Love

THE LANGUAGE OF TREES

Rest in my arm’s dear child

Rest in love for that is the language of Nature

That is the language of the Cosmos

 

Love is the deep language beyond all words

Beyond all form

And yet embedded in every form

 

Rest

For peace is the nature of love

It’s foundation

Without peace we cannot hear love’s words

Its subtle essences and commands

 

Peace is the very thing the human world has been created to despise

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THE BELOVED

A week or so ago my sister asked me a profound question.

And I answered it perhaps a bit too quickly.

A bit too tritely.

 

So I have been contemplating it ever since.

She asked me

 

“Gen – who is the beloved?”

 

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WHEN THE RUBBER BAND BREAKS

The phrase ‘being stretched too thinly’ can apply in a number of different ways.

 

Often we associate this with stress or overload in our ‘doing’ aspects of life. When we are manically busy and overwhelmed with the number of things that need to be done.

 

However, I choose to look at this in a different way.

In terms of narrative and inner belief.

 

Which part of your story is being stretched thin right now?

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BEING LIKE AN ECOSYSTEM

Today I have been sitting out under the shade of a young oak tree. He has been in our garden since we moved here 8 years ago and we have grown up together.

 

In recent years, due to all the travel with my work, I had rarely found the time to come and hang out with this incredible being. Since COVID and lockdown everything has changed – in this case for the better.

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