creating change without shouting
We’ve been schooled to pay attention to what we can see. And our metrics for success tend to be observable. Yet the reality is it’s what’s below the surface that counts. What is formed and shaped in the hidden places bears lasting fruit. Stay with it.
What do our words create? Life or death – the words we use shape us and infect those around us. Clarity or confusion – reality is created through what we say because it filters what we see. Possibility or problem – doors open or close through the language we use and the tone of our … Read more
I spied this gorgeously coloured leaf while walking up the green path in the late afternoon. Lying on a damp mat of mushed leaves, this one shone like a gilded emerald and took my breath away. It was the only one, and I wanted you to see it too. Because you are as distinctive as … Read more
Talk to the farmers, foragers and growers – they all have their versions of where to find the best fruit. And it’s usually far from the roadside, the place where everyone walks by. It has to be sought for, often in hidden places yet it’s worth it. So what about us, where’s our best fruit? … Read more
Sometimesthe fruit we seekis not thefruit for us. We just thinkit is becauseit’s shinyand attractive. But it’s inthe wrong place. ~ Yesterday morning I spied gorgeous red berries on a holly bush. I was delighted because the hollies in the valley rarely fruit. Yet something wasn’t quite right. This isn’t the time for holly berries. … Read more
In our western culture, we have perfected the art of ‘take’. Yet, the world is not our resource bucket, just for us to run dry. So what might mutuality look like in our own lives as we seek to be fruitful? Just wondering. ~ thanks to Richard Merrick for the provocation