The Restory Retreat Centre

  Gratitude As Motivation “ You don’t get wormy apples off a healthy tree,  nor good apples off a diseased tree.  The health of the apple tells the health of the tree.  You must begin with your own life-giving lives.  It’s who you are,  not what you say and do, that counts.  Your true being brims over into true words and deeds.” ‭‭Luke ‭6‬:‭43‬-‭45 The Message                               ‬‬ ~ ❖ ~ “ My friends, this can’t go on.  A spring doesn’t gush fresh water one day and brackish the next, does it?  Apple trees don’t bear strawberries, do they?  Raspberry bushes don’t bear apples, do they?  You’re not going to dip into a polluted mud hole  and get a cup of clear, cool water, are you?” ‭‭James‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭The Message‬                             ~ ❖ ~  The Conversation Ele...

Dankbaarheid As Motivering “'n Goeie boom dra nie slegte vrugte nie,  en 'n slegte boom dra weer nie goeie vrugte nie.  Elke boom word aan sy eie vrug geken.” ‭‭Lukas‬ ‭6‬:‭43‬-‭44‬ ‭AFR20                               ‬‬ ~ ❖ ~ “'n Fontein laat tog nie uit dieselfde oog vars én bitter water uitborrel nie? 'n Vyeboom, my broers, kan tog nie olywe dra, of 'n druiwestok vye nie? 'n Brak fontein kan ook nie soet water gee nie.” ‭‭Jakobus‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭AFR20‬‬                             ~ ❖ ~  Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek 'n Proe aan die lys uit Barbara Ann Kipfer se besondere  14 000 Things To Be Happy About. ~ ❖ ~ "To become fully human  means learning to turn my gratitude for being alive  into some concrete common good.  It means growing gentler toward human weakness.  It means practicing forgive...