Confluence is the coming together of things. The flowing together of things. Sometimes rivers. Sometimes important things. Sometimes systems of thought. Ideas of process. Invitations to practice together.
Got much of that happening now.
One river for me is the connection between personal and universal. A colleague and I were crafting a retreat yesterday. I was helping her craft questions that start with the personal, but then connect to the communal, and the universal. It’s good question-crafting skill. Sometimes people skip the personal — thinking, “gotta get to the real work.” Truth is, exploring the personal makes the communal that much more alive and relevant. Here’s to the courage that any of have to insist on the personal.
A second river for me is the simple that is Circle and Circle-based practice. I wrote Gifts of Circle and created a set of supporting Question Cards — get them here. Circle is the practice that has most changed me in my life and learning. Meeting with people in Circle — sometimes formally, sometimes not — is what most enriches most of my work and personal affiliations.
A third river is my Becoming & Belonging Series. And Wander School. Really all of the programing I offer is grounded in some form of Circle, Turning To One Another. I like centering these efforts on the deeper yearning that most people have, this Becoming & Belonging. Jump into that here. I’m creating. I’m looking to create with others. And to experiment my way forward with what matters most.
In my life, I’ve fought a few confluences. Some knowingly. Some unknowingly. And some confluences have arrived, just right timing, without effort. I feel like I’m in one of those now. Personal life. And some great opening in my professional life.
Grateful to the many of you that read, share, connect. Let’s keep that mystery moving.
