creating change without shouting
Have you noticed the colours are different this year? Autumn here in the valley has arrived. Seeping across the landscape rather than splashing about like a toddler with a paintbrush. And the greens. Vibrant, verdant greens announce there’s still life here. When usually, the greens are tired and dried, looking forward to the rest of … Read more
On the wall above my desk, I have an excerpt from John O’Donohue’s Blessing for Matins: May I live this day Compassionate of heart,Clear in word,Gracious in awareness,Courageous in thought,Generous in love. + John O’Donohue, from Benedictus: A Book of Blessings, Bantam Press 2007 What might grow if we applied this to ourselves, rather than … Read more
What’s that shimmeringin the corner of my eye?Unexpectedly expected,it’s been hovering there a while, soundless, patientlywaiting to be noticed.It’s the turning pointwe only understandafter it’s happened.
To hear a whisper, we have to be very quiet. And to see intimately, we need to be still and right up close. And probably at ground level. We can’t do either if we are rushing around trying to save the world (or ourselves). And to be honest, our success rate isn’t very high. Perhaps … Read more
In 1966 Robert F Kennedy made his Ripple of Hope speech in Cape Town, South Africa. ‘Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centres … Read more
Becoming is one step at a time. It is being present and doing the little things, including noticing, listening and creating. While also leaning forward to become the change we want to see in the world around us. One step followed by the next. And finding the others who are heading in the same direction. … Read more