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When I almost missed the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Anita Mathias — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 23:36:16 +0000

The Doni Tondo, a rare canvas painting by Michealangelo. Scroll down for more images. I spent the first Sunday of January 2106 at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It was free, and advice online, as well as unsolicited advice on Facebook warned me that the lines were horrendous. But visiting Florence and not spending a […]

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On Forgiveness and Creativity: A Personal Experience of the Link

Anita Mathias — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 21:11:48 +0000

Leafing through past journals, I see that, six years ago, I was stuck. I had spent four years establishing a business, probably the one thing in my life which worked better “than I had asked or dreamed of asking” (something I now pray for my writing!!) But creatively and spiritually, I was stuck. I missed […]

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Writing with the Wind of the Wild Goose of the Holy Spirit in your Wings

Anita Mathias — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 19:44:53 +0000

Wild Geese fly in a V formation. The lead goose reduces the wind resistance; the others glide, almost effortlessly, in the currents she has created. During a storm, the eagle waits perched on the edge of its nest for the wind to gain sufficient velocity. Once she knows the direction in which the […]

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The Mental Habit That’s Worth a Trillion Dollars

Anita Mathias — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 09:17:09 +0000

Grace and Forgiveness I heard Carol Arnott say that her book Grace and Forgiveness is worth a trillion dollars. Hyperbole, of course, but (Jesus, forgive this crassness!!) if I were to monetize it, learning and practising forgiveness would easily be worth well over £100,000, perhaps £500,000 in a lifetime. No, more! Speculative, of course, but that’s […]

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Living in the Updraft of the Wild Goose of the Holy Spirit

Anita Mathias — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:37:00 +0000

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