We are the light

two hands holding one candle in the dark

It’s the season of dark and a calendar flip, here in the northern hemsphere with the Gregorian calendar. A natural time of shifting from old into anew. From previous into promise.

What if reflection of our past year was intentional?

May we remember the good stuff more than the bad.

May we see the beauty that was born from each challenge.

May we hold grace and space. For ourselves, for others.

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Just because

just because soomething doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless -- Thomas A Edison

What if we played with our hobbies and interests just for the fun of it? Simply because they make us happy? As a process rather than outcome?

What if the point isn’t actually to finish? What if a given completed project is the bonus?

For many, myself included, this is a shocking thought.

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Changing it up

toy people moving letter blocks opening the word change into challenge

Feeling overwhelmed with the amount and intensity of changes in your life, your world? Here’s a vocabulary mind-blower — another word for change is create.

Navigating change equals navigating creation.

Well now, that’s a whole new way of looking at things…

Are you experiencing big change in your life right now? What if we could reframe that for ourselves:

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What if…

We humans are conscious beings.

What are some other conscious beings? Dolphins? Mice? (Nod to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) Dogs? Animals, in general? What do you see when you play with your pet? When you observe your backyard critters?

Birds? Geese families, with an adult purposely placed on each end of the swimming line? Hummingbirds that hover directly in front of my face?

Conscious? Personally, I think so.

How about plants? Trees, flowers, mushrooms? Are your houseplants responsive?

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