Category: Beauty

  • Where Beauty Dwells

    Where Beauty Dwells

    Today is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles, one of the bloodiest and most brutal battles of the July Somme Offensive in western France during WWI, the ‘war to end all wars’. At 6.00 pm on July 19, 1916 the Australian 5th Division went into a battle they were never going to win. Twenty four hours…

  • Gratitude, Passion, Hope

    Gratitude, Passion, Hope

    It has long been my habit as the old year passes into history and the new year, with all its yet unspoken hopes and dreams begins, to spend some time in reflection and gratitude. As I sat down today, January 1, 2016 I recalled a recent reflection of Pope Francis in which he expressed three aims: To…

  • Lost in a Book

    Lost in a Book

    Just recently I bought a book, a real book by a local author. It has a lovely cover, and pages I can turn;  a book whose place I can mark with a beautiful book mark; one I can leave on my reading chair or leave face down on my coffee table, ready for me to pick up…

  • Lost in the Beauty of Creation

    Lost in the Beauty of Creation

    When beauty touches our lives, the moment becomes luminous. These grace-moments are gifts that surprise us. When we look beyond the moment to our life journey, perhaps we can choose a new rhythm of journeying which would be more conscious of beauty and more open to inviting her to disclose herself to us in all…