The art of living · the storm
Storms
Some days the sky cracks open. The hard thing arrives — sudden, loud, sure of itself — and leaves a silence heavier than the noise it made. Here we don’t look away. We name them plainly, because even the breaking is part of the becoming.
Latest Storms
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Keep all the ways we last!
I’ll admit that I don’t know why things last or much about sustainability. Truth is many of us don’t. History notes that no matter how rigorous any one project or intervention may seem, even if it was published in the best of journals or by the best teams always eager to share their brilliant minds,…
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Keep the end!
We often hope that the end would be the easy, different from the beginning. But even if you sigh for relief, it won’t be easy, the end, and days will be glistening like patches of rain, and nothing would give. Everything would seem like a fast decline but you are standing and still there, and…
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Keep understanding life!
The Igbo people have a popular saying that nothing new happens under the sun. Life is in constant motion and anything that is happening now has happened before and will happen again. We are making jewelry again. This life will bring you back to your beginning when you think of it again. We began jewelry…
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Keep getting up!
I am learning that true, you can blame others for pushing you down, but you have yourself to blame for refusing to get up. September often had me revisiting where I was just 2 years ago. The skies were bleak and I have blamed others including myself for how things ended in the end. I’m…
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Keep this meaning of life!
For the freedom of your dreams, future joys and open eyes, live. Through ways silent and wise, the seed of your spirit and undiscovered roads, learn. When things happen and everything changes, pray. Through time and life, through the best and worst in souls, love. The above are from Ben Okri. My mood for this…
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Keep Africa rising!
I sat in a room that left me speechless yesterday. Also inspired. The theme was Africa rising and my ears and heart were in awe. They are still ringing and full of ideas even as we write this that I had to say a special thank you to the one who saw me enough to…
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Keep this joyful light!
If you ask me what brings me joy these days. If you ask and I close my eyes to reflect on the word, to let it flow from my tongue as the thought of it rests deep within. If you ask what even feels joyful to me these days. I would close my eyes, smile,…
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Keep dreaming!
I dreamt for work, then I dreamt for life, if you knew me, you would know why we dream whether work or life.
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Keep every moment!
We paused today, with ourselves and looked at the day, with a single purpose, to wait for time. In silence and in thankful contemplation, strangely at peace, we said thank you when the moment arrived. There still is no clear time in sight. We don’t know how deep the valley is. Either way, the urgent…
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Keep your journey!
On the path to your dreams, you will come across fear, failure, doubts, and a heavy dose of despair. Yet, still you will walk as if there is no other path worth taking. It’s your dreams after all and even if it leads to despair, at least you are dreaming