Feeling my roots solidly held by the earth, and allowing my spirit to be held by my inspirers in the grove, I am slowly beginning to find peace inside myself. It will take me some time before I manage to identify with that peace consistently. So far, I have learned that this place of peace is not a small, walled-off part of my that I can retreat into. It is in every part of me, in every cell, in every fibre.

I can rest there, and that is wonderful. It refreshes and calms me. And it is the only place of rest in a world that is constantly flowing. If I want to live, I need to become part of the flow. Here is my working theory:

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Every so often, I feel the urge to write a long, self-pitying article about how difficult life is. I’ve just got over one such urge. On top of the things mentioned in the previous article, I also crashed the car, which didn’t help the whole stress and anxiety issue.

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