Last night I went to the cinema to watch 'Wilding' - a beautiful film celebrating one of the most significant rewilding projects in Europe, in the Knepp Estate in West Sussex, UK. But this was much more than just a film about the beauty of the English countryside…
So often these days, we’re drawn together through crisis – through bad news stories, global suffering, war, catastrophe. Being united in this way is hard as it puts us into a state of collective anxiety. Conversely being united in awe allows us to soften together, to share an experience of the beauty of this life and the extraordinariness of being human – a feeling that life holds so much beauty if only we allow ourselves to welcome it in.
Where does courage come from? If I said "cold-water, hugging people and humming", you'd probably think I was trying too hard to answer the question…
I realised this morning that I don't have a job any more. I also got out of bed this morning and had a flashback to one of the worst #jobs I ever had...
Yesterday was the 90th birthday of Dr Jane Goodall, a woman I've been fortunate to meet several times whilst living out in Tanzania, and a woman I hold as one of my elders.
When I first left the classroom and went to live in Tanzania, I spent a lot of time watching ants. It wasn't an intentional 'thing I planned to do', more something I found myself quietly doing every morning as I sat on the porch drinking tea and slowing myself down from a decade or more of freneticism.