There is a deeper sense of gratitude when i feel there is an ending… a limit, a change, a transformation… a beginning really. For me, gratitude stems from the deeper sense that All That Is, is ephemeral, and in its waning and waxing eternally, is constantly dying. Death has never been something to fear for…
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The unknown known of nature
I walk around the garden and I feel life around me blooming. I have a special connection to nature that is different to my other over-intellectualised passions. It’s in my own essence to want to know everything, an eternal seeker, of truth and beauty above all. But nature… my curiosity and attraction for it is…
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“The tree that would grow to heaven must send its roots to hell.” Nietzsche. If there ever was a sentence that rings true for me this year, this is it. For the past 10 years I have grown so much, changed in ways I couldn’t have predicted, always in pursue of a better version of…
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I have cried almost every day this year. The darkness I feel surrounding my heart is so heavy, and so dense. I have moments of light and insights, lessons from the great below while in this state, but I am still swimming between so many shadows. I am sad. I am angry. I am frustrated.…
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I am forgiving myself. I am. For all the mistakes I thought I made, because I am here because of them; because I have learned what I don’t want anymore. I forgive myself for not knowing; for hurting others, even if it wasn’t my intention. I forgive myself for being how I was, because it…
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