Leave the unknown alone

I had previously thought it'd be great and exciting to have a knowledge of the mystery. Won't it be wonderful if I know what the other person is thinking? Won't it be challenging to “see” things before they happen? Well, whatever came over me, I certainly renege on this ego-trip thought today. It suddenly dawned [...]

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How good is good enough?

I have just finished reading a tiny easy-to-read 92-page book called “How Good is Good Enough?” by Andy Stanley (see my book blog at www.livejournal.com/dianat_books). Initially it began as an exciting examen of how short I am “fallen” but as I reached the end, I was disappointed. Stanley's interpretation of John 3:16* is that believing [...]

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Sacrifice to benefit others

This morning Laleh and Ladan intruded into my prayer reflection. Ladeh and Ladan were Iranian twins co-joined at the head. Their wish was to be separated and to live lives apart. Each of them had their own dreams and vision of who they are and what they want to be. They died in an operating [...]

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Lived Wisdom

This morning I read about St. Julian of Norwich and how her heart was illuminated as she pondered the image of a tiny thing in her hand, not much bigger than a hazelnut. I read that she as she gazed at the small object in her hand she was amazed that such a tiny object [...]

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Standing right

Last week I went for a trial Hatha yoga lesson and there discovered that I've habitually been standing with feet in a V-shape pointing away from each other. Blame it on younger days during dance lessons I guess. I remember I was told to stand in a V-shape with feet pointing away. Now in mindful [...]

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Hula Hoop

Today I shall talk about my foray into hula hoop. Yes, the round circle thing that swings about at the waist. I couldn't for the life of me hula hooped at all until last week. It took me two days to learn the trick to hold the hoop at my waist. Now that I've “mastered” [...]

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Cracked heels?

Good things must share and I wanna share with you today a good product for cracked heels and dry underfeet. The solution is a tube of cream called “Neat Feet” – Foot and Heal Balm. It is available at Watsons, Guardian Pharmacy and Chinese medicine shops. The retail for apx SGD 16.00. Expensive but it's [...]

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Fussy me

I uploaded my revamped personal website, God loves you and me [click on link above to go there], last week. Up until today I'm still not very happy with it and I have been tweaking the pages since that day. I've moved things around, discovered grammar and spelling mistakes and links that don't work. Revamping [...]

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Interest in Art rekindled

It was and had been at the back of my mind to do some painting but alas the flesh was weak. The thought of taking out my art materials drew me back several times. It need not, really, coz my art stuff are nastily and untidily lying on the floor in my dining room. I [...]

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Of trees, water and clouds

If you've followed my retreat experiences in my website, http://dianat.faithweb.com, you'd have noticed that at the start of my spiritual awakening I was interested in trees. Don't know why but trees seem to hold a fascination for me. Then in 2001 when I was at Campion Retreat Center in Melbourne, it was water that spoke [...]

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