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For The New Year (For the original photo - thank you to our friend Ben) Looking back, it was, among other things, Rilke’s year. Here at Die Restory we have talked about him, he has often surfaced in our reflections on something and he was brought in on a few occasions to serve in the Opening and Closing Prayers of our meditations. He speaks our language. And hopefully, over time, he has influenced our voice.   Against that backdrop, and with the gathering of bits and pieces of Rilke here and there, our message to you here at The Restory:     In The Doorway Of A New Year (With thanks to Rainer Maria Rilke)   At the turning of the year, we are invited not to rush ahead, but to live the questions a little longer.   To trust that what is unfinished, what feels unclear or tired, may still be quietly at work within us.   The new year does not ask for answers, only for presence. For a willingness to stay close to what is real — to the rhythms of...

  Vir Die Nuwe Jaar (Vir die oorspronklike foto - dankie aan ons vriend Ben) Terugskouend was dit, te midde van baie ander dinge, Rilke se jaar. Hier by Die Restory het ons oor hom gepraat, hy het dikwels opgeduik in ons nadenke oor iets en hy is by ‘n paar geleenthede ingetrek om diens te doen in die Opening- en Afsluitingsgebede van ons meditasies. Hy praat ons taal. En hopelik, met verloop van tyd, het hy ons stem beïnvloed. Teen daardie agtergrond, en met die bymekaarmaak van stukkies Rilke hier en daar, ons boodskap vir julle hier van Die Restory: Op Die Drumpel Van ‘n Nuwe Jaar (Met dank aan Rainer Maria Rilke) Met die wisseling van die jaar, word ons genooi om nie vorentoe te jaag nie, maar om die vrae ’n bietjie langer te leef. Om te vertrou dat dit wat nog nie klaar is nie, dit wat onduidelik of moeg voel, steeds stilweg binne-in ons aan die werk is. Die nuwe jaar vra nie vir antwoorde nie, slegs vir teenwoordigheid. Vir ’n bereidheid om naby dit wat werklik is te bly - na...

  A Christmas Story “Stay alert. This is hazardous work I’m assigning you.  You’re going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack,  so don’t call attention to yourselves.  Be as shrewd as a snake, inoffensive as a dove.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10‬:‭16‬ ‭MSG‬‬                       CAROL OF THE FRIENDLY BEASTS Jesus, our brother, strong and good Was humbly born in stable rude And the friendly beasts around him stood, Jesus, our brother, kind and good. I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown, Carried his Mother uphill and down I carried her safe to Bethlehem town, I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown. I, said the cow, all white and red, Gave him my manger for his bed, I gave him my hay to pillow his head, I, said the cow, all white and red. I, said the sheep with curly horn, Gave him my wool to keep him warm, He wore my coat on Christmas morn, I, said the sheep with curly horn. I, said the dove, in the rafters high, Cooed hi...

  Kersverhaal “Kyk, Ek stuur julle uit soos skape onder die wolwe.  Wees dan behoedsaam soos slange en onskuldig soos duiwe.” ‭‭Matteus‬ ‭10‬:‭16‬ ‭AFR20‬‬                     CAROL OF THE FRIENDLY BEASTS Jesus, our brother, strong and good Was humbly born in stable rude And the friendly beasts around him stood, Jesus, our brother, kind and good. I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown, Carried his Mother uphill and down I carried her safe to Bethlehem town, I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown. I, said the cow, all white and red, Gave him my manger for his bed, I gave him my hay to pillow his head, I, said the cow, all white and red. I, said the sheep with curly horn, Gave him my wool to keep him warm, He wore my coat on Christmas morn, I, said the sheep with curly horn. I, said the dove, in the rafters high, Cooed him to sleep with lullaby, We cooed him to sleep, my mate and I, I, said the dove, in the rafters high. Thus every ...

  Glimmers From Another Angle “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” ‭‭Luke ‭6‬:‭31‬ ‭ NRSVUE‬‬                           ~ ❖ ~ A man walking through the forest saw a fox that had lost its legs, and he wondered how it lived. Then he saw a tiger come up with game in its mouth. The tiger ate its fill and left the rest of the meat for the fox. The next day God fed the fox by means of the same tiger.  The man began to wonder at God’s greatness and said to himself, “I too shall just rest in a corner with full trust in the Lord and he will provide me with all that I need.” He did this for many days but nothing happened, and he was almost at death’s door when he heard a voice say, “O you who are in the path of error, open your eyes to the truth! Stop imitating the disabled fox and follow the example of the tiger.” ~ ❖ ~ The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music With our love. George & Matilda

Glinsteringe Uit 'n Ander Hoek “Soos julle wil hê die mense aan julle moet doen, doen ook so aan hulle.” ‭‭Lukas‬ ‭6‬:‭31‬ ‭AFR20‬‬                          ~ ❖ ~ 'n Man wat deur die woud geloop het, het 'n jakkals gesien wat sy bene verloor het, en hy het gewonder hoe dit kon oorleef. Toe sien hy 'n tier wat met 'n bok in sy bek aangestap kom. Die tier het homself versadig geëet en die res van die vleis vir die jakkals gelos. Die volgende dag is die jakkals deur dieselfde tier gevoer.  Die man het begin wonder oor God se grootheid en het vir homself gesê: "Ek sal ook net in 'n hoekie rus met volle vertroue in die Here en Hy sal aan my voorsien alles wat ek nodig het." Dit het hy vir etlike dae gedoen, maar niks het gebeur nie, en hy was op die drumpel van die dood toe hy 'n stem hoor sê: "O jy wat op die pad van dwaling is, maak jou oë oop vir die waarheid! Hou op om die gestremde jakkals na te boots en volg die voor...

Glimmers A glimmer: In the green-green, Molly swimming and the boisterous Bobby running in the shallow water. The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music The title of this song of Andrea Bocelli,  Semplicemente (canto per te) , can be translated, "Simply (I Sing For You)." With love and wishing glimmers on you.  George & Matilda