Sometimes being enough means simply standing still. At the beginning of 2009, I took my first writing class. As a beginning writer – and beginning writing student - I had the usual first day nerves, worried my fellow classmates would all be better than me and...
Five years ago I was on the fast-track. Good job. Nice paycheck. Swanky office. Smartphone full of beeps and buzzes letting me know that people neededme, asap. I was miserable. I would drive to work and wonder why this all wasn’t more fulfilling. I was ambitious and wasn’t...
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalm 139:14 (NIV)I am enough...
You know that scene in Mary Poppins where Mary pulls out her magic tape measure and uses it see how Jane and Michael measure up? No? You don’t? Well, I do. Let me give you quick recap. Mary measures each of the Banks children to...
I like to make up games for myself, to practice things that are hard for me. One I created recently is the Bare Minimum Game, in which I take the list (written or imagined) of things I think I should do or need to do,...
Aloha! Did you know that those little elations that dwell deep down in the depths of your heart (those dreams and aches that we so often ignore)… did you know that they exist for a reason? It is not always apparent. They often seem trivial,...
Why is it so difficult for me to be kind to myself? Why do I struggle to be gentle with my soul, to love and cultivate my spirit, and truly see myself? It is easy for me to nurture others. To reflect back to them...
Three months ago the adorable and effervescent Tracey Clark invited me to write a testimony of being enough. I however, have long struggled in writing this piece. Why? Because I don’t feel like I am Enough. At the moment I would say I am a...
I have been thinking about these three words ever since I first read about this amazing project. I am enough. I have debated internally whether I believe them, if I can own them on a more frequent basis and I have tried to use them...
These past few months have been both overwhelming and a whirlwind of excitement. I discovered blogs and e-courses and took part in Kelly Rae Roberts ‘Flying Lessons’and am now doing Shimelle Laine’s ‘Love your pictures, love your pages’. I set up my own blog and...