Lessons for living: Courage

Lessons for living: Courage

Courage can be understood as the ability to do something that frightens you. We might also think of courage as the capacity to be strong in the face of pain or grief. Courage is not the absence of fear, but is dependent on the presence of fear. Without the presence of...
Lessons for living: Empowerment

Lessons for living: Empowerment

Power is the capacity to do something or to act in a particular way. It is the ability to produce an effect. We can think of power being used in two ways. There is ‘power over’, where power is used to control and dominate others. Or there is ‘power with’ where power...
Lessons for living: Support and encouragement

Lessons for living: Support and encouragement

Support is giving assistance or ‘holing up’ someone or something. Encouragement is the action of giving someone support, confidence or hope. In encouraging we are stimulating the development of something within a person. It is through relationships that we grow. Just...
The water of life

The water of life

There once lived a King who became very ill. The kingdom despaired, not least his three sons who went out into the palace gardens in grief and there they met an old man. “I know a way to save your father”, the old man claimed. “If he drinks the water of life, he will...
Martin Luther King: a life of service

Martin Luther King: a life of service

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929, Martin Luther King junior had a happy childhood. The family grew up comfortable and the King home was one filled with love. The Baptist church was at the heart of life for Martin. Social life revolved around the church. Martin went...