Sometimes the greatest relief comes not from having all our questions answered, but from being given a little more room to breathe. There are weeks when the whole world feels unsteady. This has been one of them. So much in the wider world feels fragile at the moment, with economies shaking, nations on edge, and…
Tag: fear
Writing While Able
Sometimes we forget that what we are able to do today is itself a gift worth treasuring. For some years now, I have lived with a certain kind of uncertainty, the kind that quietly follows me even on ordinary days. It is not always loud. Sometimes it sits far enough in the background that I…
Hurricane Milton
Compassion begins when another person’s suffering matters to us. As I sit on a park bench in my local park in Melbourne, the sun rests warmly on my shoulders, and everything feels calm. The sky stretches above me in a wide, endless blue. Birds sing from the treetops, and nearby I hear the bright, carefree…
Keep Calm
We can acknowledge our fear without allowing it to silence our passion. Have you ever carried a fear so private, so difficult to name, that even whispering it to yourself feels dangerous? The kind of fear that seems to gather strength the moment it is acknowledged, as though giving it words might somehow invite it…
