perspective

I have learnt and I am still learning that providing space, having times of doing nothing much, is essential – no critical – to support the heart and mind. To enable me to be flexible and adaptable to life’s different seasons. It certainly doesn’t come naturally to me to engage […]

Space and Purposed Stillness

20 Dec, 2021 in December 2021: Perspective / Radio Scripts tagged be still / perspective / reflect / stillness by Penny

I come into the room just as she rises up from an awkward position of bending down between her legs. She is puffing and blows a stray strand of hair from her face. Her glasses are fogged up from the apparent effort that she just put into whatever she was […]

Points of view vs Viewing points.

17 Dec, 2021 in December 2021: Perspective tagged bodysuits / findingpeace / growingup / perspective by Marlize Venter

“Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear your path.” -Unknown It’s remarkable how the weather shapes our lives. In Johannesburg, South Africa, where I grew up, summers were blazing hot and filled with some of the fiercest thunderstorms you’ve ever seen. Winters felt merciless. They […]

After the Downpour

29 Oct, 2021 in October 2021: Storms tagged new ways / perspective / post-natal depression / seasons by Jo-Anne Gordon

Have you ever had a moment where you decided to change how you perceived a situation that initially seemed tedious and got through it surprisingly well? How did you do it? Recently, I took on a solo road trip to visit Esperance, a small town about 600kms from where I […]

Welcome the unexpected

23 Jul, 2021 in July 2021: Adaptability tagged journey / perspective / roadtrip by Shiko Kariuki

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

When we are stunned to the place beyond words, when an aspect of life takes us away from being able to chip away at something until it’s down to a manageable size and then to file it nicely away, when all we can say in response is “Wow”, that’s a […]

When all you can say is ‘Wow’

19 Aug, 2019 in August 2019 Living Wild tagged #prayer / perspective by Jodie McCarthy