creating change without shouting
Joy isn’t the same as happiness. Just as hope isn’t optimism dressed up with positive words. And as the beautiful piece A Love Letter to Melancholy, by Joel Duntin for The Encouragement Manifesto suggests: “… when we lose control, life happens.” Making space in unexpected places.
Yesterday, I was introduced to a phrase from Mary Oliver’s poem and went to find more. Today, here is the whole poem for us to sit with a while and let it do its work in us. INVITATION Oh do you have timeto lingerfor just a little whileout of your busy and very important dayfor … Read more
Discovered, the first little violet of the year. Just one, so far, on the track above the water steps where the morning sun warms the earth. I love its gorgeous vibrant colour and the intricacy of its inner markings. Life in delicate fullness on display. Inviting me to cherish my life and not hide away.
Yesterday, I wandered up the valley to check the water-gate after more rain had fallen. This is Wales after all. The breadth of the brook and the remnants of the original reservoir means that multiple small channels need to be kept open. And periodic clearing of debris is required. Dislodging stones, silt and vegetation, and … Read more
Half a shade braver, leaning into the light. Searching for the space filled with colour, and air, and flow. The promise of life. And wisdom that does not shout its name, but offers grace and hope. Generous abundance in a hungry world.
‘Go to the Limits of Your Longing’ God speaks to each of us as he makes us,then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall,go to the limits of your longing.Embody me. Flare up like a flameand make big shadows I can … Read more