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December 24, 2016 7:00 am
Day 24 Last day! Well I’ve gone with traditional advent calendars which have 24 days. So I’m covering the last three letters of the alphabet XYZ together. X is for: Xenial – hospitable especially to visiting strangers or foreigners. Of the relation between host and guest; friendly. Y is for: Yearn – an intense feeling of longing for something; desire. Z is for Zestful – full of energy and enthusiasm. This season is a great time to be hospitable. Many of us will be having family and friends over for meals and drinks. Some people will be those we have…
December 23, 2016 8:48 am
Day 23 W is for Well. There are a few different ways that ‘well’ can be used. It can be used at the start of another word like Well-being, Well-led. It comes before ‘done’ to congratulate someone. I use it a lot at the end of a sentence when I start a text or an email Hi, hope you are well. It also ends one of my favourite phrases “It is well.” The dictionary gives a few definitions: Adverb 1. in a good or satisfactory way. 2. in a thorough manner. “add the mustard and lemon juice and mix well”…
December 22, 2016 8:21 am
V is for value The dictionary states this: Noun 1. the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something. 2. principles or standards of behaviour; one’s judgement of what is important in life. Verb 1. estimate the monetary worth of. 2. consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of. I am not going to explore the monetary value of anything other than to say we as people are priceless. Valuing myself was something I wasn’t very good at before. I didn’t know my worth so I placed little…
December 21, 2016 8:27 am
Day 21 U is for unique and uniqueness One of my organisations promotes exploring our uniqueness. One of the reasons for that is because we have the vision for everyone we work with to discover themselves and embrace their uniqueness. We acknowledge that everyone is different and everyone has a unique way of learning things. We believe that we all need different resources for our unique purposes too. We facilitate the explorations by giving individuals relevant tools and coaching them, but they journey through in the way that is true to them. We do this through music, the arts and…
December 20, 2016 8:22 am
Day 20 T is for Time for everything. Alongside purpose I truly believe there is a time for everything and things will be made beautiful in their own time. There’s a passage in the Bible that states: “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot… …a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance…” I might not understand why things happen right now but I…
December 19, 2016 8:33 am
Day 19 S is for Shine I believe we all have a unique purpose on this earth and alongside that we all have a light. We may have different watts, different sizes and shapes but it’s there. When I think about a light I think of excellence and doing something well or doing something to the best of our abilities. Not everyone’s light is needed for the big stage or to brighten the world but everyone is significant to the family they are born into or sent to, the street they live on, the schools they go to, jobs they…
December 18, 2016 8:57 am
Day 18 R is for Rejoice Here’s what the dictionary states about it: “To feel or show great joy or delight.” Funnily enough I had a dream last night and I can’t remember everything that happened in the dream but I woke up singing a song called Rejoice. So when I started to reflect on what the word for today would be it was as if I had already been given it, so then why was I still looking for something else? I used to do that a lot. I would be given something but because it wasn’t what I…
December 17, 2016 9:18 am
Day 17 Q is for quiet time It’s the weekend so the Alphabet Advent calendar seems to pick words or phrases which encourage people to do something for themselves in the midst of the busyness of life. The definition of Quiet time for those with spiritual beliefs is a time of prayer and meditation. I also look at it as a time to be still and empty our minds of everything that has happened the previous day, weeks, months or year and then open our minds ready to receive new visions and a focus for the things ahead. Sometimes we…
December 16, 2016 6:34 am
Day 16 P is for purpose. Some mornings I wake up thinking ‘what do I write about?’ At times I struggle with a few words until I get the one that feels right for the day. Prior to today I had another word in mind but when I woke up this morning I forgot about that word. Due to what’s going on in my life right now, the word ‘purpose’ is the only word that will do. I like to explore a word that’s meaningful to me too, so I can share my own experiences and hopefully there will be…
December 15, 2016 8:19 am
Day 15 O is for Overcome. This is what she dictionary states about the word overcome: 1. succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty). 2. defeat (an opponent) 3. (of a feeling or emotion) overpower or overwhelm. This is a great word that has been significant in my journey. In order to be free I had to first overcome some issues and problems that were caused by external factors and those I caused myself. Just like the second definition I had to battle with some things and I was my own opponent at times. I had to try and…