This last year, I’ve changed so much that I hardly recognise myself from twelve short months ago. Outwardly, perhaps not very much, but the operational system has had an overhaul. I am writing this hoping it helps me see the enormity of it all. I am filled with breath-clogging gratitude for the one thing I… Continue reading Know the place for the first time
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The Trumpet of a Prophecy. O Wind!
That feeling when there’s a nip in the air, the year is headed for a close. Laden with gingerbread and plum cakes, one begins to count the ways in which they are grateful and send thanks into the world for all the “normal” Stop press. Hold the plum cake. Sitch incoming. I am primary caregiver… Continue reading The Trumpet of a Prophecy. O Wind!
Hazy cosmic jive
Seasons. The inescapability, the surprises, the soothing regularity. Seasons of my life have much the same features. Each year, I spend roughly the first half springing about, picking up new ideas & shoots and generating spaces of learning. In the second half, I find myself shedding the old, hunkering down and try out the new… Continue reading Hazy cosmic jive
At the beginning again
TS Eliot famously said “We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.” If we are lucky, we find ourselves at beginnings again and again. In relationships, at work, and with adventures. We can come to… Continue reading At the beginning again
Monica Pillai 