creating change without shouting
This is Nidian. He’s nine months old, and since the day he was born, he’s oozed confidence and lively character (read cheeky). While his distinctive personality may have been brought to life more quickly by his close encounter with a small ravine shortly after birth – he wriggled over the edge and thankfully got caught … Read more
I am looking for someone else to give me words. Words that will say the right thing, in the right tone, to speak with courage and compassion. Yet all I have are inner sighs. And that is enough for today.
We do not see ourselvesthe way that others see us,yet we are known. Known since before –before we knew, or evenasked the question: who am I? Known not in isolation,a number or location,but known in connection: who we are Indivisible, eternal and temporal,known in being, becauseto be known is to be loved.
Place is more than geographical territory. It is within us too. If we are not at home in ourselves, then everywhere has a sense of alienation. So perhaps at this time, we need to rest awhile and come home. To be rooted in our inner being for the days ahead. This is John O’Donohue’s blessing … Read more
Ubantu: I am because you are The richness of other social traditions often shows up the superficial paucity of ours. And in the current climate, it is essential to remind ourselves that we are not separate entities. As the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu said: “My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only … Read more
YOU You are a wild and gleeful thing,nudged by lavish gracetowards all the astonishments,and nothing can stop itor you. You are not a mistake.The earth aches for your singular life,for the miracle radianceof purely, specificallyyou. The shakings and the dark noisesof a man-made worldcannot compete with your hallelujah blood,your hosanna spirit,or with the gentle fury … Read more