So, 2013 has come to an end. It has been a year of growth, of love, of joy and ultimately of faith, learning to trust when all circumstances are saying " Impossible!" , yet believing that it never really is.
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| Challenging ourselves to a New Year's hike at Skurugata, a big canyon/gorge close to Eksjö |
The journey of living life is fantastic and fun. The challenge is learning to live a life that is not just about me. It is so easy in our modern society that our eyes are drawn to ourselves...my desires, my dreams, my wants. And while there is nothing wrong in pursuing that, ultimately our focus should be on "What can I give, not what can I get."
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| My favourite chocolate cake recipe with milk chocolate ganache and fondant snowflakes |
How many times don't we get stuck in our feelings, doing something if we feel like it, not doing something when we don't. Yet there is something so beautiful and so powerfully in sacrificing something of ourselves, be it time or money or whatever, in order to help make someone else feel better. It is in those sacred moments that we often end up feeling way better than we would have had we pursued our own wishes.
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| I love my family! |
At the dawn of this new year, let us help each other to think more about others than ourselves. Let us help each other to reach our dreams together. Let us help each other to grow in love.
May 2014 be a blessed year of peace, joy, love and hope!
Love,
Heidi
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