Can we hear our own voice? In a world full of noise, this isn’t easy. How do we know it is ours and not the echo of others? Does it sound like us? Is it a voice we want to be around? A stranger we want to meet, whom we wish others to know. This … Read more
It’s not the grand gestures or the big promises that create change. They can be easily punctured, and then they’re gone. Nothing but noise and air. Instead, it’s the little things, done consistently, that create a lasting difference. Whether that’s in us, our families, our work, or the change we seek to make in the … Read more
Today as we more intentionally shift towards The Art of Quiet Disruption, it seems appropriate to revisit a poem I wrote in 2020. At the end of the first Creative’s Workshop, run by Seth Godin and Akimbo, I wanted to capture the sense of the threshold we were crossing. This is the result, and it’s … Read more
In our brokenness,may we not cling to the raft of power. In our shadows,may we reach toward the kind light of love. In our doubts,may we not grab for shallow certainty. In our vulnerability,may we share this brave space with others, Because peace shared is wholeness. And through each other’s eyes, we see lifein all … Read more
While today marks the end of an era, it is also a day like all others. Where we make a multitude of small choices that tilt our lives in one direction or another. And as I write, I am looking at John O’Donohue’s words from his blessing for Matins May I live this day Compassionate … Read more
John O’Donohue has a profoundly insightful piece in the narrative of Benedictus: A Book of Blessings. He recognises that when we face the world’s darkness, it can cause us to retreat into our private little corners. Firmly closing the door of helplessness behind us. Yet, this gives our power away when we are people of … Read more
Becoming is one step at a time. It is being present and doing the little things, including noticing, listening and creating. While also leaning forward to become the change we want to see in the world around us. One step followed by the next. And finding the others who are heading in the same direction. … Read more
TO COME HOME TO YOURSELF May all that is unforgiven in you,Be released. May your fears yieldTheir deepest tranquilities. May all that is unlived in you,Blossom into a future,Graced with love. + John O’Donohue, from Benedictus: A Book of Blessings This seems an appropriate way to grace the end of a week musing on journeys, … Read more
‘May goodness find you in 2022…’ These were the words of a blessing offered to the writer and poet Martin Wroe as he walked out of the coffee shop, warm mug in hand. It prompted an extended reflection which he shared on BBC Radio 4’s Thought For The Day, and an edited piece he published … Read more
We bless this year for all we have learned,For all we loved and lostAnd for the quiet way it brought usNearer to our invisible destination. + John O’Donohue Time has taken us by the hand and led us along many strange paths. Ways we had not expected to walk. People we never thought we’d meet. … Read more