It matters more than ever...

 This post originally started as a message to the Thrive School members. On the day after the US election was called, in a bit of a whirl, I wrote this..Have you been in a bit of a frazzle today? I have. All these scenarios started swirling, and I could feel a cynicism sweep in. But I know I need to nip cynicism quickly - it only fuels a downward spiral. I knew I needed to hop on my yoga mat, let the clicks and tension in my body release, and listen. I sat in silence for a very long time. And in that time, I found new fuel- a deep realisation that the work we are doing is even MORE important. It is the work of connection, values, beauty making. It is the rising of the feminine, the building of bridges, the creation of alternatives, the celebration of diversity and plurality. It is about learning the skills we all need to navigate internal and external chaos and it is about creating the conversations that are necessary to build new leadership - for ourselves, our communities and beyond. Our work matters. It matters even more than ever. Time feels precious though and with that preciousness a renewed sense of urgency. So, whether you are making art, creative spaces of stillness, writing your truth, inviting in conversations which honour the earth, innovating new technologies, or offering healing, you are also offering hope.... and hope, as we know, is a verb. As love is. And verbs mean action. Those elegant next steps? They matter more than ever…It can be so easy to feel overwhelmed, uncertain, cynical. What we choose to give our attention to matters. What we choose to create matters more than ever. So this week, can we steer our attention in the direction of beauty, notice it, amplify it in even the smallest of ways, and can we each take the next elegant step that we know is ours to take. One elegant step at a time…Onwards. It matters more than ever.