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Global Wellness Day – 10 June

11 juin 2017
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: dream, freedom, habits, happiness, health, Life, motivation, peace, spiritual, success, values, wellness

What is GWD?
All of us would like be healthier, to look better, and to live well both physically and spiritually.
Living well is almost the entire world’s shared dream.

As everything that is precious to us has been honored with a special day, why is it that we don’t have a special global day dedicated to the only thing which is really valuable to all of us, that is, living well? We can now answer this question by saying “it now exists”. This special day is called Global Wellness Day.

With the slogan “One day can change your whole life,” we celebrate Global Wellness Day on the second Saturday of June every year as an international day dedicated to living well.

Global Wellness Day is an entirely not-for-profit day, a social project created by volunteers dedicated to living well. The purpose of Global Wellness Day is to ask the question, even if for just one day, “How can I live a healthier and better life?”, to direct the thoughts of both individuals and society towards “living well” and to raise awareness.

The main aims of the day are:

  • To recognize the value of our lives
  • To pause and think, even if for just one day of the year
  • To be free from the stress of everyday city life and bad habits
  • To make peace with ourselves
  • To raise awareness about living well and increase motivation, not just for today, but for the remaining 364 days of the year

First celebrated in 2012, Global Wellness Day was established in Turkey as the “first” day dedicated to living well, and has now been accepted worldwide. Global Wellness Day has been officially celebrated in over 90 countries at 3000 different locations in 2016, reflecting its success.

Source: Text: Global Wellness Day     Image: objectifvdi.com      2è Image: LinkedIn

5th Sunday of Easter, Year A

12 mai 2017
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: being disciple, going to the Father, gospel, Jn.14:7-14, Life, message of Jesus, reach God, truth, way

There are some who say: “It is a pity we do not know enough the message of Jesus…”
I sometimes think to myself: “It is a pity we know too much the words of Jesus…”

This may sound surprising but I believe there is some truth in the second statement.
What I mean is that, so often, when the text of a given gospel is being read to us, from the start we may think:
“Oh, I know that story of Jesus…” and we switch to… other thoughts!
The text is so familiar that we think we know it… enough to pass on to something else which may be of more concern to us at the moment.

This reflection came to me as I read the text of this Sunday (5th Sunday of Easter, Year A – Jn.14:7-14).
Jesus says clearly: “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.
                                   No one can come to the Father except through me.”

After the first words, you could have completed the sentence yourself – you probably know the text very well.
But have the words not surprised you?
Have they not raised some questions in your mind?

Did you notice that Jesus did NOT say: “I know a way to reach God, I will show you the way to the Father.”
NO, he said: “I am THE Way.”

He did NOT say either: “I know the truth; I know all truth, I can teach you whatever is true.
NO, he said: “I am THE Truth.”

Again, he did not say: “I can give you life, life to the full, a life that will go on for ever.”
NO, he said: “I am THE Life.”
 
If you know from experience the feeling of being lost… of not knowing what is real and true in life… of not living really but only… well, existing, as some will admit – then, these words of Jesus will have a special meaning for you.

So, it seems obvious, does it not?
Following him we will have found THE Way, we will have discovered THE Truth, we will indeed be living THE Life he meant for us.

It is all a matter of following him… some do so at a distance, sometimes wandering far away for a while.
Others keep him in sight but follow their own paths…
And there are those who follow him closely, placing their steps in his own…
I would say: this is the meaning of being a disciple of his, would you not?

Source: Image: Dreamstime.com

 

 

 

World Water Day – 22 March

22 mars 2017
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: agriculture, environment, health, human development, Life, sustainable development, thirst, UN, water, water recycling

Water is the essential building block of life. But it is more than just essential to quench thirst or protect health; water is vital for creating jobs and supporting economic, social, and human development.

Today, there are over 663 million people living without a safe water supply close to home, spending countless hours queuing or trekking to distant sources, and coping with the health impacts of using contaminated water.

2017 Theme: Why Wastewater?
This year, we focus on wastewater and ways to reduce and reuse as over 80% of all the wastewater from our homes, cities, industry and agriculture flows back to nature polluting the environment and losing valuable nutrients and other recoverable materials.

We need to improve the collection and treatment of wastewater and safely reuse it. At the same time, we need to reduce the quantity and pollution load of wastewater we produce, to help protect the environment and our water resources.

Sustainable Development Goal 6 – ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030 – includes a target to halve the proportion of untreated wastewater and increase water recycling and safe reuse.

Source: Text: UN   Image: Shilpsnutrilife

Good Friday, C

25 mars 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: death, giving one's life, Jesus'story, Life

 meme-bible-john-greater-love-1342022-galleryOn this Good Friday, a short reflection only as I believe human words should take away from the impact of God’s word.www.cathedralmountainlodge.com

A few months ago, during summertime, the news broadcast told the sad story of two young people who had gone canoeing on a river.
Suddenly, an undercurrent started to rock their canoe – they both knew they were in trouble.
The boy threw to the girl the only life jacket in the canoe telling her to put it on.
She did and it saved her life. The boy was carried far away and his body was found only a few days later.

The young woman, remembering her boyfriend, kept repeating: “He gave his life that I may live…”

Today, looking at Jesus on the cross, every one of us can say the same words… in all truth…

Source: Images: www.cathedralmountainlodge.com    jesus-story.net