On being open to possibilities

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I’m not sure how open we can be if our minds are full and our diary is back to back. Possibilities, by their nature, are things that are not yet. They have an element of imagination. And hope weaves through them like a thread of gold which we only see in a particular light. The … Read more

Life at the heart of autumn

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In the slanting sunlight, I spied one of our bumper acorns. Plump and free of its cup, it was ready for germination and sprouting in the moist soil. This is life in its unfolding, doing what it does in season. So what about us? Where are we opening ourselves to this next stage of life? … Read more

It’s time to open wide the gates

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Given the current climate challenge, I decided against ‘opening the floodgates’. However, there is something gloriously abundant about slowing down, being quiet and appreciating hope and joy. Especially when we become more connected with each other and this astonishingly beautiful earth we call home. We start to notice shifts. Our way of seeing stretches wide … Read more

Finding courage to stay in the open

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Partway through the week, I found the word to describe what I was sensing. Rawness. Like when everything you touch feels like sandpaper, coarse and uncomfortable. A painful edge that you can’t define enough to do anything about. It was in the air, both here and around the world. I sensed it for others and … Read more

Please don’t close your heart

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We don’t always know when it’s time to move or to change. Yet often, something occurs that throws the folly of the comfort blanket we are holding into sharp relief. We didn’t realise – until we did – that we were holding back. And then we can’t unknow. It watched you play with the seduction … Read more