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  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

  Control   The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music In our attempts to control everything, including God, and place it in predictable boxes and compartments, we lose far more than we gain. Our lives do not become as safe as we had hoped. It becomes sterile. A blessing originally written by Ruth Fox for students receiving degrees at Dickinson State University in America.  May God bless you with Discontent with easy answers, half-truths, superficial relationships, so that you will live from deep within your heart. May God bless you with Anger at injustice, oppression, abuse, and exploitation of people, so that you will work for justice, equality, and peace. May God bless you with Tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and war, so that you will reach out your hand to comfort them and to change their pain to joy. May God bless you with the Foolishness to think you can make a difference in this world, so that you will do the things wh...

Kontrole   Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek In ons pogings om alles, ook God, te beheer en in voorspelbare boksies en vakkies te plaas, verloor ons baie meer as wat ons wen. Ons lewens word nie veilig soos ons gehoop het nie. Dit raak steriel. ‘n Seën oorspronklik geskryf  deur Ruth Fox vir studente wat graad ontvang by Dickinson State University in Amerika.   Mag God jou seën met ‘n ontevredenheid met maklike antwoorde, halwe waarhede, en oppervlakkige verhoudings, sodat jy vanuit die diepte van jou hart sal leef; Mag God jou seën met ‘n onteltenis oor onreg, onderdrukking, mishandeling en die uitbuiting van mense, sodat jy sal werk vir regverdigheid, gelykheid en vrede; Mag God jou seën met trane wat gestort word vir hulle wat ly onder pyn, verwerping, hongersnood en oorlog, sodat jy jou hand sal uitsteek om hulle te bemoedig en om hulle pyn in vreugde te verander. Mag God jou seën met ‘n dwaasheid wat jou laat dink dat jy ‘n verskil in hierdie wêreld kan maa...

  I Have Agency   ~ ❖ ~ "If our story is a story of victimization or of "things just happening" without our consent or participation, we have not yet become conscious of ourselves as storytellers, as having the capacity to authorize our lives, change our minds and our behaviors, and create another story or chapter in our lives." Janet K. Ruffing            ~ ❖ ~ The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music May you have spaces where you can tell your story, and may you be brave enough to change in the trelling. All our love.  George & Matilda

Ek Het Invloed   ~ ❖ ~ "If our story is a story of victimization or of "things just happening" without our consent or participation, we have not yet become conscious of ourselves as storytellers, as having the capacity to authorize our lives, change our minds and our behaviors, and create another story or chapter in our lives." Janet K. Ruffing            ~ ❖ ~ Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Mag jy ruimtes hê waar jy jou storie kan vertel, en mag jy dapper genoeg wees om te verander wanneer jy dit vertel. Al ons liefde. George & Matilda