Patiently waiting to emerge

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Beauty is not always what we see at first sight. Perhaps it’s because we’re not expecting it and need to look from a different angle. Or what we see is still emerging. Like a newborn, this isn’t its finished form. This week I want to walk with the good words of John O’Donohue’s blessing For … Read more

Choosing to be open

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Beginnings, by their nature, are openings. They take something that was nothing more than an idea, a seed, and bring it out into the light. Beginnings take courage, choosing to be open at a time when we feel most vulnerable. When there is no certainty of outcome or understanding. Indeed, beginnings are born in unknowing. … Read more

Being open

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What are we open to? How far are we prepared to stretch? Do we set boundaries that keep things out or keep us in? I was just wondering.

Being wide open

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I love the vastness of the sky. Colours painted with broad brush strokes as weather fronts roll in. Its openness is huge, bigger than anything we could get our minds around if we thought about it. Yet strangely, its size doesn’t diminish us. It doesn’t make us feel smaller than we are. Instead, we are … Read more

Open

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What are we open to? Is our view of the world so narrow that the light can’t come in? Do we fixate on what we struggle with, what we can’t do, that we cannot see the possibilities around us? In this year, I want each day to be a step further into being open. Being … Read more