Freddie Holmes: Sports Chaplain, Published Author, Humanitarian, Celebrant.

Freddie Holmes: Sports Chaplain, Published Author, Humanitarian, Celebrant. Professionalism in its truest form. Anything at anytime, any place, with "anybody" who needs closure.

03/07/2025

It’s official. Signed at 8:20AM. It was even on TV. Mine really turned blue. Don't forget that tomorrow starts the new Facebook rule (aka... new name, META) where they can use your photos. Don't forget the deadline is today!!!
Hold your finger anywhere in this message and “copy” will appear. Click “copy”. Then go to your page, create a new post and place your finger anywhere in the empty field. “Paste” will appear and click Paste.
This will bypass the system….
He who does nothing consents

According to the show 60 Minutes:
Just in case you missed it: a lawyer advised us to post this. The violation of privacy can be punished by law
NOTE: Facebook Meta is now a public entity. Every member must post a note like this. If you do not publish a statement at least once, it will be technically understood that you are allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in your profile status updates.

I HEREBY DECLARE THAT I DO NOT GIVE MY PERMISSION FOR FACEBOOK OR META TO USE ANY OF MY PERSONAL DATA.

My qualifications are multifaceted including, certified Civil Celebrant, Chaplain, Deacon and Funeral Planner in New Zea...
31/03/2025

My qualifications are multifaceted including, certified Civil Celebrant, Chaplain, Deacon and Funeral Planner in New Zealand since (1990) & Australia since (2001) servicing non religious, semi-shared religious and tailor made unique ceremonies for private families, funeral directors and public organisation's where personal, social and/ or culturally sensitive situations are required.

Please refer to: www.gatheredhere.com.au/funeral-celebrant/freddie-holmes/ for more details or call 0425780044 for an obligation free chat.

PLEASE SHARE AND OR SAVE THIS INFORMATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE...

"When" people are grieving and in a position of crisis, this is "where" people need help and compassion, aided by "Psychological First Aid. "... fortunately, I have the qualifications necessary to help them, either via telephone, Skype, Zoom, or visitation, where possible.

"WE ARE ALL LIVING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES".

Freddie Holmes: Accredited Sports Chaplain, Published Author, Civil Funeral Celebrant and Premediated Funeral Planner.

27/02/2025

Just in case you missed 60 Minutes: on T.V. recently... "PLEASE READ BELOW"

A legal spokesperson advised Facebook clients to post this notice. This violation of privacy can be punishable by law.

NOTE: Facebook Meta is now a public entity.
Every member must post a note like this, and/ or a M.O.U. Memorandum of Understanding.

If you do not publish a statement at least once, it will be technically understood that you are permitting the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in your profile status and/ or updates as implied. Therefore... ... ...

I HEREBY DECLARE THAT I DO NOT GIVE FACEBOOK META MY PERMISSION TO USE ANY OF MY PERSONAL DATA.

I also don’t give AI Artifical Intelligence permission to look at my internet presence period.

Furthermore I do not agree to let "anyone or entity" to offer me AI without my specific authorization or permission as stated above.

If you feel or believe this is applicable to yourself, personally or as a recognised business entity consider, holding your finger down on this "post" then... Copy and paste it to your "What's on your mind" page, when you open the Facebook app.

Thank you, and keep your life safe and private.

31/10/2024

I attempt to do this "EVERY DAY," whether I am happy or not. I pray a least 2 times per day, reflect on what I need, more than what I want, appreciate the little things in life, value my family and friends, remind my darling, that I ❤️ her, and give thanks that I have food on my table, a roof over my head, people I love and accept the other, materialistic things that pass me by... "BUT" I respect everybody, everything that God puts in front of me... every day, good, bad, challenging, or negative, because... "Today is the day our Lord has made, I shall continue to rejoice and be happy in it." Have a wonderfully blessed day, knowing that you are alive and not concerned about the unimportant things like war, politics, starvation, money, relationships, and medical health.
I DO NOT APOLOGISE FOR MY RANT, because life is about enjoying with all your heart every moment of it... we're not here for long... but I have the privilege and pleasure of knowing that tomorrow brings a whole new perspective of happiness, love, and joy.
May God bless you, as He has blessed me to appreciate the "little things" Amen.

08/09/2024

My father once told me...
"If someone hurts you, forgive them, but never forget what they’ve done."
It was a mantra I carried with me, a reminder each time I met someone new or let someone into my life.
But over time, it became exhausting.
It’s draining when you extend kindness, only to be met with betrayal.
It’s heartbreaking to admire someone, only to find they’ve been talking about you, behind your back.

One day, frustrated, I asked my father...
“Do they even deserve my forgiveness?”

He smiled, folding the newspaper he had been reading—as part of his daily routine after checking the mail.

“Child, everyone deserves forgiveness. If someone wrongs you once, forgive them. If they do it again, give them another chance. But if they hurt you a third time, then it’s time to forgive yourself.”

I must have looked puzzled because he chuckled, handing me a piece of candy as he gently clasped my hands.

“Forgive yourself for believing in them, for trusting too easily.
Forgive yourself for giving them another chance when you think that things might change.
And, most importantly, forgive yourself enough to set yourself free... free from hatred, from revenge, and free from the weight of your past.”

The next morning, I found my father in tears, sitting in front of my mother. His best friend of ten years had betrayed him. I asked him if he was angry, and once again, he smiled, shaking his head.

“My heart has no room for hatred. I don’t deserve to carry that burden. I’ve forgiven him, but that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten.

The next time he sees me smiling, despite everything, he’ll understand who really suffered between us.”

Wiping his eyes with his favourite handkerchief, he added...
“The best gift you can give to someone who’s hurt you is letting them see you live a better life despite it.
We only have one life, so don’t waste it on people who’ve left scars on your heart.
Let them see what they lost and how, in their own way, they helped you grow.”

It was then that I realised, without his words, I might still be haunted by things that were never my fault... ... ...

03/09/2024

Goodbye Meta AI. Please note an attorney has advised us to put this on, failure to do so may result in legal consequences. As Meta is now a public entity all members must post a similar statement. If you do not post at least once it will be assumed you are okay with them using your information and photos. I do not give Meta or anyone else permission to use any of my personal data, profile information or photos.

10/07/2024

ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴅᴇᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴀ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴅᴀʏ. ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪᴀɢɴᴏꜱɪꜱ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ ɢᴏ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ꜱᴛᴀɢᴇꜱ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴘᴀꜱꜱ ᴀᴡᴀʏ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ “ᴀᴍʙɪɢᴜᴏᴜꜱ ʟᴏꜱꜱ”.
ɪ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴡɪꜱʜ ᴅᴇᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴀ ᴏɴ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ. ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀᴀɪɴ ꜱʟᴏᴡʟʏ ᴅɪᴇꜱ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ᴘʜʏꜱɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ꜰᴏʀɢᴇᴛ ᴡʜᴏ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴏɴᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴇ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴇɴᴅ ᴜᴘ ʟʏɪɴɢ ɪɴ ʙᴇᴅ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴏʀ ᴅʀɪɴᴋɪɴɢ.
ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜱᴄʀᴏʟʟ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴅᴇᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴀ ʜᴀꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴍᴀʏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ’ꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴀᴛᴛʟᴇᴅ ᴏʀ ɪꜱ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ʙᴀᴛᴛʟɪɴɢ ᴅᴇᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴀ.
ᴛᴏ ʀᴀɪꜱᴇ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴇɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄʀᴜᴇʟ ᴅɪꜱᴇᴀꜱᴇ, ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍʏ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴘᴀɢᴇ ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ.
ʜᴏʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰɪɴɢᴇʀ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴘʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴀꜱᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ.
ᴀ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ᴡɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ 💜🩷🩵….

16/05/2024

Since the $7.99 charge is coming, I do not give permission to Facebook to charge $7.99 a month to my account, also, all of my pictures are property of myself and not Facebook!
So now they are doing it, we just saw on Channel 13 News, that Facebook will be charging all users starting Monday. You can do an "opt-out" by posting the above. Hold your fingers over and copy. Bye Bye ads.

I have had many CPR classes over the past few years but was never told this…..Have you ever thought about it ❤️When you ...
08/04/2024

I have had many CPR classes over the past few years but was never told this…..
Have you ever thought about it ❤️
When you are alone and have a heart attack. What are you gonna do then ?
A rarely good post that can't be shared often enough:
1.
Take a 2 minute break and read this:
Let's say it's 5:25 pm and you're driving home after an unusually hard day's work.
2.
You are really tired and frustrated.
All of a sudden your chest pains. They are starting to radiate in the arm and jaw. It feels like being stabbed in the chest and heart. You're only a few miles away from the nearest hospital or home.
3.
Unfortunately you don't know if you can make it..
4.
Maybe you've taken CPR training, but the person running the course hasn't told you how to help yourself.
5.
How do you survive a heart attack when you're alone when it happens? A person who is feeling weak and whose heart is beating hard has only about 10 seconds before losing consciousness.
6.
But you can help yourself by coughing repeatedly and very strongly! Deep breaths before every cough. Coughing should be repeated every second until you arrive at the hospital or until your heart starts to beat normally.
7.
Deep breathing gives oxygen to your lungs and coughing movements boost the heart and blood circulation. Heart pressure also helps to restore a normal heartbeat. Here's how cardiac arrest victims can make it to the hospital for the right treatment
8.
Cardiologists say if someone gets this message and passes it on to 10 people, we can expect to save at least one life.
9. FOR WOMEN: You should know that women have additional and different symptoms. Rarely have crushing chest pain or pain in the arms. Often have indigestion and tightness across the back at the bra line plus sudden fatigue.

Instead of posting jokes, you're helping save lives by spreading this message.
❤️ COPY (hold your finger, click on the text and select copy, go to your own page and where you normally want to write, select finger again and paste)

Great to know!!

05/03/2024

DISCLAIMER

I FREDEICK CHARLES HOLMES Freddie Holmes aka CHAPLAIN, FUNERAL CELEBRANT and FUNERAL PLANNER ...DO NOT GIVE MY PERMISSION OR AUTHORIZE "META" (aka FACEBOOK) TO USE MY PHOTOS, INFORMATION, MESSAGES OR POSTS, PAST OR FUTURE,AS AT TODAY Tuesday 5th March 2024.

I do not authorize META, Facebook or any entity associated with Facebook to use my photos, information, messages or posts, past or future.
With this statement, I notify Facebook that
it is strictly prohibited to disclose, copy, distribute or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. Violation of privacy may be punishable by law.

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I do not authorize META, Facebook or any entity associated with Facebook to use my photos, information, messages or posts, past or future.
With this statement, I notify Facebook that
it is strictly prohibited to disclose, copy, distribute or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. Violation of privacy may be punishable by law.

Here's how to do it:
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This will bypass the system….

He who does nothing consents.

09/01/2024

THE LAST TRAIN:

At birth we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel by our side. As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant i.e. our siblings, friends, children, strangers and even the love of your life. However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone. Others will step down over time and leave a permanent vacuum. Some, however, will go so unnoticed that we don't realize they vacated their seats. This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells. Success consists of having a good relationship with all passengers requiring that we give the best of ourselves.
The mystery to everyone is: We do not know at which station we ourselves will step down. So, we must live in the best way, love, forgive, and offer the best of who we are. It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to step down and leave our seat empty we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life.
I wish you a joyful journey for the coming years on your train of life. Reap success, give lots of love and be happy. More importantly, thank God for the journey!
Lastly, I want to thank each and every one of you for being one of the passengers on my train.

Please share this narrative, if you feel that there is anyone that may benefit from its content.
As a Funreal Celebrant and Certified Sports Chaplain "now" based in Benalla, Central Rural Victoria Australia I am always available 24/7 to any member of the public who requires psychological or Spiritual first-aid.

Freddie. C. Holmes.

20/10/2023

You Own Nothing, You Lose Nothing...

If you buy land or buy a house, you have only paid rent for the remaining years you have on Earth. None of them belongs to you.

If you buy a car, you have only paid for your transport for the period the car will last or for the period you will last. It doesn't belong to you.

If you marry a spouse, you have only got company until circumstances or death do you part. No one owns the other.

If you have children, you have only fulfilled the demand of continuity of life until death comes. You don't own them. That's why the State still dictates how you bring them up.

If you have money, you have only amassed value to purchase what you want, for your remaining number of years on Earth. The notes belong to the Central Bank.

If you work and retire, your pension is only for life. After your life, it stops.

Even if you eat and get filled, the food in your belly isn't yours. You must defecate it back to Earth.

The body itself which you cherish so highly, doesn't belong to you. The Earth will certainly reclaim its bits, when the loan is due.

Even the life we live is borrowed, and surely will be returned.

So let us not be afraid of losing anything in this life, because we do not own anything here. Two things will surely happen; we will either be taken away from everything we think we own or everything we think we own will be taken away from us someday. It is that day that none of us know.

We boast about our body, our houses, our lands, our money, our wives, our husbands, our children, our parents, our everything. But that's where it ends. Boasting! Ruminate intensely and it won't be difficult to find out that, we do not own any of those things. We are only availed of them to mitigate the necessary constraints of our sojourn here.

So never lose your head or your cool or your temper or your values or your vibrancy, whenever you that you have lost something because nothing was ever really yours. Not even yourself....

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