The dark is always present.
Tag Archives: Thinking
Procrastinating
However, too much of it and you really are just staring out of the window at nothing.
Finding the Joy
The power of the gentle in an ungentle world.
Mood
Reaching into nostalgia and brighter thoughts I grabbed my twelve inch dance version of Bowie’s Absolute Beginners – I know, far from his finest – and wha-wha-wha-oohed my way through it with moderate dancing – it was only 8.45 after all.
Straws
Like an overladen camel or any beast of burden, we carry a lot through our lives and sometimes it is hard to keep moving and seemingly impossible to lighten the load.
Bridges
I knew in my dream I was walking from one reality to another, one state to another and that I had to say goodbye to everything I thought I knew in order to make that journey. I was not afraid or excited, just peaceful.
The Ladder out of the Abyss
In my state of wilderness I am seeking what is mine to own and what I should leave for others. Some of this is clear, some is not.
Lent
This year, I walk into that inner wilderness much more self aware and with a greater understanding of the importance of inner journeying. To undertake it fearlessly and with commitment is the first challenge. My other challenge is to stand and face whatever comes and to look square at it unflinchingly.
The Nature of Fire
It’s no good taking the old into the new when it is no longer fit for purpose. Into the fire go those things that need to be rendered to ash, stripped of their potency, made healthy again for the new life of a spring garden.
Spirit
But actually it’s spirit I want to write about because it has been a week of feeling spirit in so many lovely ways and although last night was the apex there have been some fantastic moments of community and togetherness that I want to try to capture.