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Our English language values precision. Words sit in boxes. And we talk about âdotting the âiâs and crossing the âtâs.â Yet life is not singular, and neither is action discrete. We live on a connected continuum. I do, and I keep on doing – present continuous. And who I am is an expression of being, … Read more
One can be measured. The other cannot. Patience is required for crafting a work thatresonates and contains all that we have to offer. + Rick Rubin, from The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Cannongate 2023
Is it that time already? Clumps of early daffodils stake their claim to the path’s edge, as they always do. Yet I am always surprised by their appearance. And astonished that everything necessary for their flowering is there in the bulb. Just waiting to emerge. SURPRISED BY LIFE Autumn receivesthe yielding.Cradling thesoft tissue oflife, and … Read more
Reflecting, having both the urgency and the opportunity to pause. To ask the bigger questions of life that easily get caught up in surviving. I return to the words that frame who I am and who I want to be: May I live this day Compassionate of heart,Clear in word,Gracious in awareness,Courageous in thought,Generous in … Read more
Watertumbles acrossthe stones,finding channelsto dance,currentsto race,and poolsto rest a while.Inviting usto jointhe flow.
I am water,where shall I flow? How often do we see a need and hope that someone else will step in? Someone else will speak up, seeing the issues as clearly as we do. Maybe instead, we could cultivate being water. Flowing to the place where we can make the most difference. Doing what only … Read more
When youâve been tussling with something for a long time, you wonder if youâll ever reach the end. And then something happens. A word or comment. An insight. Simply seeing it from another angle. And there it is. The answer is in plain sight. Yet it wasnât in plain sight. It wasnât that weâve been … Read more
Rhythms are around us and in us all the time. From our heartbeat to the cycles of the solar system. They all impact our lives, but the ones we pay attention to shape us the most. What rhythms are you attuned to?
One of the privileges of living here in the valley is seeing the familiar through the changing lenses of the seasons. I notice the difference between yesterday’s light snow flurry and the crystal clear winter sunlight a few days ago. Yet we are not always returning to a remembered place, but maybe something stirs in … Read more
This phrase â we donât celebrate the first pancake â was one of the gems from a recent two-part podcast. BrenĂ© Brown, Adam Grant and Simon Sinek gathered for an extended conversation without agenda. Simon hosted it for his podcast A Bit of Optimism. Itâs a lovely shorthand to remind us that itâs not about … Read more