Holiday periods for me are opportunities to reflect on many things. They bring time for me to read, time to think and time to consider what lies ahead. Last weekend I was reading a piece of scripture that is a narrative about healing, gratitude and worship (Kings 5:14 – 17). I was immediately drawn to reflect on the many life threatening issues taking place in and around our world.

In such a trying year, it has been easy to look at the negative or the things that haven’t gone our way. One thing that has come to the fore is our interpersonal relationships, especially with those close to us, in particular our loved ones. As a parent and as an educator, it has been incredibly challenging.

The medieval mystic Meister Eckhart once said, “If the only prayer you said in life was ‘thank you’, that would be enough.” It sounds simple, however, there is more to gratitude than it seems. Gratitude or being grateful doesn’t necessarily mean saying thank you all the time but that we create in our lives an atmosphere of worth.

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Our HSS Leadership Team meets regularly each week. Informally there are scores of conversations between each one of us on a daily basis. As a team, we always reflect on what we are doing and how we go about doing it.

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Holy Spirit School has been given the opportunity by Centro Lavington to display some of our children’s artwork. Thank you to those students who were happy to display their work which is a credit to them, and to the teachers for their dedication in inspiring and encouraging our students through their art.