Human to Human

What a treat today to begin scheming with co-hosts Nadia Von Holzen and Jenny Spector. We are exploring October’s Wanderful Excursion.

One thing I like about the Excursion is that it gives us more time to dwell together. A couple of rounds of sense-making. A couple of rounds of emptying.

Perhaps you too would like this Becoming & Belonging time. I’ll meet you there.

Thx Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer.

“It is this way with kindness:
someone plants in someone else
a bit of beauty —
a kind word, perhaps, or a touch,
the gift of their time or their smile.
And years later, in that inner soil,
that beauty emerges again,
pushing aside the dead leaves,
insisting on loveliness,
a celebrateion of the one who planted it,
the one who perceives it, and
the fertile place where it has grown.”

If you’ve been reading for a while, you know that “wander” is a pretty important invitation to me. There’s a lot of nuance that sets up wander. Often, at the core is a deliberate attempt to connect what is inner (all those swirling psyche things) with what is outer (life circumstance, problems, projects, etc). Wander suggests that something other that a straight and hurried line might be most helpful. Lately I’ve been adding a tag to my Wander School materials. “Get somewhere” is shorthand for those inner / outer insights and intuitions.

I’m so glad for the people showing up to Wander School. For all of the Becoming & Belonging (B&B) offerings. For getting somewhere when it’s not a demand. We’re feeding each other well in our varied circumstances.

For this week’s offerings I wrote this below. It’s another way of stating context and purpose. Perhaps it appeals to you too. Jump in as inspired.

One of the things that delights me most
is this journey into the simple and sincere.

As you know, there is alchemy available.

Please come with a situation or circumstance
for which you welcome insight and intuition.
It can be the big stuff,
or another thing that dwells in your heart.

We’ll check-in as we do.
And share some brief context about our respective circumstance.
And then welcome Flow Game Cards to stir the soup.

Come wander. Pretty good chance we’ll get somewhere. That matters. That surprises. That moves it all along.