Restoration
Stillness Is a practice I’m still learning Mind And Body Aligned With my Creator from R's rue https://ift.tt/3tHk0dj
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Trelawnyd from above the Gop Late April is perhaps the best time of the year to see Trelawnyd, especially on a sunny day. For those that read about this rather insignificant little village, I am sure most will have their own mental pictures of it, but I am aware that apart from some photographs I have never attempted to describe this place where some 500 souls make their home. The village is situated some five hundred and fifty feet above sea level in the Clwydian Hills and is tucked on the South facing base of Gop Hill, which is the second hill in the range if viewed from across the bay in Llandudno. Gop Hill and the Neolithic Burial Mound( the village lies bottom right) Gop Hill is partially wooded , but the slope which backs onto the village is grazed and is covered in gorse bushes which glow gold in April when they start to flower. I am looking at the Gop as I type this green and gold against the blue sky. On its summit lies the Neolithic burial ca...
Fatherhood
When my son Ian came home recently, he gave me a "Toblerone" chocolate bar with the words "Best Dad" on one face of the famous triangular packaging. It made me smile and then think. Am I really the "Best Dad"? Being a father is not something they teach you in school. No exam authorities offer qualifications in fatherhood. How you operate as a father comes from deep within, usually informed by your experience of your own father and observations of other male role models. A lot of it is about gut instincts. It's not as if you work out a plan. Mostly you just go with the flow. Nobody is perfect and I know that I made some mistakes along the way but the fact that my grown up children now love and respect me proves that I must have got most of it right. Above everything else, I wanted them to be happy, well-rounded people with minds of their own. I wanted them to be respectful of others - no matter what their station in life might be and I wanted the...