The Restory Retreat Centre

Opposite Of Anxiety The Conversation Direct link to conversation on YouTube Elements From The Conversation Music This song by Florence + The Machine acknowledges anxiety but shows how music and dance can, for a moment, provide space and freedom. Not calmness as an end goal, but a creative, physical way to start moving again. Direct link to Florence + The Machine music video With our love. George & Matilda

  Teenoorgestelde Van Angstig Die Gesprek Direkte skakel na gesprek op YouTube Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Hierdie lied van Florence + The Machine erken angs, maar wys hoe musiek en dans vir ’n oomblik ruimte en vryheid kan gee. Nie kalmte as einddoel nie, maar ’n skeppende, liggaamlike manier om weer te beweeg. Direkte skakel na Florence + The Machine Musiekvideo Met ons 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...

  Love and Sorrow The Restory's program this week largely reflects the larger Easter themes. Over Easter weekend, starting on Thursday, the exceptional Pippa Jarvis from Embrace Village is hosting an Expressions of Loss retreat here with us, with the  focus on mourning. Others' stories of loss and grief unfold our humanity and touch us, precisely because recognition and compassion are part of the process. Over the 5 days that it lasts, we reflect on elements of the grieving process during the prayer times in the morning and evening, which beautifully connect with and give new meaning to the themes of Easter. The opening and closing prayers at the beginning and end of the times of silence, are the lines from a poem or other literature that highlight the theme of that day: Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday Easter Sunday Easter Monday On the last day of the retreat, we return to the prayers of the first day.   Before the start of the retreat, with us being alone here at Ta...

  Liefde en Hartseer Die Restory se program hierdie week reflekteer in 'n groot mate die groter Paastemas. Oor Paas-naweek  bied die uitsonderlike Pippa Jarvis van Embrace Village 'n Expressions of Loss retreat hier by ons aan met die fokus op rou. Ander se verhale van verlies en hartseer vou ons menswees oop en roer ons juis omdat die herkenning en medelye deel van die proses is.  Oor die 5 dae wat dit duur, staan ons tydens die gebedstye soggens en saans stil by elemente van die treurproses, wat pragtig aansluit by en die temas van Paasfees nuwe betekenis gee. Die opening- en afsluitgebede aan die begin en einde van die stilwordtye, is telkens net die reëls uit 'n gedig of ander literatuur wat die tema van daardie dag uitlig: Donderdag Goeie Vrydag Stil Saterdag Paassondag Paasmaandag Op die laaste dag van die retreat keer ons terug na die gebede van die eerste dag. Voor die aanvang van die retreat, met ons alleen hier by Tafelkop gedurende die Heilige Week, het die vr...

  Buttoning and Unbuttoning (1/2) The "smallness" of life can sometimes feel heavier than its great tragedies. A life needn't be "full" of tragedy. If it's "empty" of meaning, that emptiness can eventually become a crushing weight bearing down on the one living that life.  The Conversation Elements From The Conversation In contemplative spirituality, the "buttoning and unbuttoning" is resolved not by ignoring or sidestepping the task, but by changing the nature of the button. Instead of an obstacle to be overcome so that life can "begin," the act becomes life itself. Music ABBA's song  describes a life where the "buttons" are done perfectly, but the person inside is sleepwalking. Lord, We are not blind to the burden of the repetitive . The same plate, the same path to work, the same buttons, the same masks we put on. Please help us with the discouragement for “the next thing.” We know deep down that a task that is ...