by liliane_grace | Jul 23, 2016 | Personal Growth
We’ve been keeping an eye on terrorist activity in the northern hemisphere because our three children are travelling through Europe at the moment. It’s quite unsettling as news of these crises emerges, sometimes only a day after our kids have been in one of...
by liliane_grace | Mar 22, 2016 | Personal Growth
If you read my blog of a few weeks ago (‘Watch a human being emerge from a cocoon’) you’ll know that I was in the process of rethinking my life! Well, I’ve scratched a hole in the chrysalis and I’m peering out. Here’s what I discovered in the process of being...
by liliane_grace | Feb 10, 2016 | Personal Growth
The phenomenon of the caterpillar constructing a chrysalis and secretly transforming itself into a butterfly is a powerful and wonderful metaphor that inspires most of us. – What a beautiful illustration of the idea that nothing is destroyed or created but...
by liliane_grace | Jun 18, 2015 | Personal Growth
A friend of mine reckons that water is only good for washing dishes. His beverage of choice is champagne, and his life philosophy is that he’s ‘here for a good time, not a long time’. It sounds good and it’s very amusing but I suspect that when...
by liliane_grace | Apr 10, 2015 | Personal Growth
You’ve probably heard the proverb, ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime’. It’s a good one. It makes sense at an everyday human level, but if we delve a little more deeply,...
by liliane_grace | Mar 4, 2015 | Personal Growth
How do you feel when somebody makes that comment? Do you squirm or smile? Do you feel as if you’ve been criticised or as if you’ve received a compliment? For the moment let’s not get distracted by the ‘facts’ regarding how upstanding and admirable or how despicable...
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