The Restory Retreat Centre

  Did You Know? The Conversation  Elements From The Conversation  Music With our love. George & Matilda 

  Het Jy Geweet? Die Gesprek  Elemente Uit Die Gesprek  Musiek Met al ons liefde. George & Matilda 

  Into The Silence The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music This blessing, after a line by Alfred Lord Tennyson: May your eyes be homes of silent prayers. With our love. Always.  George & Matilda

In Die Stilte Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Dié seën, n.a.v 'n frase van Alfred Lord Tennyson: Mag jou oë die tuiste van stil gebede wees. Met ons liefde. Altyd. George & Matilda  

The above picture quote was the last straw. I came across it in the course of the week and the moment I saw it again after so many years, I knew it was time. A number of other quotes all of a sudden came to mind as well. To me, quotes are quite often gateways to meditation. It all forms part of a topic announcing itself again. Not in the sense that it has announced itself before and I’ve ignored it – although I’ve thought about it on previous occasions. More in the sense that I am again entering the time of a certain topic coming to the fore unexpectedly on different occasions. As if to say: “It is my time. Look at me.” As other topics have done in the past. With me and my dad living on the farm, I am constantly confronted with and I am witnessing a person’s struggle to accept old age. My father has been very active all his life. He is a fitter and turner by trade, spent years in engineering workshops, but also repaired cars, built houses and farmed among other things....