One way you keep holding on to an imaginary power is by expecting something from outside gratifications or future events. As long as you run from where you are and distract yourself, you cannot fully let yourself be healed. A seed only flourishes by staying in the ground in which it is sown. When you […]
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Pit-Stop: Faith & Trust
Yesterday, I experienced a bit of a crisis of faith. And for a while, that knot in my stomach returned. Thankfully, I have a husband who has a gift for speaking truth to me in way that encourages and uplifts. I realize now that the same words could give hope and joy or have little […]
A Good Week
A week has flown by just like that. Wanting is returning from Spain later today, and I will be happy to see her again. :) And yet, I think I will also miss this past week, because it has been a very good and fruitful week. I’ve had a generous share of activities and fellowship […]
Travelogue IV: Silence, Solitude, and the Inner Voice of Love
[This, like the previous travelogues, is an entry in my own journal.] Silence. Solitude. Do those words give you peace or unrest? For a long time now, they have made you uneasy. You’ve been afraid of what the silence may reveal. You are afraid of solitude because you don’t fully trust yourself. But you don’t […]
Sleep
I’m usually someone that has trouble sleeping when my mind or heart is occupied. Back in mugging days (as a student, not as a robber), I have to be careful not to ‘over-stimulate’ my brain, or else I’d have problems falling asleep, or have nightmares. Back in even younger days, I used to have trouble […]
Travel Update
Looking at some of the responses I’ve been receiving on my blog and through email, I thought I should make a post specially to assure everyone who is concerned about me that I’m alright. :) Now, now, don’t scoff… I’m not putting you on…I’m not saying that everything in my life is sunshine and roses. […]
Wayfarer's Fare
Zibin insisted I post a pic of my dinner tonight, so here it is. :| Ha ha…ah well…maybe it’s his way of encouraging me to eat…or to cook proper meals for myself again. These are giant scallops I got from St. Lawrence Market yesterday afternoon. Minimal work required, and they were delicious. Ended up only […]
Travelogue III: Hope
There is an intimate relationship between joy and hope. While optimism makes us live as if someday soon things will go better for us, hope frees us from the need to predict the future and allows us to live in the present, with the deep trust that God will never leave us alone but will […]
Travelogue II: Clouds & Sun
If not for the sun, we would not see the clouds. Yet, when skies are overcast, our vision is limited to the clouds that cover the sky and the gloom and darkness. We forget that the sun is nevertheless shining beyond the clouds, and that indeed, without the sun’s illumination, we would not even be […]
Travelogue
Reflections inspired by Nouwen’s Here and Now. Surprised by Joy Am I open to being surprised by joy? Am I so bogged down by the unalterable past and the unpredictable future that I am blind and deaf to joy in the present? I would miss out on all the beauty that God is trying to […]
Journey of the Heart 