http://lifechangingmoment.co.uk/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:55:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Arriving late morning on a public holiday and having had barely an hours sleep the night before we are all a little frazzled but nonetheless excited. Pushing ourselves to make use of the rest of the day we stride into Rome with little appreciation of what we were missing. The ... http://lifechangingmoment.co.uk/blog/?p=52 Gone are the days when people were filled with trust and hope, unable to comprehend a sagging economy; now sadly replaced with the depths of financial entrenchment and the stresses involved in its untimely misery. Not many of us can say that we have not already been touched by the ... http://lifechangingmoment.co.uk/blog/?p=50 As the wind buffets my home this evening, I am reminded that the breath of God is our divine connexion. For some it may not be apparent, but I promise it is true. It is down to each one of us to notice the caressing breeze as we work through our own ... http://lifechangingmoment.co.uk/blog/?p=46 Not many of us could have failed to notice the sub zero temperatures over these last few days. It has been a firm reminder that, contrary to common opinion, we are still able to have one or two cold snaps through our winters. This leads me on to a far more ... http://lifechangingmoment.co.uk/blog/?p=38 It is with great excitement and with some trepidation that I propose that the first blog on the website for 2009 is a prediction, as it is an auspicious year that we enter upon. And yet how can we know it from where we are, standing at the starting line? ... http://lifechangingmoment.co.uk/blog/?p=32 Do you remember the Christmas’s when, no matter what was on your wish list, any gift or kindness was always enough. To turn your hand in the kitchen when the dinner was being cooked was considered good manners, and to walk off a huge and satisfying lunch was pure enjoyment, ... http://lifechangingmoment.co.uk/blog/?p=25 We all come to a period in our lives when friendly advice and helpful efforts to motivate us crosses the boundary of acceptability and becomes more of a curse to us than others had intended. We learn that not only are we aware of our own limitations but of others ... http://lifechangingmoment.co.uk/blog/?p=20 I was watching a program tonight, something I rarely do but felt drawn to turn the television on, and the message that came through to me was just how simple and rewarding forgiveness is. Amid all the trials of everyday life, we stomp around without the slightest perception of how ... http://lifechangingmoment.co.uk/blog/?p=15 Expectations can be a curse to our lives. They build us up and slay us without a thought or care as to the damage it does to us on an emotional level. Today, I have been exposed to this where, not only my own expectations have been dashed, but so ... http://lifechangingmoment.co.uk/blog/?p=11 On this rather cold and, dare I say it, wintery afternoon my daughter asked if I would like to go shopping with her. It was a totally unexpected pleasure and, as much as I would have liked to get on with some writing, I wanted to spend some time with ... http://lifechangingmoment.co.uk/blog/?p=7