Birthdays are special to all of us. We celebrate them in different ways: some with excitement, while others with quiet reflection. As we grow older, our feelings around birthdays can change. While children look forward to turning a certain age to achieve something, adults sometimes feel anxious, wondering what the next year might bring. May…
During one of our recent coffee morning conversations with friends, someone mentioned buffet meals in restaurants, but it struck a more profound thought: Life is like a buffet table. Everything beneath the sky is laid out before us, and there are so many choices and possibilities. And just like at a buffet, while everything might…
One of the temptations as we grow older is the tendency to live in the past and recollect memories. As humans, we carry the wounds of past experiences—memories of hurt, regret, and failure that often shape how we see ourselves and the world around us. Nobel laureate José Saramago, in his book Small Memories, recollects…
One of the things that caught my attention upon first arriving in Ipswich was the Question Mark Sculpture outside the waterfront campus building of the University of Suffolk. It seemed to symbolise the power of curiosity, the spirit of inquiry, and the search for understanding. Questions, after all, are the best way to uncover answers.…
Last week, I had to take my car to the garage for a check. Since the car needed to stay there all day, I decided to walk back home. That walk turned out to be a blessing in disguise. It gave me the opportunity to notice things I had overlooked countless times while driving. I…
“The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light” Matthew 6:22-23(NRSV) Last month, when my wife got her first pair of glasses, I was reminded of my own experience in Year 9 when I first started wearing specs. One of my challenges…
Today’s thought is brought to us by Rev Paulson Devasahayam “And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us”. Hebrews 12:1 b Recently, I faced a knee injury while playing in the Two Counties Cricket Championship. The injury occurred as I jumped over a fence to retrieve a ball heading toward the…