I feel like this blog might end up touching a few differentthemes along the way, but hopefully you’re ready for the journey. As I start towrite this blog is currently unnamed, I hope by the end a clear theme hasemerged or at least a thread, especially as I have been waiting for somethingto happen, a moment, that would help inspire and motivate me to write again.Before I share about ‘the moment’ first a few insights to help give context andhonestly …
I wonder how many of you can relate to that feeling after reading a book, other than the Bible, that is truly life changing. A read that just speaks to your soul and actually changes you somehow. I hope it is not just me, but I consider myself fortunate to have read more than one book that has impacted me deeply; whether it be emotionally, educationally or in challenging and even changing worldviews. It has been over 8 years since …
I don’t remember the last time I felt so afraid, so uncertain about what was happening and so utterly out of control. My eyes had been covered and the last words my ‘mother’ spoke into my ear were, “I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you,” and with that I was taken away, placed in an unknown environment with people I had never met before. My eyes still covered, my hands tightly held under my legs; I could hear someone close to …