Perhaps the quieter seasons of life reveal things that its busiest seasons never allowed us to see. When I walk my neighbourhood in midwinter, I notice how the season has stripped so many of the trees bare. The leaves are gone now, revealing what had been hidden all along: abandoned bird nests sitting quietly among…
Tag: change
Water over Rock
We are constantly being shaped by what we repeatedly allow into our hearts and minds, often without realising it. There are some places that seem to hold a feeling for you, so that when you return, something in you settles before you even understand why. Marysville is like that for me. This summer, on one…
The Speed of Change
There is a quiet mercy in the ordinary days when nothing unexpected happens. There are seasons in life when almost nothing seems to change. Days follow one another so faithfully they begin to blur. Morning arrives, evening settles, and tomorrow looks much like today. Life moves along its tracks with a reassuring rhythm. Predictable. Familiar….
Allow
Sometimes life becomes lighter when we stop insisting it should have been different. There was a time when I believed life moved in straight lines. If I made careful plans, if I worked hard enough, if I loved well enough, things would unfold as expected. I thought certainty was something you earned. But life, it…
Between Breaths
Perhaps making peace with our past begins not with wishing it had been different, but with finding the courage to acknowledge it as part of who we are today. New Year’s Eve is the night when time asks us to look back. Not with nostalgia, but with honesty. It is not a celebration so much…
Quiet Reflection
Peace isn’t necessarily the absence of uncertainty; it is discovering that uncertainty doesn’t have to take away our peace. When I was younger, the days between Christmas and New Year felt almost sacred. A quiet pause in the calendar where I would reflect on what had been and carefully map out what was to come….
Changing Seasons
Surrendering to a season of slowing down is not giving up; it is understanding that we are more than our achievements and that even our quietest days matter. The seasons come and the seasons change. Time keeps moving, steady and unrelenting. Life can feel long when we are walking through it, yet deep down we…
