Journal archief 2026

As I wonder what wants to be written, perhaps it is only this.

Carry on across that river you are crossing, with the ever changing rush of the stream. The water at times cascading, at others only murmuring past you. 

You can only ever truly see one step ahead, and that is all you have to do. Take that one step with certainty, without slipping or falling, and trust that eventually you will make it to the other side. One stepping stone at a time.

The river looks ever different, as does the shore. From every new vantage point, something else may reveal itself, something you might not have glimpsed before. Whether danger or opportunity, or even one disguised as the other, you must only concern yourself with your next footing.

From there all might seem different again. As you are crossing, salmon may leap and sunlight will sparkle on the surface. Suddenly a quieting, or a subtle mist, a kingfisher’s flash of blue, a deer come to drink. All are signs and allies, and all is exactly as it should be.

Even in the most precarious of situations, cease all longing for the shore, or even for the journey beyond and simply sense the beauty of where you are.