspective by Amanda

Tears come from the heart and not from the brain. Leonardo da Vinci I have never liked the vulnerability of tears. I keep them for private places and dear friends. I don’t like the fact that they make me look like I’m not coping when in fact they are the […]

The vulnerability of tears

11 Oct, 2019 in October 2019: The Heart / Radio Scripts tagged #fullspectrumofemotions / Rwanda / tears by Kelley

When your heart speaks, take good notes. Judith Campbell Have you ever been stuck in the middle of decision-making mode? Does your heart ever tell you one thing, while your mind tells you another? Part of the struggle is that we get to a point in life where the old […]

My Heart is Confident

7 Oct, 2019 in October 2019: The Heart tagged #faith / #headorheart? / #intuition / #psalm57:7 / #theheart by Elaine Fraser