LS006 - Creating a Path Through the Forge

Hey everyone!

I hope that you have had a wonderful festive time and that you've spent it with friends and family.

Me? I can't complain, even if I have spent most of it alone. I like that, I'm not complaining, unlike others I don't need to be around people all the time. It's not an insult, it's just a fact of life.

Before I sign off 2017 on this blog later on in the post, I want to have a look at forging your new path into the new year...

LS005b - The Busyness at the End of the Line II: Re-Arm Your Aim

Hello everyone!

For those of you who don't remember, here's a recap what I covered last time when I put forward the idea that your busyness is simply a lack of organisation to your priorities, which can result in far more egregious consequences than you might think.

This time I want to help you out by suggesting a few ideas that might help you put said priorities in order so let's get started...

Off the Scale #7 - In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Rossetti

Merry Christmas everyone!

I hope you are all having a good yuletide so far as I know I am. I'm learning to count every day as a gift and therefore to try and not throw away the time that I have been given since I can either waste my time, or I can invest it.

Today's "Off the Scale" comes in the true meaning of the season as I see it; the birth of Jesus Christ so I've chosen, of the many carols, my all time favourite...

LS005a - The Busyness at the End of the Line I - The Art of Being Distracted

Hello everyone!

It really is quite frustrating isn't it when you can't even get some of your friends to take you seriously enough to respond to your requests. We are all busy and have lives but at what point does "busyness" stop becoming a reason and start becoming an excuse?

This is going to be a two-part post so are your ready?

Let's take a look...

Off the Scale #6 - Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Pearl Fisher's Duet) by Georges Bizet

Hello and welcome to another post in my Off the Scale series!

This time we're going to be looking at one of my favourite duets in opera; the Pearl Fisher's Duet.

The first time I heard this was probably in the run up to Christmas last year and this past year have managed to hear it interpreted by Welsh operatic star Bryn Terfel, along with Andrea Bocelli...

LS003 - The Full Stop at the Start of the Sentence

Hello everyone!

After the last two posts have been pretty dark, I aim to lighten things up a bit today as we are heading closer than ever to Christmas.

There are only a matter of days before the day itself arrives and I must say that I'm looking forward to celebrating it with my family and, well, with myself...

LS002 - When All Around is White

WARNING: The following post contains themes of a nature which may contain triggers for some. This is fair warning so if you proceed to the end of this post and get burnt by the issues raised then don't say that you were not warned!

---TLP---

Hello,

Welcome back to another look into the condition that is my walk with depression and anxiety.

Today, I was out walking and I happened to visit my local park where the scenery was glorious and... white, everything was white with the recent snowfall!

That's when I realised something...

LS001 - It Makes Me Not Want to be Alive Anymore

WARNING: The following post contains themes of a nature which may contain triggers for some. This is fair warning so if you proceed to the end of this post and get burnt by the issues raised then don't say that you were not warned!

---TLP---

Hello everyone!

This post pretty much sums things up for me at the moment as the reverse breakthrough I experienced last week has pretty much led to me feeling a complete contrast to how I was feeling then. But guess what? I'm not surprised anymore because, in case you didn't know, I struggle with depression & anxiety.

It's an issue that regular readers of my blog will know all about...

Off the Scale #5 - Ludovico Einaudi's I Giorni

Hello and welcome to the next post in my Off the Scale series!

Today, I want to take a look at one of my all time favourite classical pianists; Ludovico Einaudi.

I discovered him around ten or so years ago when I was working for an IT firm and I must say, this was where I first started to realise the powerful effect of music...

WP001 - Until the End by S.R. Cook

Okay everyone!

As a writer, this has just come to me and I'd like to share it with you all.

I am dedicating it a very, very special someone, along with all those people out there whose also special someone comes to mind today. It's a little poem I call "Until the End"...

SC001 Russia: The Enemy State? I Don't Think So!

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the first in my social commentaries where I'm going to be looking at all sorts of issues and trying to lay down what is my view on such a subject. Don't think that you'll be able to predict what will come next because that's what I'm trying to master; the unpredictable.

Today, I wanted to start off by looking at an issue that's on everyone's lips (well, it is if you listen to what rhetoric the media is pumping out!) and that is Russia.

Glorious, Oh So Glorious!

Hello everyone and welcome to my first real update since my triumphant return!

You could ask me what has put me in such a glorious mood, but you'll have to guess all the while reading my last post. But come back to this one, won't you? Please? I'll be your... okay, I won't, because I don't care if you don't want my friendship and that is not an insult, it's just a fact of life...

Off the Scale #4 - Ludwig van Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony (No. 6)

Hey everyone!

Welcome to the next in my series of posts celebrating my liking of classical music.

Today's post is another of my favourites and, though it doesn't make it into my top 3, I am forever grateful for Classic FM for without that particular radio station I would not be aware of such gems as this.

The rise and fall of the score is one of my ultimate chill out pieces and I'll tell you something...

Glorious, Victorious!

Hey everyone!

Welcome back to my blog and first of all, I want to thank you all whilst I have worked on some very personal stuff that required me to cease blogging for a while, but now I am back so you can rest assured that the content will get (hopefully!) more frequent as I continue to work my way past all that I've been through this year.

I'm writing this having had a few glasses of cider so I hope I can still maintain clarity whilst I write this as I can sometimes go off on tangents if I am not careful...

A Glorious Return for the Penguin!

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog, The Write Dimension!

It's been a long time since my last post so if you are reading this and you have been here since the very beginning, first of all... YOU'RE WELCOME!!! ;-)

Secondly, since my fully fledged departure from social media and a third re:boot of myself, I'm looking to continue where I left off by picking up my digital pen and writing about whatever topics suit me best.

This time, as well as my usual take on the religious lifestyle I've come to adopt, I'll also be taking a very careful look at the issues of the day in a more social commentary style so keep a look out for the headers of those. I intend on prefixing them all with a code relevant to the content (for example a review might be RV0001, or some social commentary might just be SC0075, you get the idea by now!). This way, you can take a look at the code and decide if this post is something that is of interest to you, if not feel free to skip it and wait for the next content to be uploaded.

I'm going to try and get back to regular posting because I need it with what I've got going on at the moment.

Once more unto the breach, bro's!

===TLP===

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: All Posts Ceasing From Today!

Hello everyone.

It is with great sadness that I bring to you the news that from today, all activity on this blog will be grinding to a halt.

I have recently decided to leave social media due to my predicament presenting me with a challenge I need to focus on becoming undivided with. The knock-on effect of that means that everything written about on here everything from my crush, to... well, everything else, has left a dent in me.

This is, naturally, leaving me feeling like I need a completely clean break from all of this bullspit and a fresh start again another time. Some other time. I will of course link to it from here in the future so keep an eye out on here for the new home of all my musings.

I thank you for your faithful support during these last five years and want you to know that I appreciate each and every one of you that I might have impacted but will never know it. Heart you.

Any content that has been started on here, such as my recently commissioned "Off the Scale" series, will continue in their new home, but not yet. Not yet. Never just yet.

I need to focus on God right now because I'm losing my grip on so much today.

It's okay.

God's got this.

He's got me and I'm counting on Him to bring me through this.

Peace out, for one last time, bro's!

The Pendulum Effect

Hey everyone!

I'm a bit of a pendulum at the moment going from wanting to shut down this blog, to not, and back again. I know that, either way, whatever I decide whilst I shut down my social media presence, God is with me, He is still on the throne and He will still bring me through this struggle.

All I know right now is that, after last night and seeing certain people again, I have to make some big changes to how I'm handling this because I'm not handling it well, not well at all!

---TLP---

5 Days Closer to the Truth

Hey everyone!

Just a quick update to let you know that, as of this moment, I am more likely to be shutting down my Facebook account than I am this very blog.

In all honesty, it seems like such a shame to throw away all of my writing from last five years' adventure that has been my life where I've crushed something fierce on the most amazing young lady I've ever laid eyes upon over the last year, to all the work that God has done through me around this.

I'm not saying that this blog isn't shutting down for definite, I'm just pondering my options at the moment.

Peace!

---TLP---

Closing in on a Breakthrough - From God to a Girl

Hey everyone!

Don't let the last post alarm you too much, there are still six days between now and my self-imposed deadline of potentially shutting down this blog so that's plenty of time for me to reconsider. The fact that I'm already addressing it so soon shows that, with a five year history behind me on this blog, I'm not taking lightly the decision to potentially call a halt to it.

Today, I want to take a quick look at something that has been taking up a lot of my time and nope, it's not my crush (ED - for once!)...

7 Days Until Strike Out

Hey everyone!

This is just a quick update re: the last post I made as I've set a deadline as of a week from today to decide whether this blog will be closing down for good as well as whether I will be leaving social media, also for good.

So far, I've had an overwhelming sense of relief now that the last fourteen days have timed something out that I've been struggling with for ages now and have been powerless to do anything about until now.

It's okay, everything is going to be okay and if I do decide to launch a different ship going forward to carry my blogging thoughts, then I'll be sure to post a link on here straight away.

Either way, God's got me, He's got this all under control and I would rather trust Him right now with this wholeheartedly just like it implies in Psalm 86:11: -

Teach me Your way, Yahweh,and I will live by Your truth.Give me an undivided mind to fear Your name.

That's all I need right now; an undivided mind. Not one that's being pulled towards a girl and my Saviour because I would drop the former way sooner than I would ever consider dropping my relationship with God!

This way I can be sure to be able to fully attest what God's will is, His good, pleasing and perfect will as found in Romans 12:2.

Peace!

---TLP---

Contemplating a Shutdown

Hello everyone!

From the title you will gather that this particular post is addressing something quite specific; the potential closure of this blog.

It's been four years and what a ride it has been, but I am starting to wonder if the purpose of this blog has become skewed to the point that it would be better rebooting, or starting again, under a new banner.

Don't worry, I've not decided on anything for definite yet that I'm closing it down, it's just a thought I'm having at the moment...

Please Hold... All Our Agents are Busy at the Moment!

Hello everyone!

So we are over five hundred posts into my blog and yet I've been on the verge, lately, of shutting it down? Well I'm glad I haven't made any rash decisions, including a potential one to let this whole crush scenario go! :-O

Things won't be changing any time soon, I can assure you of at least that much... at least until 11pm on Sunday.

This is only a quick post to ask that you bear with me whilst I work through my latest challenge as I've covered it often enough on here so I need to keep pulling away for a while and, as I've mentioned before, post a little less often and detailed.

Thank you!

---TLP---

Lifestyles of the Who and What Now?!

Hey everyone!

This is the first lifestyle update that I've posted since I hit a really rocky patch in my walk so I want to see if I can find some encouragement to give you as no matter how bad it gets for me, I still want to be lifting you up where you belong!

Ready? Okay, let's go...

Off the Scale #3 - Ralph Vaughn Williams' The Lark Ascending

Hey everyone!

Thank you for bearing with me whilst I've worked out some personal stuff. The only thing that I can tell you is that it feels like something is changing as far as this girl is concerned, I don't know what (well, alright, I do!) but I need some more time to decide once and for all if I'm going to relinquish this altogether.

Anyway, that's not why I'm here today, I'm here to look at my all-time-favourite piece of classical music; Ralph Vaughn Williams' The Lark Ascending and I want to tell you a little bit about why it is my favourite too...

Slowly, Slowly, Turn With Me Slowly

Hi everyone!

I'm not going to be posting as frequently as I was anymore. I've got too much personal stuff going on at the moment to bother writing on here so frequently.

Just know that, out of the last three weeks, I've plucked up the courage to speak to a certain person a couple of times now and it's changing my world in ways I could never even expect or fathom. It has affected me so, so very drastically and profoundly that I need to dedicate all of my time and energy into seeking God in this as opposed to writing on here as I was doing beforehand.

Therefore, I will still be posting my updates on here, just nowhere near as often, whilst I see this next stage of my journey through.

I'd say don't worry, but I know some of you will which I cannot help, so instead I'll just ask for you to pray for me going forward that I stay on the path that God is calling me to and not stray from it!

Peace!

---TLP---

...And We're Back!!!

Hey everyone!

I hope you're enjoying the summer sun, it's a little chilly here in Oldham, but other than that it's pretty damn great!

This is just a quick post to say that things will be back to normal in the coming days of this week as I continue to recover from the monumental work that God has been doing in me these lately. It's been a blast and, as always, not all of what went on will make it onto here as this is between me & God and after yesterday when I received a big slap in the face in terms of my own personal development, I will be looking to change a few things going forward.

The posts won't be changing, just to put your minds at ease if that's what concerns you, I'm just reading into cognitive behavioural therapy at the moment and it is giving me a lot of food for thought and an even greater amount of room for improvement.

Peace!

---TLP---

Temporal Post Suspension...

ATTN: Due to the significance of yesterday's events in the life of TLP, he will no longer be posting for a period of two weeks. All posting activity will resume on w/c 17th April.

Thank you for your kind patience during this transitional period.

---TLP---

Hello everyone!

As you can see from the above heading, I'm taking a break from posting for a while starting today.

I'm not going into why, but let us just say that something really significant happened yesterday at church that has resulted in me needing some time away from posting on here whilst I work my way through this next period.

Don't worry, God's got this and I will return soon!

---TLP---

Loosening the Chain

Hey everyone!

Life, it can be complicated or it can be simple, wouldn't you agree?

I know that for myself there are moments where I absolutely feel like I am "on it", like now, and others where I, well, my last post shows that it's all interchangeable from time to time, isn't it?

Never mind somebody lying to me and saying that it shouldn't be like that because life is like that; filled with up's and down's so if anybody tells me that it's meant to be stable 100% of the time, I don't know what they are looking at, but it's not life as I know it...

Turn the Crank (The Point of Freeze)

Hey everyone!

I hope you're enjoying your Friday so far because I... well, I've been better but it's only temporary, it's only a blip so don't you worry about me.

The cause was last night and seeing a certain person again!

It is like I can do all the preparing that I want to do in order to "be the guy", if that even makes sense anymore, yet each and every time I see her, just like last night, it all goes out of the window and I...

What's Your Territory, Watch Your Territory!

Hey everyone!

I know it's been a few days since I last wrote on here, but I needed some time to myself because I didn't really realise just how much the constant blogging and writing was taking out of me so I've been taking some time out to keep myself centred on God.

He's been amazing throughout this, surprise surprise and as a result I feel so much stronger than I ever did, even though I'm still feeling what I'm feeling for this young lady.

Nothing changes on that front, but my priorities do and it's all thanks to a song I have been basking in that reminds me that everything that happens to us, all of it, all revolves around God's throne...

Georgia on my Mind (Or Wait, That's Not the Title That I Wanted!)

Hello everyone!

I trust you are having a fabulous week so far, I couldn't be better right now!

My book manuscript has just hit 130 pages today, so it's nearly done in another 50 or so pages, I reckon. I wish I could say that I have a game plan when writing it but in reality it's just a case of sit down at my laptop and start writing and God in His infinite wisdom then takes over.

Most of the time I'm actually sceptical of anything good that might come out of it, but then I seem to find my groove and it just seems to fly out of the park like the proverbial homer!

This is probably the first post that I have made in a long time where I haven't had an ulterior motive with what I am writing so I'm just going to start and see what comes out...

Work the Ground When You're Down (How to De-Press Your Buttons)

Hi there!

I trust that you are all feeling suitably inspired because, as always, I am!

Last night, as I usually do on a Monday night, I watched Pastor Steven Furtick talk about relationships in terms of with God and compared it to our relationships with one another. It has, again, changed the way that I look at my Christian faith and, as such, I wanted to take another look at the depressive spirits that often plague so many of us.

As always, I'm not judging anybody because I've been going through some of these very same motions, plus, I'm not going to let this one get too heavy, so don't worry your little selves about that...

Don't Get Stuck, Get Moving

Hey everyone!

Hope you are all having another amazing week, even though we're only a day and a half into it.

Today, I want to have a quick look at what happens to you when circumstances leave you feeling like you are going nowhere fast and running in place, almost...

Words & the Damage They Do

Hey everyone!

Words.

A simple, short title like that can mean anything.

The reality is that for many people, the words they use are often used to describe their inner world to those around them. The problem is, though, when you start using words that are actually hurtful and damaging because you are not only risking someone's emotions but also, if left unchecked, a relationship too...

The Errant Heart Redux by S.R. Cook

I first posted this little creative writing piece on the 12th July 2016 and ever since then, trying to capture something so utterly profound that seems to be beyond words, I really wanted to give it a second burst of exposure.

---S.R. Cook---

---Text Originally Posted 12/07/16---

Hi everyone!

I hope you enjoyed my little poem, I know I enjoyed writing it!

Today, I've got something a little bit different for you because it's a descriptive piece of prose that I wrote off the back of the poem. You could argue that the poem sets the scene and this piece takes the proverbial "ball" and runs with it!

Enjoy...

Be Careful Who You Associate With

Hi everyone!

I must say that I am really enjoying myself this week so far, last night I sat down to start work on a promo for my replacement for "60 Seconds", and got to thinking that we really need to choose our friends, or even our acquaintances very carefully.

I'm not going to repeat myself because I've covered a subject like this numerous times, but I want you to see some of what I'm seeing today...

Who, or What is God to You?

Hey everyone!

Who is God to you?

What is God to you?

I'm jumping right into this one today as there's a lot to be said that needs saying quickly.

For so many people their misconception of who God is can lead to a lifetime of dismay, regret or mediocrity when it is God's plan for us to prosper no matter where we go or what we do (Deut 28:1-14)...

Falling Angel Redux by S.R. Cook

I first posted this little poem on the 11th July 2016 and ever since then, trying to capture something so utterly profound that seems to be beyond words, I really wanted to give it a second burst of exposure.

---S.R. Cook---

---Text Originally Posted 11/07/16---

Good afternoon!

I trust you are all having a most enjoyable week, I know I am!

I've got a little poem that I wrote last Wednesday and wanted to share it with you all to see what you think (ED - um, they can't actually tell you unless they comment, d'oh!).

Enjoy...

Your Scars are Your Trophies Overture

Hey everyone!

It's another working week and I hope you that you are all getting inspired by what you're doing today.

I wanted to take one final pass at the fact that our scars can be our trophies if only we would but let God's power flow through them.

The reality is that, for a lot of people, that just simply is not true and I want to look at why...

Off the Scale #2 - Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto Number 2

Good afternoon!

To follow up the first part of my series exploring some of my favourite classical music pieces, I thought I'd take a look at one that has been dancing with Ralph Vaughn Williams "Lark Ascending" on Classic FM's Hall of Fame for quite some time now.

This particular piece is one of my all time favourites due to the way the piano seems to lead the charge but at the same time is not averse to taking a bit of a back seat as the arrangement kicks in fully with the stringed instruments...

Your Scars are Your Trophies III (Wear Them with Pride)

Hey everyone!

This week has been a monumental week for me as, thanks to Tuesday's post on wearing your scars with pride and the follow up on Wednesday, God has really been doing a transformational work of power, purpose and progress within me causing me to never look at any aspect of my struggle in the same way again.

I was carrying around, without fully realising, a whole heap of guilt and shame over how I'd reacted to what had happened to me in the past. Instead I should have been coming to grips with the reality that, thanks to the message from Pastor Steven Furtick, God helped me to realise that it is in those very mistakes themselves that His power will be revealed (Phil 4:13) strongest.

I'm not ashamed of my walk anymore, I'll be more likely to talk about it now, not less, if you ask me about it because my struggle contains the key for someone else's freedom today and that's why I'm writing so freely...

Your Scars are Your Trophies II (Wear Them with Pride)

Hey everyone!

I enjoyed the first part of this post so much, that I thought I would revisit it because it's about time people started realising that they have no shame in displaying their faults and their weaknesses to one another because none of us is perfect in any way, shape or form!

We have been fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14) so that means that every single one of our, what we call "weaknesses" are flaws designed specifically to get us to rely on God all the more...

Live For What You Account For (Or Living & Loving My Way)

Hey everyone!

I hope you are all having a wonderful day today because I know I am!

I understand that it is International Women's Day today, so for every woman that is in my life right now; heart you! ;-)

For all you Bible-believing ladies, you are my sisters in the faith, you are my inspiration for all that you do, so stay awesome and don't ever, ever change...

Your Scars Are Your Trophies (Wear Them with Pride)

Hey everyone!

I know the title of today's post looks as if it's going to be one of those posts but I want you to stay with me because I want to offer you some comfort and support after an amazing message I watched last night from Pastor Steven Furtick...

Rooted, Rebooted

Man, yesterday was epic!

It was the first time this year that I'd served a double-header at church, but it was a riot along with serving with some truly awesome young adults that make serving at church what it is; epic!

Also, as an added bonus, I found out that my splash circle is getting bigger, which is awesome as my movement starts to gain momentum...

Though I Fall, Still He Lifts Me Higher

Hello everyone!

Well, it's the weekend and you know what that means; fun times abound!

I'm certainly feeling the benefits of the changes that I am undergoing now that the manuscript is nearly fifty pages written already.

Also, God spoke to me yesterday with final instructions as I begin my approach to let a certain person know that I like her...

Riding a Higher Wave (Praising on a Higher Plane, in a Higher Place, with a Higher Pitch)

Hey everyone!

I hope you've had as fantastic a week as I have!

God has been doing an absolutely stunning, transformational work in me and I can literally feel the change today!

It is as though the former me, my old self, is dead and buried, with the newly resurrected me alive, well, kicking A$$ & taking names...

What Have You Done to Me, Baby? (A Crushing Sweet Symphony)

Hey everyone!

I hope you're having a dope time because I am today!

That's right, I said it, I said "dope"! :-P

If only I would have known what Sunday evening would trigger in my gifting, then I might have risked it sooner...

A High Five for a Smile (Or How to Make my Heart Go Wild)

Dear me!

What a day I had yesterday...

The first Sunday at church where we have four services, that's right, four proving that, as a church, we are headed in the right direction.

If you build it, they will come!

Plus I got to exchange a high five with a certain young lady and got the most amazing smile that I have ever seen in response... like EVER!!! :-P

Just thinking about her makes me go crazy, lol, but seriously, I wish it was as simple & excitable as that but to be truthful I'm really not feeling "on it" today...

Only Human

Hey!

After my recent three part posts on leadership, I wanted to follow up very quickly by saying that, knowing that my time is indeed coming when I will be telling a certain person that I have been developing quite strong feelings for her.

I feel a little apprehensive, yet totally excited for what the future holds for me...

One More Time, Inevitable (The Focus of Leadership)

Hey everyone!

I felt challenged by the last part of this trifecta of postings on leadership that I thought I'd use one more post to wrap things up.

We've talked about the power in leadership, the direction of it so now I'm going to look at what happens the moment that you focus your leadership or speciality in one particular area...

That's Right, I Said Inevitable (The Direction of Right Leadership)

Hello everyone!

I'm having a great time at the moment, I hope that you are too because you only get one chance at life so you might as well make the most of it.

I want to follow on from yesterday's post, whilst also keeping up this trend of posting as frequently as I possibly can as apparently, as I've said before, my actions are indeed being noticed by other people.

The key follow on from this is that my actions are also inspiring them too, which is something I wasn't really anticipating...

Inevitable, Mr. Anderson (The Power of Right Leadership)

Hello everyone!

It's Friday again & I hope that you have had a good week.

I can't complain really because, despite the challenges that I am facing, realising that Christ has already placed within me all that I need to achieve everything that He is calling me to, helps me to see that other people's opinions of what I do pale to insignificance.

The reality is that as long as you hold yourself responsible for what you say & what you do then how other people take it is not up to you; it is down to them.

Today, I want to make a quick mention about my situation as it's high time I started preparing to tell a certain person how I am feeling about her...

Holding the Line (Shock, Drop & Awe)

Hey!

Man, this is some sucky weather we're having in the UK right now, especially as Storm Doris has definitely arrived!

I said I wasn't going to go to Life Group last time, didn't I? Well I'm glad I changed my mind!

Again, the reasons will not be on here, but let's just say it helped remind me why I'm doing what I'm doing, why I'm staying connected on social media...

Further Down the Rabbit Hole

Hello everyone!

Do you ever have one of those days where you just know it's gonna suck?

Don't worry, this is not a negative post, it's just an observation I got when I go up this morning.

First I awoke at 7:49am & thought "damn, that's way too early to be awake". Secondly, I got a call about a job that might've been worth a crack had it not been in friggin' Leeds (ED - for disclaimer reasons he's not having a dig at Leeds, just that he's no way to get there at the minute so that job's a complete bust to him.)! >:-(

Then, when I was getting dressed to go meet up with my mum in town, I found myself looking for my pants...

Off the Scale #1 - Allegri's Miserere

Hello everyone!

I trust you are all doing well this fine and, um, rainy Tuesday evening.

I've jumped the gun with this one because my editor & I have not had the chance to arrange our meeting to discuss the future of this blog yet.

To start off my series I'm going to be calling "Off the Scale", I've gone for what is probably one of my favourite choral pieces of classical music; Allegri's Miserere sung by none other than the King's College Choir of Cambridge...

Sometimes to Dismantle, You Have to Go Deeper Down

HA!

My last post might possibly be the best one that I have written yet!

All I am trying to do is to keep pushing, keep praying & keep watching God do phenomenal acts of breakthrough like He has been doing lately.

To get to a stage where I can readily admit that I am indeed ready to put my crush down once and for all shows me that never again will it take up space in the throne room that is my life.

I'm not saying I am going to, just that what happens next is 100% in God's hands now as I'm more intent on seeking Him than ever before as a priority...

Be Lifted High (Or How to Dismantle Yourself Like an Atomic Bomb)

Hey everyone!

I'm certainly hitting a groove, aren't I, with these posts?

You know what? I don't care, especially as I'm in that good a mood!

I know you're all wondering why, especially with my obsession with posting update after update on my crush, so I'm going to tell you...

Catching the Updraft (Further Steps to Beating the Depressive)

Hey everyone!

It's weekend, so I hope that you are all making the most of it!

Earlier this morning, I posted quite a breakthrough article that just popped into my head as I wanted to pass on the tips that I've discovered in my own journey to beating depression.

Today I wanted to, not follow it up per se, but to post some further thoughts on what I posted recently about catching the updraft...

Steps to Beating the Depressive

Hey everyone!

It's the early hours of Saturday morning & I am feeling absolutely freakin' fantastic!

Why? Simple.

Having been reading Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer this week, I have started to realise that a lot of my problems with depression have indeed been coming down to wrong thought patterns.

Naturally, once they turn up you are left with a choice and in this post I'm going to let you know what that choice is...

Talk About a Boomstick!

Hello everyone!

This is a post I've just thrown together as I've just got off the phone to my BFF, Peter, after spending some time talking about last night's Belonging at church. Talk about a powerful evening.

Apparently, I was around five seats and two rows away from a certain person too! :-P

But what I'm focusing on now is the impact that last night had on me...

Even a Broken Pot Has its Uses (Or Borne in Identity)

Hello everyone!

It's a surprise to be writing this so soon after the last one, but then the last post was an impromptu one that I never anticipated.

Today, I want to take a quick look at identity & how it can shape us for the better or for the worse.

Before I do that, I want you to be thinking about what it means for you to have an identity...