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I’m not a naturally resilient person. As a highly sensitive and somewhat shy person, I tend to like a quiet, ordered environment. I don’t do well with sudden transitions, and change is jolting for me. But the last year or so, life enrolled me in resilience boot camp. Navigating changes both big and small, learning…
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I used to believe I wasn’t creative. As a child, I spent a lot of time drawing, but in my mind, I was not an artist, and I believed I wasn’t creative. Why? Because I couldn’t draw out of my own imagination – I still can’t. I always use photos or other people’s artwork for…
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Back in the winter, one of my readers asked me how I come up with things to write about. It doesn’t come naturally to me, but writing in this blog is helping me learn the art of noticing. I have always been a visual person, but noticing is more than simply observing. The art of…
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A few years ago, my mother-in-law gave me a Christmas Cactus. It’s a fairly low maintenance plant, which is why it has survived this long (I was born without green thumbs 😆)! It doesn’t bloom often, but when it does – wow – the bright pink flowers are gorgeous! But more often than not, the…
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The phrase ‘dark night of the soul’ originally comes from a poem by sixteenth-century Spanish mystic and poet St. John of the Cross. But in today’s world, a ‘dark night of the soul’ usually refers to a crisis of faith. My own dark night of the soul happened almost twenty years ago. It’s not something I…
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It’s that time of year again here in Manitoba…harvest time! Dust is rising from the fields and grain is filling up the bins. Harvest season is intense – busy, exciting and stressful all at the same time. Long hours of hard work reward farmers with the results of the growing season. Though we aren’t farmers,…
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I love the beauty of the fields this time of year! As I was walking in the evening, I took some close-up photographs of the wheat stalks in the setting sun. The words of Jesus came to mind: “Unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its…
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Can something broken be beautiful? Kintsugi is the ancient Japanese art of repairing ceramics with a lacquer mixed with precious metal, usually gold. The word ‘kintsugi’ means ‘gold joinery’. This Japanese art values the marks of use or wear on objects. Instead of throwing out damaged bowls or vases, kintsugi artists highlight the cracks and…
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This past Friday I went to a paint night fundraiser. Have you ever been to a paint night? It’s quite an experience! First, each person is given a canvas and some paint brushes, a cup of water and several dollops of paint. Second, the artist guides you step-by-step through a painting. But before you pick up…
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