I am water, where shall I flow?

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I am water,where shall I flow? How often do we see a need and hope that someone else will step in? Someone else will speak up, seeing the issues as clearly as we do. Maybe instead, we could cultivate being water. Flowing to the place where we can make the most difference. Doing what only … Read more

Be that one person – with love

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“Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make … Read more

A different kind of conversation

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Sarah Corbett has been an activist all her life. Born into a family thoroughly engaged with the issues of their low-income community in Liverpool, she went on to become a professional campaigner for non-governmental organisations. But this way of creating change burned her out. Instead, she explored the art of gentle protest and founded the … Read more

Quiet disruptors?

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Who are the quiet disruptors? These are the thoughtful and creative changemakers who have something to say because they want to change the conversation for good. What about you? … Today I wanted to put a stake in the ground – a magnificent thistle from the valley – because I finished the second draft of … Read more

Choosing (to be) changemakers

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The choice isn’t between failure and perfection. It isn’t even between good and bad. No, the choice is whether we carry on. Putting one foot in front of another. Choosing to become changemakers in a world that needs us (even if we don’t always see it in ourselves).