Reflections on trust, circularity and surprise
small brave thing #248
Hello beautiful human,
I drafted this email to my beloved Circle today, and then thought better of it and decided to share it with all of you, along with the crazy cosmos garden that just decided to start blooming in October.
Dear Circle friend,
When I look out my window I see there is a slight breeze out there today—not much. And yet, I feel internally a stronger current blowing me in an opposite direction. It blows clean and fresh and crisp and I must take time to listen for it.
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Maybe it’s that wind, maybe it’s the turning of the season, maybe something else altogether. I find myself in this Space moving away from the idea of regular weekly appointments—
after all it hasn’t happened that way this season has it—what would it feel like to lean in to that?—
what if the Well, that beloved gathering, like some floating City or a world behind a veil, simply appeared? On its own schedule and in its own time? And those of us who feel able and called at that moment convene…knowing we are held by a larger sisterhood of like-minded, like-hearted souls.
That’s magic.
That’s a magic I’m willing to risk and invite, in this age of algorithms and calculated fear and scarcity. For this season, anyway, which over here is a season of transition and strong currents and trust.
And that is my invitation to you this mid-day moment: what are the currents in your own life, and how do they lead you today? How would it feel to trust right timing—apart from our clocks and scheduled calendars? What if our planners were round, or elliptical, rather than marked out by straight lines and boxes?
xo
S
I believe our world needs new stories. what if those stories lie curled within us like seeds? This is An Inviting Space to experience where and how we might discover, recover and nurture the secret, magical gardens of soul day by day. Starting where we are, as we are.
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Want to connect? Here’s where you can find me in the months coming up:
It’s almost here! On November 13 The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets is hosting my online workshop, “Three Questions and a Poem,” a workshop designed to generate new material and new approaches to listening, and new for poets and non-poets alike. This is an opportunity to discover those new stories I keep talking about, and maybe even get a poem or two out of the experience too! Register at the link. I’d love to see you.
I don’t talk much about my 1-2-1 work with individuals. Like the old woman in the woods, I generally believe if people want to find me, they will. You might too, if you find yourself on that path through the tangle.
Around here, I’m in the Circle on most Wednesdays, when we gather via zoom at the Well to strengthen our listening and creative practices in community. Join the Circle here. Or, if you want to just try it out sometime, sign up for an upcoming Wednesday and join us. There’s more to come!
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