Mental health is a part of our lives, whether we realise it or not. Different things can affect our mental health in a positive or negative way. I try to promote positive mental health by being careful about what I take in. Protecting our mental health is easier than you might think. We can all …
Testimony Thursday
Recently, I’ve been going through some difficult times - sometimes hearing voices and having horrible nightmares . But God has been an ever-present help in my times of trouble. Today I read the Sabbath School lesson study, and the writer included the verses Psalms 68:1-8 with a reflection question. I didn’t understand the verses because …
Kindness Facts
Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.-Desmond Tutu. In this blogpost, I will share some facts that highlight the importance of being kind to others and yourself. THE POSITIVE EFFECTS THAT KINDNESS HAS ON THE GIVER 1) "Being kind to others …
Identity Crisis
Hello all, I hope you are well. This blogpost is inspired by some questions that I saw today, whilst at work (I work in a primary school). When I went into the classroom this morning, written on the board were these three questions: Who are you? What makes you, you? What is our purpose as …
Lord, renew my heart
Scripture reading: Create in me a clean heart, O Lord, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. David, Psalm 51:10 To whomever is reading this, I hope and pray you are well and you are blessed by this blog post. What does it mean to "renew your heart"? I looked up the word "renew" in …
Birthday Reflections
I’m so grateful for life today! Today is my birthday and there’s a lot to be thankful to God for. Over the past 20+ years of my life, some days have been amazing whilst others were unpleasant. However, through it all, I’ve still been able to breath, I can see with my two eyes, I …
Life Update – 2020 Recap
If I could describe 2020 in three words, I would use the words - uncomfortable, growth, and gratitude. Uncomfortable The uncertainty of the pandemic, loss of family friends, racial injustice, managing my mental health, changing jobs, not visiting family, just to say a few. All these experiences have tested me to the core, however, I …
The Journey
Winners vs. Losers I hate failing. I absolutely loathe the feeling when I play a game of scrabble with my mum, and she absolutely decimates every opponent, including me. I remember once, I protested in disbelief that she defeated everyone. The rest of the players had accepted that they lost but I struggled to gracefully …
Life Update: Story Camp Experience
Hello all, it has been a while since I posted on this blog site. Today, I’m going to focus on the positivity rather than the negativity. There has been a lot of chaos and confusion taking place in the world. Although we are living in unprecedented, uncertain times, there is still hope and reasons to …
How to Persevere
Another inspirational blog from Life lessons with Clare! This one is a must read!!
Role Models
Have you ever been in a crisis that seems never-ending? Or a circumstance that seems to ruin your plans, and you feel like you can’t keep going anymore?
Thanks to many people, who’ve chosen never to give up in their crises, we have so many examples of how to persevere when we don’t know what the future holds. I’d like to share a story with you below that inspires me to keep going.
Stopping At Nothing!
Born into a family of surfers and living in Kauai, from young, Bethany Hamilton’s dream was to surf. At age 8, she started competitive surfing and got her first sponsorship at 9 years old.
She won her age group and older surfers at the Local Motion-Ezekiel Surf Into Summer contest in 2003 and came second in the open women’s division of the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) National Championships in California. She…
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