RECEDE A weed grows in my garden nothing else just a weed It looks pretty in the morning fairy like almost freed It shows me where I haven’t tended neglected not paid heed It grows despite my indifference unnurtured what if I concede? I walk over and stand next to it grateful for its seed The garden is not lost I can let it grow if I recede [...]
We like to have a certain control over our lives. That’s why we plan, make to do lists, create projects. Everything in our society is set to reduce uncertainty. The pandemic brought a certain shift in that. We realised that control is really very flimsy and that we have no grip at all on anything. Slowing down, waiting, not knowing, postponing, patience. These don’t sit well in our busy and fast paced lives. But worrying, pushing and pulling and controlling do not prevent chaos and disaster. Ev [...]
I am taking a @bethkempton class called AUTUMN LIGHT A seasonal writing sanctuary I am so inspired by the daily lessons that I take early in the morning before I start to work. Today I want to share my musings about INTUITION and how it is invisible, intangible yet its evidence can be felt. 🦋How does your intuition manifest itself? 🦋 AND LISTEN When there's a shiver down my spine it is a light trying to shine I hear you When there's a tightness in my chest there is a clue to be guessed I hear y [...]
Have you ever read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? It is safe to say that it's one of the funniest science fiction novels ever written. Seconds before the Earth is demolished for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised Guide. Together they stick out their thumbs to the stars and begin a wild journey through time and space. Trying to balance work, kids, partner, friends, parents and a gazillion other things, our lives on Earth are regularly de [...]