creating change without shouting
Sometimes we need shadows. Not as a place of escape or excuse, but of rest. In gentleness, where the angled light helps us uncover our own depths. Naming things that have profoundly shaped us without our consent. Because here is the place of unhurried compassion and grace. Breathing space for a life being restored.
Finding our place of rest is as much to do with our inner being as our outer circumstances. A quiet place helps, yet if we are constantly striving inside, no amount of green or deep blue will give us the peace we seek. Fundamentally, our rest is internal. Deep down, for many of us, it … Read more
I don’t think any of us feels whole. Not really whole. How can we when the world around us is so broken? Where do we string together the words to describe what we see or capture what we feel in a way that can be heard in the wind? And where does our hope come … Read more
What kind of ears do we have? Are they the ones we were born with, or are they shaped by what surrounds us? Do they help us hear heart song and the ache of becoming, or only the reverberations of our own echoes? Our gift is to choose what we listen for and retune our … Read more
Grace.Hope.Wisdom. Simplybeautiful wordsadorning anunreachableotherworldliness? Or compass totraverse theunknown spaceof todayand encounterpossibilities? Find grace,choose hope,cultivate wisdom.
‘Grace makes beauty out of ugly things’ We are drawn to beauty. But sometimes what appears beautiful turns out to be only surface deep. A superficial arrangement that appeals to other motivations. So let’s dig deeper. Here is a further extract from the U2 song, Grace, shared with me by a friend recently: She carries … Read more