A venture into ideas
January 8, 2026
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Introducing the process philosophy of A N Whitehead
A long, slow climb out of the city
A stiff breeze blows away the cobwebs
What should we leave behind?
We choose to walk along the borders
Development is a decision
What direction will we take?
We step into the natural world
Improvement requires change
What are we open to?
Here we feel ourselves relaxing,
with every breath we open
and release
Who will we choose to be?
We walk and the world turns with us
Every step leaves a footprint
What impact will we have?
We are drawn to a sacred space
Enduring monuments to a changing sky
What questions do we have?
Take time to think and wonder
There are no certainties in development
What shall we explore?
“History is a pattern of timeless moments”
(T S Elliot)
What are our moments?
How will they guide us?
Change is all around us
Beauty is in imperfection
How can we encourage people to be ‘in development’?
Up above the rooftops
The skylarks sing
Our hope is our humility
Where can we be ourselves?
We look back on our journey
as the clouds gather over the land
What can we carry forward?
When the rainclouds gather in
It helps to be prepared
What resources can we draw on?
We drop back into the city
in the rain
What is our next step?
How can walking ‘in development’ help us live in a fractured world?
Introducing the process philosophy of A N Whitehead
The turning of the year reminds us that each moment – each step on the journey of life – is both an ending and a beginning and we cannot begin anything without letting go.
Meaning lives in the moments we experience
in our sense of connection to each other and to the constant creativity of life in development.
Remember a walk in development In the Autumn stillness a blackbird’s whistle echoes childhood voices and the crunch of broken glass while the steam from
When we walk in development the moments we experience inform our long-term development
How can we foster interaction?
All life has its own pace
Let’s take our time
