The Soul’s Knowing

01/07/2025

This mountain lion chose a quiet, hidden place deep in the wilderness to take his final breath. There were no signs of injury, no struggle, no distress—just stillness and silence.
It’s a natural instinct shared by many wild animals. When they sense the end is near, they often retreat far from the noise and presence of others—away from predators, people, and the chaos of the world. They seek solitude, finding a place of peace to let go, undisturbed.
Life begins and ends with a single breath—that final slow exhale as they slip gently from this world.
But perhaps it’s not an ending to mourn, but one to revere—like a sunset. Their life, once blazing like the sun, gradually softens, casting its final rays toward the sky. A quiet farewell. A peaceful passing.
In that hidden place, far from the eyes of the world, the mountain lion’s journey came full circle—not with fear or pain, but with grace. A soul returning to the wild, as silent and dignified as it lived.

10/01/2025

One of the most challenging goodbyes occurs when we love someone yet recognize the impossibility of establishing a healthy relationship with them. Remaining in the relationship means continuing to wait for changes that will never materialize, tolerating hurtful actions, accepting minimal effort, and losing ourselves in an attempt to avoid loss. Although departing will be painful, it will ultimately lead to healing. Conversely, staying will perpetuate the cycle of hurt, causing the wound to deepen. Sometimes, choosing to leave is not a reflection of a lack of love for the person, but rather a demonstration of self-love and self-care, which necessitates leaving with love.

07/01/2025

Sleeping In The Forest
I thought the earth remembered me, she
took me back so tenderly, arranging
her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds. I slept
as never before, a stone
on the riverbed, nothing
between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated
light as moths among the branches
of the perfect trees. All night
I heard the small kingdoms breathing
around me, the insects, and the birds
who do their work in the darkness. All night
I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling
with a luminous doom. By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better.
~Mary Oliver

04/01/2025

“It’s madness
to hate all roses
because you got scratched
with one thorn,

to give up all dreams
because one of them
didn’t come true,

to give up all attempts
because one of them failed.

It’s folly to condemn
all your friends
because one has betrayed you,

to no longer believe in love
just because someone
was unfaithful
or didn’t love you back,

to throw away
all your chances to be happy
because something went wrong.

There will always
be another opportunity,
another friend,
another love,
a new strength.

For every end,
there is always
a new beginning.

And now here is my secret,
a very simple secret:
It is only with the heart
that one can see rightly;
what is essential,
is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - The Little Prince

Image: Estoile on Pixabay

04/01/2025

“The universe speaks not only in equations but in the silent presence of a cat on a piano.” Albert Einstein.

02/01/2025

Most optimists are not born that way. They are created. When the world asked them to harden, they softened. When they experienced pain, they vowed not to give that pain to others. When they understood the lineage of trauma, they healed instead of continuing the pattern. Optimists are not people who have never had a hard day or a hard season or a collection of hard years. Optimists are those that have walked through the fire and decided that love, hope, resiliency, and compassion are lighter to carry. For most people, their optimism is hard-won. Fought for. An act of brave resistance in a harsh, demanding, chaotic world.

~ Jamie Varon

art | Dorima on Pinvibe.

02/01/2025

“Leonard Cohen said his teacher once told him that, the older you get, the lonelier you become, and the deeper the love you need. This is because, as we go through life, we tend to over-identify with being the hero of our stories.

This hero isn’t exactly having fun: he’s getting kicked around, humiliated, and disgraced. But if we can let go of identifying with him, we can find our rightful place in the universe, and a love more satisfying than any we’ve ever known.

People constantly throw around the term “Hero’s Journey” without having any idea what it really means. Everyone from CEOs to wellness-influencers thinks the Hero’s Journey means facing your fears, slaying a dragon, and gaining 25k followers on Instagram. But that’s not the real hero’s journey.

In the real hero’s journey, the dragon slays YOU. Much to your surprise, you couldn’t make that marriage work. Much to your surprise, you turned forty with no kids, no house, and no prospects. Much to your surprise, the world didn’t want the gifts you proudly offered it.

If you are foolish, this is where you will abort the journey and start another, and another, abusing your heart over and over for the brief illusion of winning. But if you are wise, you will let yourself be shattered, and return to the village, humbled, but with a newfound sense that you don’t have to identify with the part of you that needs to win, needs to be recognized, needs to know. This is where your transcendent life begins.

So embrace humility in everything. Life isn’t out to get you, nor are your struggles your fault. Every defeat is just an angel, tugging at your sleeve, telling you that you don’t have to keep banging your head against the wall. Leave that striver there, trapped in his lonely ambitions. Just walk away, and life in its vastness will embrace you.”
~ Paul Weinfield

Art by Ellen Gallagher

31/12/2024

Wishing all my clients, friends and family a Happy and healthy New Year ❤️🙏🏽💫

31/12/2024

When you are not feeling seen or heard, forgotten , sidelined, broken or betrayed or misunderstood , remember this….

31/12/2024

I wish the world was kinder.
A little softer on those who are healing, grieving, waiting,
or just starting to understand how lonely the road can be.
May we greet one another with the same kind of light that we ourselves are searching for.
Just because we look strong doesn’t mean we feel strong -
we just carry the heavy things well.

~ ‘Kinder’ by: Ullie-Kaye

~ Art ‘A Moon to Call Their Own’ by: Sam Toft

31/12/2024