Stig Dagerman, the Swedish writer and journalist said that the human need for comfort is insatiable. But there’s a void because many of us don’t know how to comfort another. The art of giving support to those who are suffering or grieving may not seem easy and yet we must all learn how to do […]
Loving From A Place Of Brokenness
Whenever I contemplate the events of the years between 2016 and 2018, I can truly say that my spirit was broken. I struggled to put the missing pieces of my life together, but I realized how much I learnt about love. Loving from a place where I thought I had it all together doesn’t seem […]
The Secret Sauce Of Relationships
What’s the secret sauce of relationships, I’ve often wondered. And here, I’m talking about relationships of all kinds. Let me start with a story I remember reading, told by George MacLeod, a Scottish clergyman, about his little girl’s first day of school : I was busy. I was writing letters. I was self-important. My little […]
The Things We Keep
I’ve been thinking about the things we keep. When a friend came to know that one of the pet names my Dad called me was ‘Cinnamon’, she decided to call me ‘Cardamom’! When my birthday came around, she gave me a card. I’m sure it’s still around somewhere among a pile of cards and letters […]
Running Away From Conflict
How do you handle conflict – do you embrace it or run from it? For most of my life I was running away from conflict, until I learnt to make it my friend. Today I’m sharing a reflection I wrote on this. Running Away From Conflict Conflict and I were sworn enemies.A people pleaser – […]