creating change without shouting
We were all born with the gift of curiosity and its closely related cousin, wonder. It was how we navigated our way in this strange new world we had been born into – and it served us well. However, over time this gift didn’t suit our environment – home, school, and work – where conformity … Read more
Do you ever feel a pang of disappointment when someone says ‘Oh, I know all about that’, and closes the conversation down? It might be because you feel belittled as if your contribution doesn’t count. Or equally, it could be because you feel a tinge of sadness in the presence of a closed mind — … Read more
Our imagination is awesome. Through it we can shape and explore possibilities that don’t yet exist. We can feast on wonder and delight in curiosity without limits. Yes, facts are important but they don’t lead us there. “Possibilities are always more interesting than facts. We shouldn’t frown on facts, but our world is congested with … Read more
Become an everyday poet listennotice stay curiousembrace uncertaintycelebrate emergence be gracefulchoose hope
Pause for reflection and space to step back and breathe. A weekend re-set with poems. What might we find in a field we had not been looking for?
It’s a little like the issue of which came first, the chicken or the egg? The answer is both. It’s difficult to think of a question in the abstract. Where would you even start? However, which adds the most value and opens up the possibilities? Then surely it is working on questions. In almost whatever … Read more