August
The year: Hungry-to-see-with-wonder-and-gratitude-what-is-and-beyond.
Gratitude celebration:
• Writing – in this life and hopefully in the life to come.
• Really hearing through creativity.
• Heart-friends.
• Running in the cool of the forest.
• Compassionate stranger coming to the rescue of a cell phoneless-unbrushed-teeth-woman, a pyjama-dressed-uncombed-hair young lady and a happy black dog when our car refused to go after we dropped Wim off at the station, heading for Paris for a week’s teaching.
• Youngsters in Paris discovering life-treasure.
• Sharing our journey stories and people say, “Me too!”
• Stiaan’s best friend becomes a father for the first time, making him the very proud godfather of a petit pink dolly.
• Cycling with Kirsty.
• Together with my soulmate discovering ‘what is and beyond’ – seeing – freedom – excitement! There is more!
Hard grind celebration:
• Brown, sun scorched lawns and plants and most of all, maize fields blowing up dust.
• Bad nights strung like dark pearls of heaviness around my days.
• Not understanding still, the life art of the young lady sharing our lives for the last 25 years.
• Best intensions and still causing hurt to ones closest.
• To be taken into consideration rather than being heard in decision making processes resulting in feelings of ‘voice lessness’ and ‘powerlessness’. Is this not how so many people in the world feel?
• Still learning to live with paradoxes.
• Constant act of ‘letting go’.
