creating change without shouting
We do not see ourselvesthe way that others see us,yet we are known. Known since before –before we knew, or evenasked the question: who am I? Known not in isolation,a number or location,but known in connection: who we are Indivisible, eternal and temporal,known in being, becauseto be known is to be loved.
The best gift you can receive is life and knowing you are loved. And the best gift you can give is yourself, expressed through your heart. May we unwrap both this day.
So much is determined by the way we see things. Do we notice connections and patterns or obstacles and barriers? Are we alone and no one else really cares, or are we intrinsically part of a vibrant living system? Is the world divided into us and them – those who have the right answers and … Read more
Wandering through life and appreciating good conversations along the way, this journey increasingly feels like an arc rather than a straight line. And here the words of T S Eliot at the end of Little Gidding, from Four Quartets, become more and more real: We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our … Read more
I am reminded that the only thing that will last forever is love. Love is patient and kind;love does not envy or boast;it is not arrogant or rude.It does not insist on its own way;it is not irritable or resentful;it does not rejoice at wrongdoing,but rejoices with the truth.Love bears all things,believes all things,hopes all … Read more