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A sustainable anchor
We often think an anchor has one job: Keep us still. Yet life doesn't stay still. The landscape changes. Circumstances shift. Plans change. We change. That can make change feel like instability. Perhaps the problem isn't movement. Perhaps we've anchored ourselves to things that were never designed to hold us. When the external landscape changes, an external anchor can loosen with it. An internal anchor works differently. It gives us something to return to while everything else is moving. That doesn't mean we never become disoriented. A gyroscope can be disturbed. It can tilt. It can need to find its orientation again. The difference is that it is designed to right itself while in motion. So we don't need a foundation that never develops. We need a foundation strong enough to support development. Our knowledge can grow. Our understanding can deepen. Our discernment can mature. Our application can change. The foundation remains. We grow from it. That is sustainable. Sustainability isn't the absence of change. It is the capacity to keep growing without losing the foundation that makes growth possible. So perhaps the question isn't: “How do I avoid being unsettled by change?” Perhaps it is: “What am I anchored to, and can it hold me while I grow?”
A sustainable anchor
The in-between
In today’s world, instant gratification has quietly become the yardstick we use to measure success. But you are in a process. Awareness is the first step, but it is only the beginning. You have seen something you can no longer unsee. You are thinking differently. You are choosing differently. Now you have to allow time and reality to catch up with your new beliefs. Because there will be an in-between. The old reality hasn’t fully disappeared. The new reality hasn’t fully materialised. And this is often where doubt creeps back in. Don’t mistake the absence of immediate evidence for the absence of change. Keep going. Keep choosing from the woman you are becoming, not the circumstances you are leaving behind. It is here, in the in-between, where the scales begin to tip. I'm so proud of every single one of you on this journey!👊👌💥
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A state of flux—or, to use your words, Surina, the in-between—is not a passive season. We may perceive the in-between as passive because we are so focused on the future that we miss what is happening in the current. Yet a current is never passive. There is movement. There is energy. There is life. The question is whether we are present enough to notice it—and wise enough to work with it. Learning so much. 🌻
QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you more focused on managing the life you have, or creating the life you want...? Think before your answer...
QUESTION FOR YOU
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For me, it’s not really an either/or. Some days, I’m managing the life I have. Other days, I’m actively creating the life I want. Both are necessary. Life still needs to be lived, managed, maintained and navigated while we build what comes next. The challenge for me right now is tipping the scales. Not abandoning the life I have, but making sure that managing it doesn’t consume so much of my energy that there’s nothing left to create. I think there comes a point where we need to ask ourselves: Am I spending all my energy maintaining what already exists, or am I also making space for what I want to create? The focus right now is creating more space for the latter. 🌻
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@Netta Nortje sometimes I think too much..... 🤭
Generator
A generator is built to produce something. Every generator needs fuel. The fuel matters. You can run on need. You can run on fear, pressure, or the need to prove yourself. That fuel can keep you moving for a while. Over time, it can take a toll. What if you built differently? What if love became the fuel? Love doesn't simply keep the generator running. Love generates. It creates. It gives. It builds. It multiplies. What you generate can begin to serve something beyond yourself. You can build a business that creates opportunities for others. You can develop an idea that sparks other ideas. You can nurture a relationship that gives someone courage. You can create a system that continues serving its purpose. You can build a body of work that keeps speaking when you are no longer in the room. That is where multiplication begins. What starts with you doesn't have to end with you. You don't have to remain at the centre of everything you create for it to remain alive. One measure of what you've built is whether it can continue generating value when you step away. Not because you are no longer valuable. Because you built something that was never meant to depend entirely on your presence. That is sustainability. That is legacy. Legacy isn't simply what we leave behind. It is what continues because we were willing to build it. The question isn't: “How do I remain indispensable?” The better question might be: “What can I build from love that will continue to generate beyond me?” Build from love. Generate what gives life. Create what can multiply. Build what can endure. Let what began with you become bigger than you.
Generator
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Hi beautiful people! I completed my 7 day Pattern Interrupt on Sunday. I find myself 2 days later still just needing to pause in this present moment, savoring what it feels like to be ok. For the first time in a long time I know with sovereign certainty that I am going to be ok. I took my journey offline with Surina, as it felt to raw and tender to share yet. I need some time to process and metabolize this sacred journey. I love what Surina said to me, "I want everyone to feel this is a safe space to finally tell the truth.......to let it all out and bare your deepest soul." There will come a time when I am ready to share my whole story. But for now, this image that AVA created from my art, says more than I ever could. This is me and I am SOVEREIGN. I am so grateful for this journey and so excited for what AVA will mean to so many people!!! Lots of love and huge hugs!!
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Love it. First thing I saw was the rainbow colours. Speaks of covenant: Eternal, steadfast and life-giving. Be blessed always. 🌻
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Karin Schoeman
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A Christ-centered writer, poet, identity restorer, and creative thinker who helps people uncover the seed God has placed within them.

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Joined Apr 7, 2026
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