creating change without shouting
As a woman of a certain age, I have a visceral reaction to the idea of being ‘in my place’. It suggests a box. And I don’t like boxes. However, Thomas Merton’s insights on the responsibilities of humans to their own time and place has stirred something from which I cannot excuse myself. Instead, it … Read more
If things are too close together, we can’t see them properly. Like words. If they are crammed in, they lose their meaning. Or music. It’s the gaps between the notes that create the melody. Wonder needs breathing space.
Where is your space? Is it defined by walls or shaped by ideas? And is it charted by geography or relationships? Is your space internal or external? And how much is it coloured by expectations – yours and others? I wonder, where is your space, do you know? Yet, I do know that your space … Read more
Stepping intostillness,letting quiet spaceinvade ourinner worldfor a momentor two. Embracingemptiness,not to be fearedbut spacethat can befilled,later. ~ Good Friday 2021
During this strange year, our encounter with space has taken on new dimensions. Some of us have had too much, while others are desperate for more. But is it only about our physical limitations and the presence of noise, activity or demands? Reflecting on this, I wonder if the gift of space is fundamentally an … Read more
When we have only one view of what might happen or a single perspective on who we are, then we live in a narrow space. We are fragile and brittle and have no room to bend and breathe. Instead, we can grow into a more spacious space if we are open to possibility. And even … Read more