How can we bring everything together?
October 4, 2023
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A walk to organise our way forward. Moreton on the Marsh, Gloucestershire
our first dawn walk for a few weeks,
so, we start again
our breath rises frozen
a morning mist floats above the pond and drifts across the frosted grass
when we come to the wood there’s a brand new scene
so much has changed since our last visit we can almost feel the world turning and time slip away beneath us
we are grateful for the pine tree that supports us and the comfort of a bluebell blanket that caresses the contours of the land
birdsong ebbs, flows and flutters about us, squirrels scamper and a curious jackdaw creeps closer
the sun climbs swiftly and soon the light floods through, opening the fresh green leaves and warming the soil
it’s a world made new again
we are filled with a feeling that we don’t deserve this, but then reminded that it is absurd to think that we can earn moments like these.
a gift freely given has no strings attached, it asks nothing in return
development has no entry requirements (except perhaps some openness, engagement and connection)
every space has its own feel and this wood is its own world
it sits on the cusp of a small hill where the ground falls sharply away from under us
drawing our eyes to the distant hills
the land between shimmers in the early morning light, an impenetrable veil that protects us
from the grumbling engine world we hear but cannot see
the jackdaw edges closer, they’ve been a welcome companion,
we’ll look for them again should we return
to begin again
why do we come?
we come to connect
to make another start
every day is a new beginning,
it’s own starting point.
so it turns out that we can be 60 years old, have left hardly a ripple, yet still experience moments suffused with meaning
we can sit under falling cherry blossom with the warm sun on our back and write (this)
it is not what we write that matters, but that we write
it is not where we walk that matters, but that we walk
not how far we walk, but how we walk
and all this walking and writing is simply in service of quality
what helps us find quality in our lives?
A walk to organise our way forward. Moreton on the Marsh, Gloucestershire
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