creating change without shouting
Make roomfor what is precious,take timeto see your world;and know thatyou are lovedand appreciatedand seen,even if youcan’t see yourself. Our wordsshape what we see,creating our senseof reality,filtering our emotions.Let’s chooseour words wisely.They colourthe mirrorinto which we gaze. Isn’t it wonderful that we are talking about words and conversations at last? We are human beings, and … Read more
‘For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.’ T S Eliot wrote these words in Little Giddings, from Four Quartets, while the world was in seismic change nearly a century ago. Arguably, we are now in an even more significant shift, and our current language’s inadequacy is … Read more
There are times when we don’t have the words to express what we are exploring. The words we have are inadequate for the task. They are too small or too loaded to be used for what we are feeling or perceiving. Therefore, sometimes we simply have to sit with the enormity of what we are … Read more
Alan Moore, in his brilliant new book, Do Build: How to make and lead a business the world needs, asks: How will the language we use define us? Pause and sit with his musings: All culture starts with language. Language is meaning-making; it frames and holds worldviews. Look at our current world and see how … Read more
Isn’t this a beautiful and evocative phrase: the care of words? I heard it listening to Krista Tippett talking with the Northern Irish poet, Michael Longley, in a re-run of the 2016 On Being podcast: The Vitality of Ordinary Things. The care of words. It invites us to consider how we hold our words and … Read more
Nothing is wasted. At least it needn’t be. Therefore, I am heartened by the emerging shift in language from sustainability to regeneration. There is a healthy debate about why the words we use are important because they frame how we see the world around us, including our reciprocal relationships. Here’s the thing: sustainability can have … Read more