creating change without shouting
Really? It may be who you are today. But that’s different from yesterday, and tomorrow has new possibilities. Thank goodness. We learn and develop, becoming the sum of all of our interactions, and growing daily. And it’s the same with seasons. We need to embrace the time we are in, but if we get stuck … Read more
In your life and work, what do you see in the landscape you inhabit? Yes, the effects of the seasons will be evident, and whether there are people around. I wonder, though, what is the nature of the underlying landscape? Is it one of years of harvest and no planting? And perhaps weeds and rubbish … Read more
I’ve looked around in nature and see curves and arcs and spirals, but no straight lines. Even the stalks of plants, and trees reaching to the sky bend in the breeze. The only rigid straight lines are created by us human beings. There is efficiency in straightness, and wonderfully crafted engineering in machines. But this … Read more
We crave certaintyand light,as if darknessisn’t a placeof growth. Yet we wereformedin darkness,and in shadowswe mature. We arestretchedin our imaginationwhen certaintycan’t be seen.
The green light in the valley has been astonishingly beautiful. Speaking of beginnings and the courage to take the next step and act on what really matters.
This morning I took a different route to my new perch above the lake in the sunshine. On a currently unused stretch of lane in the valley, I spied this gorgeous damselfly. Still, in the shadow, its body warmth wasn’t enough to fly. But shortly its time will come with the rising of the sun. … Read more