Finding my way back to home, Reminders to self, The inner world
My encounter with this “ending of lockdown” experience started with the very welcome news that I had secured a new work contract (I haven’t had work since the end of March). I felt really relieved and happy and eager to get back to work, but also a...
Belonging, Finding my way back to home, Presence, The inner world
“Everyone longs for intimacy and dreams of a nest of belonging in which one is embraced, seen, and loved. “… John O Donohue on our longing to belong… “Our hunger to belong is the longing to find a bridge across the distance from isolation to...
The inner world, Waking up
“This is the first and most basic question all people must answer for themselves.” “I think the most important question facing humanity is, ‘Is the universe a friendly place?’ This is the first and most basic question all people must answer for...
Resources, The inner world, Waking up
Listened to this YouTube recording of a talk by poet & philosopher John O’Donohue last night and my brain kind of melted like a gorgeous gooey Galaxy chocolate bar of loveliness…Mmmmmm…and I woke up this morning still feeling the loveliness of his words…...
Ponderings, The inner world
“No one else has access to the world you carry around within yourself; you are its custodian and entrance. No one else can see the world the way you see it. No one else can feel your life the way you feel it.” ― John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic...