Category: reflections
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Light or wrong
Twinkle little light Why do you feel so tired, little one? You are not doing much Yet you feel there is rest you need to catch-up on Your body whispers in your ears “Rest, little one, even lights can’t shine all the time A little darkness does them good If there wasn’t darkness They could… Read more
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Layers
Hungry Hungry for quiet For the gentle dance Of leaves in the wind Hungry for butter For the gentle pleasure Of doing nothing With a slice of buttered toast Hungry for life In a unrestrained way Impatient for it to Happen all at once Life is hungry for life Le Siècle des Lumières Perhaps we… Read more
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becoming
Outside in Funny You can’t really escape it The noise You thought you might come out To find peace But it seems the noise is out too Maybe it is inside out Maybe you can find the quiet in Even when it is loud out Some days you might need to accept It is loud… Read more
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Inner Nature
From Nature to Inner Development Goals Last week, fascinated by the potential that becoming more aware about Nature’s ways of doing could teach us, I proposed a Nature-inspired project design framework, with the intention to help guide the ways in which we design, conduct and sustain projects. This week, I am reading about the Inner… Read more
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Drawing your attention
Letter from Love Dear Love, what would you have me know today about ATTENTION? Nature is all around you, love It relaxes you and makes you smile when you spend time drawing your attention to its beauty and its intelligence There is so much we can learn from it, its symmetry and its unconditional love… Read more
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Here and now
Raft Teaching as a raft taking people from the shore of suffering to the shore of freedom When you reach the other shore, you can leave the raft behind When we reach the other shore, we realise we never left the shore we started from There is only one shore and we are already there… Read more
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Inspired by Nature
Nature as a Mentor Nature is so cool! Want an energy boost? Watch this awe-filling video in which Janine Benyus reminds us of life’s inspiring wonders and how much we could learn from Nature. Biomimicry aspires to emulate nature’s designs and processes to create a healthier, more sustainable planet. This is not a new concept… Read more
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Moon
Spectacular Dear Love, what will you have me know today about being spectacular? Everything is going to be okay, love, because everything is in this moment, you can see the shine in your pen’s ink, the dappled light dancing on the window, the colourful beads shaking through the air, the imperfection in the paint creating… Read more
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End and Start
A few words for the humans I had the pleasure to work with for the past year and half: How do I feel? Peaceful and calm Sunny and free Grateful to be here today And elsewhere tomorrow What comes next, you ask? Life and its many surprises, I say ‘When you press the pause button… Read more
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You are the universe
Our perception of reality Sometimes I am not sure whether to stand in absolute awe or to laugh about some of the paradoxes we live within Grasping the fullness of what these might reveal seemingly appearing on the spectrum between tantalising and utterly absurd Most of us too busy busying ourselves with trivial activities that… Read more