Sharing H.O.P.E., by Jolyn Washington-Walker (Cohort 9)
“I am with you in spirit…”
“I am with you in spirit…”
“It is when the snow and ice are upon them that we see the strength of the Cypress and Pines.” -Chinese proverb
“When we feel connected to the world around us, we experience more joy and belonging, less depression and less anxiety, all of which increase our thinking, creativity, well-being and generosity…”
“Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?”
The work of transformational change is (still) hard. How did we recharge, restore, take care of ourselves, rekindle our fire this year?
Reflections from throughout the year on courage, listening & storytelling, falling & getting back up, creativity, authenticity & being seen, gathering across difference, energized action & engagement, finding a way, lifting others up, curiosity & noticing, possibility and much more…
“It will take time, work, love, patience, persistence and a dogged insistence that we deserve a world where we all truly belong…”
"A few days later, the rippling feeling settled. And in its place, came a truly unexpected feeling: exhilaration... It is amazing how heavy that one pebble had been to carry all these years..."
“…I train so I can fall. I train so I can get back up. I train so I can befriend rather than unfriend.... And I train to heal the enemy from within before it creates more suffering.”
“Gathering matters because it is through each other that we figure out what we believe.”