We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. Joseph Campbell There’s a scene in Star Wars – a New Hope that used to give me nightmares as a boy. Our heroes Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Chewbacca find themselves trapped in the Trash Compactor on the … Continue reading The joy of the job
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Cultivating humility
If you are humble, nothing can touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. Mother Teresa We love people who don’t boast, and want to be led by those who put others first, yet we seem to be surrounded by a ‘me-first’ culture played out both on the international stage, and … Continue reading Cultivating humility
Hope in the dark
We will never have a perfect sense of what needs to happen next. We are always feeling in the dark. We do not have to become somebody else - the more authentic and grounded our hope is, the more true and helpful it is. Breanna West. The week before half term I watched part of … Continue reading Hope in the dark