creating change without shouting
Sometimes we get our destination and our identity mixed up. … you can travel an entire journey without your destination becoming clearer to you than it was when you set out, and it matters not a jot; your destination will be there just the same, and your journey will get you there just the same. … Read more
The words we speak wrap around us like a spider’s web. They catch whatever is in the atmosphere and either bring us life or smother us. While the words we think shape who we believe ourselves to be and what we perceive the world we inhabit to be like. Good words are needed in both. … 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
Just how interconnected and interdependent are we? Probably more than we realise if we think we stop at the edge of our skin.
When did you last think about what you were standing on? Apart from that occasion when you stood in a puddle by accident. Or you were suddenly aware that those steps might not be as secure as you thought. Yesterday, I walked around the valley with a heightened awareness of what lay beneath my feet. … Read more
My identity is unique, yet I am not singular. I do not exist on my own, even if, at times, I feel alone. Even what we call ourselves has reference to people and places beyond our bodies. We all need to be seen and heard. And our privilege is to do this for one another.