What matters in the end…

People are often unreasonable and self-centered Forgive them anyway If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives  Be kind anyway If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies Succeed anyway What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight Create anyway  If you are honest and …

Changes

7 things I am grateful for this week – week 9

1. A 21 degrees Celsius weather in the middle of winter. 2. That 21 degrees morning was followed by a huge thunderstorm which happened as I drove home from work. But halfway home, I saw a beautiful double rainbow to my right side. The scary thunderstorm and the unpleasant traffic jam were worthwhile. 3. An …

The Five Languages of Love

This is not my original concept, although I wished I came up with this concept because it's just awesome. I read "The Five Love Languages" book by Dr. Gary Chapman around 10 years ago. It changed the way I relate to people and how I love them (or try to love them). In summary, we …

Patience

Patience... I am lacking it at the moment. How about you? 

7 things (God’s promises) I am grateful for this week – week 8

Last week I decided to do things differently for this segment. I talked about seven different personalities I was thankful to have around and I quite enjoyed doing it.... So, this week I'm going to something different again - listing out God's promises that I am grateful for. These are my personal top 7 (and …

Happiness Quote of the Day! Happy Friday!

So very true....

Reaching for the sky

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by what is ahead of you? Like when you are just about to start new things? You name it: new job, new relationship, moving to another country (or city), learning new things, starting a big adventure of a lifetime.... Your own challenges that feel bigger than who you are.  We …

Moving or staying?

There are always two choices...  Either we embrace challenges, learn from mistakes and move forward Or we stay put, do nothing and let time slips away Either way, we have to choose... Even when we refuse to pick one, we actually already choose one over the other © 2013 pages of grace

You can count on me

Since the last few days my posts were all about friendship, I thought it would only be appropriate if I also include one of my favourite songs... about friendship. Find out what we're made of when we are called to help our friends in need. You can count on me like one, two, three I'll …