I’m sorry you were so insulted at that book launch. It seems that the innocent become the punchbag for the angry, and reason is abandoned along with compassion when people are frightened. All I can say is, you and others like you provide a bit of light in the overwhelming darkness of the present time. Even a lighted match gives those who search a glimpse of where they are going for a brief second. Those little bits of light are vital, and hopeless as it may seem, there is enough to show the confused there is a way to see truth, however incomplete. Growth begins in darkness, provided there is enough love and care to encourage it. You are providing that love and care, and I encourage you to keep going. It will be worth it, even if it is unrecognised and unsung. Civilisation is at its root, ordinary people living ordinary lives in ordinary communities where goodness, decency and compassion prevail and evil is seen for what it is and rejected. People like you keep that image alive and the ordinary people therefore keep hope alive. Don’t give up.
I’m spending a lot of time noticing the things that are still normal in my world - it gives me strength and always inspires me to say a prayer of gratitude- my life-sack is so full of holes I am constantly picking up the treasures that fall out and take the opportunity to notice them too and give more thanks.
I loved your dolphin story and wish you and your 10 travellers a wonderful writing adventure that will take you farther than you can imagine
Thank you for writing words that speak to my heart. I wish you and all the participants a productive, nourishing, healing and restorative course in Bali. ❤️
I’m sorry you were so insulted at that book launch. It seems that the innocent become the punchbag for the angry, and reason is abandoned along with compassion when people are frightened. All I can say is, you and others like you provide a bit of light in the overwhelming darkness of the present time. Even a lighted match gives those who search a glimpse of where they are going for a brief second. Those little bits of light are vital, and hopeless as it may seem, there is enough to show the confused there is a way to see truth, however incomplete. Growth begins in darkness, provided there is enough love and care to encourage it. You are providing that love and care, and I encourage you to keep going. It will be worth it, even if it is unrecognised and unsung. Civilisation is at its root, ordinary people living ordinary lives in ordinary communities where goodness, decency and compassion prevail and evil is seen for what it is and rejected. People like you keep that image alive and the ordinary people therefore keep hope alive. Don’t give up.
I’m spending a lot of time noticing the things that are still normal in my world - it gives me strength and always inspires me to say a prayer of gratitude- my life-sack is so full of holes I am constantly picking up the treasures that fall out and take the opportunity to notice them too and give more thanks.
I loved your dolphin story and wish you and your 10 travellers a wonderful writing adventure that will take you farther than you can imagine
Stay well Joanne, stay safe!
Thank you for writing words that speak to my heart. I wish you and all the participants a productive, nourishing, healing and restorative course in Bali. ❤️