The Restory Retreat Centre

  Choose Your Hard   The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music We never know with absolute certainty in advance whether our choices are perfect, but we still have to bear the weight of our own decisions. Against that backdrop, Wolf Larsen's "If I Be Wrong" is not a call to make the right choice. It's more like a compassionate recognition of how difficult and beautiful it is to be human and to make choices. With love. George & Matilda

Kies Jou Moeilik   Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Ons weet nooit vooraf met absolute sekerheid of ons keuses perfek is nie, maar ons moet steeds die gewig van ons eie besluite dra. Teen daardie agtergrond  is Wolf Larsen se  "If I Be Wrong"   nie 'n oproep om reg te kies nie. Dis eerder soos 'n deernisvolle erkenning van hoe swaar en mooi dit is om mens te wees en keuses te maak. Met liefde. George & Matilda

Wider View On Purpose The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music Sometimes, in living our calling, we just need someone to stand by us, to whistle the melody for us when we have forgotten the words. Once more, as alwys, with our love.  May your life carry the marks of love. Especially in what you do. George & Matilda

  Roeping Wyer Gesien Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Soms, in die leef in ons roeping in, het ons net iemand nodig wat by ons staan. Wat vir ons die melodie fluit wanneer ons die woorde vergeet het. Weer eens, soos altyd, met liefde. Mag jou lewe die tekens van liefde dra. Veral in wat jy doen. George & Matilda

  My Purpose The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music In the song, the "plan" she gives God is a plea for an end. • She is not asking God for a new path, but she is giving God a proposal or a roadmap to end this chapter of suffering ("To close this affair"). • It is an act of surrender: she can no longer bear the weight of the past, so she reaches out and says to the Creator, as it were, "Here's how we can end this pain. Help me to end it." There is an irony in the lyrics. Sometimes the only "plan" we can form is to admit that we have run out of plans. By saying "I'm giving God a plan," she may be saying, "I've decided that this 'affair' with sorrow is over; now God, you have to do the rest to make it happen." It is a shift from passive victim to someone who sets a boundary. May you gradually, through discovery, come home to your purpose. With our love. George & Matilda

  My Doel Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek In die liedjie is die "plan" wat sy vir God gee, 'n pleit vir 'n einde. • Sy vra God nie vir 'n nuwe pad nie, maar sy gee vir God 'n voorstel of 'n padkaart om hierdie hoofstuk van lyding te beëindig ("To close this affair"). • Dit is 'n daad van oorgawe: sy kan nie meer die gewig van die verlede dra nie, so sy reik uit en sê as't ware vir die Skepper: "Hier is hoe ons hierdie pyn kan klaarmaak. Help my om dit af te handel." Daar is 'n ironie in die lirieke. Soms is die enigste "plan" wat ons kan vorm, om te erken dat ons planne opgeraak het. Deur te sê "Ek gee vir God 'n plan," sê sy dalk eintlik: "Ek het besluit dat hierdie 'affair' met hartseer verby is; God, nou moet U die res doen om dit te laat gebeur." Dit is 'n skuif van passiewe slagoffer na iemand wat 'n grens stel. Mag jy algaande, ontdekkend, in jou doel tuisko...

  Rest and Work The Conversation Elements From The Conversation " “The world is being destroyed by industriousness.” Dendermonde  advocates a life of "appropriate laziness and modest industriousness"  instead of destructive haste. Music Eddie Dalton sounds like an old river on its way to the sea.  As always, with our love. George & Matilda

Rus en Werk   Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek "Onafgebroke besig-wees is die ondergang van die wêreld." Dendermonde pleit vir  ’n lewe van "gepaste luiheid en beskeie ywer"  in plaas van vernietigende gejaagdheid. Musiek Eddie Dalton klink soos 'n ou rivier op pad see toe. Soos altyd, met ons liefde. George & Matilda

  Buttonhole Paradise The Conversation Elements From The Conversation This is what a space, much larger than a buttonhole, looks like. Morrison describes the exact opposite of Tagore's fool—someone who receives your pieces and returns them to you whole. The tragedy of Tagore's flower is that it gave itself to someone who could never perform this gathering. Music This is the tragedy Tagore's line warns against: the flower stays in the fool's buttonhole even after realizing the fool cannot keep it safe. With deep affection we send you away with the simple request to answer these two questions honestly for yourself: The thing I call paradise right now is ____________________ The first small root I could send toward real soil is ___________________ George & Matilda