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On Re-Learning the Beautiful Art of Friendship

Anita Mathias — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:15:18 +0000

The rather wonderful Stephen Fry upset the internets by telling Irish television host Gay Byrne what Stephen Fry would say to God when they eventually met up. How dare you! How dare you create a world in which there is such suffering that is not our fault? It’s not right; it’s utterly, utterly evil. Why should […]

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My One Word for 2015 : Joy

Anita Mathias — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 14:04:31 +0000

I had wanted to choose “Accelerate” as my One Word for 2014 but God impressed “Alignment” on my heart, and it proved to have been useful through a tumultuous year—a cancer diagnosis, and surgery, the death of my beloved border collie Jake from cancer, a burglary. And some nice things too… being invited to Cambodia […]

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First Things First, Pomodoros, A Schedule and Progress on New Year’s Goals

Anita Mathias — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:40:38 +0000

C. S. Lewis famously said, “When first things are put first, second things don’t diminish, they increase. You can’t get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first.” Michael Hyatt spells this out this work-life balance. […]

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Common Grace: Or Why God Loves Classical Music, Zen Habits and The Happiness Project

Anita Mathias — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:16:20 +0000

So I was tidying our bedroom today, putting my stack of CDs back into their cases and listening to Stravinsky, glorious music filling the room. And though I had been in a bad mood, for no good reason, ungrateful girl that I am, my bad mood lifted. I unconsciously started praying in tongues. I started […]

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Change your Words, Change your Emotions

Anita Mathias — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:33:00 +0000

Speed-reading “just this one.” Jake, the Collie, finds a spot to rest his weary head. I finally started a massive project —getting rid of all the books from my second-hand books business which I had for a couple of intensive years, and a couple of desultory years. Progress, as you can see, was slow. * * * […]

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