Life. You either give it or you take it. You either breathe it in or choke it out. You either feed it or you starve it. There are only ever two options when it comes to life, one is to thrive and the other is to wither. This goes for both our own lives and…
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Let’s be Real: Forgetting the Fear of Missing Out
I am a deeply relational person. This means that not only do I have a desire to create and foster meaningful relationships with the people around me, I also have the desire to see other’s relationships grow and flourish. This being said, public enemy number one to people like me (and for most people these…
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Let’s Talk German
Travelling on your own is a very unique experience and one that I personally think everyone should experience at least once in their life… The long train rides in countries you don’t know that makes you braver. Finding your way through foreign cities that makes you stronger. Navigating languages you don’t understand makes you wiser.…
Bonn-Voyage
There are times in life and in travel where we can become suddenly and violently exhausted. When this happens in life we call it burn out and we seek ways to slow down and lighten our load so that we can replenish our energy levels. In travel however we tend to ignore it because there…
The Outside of a Horse
If you know even just a little bit about me then you know that horses are a huge part of my life. I’ve spent the better part of the last 5 years working with them, and while I have taught them a couple things they have taught me many more lessons than I could ever…
The Break Up
This post is not about relationships. This post is not about getting attention. This post is not about making other people feel bad. This post is about the relationship we have with ourselves. This post is about calling attention to the way we think about ourselves. This post is about helping other people see things…
Remember
I am currently writing this post while eating waffles and ice cream and thanking the good Lord that I didn’t have to fast from food this past week. Now besides being insanely jealous of my breakfast you are probably also wondering how I fasted if I didn’t give up food. Our traditional view on fasting…
Retreat
This week was a quiet one…because it was my week of silence. This was the one discipline that I was probably most anxious about because I have almost no experience with it. However I endeavoured to give it a try anyways. I did not take a vow of silence (like Maria in The Sound of…
Return
worship noun The feeling or expression of reverence and adoration towards God prayer noun a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God These are the two spiritual disciplines that I focused on this past week. While they are in fact two separate disciplines, for me they are so entwined that…
Hello September
Today is the first day of September (okay today is the second day of September but I was going to post this yesterday but got a little distracted). Which means that fall is just 20 days away, or if you live in the dry smokey realm of Alberta where the trees are already turning colour...it…
Simply Katherina 