"Do not ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive".

Someone gave me this quotation recently.  No idea who originally said it, but it is quite a statement!  I see so many people who have some idea of the kind of person they most admire and set out to become just like them.  Nothing wrong in copying goodness, of course.  But at the day of judgement God won't be asking me why I didn't become a world famous, ground-breaking entimologist (whatever that is) but he will ask me why I didn't become a better me with my own finely honed skills.  I am to work hard to become the best I can be with the skills and personality He gave me at birth. 

Sometimes we become attached to mourning what we can't be.  Better to rejoice in what we can be.  And then get out there and be the very best we can be.  God sees that person already.  This is the person He watched grow in my mother's womb all these years ago.  Now He really wants to see me (us) flourish and become whole.

Quite a thought!

The Enneagram and prayer.

Saturday 23rd August
10am - 4pm

For any who already know their Enneagram type.
This day’s retreat will be around finding your own way of praying according to your Type. 

Don’t worry that you will be sitting in a holy huddle praying all day!  You won't!

We will talk a lot, teach a bit, share occasionally,
have lots of individual space to walk, sit, nod off, whatever you need.
Oh, and pray, of course! – but always on your own!

Just as our personalities are all different, so are our spiritual temperaments.  Some ways of prayer just come naturally to us while others make us bored or restless and just seem plain old boring.  This course could revive your prayer life.  Or, at the very least, prove interesting!

As well as presenting the ideas and concepts, there will be plenty time for you to just enjoy a day of quiet where you will have the chance to just 'be'.  A day to quieten, see your life in perspective and have time to share it with God.
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We would love to welcome you to Sacred Space at Linne Bheag in Anstruther.


  Dorothy Neilson .

Please email if you are interested in joining us.

Because of holiday times replies might be late!

Cost is £40.  This includes lunch, snacks and materials.

We will send you directions if you need them.

 

Hello again!  Remember me?  I hope you have missed me this last few weeks.
I have been gone for much too long.  A few days working in the big city, a few days holidaying with my sister and our elderly, frail Mum, another few days working away……..that’s how the time slips past, un-noticed.

Yes, I know, laptops travel.  But this time I decided to leave it at home, risking the wrath of my email correspondents world-wide.  And, of course, I came home to an avalanche of emails – mainly from Mr Tesco and Messrs Amazon and Co.  And I did actually miss the old computer. 

I hadn’t realised how much we rely upon our emails and blogs to keep in touch with what is going on in the world.  At least, I missed it.  Maybe you would disagree.  But I like to know that you are all out there.  I like to know what you are up to, what your life is like, what’s the talk of the ‘steamie’, your opinions on all things great and small. 

So keep in touch.  Bloggers, keep on blogging.  I may not comment very often, preferring to be a fly on your ceiling, but I do enjoy knowing you in cyber-space.  And I promise to keep you up-to-date with my current opinions and thoughts.  That assumes a lot, however.  When did I last have an opinion worth airing??!!?? 

I will return to Winnie the Pooh’s Thinking Spot!  Hmmmmm.   Think.  Think.  Think.