REFLECTIONS
A Note on the Journey
My work over the past seasons has been deeply shaped by the writings of Bernadette Roberts. Her articulation of the interior journey gave language to experiences I trusted but could not yet name. For that, I remain profoundly grateful.
While what is unfolding now is a pivot from that reflective year with her, what remains is still reflective, but with different material. Something lived more explicitly in the body, in relationships, and in the ordinary moments where patterns reveal themselves and something new becomes possible.
I find myself at a threshold. There is energy here, curiosity, creativity, a sense of alignment, and also a necessary unknowing. Rather than certainty, what feels most faithful is attention.
In this season, my writing and work are pivoting toward presence as a lived reality, often through the lens of the Enneagram, not as a system to master, but as a doorway into embodiment, awareness, and honest engagement with life as it is.
This space will continue to reflect on the inner journey, but with a growing emphasis on how that journey shows up in real time: in the body, in conflict, in growth, and in the courage it takes to stay present when old strategies no longer serve.
If you are sensing a threshold of your own, you are welcome here.
God in Nature - Paragraph 8
The impact and invitation this has for me is to continue, like the Stoics, to practice releasing those passions, distractions, and thought patterns that cloud the center. Those mechanical, and dare I say even maniacal, ways of being that grab all my attention away from the center. These attention grabbers need to be seen through and dealt with. Some of these attention grabbers are easy to let go of while others are very difficult, so ingrained our habitual patterns are. For these tougher cases therapy, spiritual direction, or some help, care and compassion of another is needed in order for us to face and breathe through the release.