Possibilities emerge when we realise what is in our control. And what is not. WAITING FOR THE LIGHT Being in the right place at the right time is no accident. It takes patience to wait for the light to shift and illuminate this spot on this day. And that changes everything. + Sue Heatherington Pause. … Read more
We are so impatient. We think speed and immediacy is the goal. But that only produces small fruit, often tasteless and soon forgotten. Instead, what would be worth waiting for? Pause. See differently. Re-story 🌿 ~ After the flower comes the seed… This is the rose hip from the stunningly beautiful rose in Being quiet … Read more
Sometimes I wonder. Then I walk around the valley, and it teaches me. Patience: as more-than-humans arrive in their time, not mine. And they are never late. Trust: that I am part of something so much bigger than me. My voice blending with the choir in rhythms and harmonies beyond my own. Beauty: that emerges … Read more
The deluge of rain brings silt down from the hillsides. Pouring into the lake, it takes a while to settle. We can’t do anything to speed up the process. Instead, we have a fresh opportunity to go gently and watch the drips from the willow create interesting ripples in the churned-up water. Knowing that in … Read more
Sometimes we think we know what we need, but we have no way of knowing where and how to find it. And anxiously searching isn’t the answer when we need a different way of seeing. Like water from the rock. TO KNOW THE DARK To go in the dark with a light is to know … Read more
Sometimes when we’re searching for meaning or an answer, nothing shows up. Until the light comes in. And then we cannot unsee what the light, or insight, has revealed. It changes everything. And us. Sometimes, we simply have to wait and allow our patience muscles to be stretched and strengthened. Yet it might also be … Read more
I’ve been carrying this quote around in my metaphorical pocket for days: Do what you can with what you have. Nothing more is needed. + Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Cannongate, 2023 I sensed it was significant for me and potentially for others. And while I understood the words, what did … Read more
Unhurried, the rays settle across fields and farms, lives lived in the caring of tomorrow. Waiting for light to illuminate the words and the ways hidden from view until now. Patiently revealed in subtle clarity that speaks directly to hearts wide open for life. + Sue Heatherington
At its heart, patience is giving up our fight with time. ‘Patience is developed much like awareness. Through an acceptance of what is. Impatience is an argument with reality. The desire for something to be different from what we are experiencing in the here and now. A wish for time to speed up, tomorrow to … 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