Jo-Anne Gordon

About Jo-Anne Gordon

I am South African born, with a fiery, passionate heart. I absolutely adore the smell of fireplaces burning in winter and freshly brewed coffee first thing in the morning. I am a dreamer, a deep thinker and have been on the most amazing spiritual journey since 2004. I am most captivated by black and white photography and my favourite moments in life are when you laugh until your sides ache. Always seeking, always learning, and always aspiring to a fully present life anchored by grace.

“Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we’re opened, we’re red.” Clive Barker I know that we are all different. On so many levels, people share beautiful differences. These differences make us unique, they colour our worlds and we celebrate that. Differences are the vibrancy of our humanity. Right now, […]

We are the same, my friend.

30 Mar, 2020 in 2020 March Equality tagged community / Covid-19 / sacred humanity by Jo-Anne Gordon

In a gentle way, you can shake the world Mahatma Gandhi Have you noticed how people behave on trains? Most of the time, you can find people with headphones in and their attention faced downwards at something on their phones. When I go on trains, I behave the same way […]

The Kindness of Strangers

30 Dec, 2019 in December 2019: Kindness tagged compassion / look up / random acts of kindness by Jo-Anne Gordon

“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

“Three things will last forever – Faith, Hope, and Love – and the greatest of these is Love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 – New Living Translation I will remember 2019 as the year where many of my significant first-time experiences turned into dramatic forevers. One is that time I got married […]

Uncharted forevers

30 Sep, 2019 in September 2019: Forever tagged #forever / #grief / marriage by Jo-Anne Gordon

Kinwomen — “Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Do not freeze, do not stop and do not worry…whatever it is…make your mistakes. Forever and ever!” Neil Gaiman She understood that in this life, mistakes were going to be made. Somewhere along the way, however, she had come to believe that there was a high […]

The Grounds of Grace

24 Mar, 2018 in 2018 your limitations by Jo-Anne Gordon

Kinwomen — “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” Joseph Campbell My cave is called uncertainty. I try to avoid this place by most measures. I imagine it to be crowded with a chattering chaos of unanswered questions. Of its size I can’t be sure, I want to […]

A Way of Walking

6 Feb, 2018 in 2018 NEXT by Jo-Anne Gordon