Chris
Posted in Change, Insights from the Outdoors
I was recently on a podcast, which was billed as “How to make a life-changing decision”.
Big stuff like Purpose and Meaning… but how in practice do we even approach and explore these concepts?
If you’re interested in having a look at where we went with it, then here’s a link:
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/bigdecisions
The David Whyte poem that features towards the end is called “
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Decluttering has never felt so good. It really came into fashion in the last few years – getting rid of all that junk you accumulated and heading towards a life of simplicity.
Something always felt missing in that decluttering fad though. It can often be temporary and superficial,
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Knowing what I now know about the disastrous destiny of the culture I live in, how can I possibly participate in it? Since I need money to survive and am reliant on this system, how can I possibly not participate in it?
Still wrestling with that one.
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England might get together and look down on France in the 6 Nations rugby. But Northerners in England rarely associate with lightweight southerners. But up north, Yorkshire and Lancashire have a long history of rivalry. West of the Pennines, Manchester might have a low opinion of Liverpool, but that’s nothing compared to what bubbles up when Man Utd and Man City meet.
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A lot of ecology-related words have become highly politically charged – sustainability, environment, climate change etc – to the point where they seem to have lost all power to engage. To restore the words’ meaning and help me understand again, I often find it useful to visit the woods, especially ancient woodland.
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On many occasions I have made a long list of things to do: urgent things, important things, really important things, and admin stuff. Then I go about doing all the easy things – all the admin, the urgent emails and none of the important stuff that demands wholehearted and uncomfortable commitment.
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Chris
Posted in Change, Zen moments
It took me 39 chances, but this year I finally learned how to love winter; to love it for what it is rather than see it as the unpleasant thing before spring. Luckily, I will now have half a lifetime of lovely winters.
I am happy that spring is here.
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My aspirations always used to revolve around what my available resources made possible. Do I have enough money? Do I have children? What else am I capable of doing to earn a living? This rational and economic approach is entirely understandable, as it seems to be the only language that is spoken any more.
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Is it truly possible to be a “changemaker”? Or are they incompatible words that should not be stuck together like that?
Sometimes, something happens that makes the world change. This might be an invention – say the camera or the atom bomb or the internet, an idea or concept –
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Money is a fascinating phenomenon, with a powerful gift to make humans miss the point.
All the time, I hear money being used as reason why certain things can’t be done.
When this refers to buying a holiday home in Martha’s Vineyard, then that is pretty binary.
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