"Sir, give me this water—she exclaims—so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water."
Feel her words… I will never have to keep coming here to draw water. Her words, and the context, tell the pain of her story. There is a seemingly minor detail at the very start of John's account that is easily read past, and it shapes so much of what was happening in her life. It was about noon when Jesus arrived at the Well.
Read MoreAt the close of 1938, Europe was on the brink of war. Hitler's intent to "cleanse Europe" of all Jewish people was cemented, and the infamous Munich pact or Munich agreement essentially gave Hitler carte blanche to march his armies into Czechoslovakia.
Enter Nicholas Winton, a twenty-nine-year-old stockbroker from London. Shortly before Christmas 1938, Winton planned to travel to Switzerland for a skiing holiday. Following a call for help from Marie Schmolka and Doreen Warriner, he decided instead to visit Prague and help Martin Blake, who was in Prague as an associate of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, then in the process of being occupied by Germany.
Read MoreTo quote the late, great Nipsey Hussle
Money, loyalty and love, in the dream, we trust
You be switchin' up the players on your team too much
Tiny Cobby, that's my Loc, Young Supreme; what's up?
Ain't we travel 'round the world gettin' cream or what?
Read MoreThat title is extreme, I know, but it is true. In act three of this multipart blog series, we will explore the power of the voices in your life and their ability to promote or demote your happiness.
When I was in my twenties, I had a friend who was just not a very good friend despite what I genuinely believed were his best intentions. Every interaction was just filled with negativity. If I said I could, he would tell me all of the reasons I could not. If I saw possibilities, he saw problems. Where I saw dreams, he saw drama. In fact, in preparing this post, I could only think of one positive thing he ever spoke into my life. Just one.
Read MoreThe words of Solomon, often referred to as the wisest man to ever live, confirm those of Dr Caroline Leaf on the power of our thinking. In Proverbs twenty-three, he wrote thousands of years ago, verse seven, “As someone thinks within himself, so he is.”
Think about those words; no pun intended. Our thoughts shape who we are and how we behave. There is a saying that words form worlds. I do not disagree with that sentiment, but it seems even more truthful to say our thoughts shape our world. Even the words we speak that may “shape worlds” began as a… thought. As you think you are, you will be.
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