The garden is a meditation practice, that of seeing when it is time for something to die. In the garden one can see the time coming for fruition and for dying back. In the garden one is moving with rather than against the inhalations and exhalations of greater wild Nature.*
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Self-awareness, humility, and generosity are required for openness and creativity and therefore for impact. We need to take time for rest, refreshment, recovery, and renewal, and to celebrate our victories and honour our losses.**
Adam Kahane
Spring: new energy, beginnings and possibilities,
Summer: focus, flow, I am,
Autumn: fruitfulness, for you, I’m tired,
Winter: hiddenness, reflection, rest.
My favourite is Spring,
But I need each of the seasons–
I need to breathe
in and out.
*Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ Women Who Run With the Wolves;
**Adam Kahane’s Everyday Habits For Transforming Systems.
THIN|SILENCE 