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Light was on the other side…
Yesterday I pushed myself to bike 10 km before turning around to return to the Retreat. Today I set out and as I commenced the undulating road towards the sea end of Hurford Road, my mind reflected on where I have come from and how similar my journey has been to...
“I’m not creative.”
Something I hear very often.It is often followed by a story about an art teacher or another influencing adult saying something that stopped us in our tracks. We could have been drawing away totally happy, and then that thunderbolt comes in and cuts us to the core. ...
A Letter from Jamie 14/5/2020
Another week of changes announced and adjustments needed. We now know what Level 2 looks like and are all busy preparing for more change. Even though this change is a positive - another step closer to "normal" life without restrictions, it can takes is toll on us. ...
Goodbye 2020, welcome 2021
2020 has been hard.Sometimes it felt like it will never end and other times you might have wished it would never end. 2020 has been eye-opening in so many ways. What I have learnt:1. It doesn't lead to happiness if you try to please everybody around you. You are more...
The Sheep
Sometimes it's so hard to just be and to enjoy the moment.How often are we mind-wandering in the past and the future and the here and now literally slips away.We are super excited when we do or see things for the first time. But when we start to get used to them, we...
Kindness
KindnessMy mum used to say “Be kind to others” and as a child I had no idea that kindness will be so important to me one day.Being kind is the hug you give a friend who is going through a difficult time; the message you send to check in on your sister who is sick or...
Clouds over the Moutain
A beautiful gift of writing kindly contributed by a recent Guest of Taranaki Retreat ...make yourself a cuppa and.... ENJOY! I’ve been contemplating the grey mass of cloud obscuring Taranaki for nearly a week without a sight of the mountain now. I’m surrounded by...
A Letter from Jamie 8/5/2020
Kia ora, e te Whānau.We've heard from so many that this week has felt like a kind of limbo; as the country awaits specifics and decisions about the change of Alert Level. There's a inevitable frustration that comes with the not-knowing, and that's having an impact -...
A Letter from Jamie – 29/4/20
I wanted to let you know that the Retreat is building up specific support pathways according to where we have come across particular needs in lockdown. One or more of these maybe something that you, or someone you know are facing:Facing financial difficulties (for...
Finding peace when things change
Lots of changes happening this week. Together, ‘we got this’.