January 28th, 2022

You know that old saying, “You can’t see the wood for the trees”?  A couple of lines from a poem by Francis Weller made me think again:

    “But in the wood is the dream of burning - of flames,
     heat and tongues of orange/red - leaping up into
     the night, warming those who come close by”

Our word, “recognise” literally means, “to think again”.  As I prepare some Formation as Professional Development with colleagues working together in the coming weeks, I am mindful of the necessity to stop and “think again” to kindle the fire that dreams in each of us.

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