Zagreb........

Am just beginning to stop whirling - after what has been one of the most intense few days on top of what seems like weeks of running to catch up with myself!!!! I came to Zagreb seeking clarity - and can see that I am beginning to find it - I can also see it growing in the wonderful SiS Catalyst family - as we make our journey of learning together. Capturing learning is what we have been trying to do here - because we cannot share our learning unless we clearly see it ourselves. Our aim is to mobilise our mutual/shared learning - and to do this we must find ways to take the individually owned and understood 'Aha' moment of clarity and to enable this to go global! 10 million hits minimum! OK so if the destination has become clearer - the path to the destination is still obscure - but to know where we are going is a very, very important first step - hurray!!!!!! We are getting there!!!!!!!!

Bursting with love.....

and pride and recognition for my amazing son Jimmy.

Buffff!!!!  Jim is away with Rachel - tonight staying at his brother Rob's in Varazdin - they have all been in Grenoble with Alex and Lara - and tomorrow Jim, Rachel and Rob go to Bosnia - another story..... but tonight I got home to open a letter which was just so amazingly wonderful.....

My little Jimmy, my youngest son, the amazing rock of our whole family...... the youngest grandchild, the child who came so late to reading, who was then diagnosed with dyspraxia, the young boy who was there alone at 16 when his father died, who was there for me, through those hard days, who ended up studying physics and maths... and struggled .... but who despite everything - just got on with it......

... this wonderful young man, my beautiful Jimmy has been awarded a FIRST in his History degree!!!!!  What an amazing journey.

I have had such a huge night - phoning Jimmy in Croatia and telling him - he had looked on line and though he had a good 2:1....... and was very happy with that! Telling my Mum - her joy in phoning my sisters - and though not being quite clear of the differentiation - just loving their reaction (they knew!) - and reflecting with me - and getting it so right - Jimmy got this because he chose - despite everything - to work hard/stay focused - when it would have been so easy for him to have every reason not to - he also did it with humility and passion for his chosen subject area - the Civil Rights Movement and the impact of protest songs.

Tonight I also texted Jim - to tell him how proud his father would have been of him.

OK - another first night for me.... to recognise my beautiful youngest son - the child of Chris and I ......  and I think this is why I feel so emotional tonight because this is not just Jim's well earned achievement - but also a night for me to recognise the beautiful legacy of Chris and my love for each other - our wonderful sons.........

Accelerated time......

... have been aware that I haven't blogged for a while.... time seems to be just racing by.... doing my best to cherish every moment and to be present all the time - but my life seems to be almost a blurr at the moment - but I think so many of us are feeling this.

Have just had a glorious weekend dancing with Andrew Holmes - 'Soul Food' - two beautiful days of nourishing and recognising my soul. Truly gorgeous - not always easy - because to really dance deep - is to dance with an honesty and truthfulness to yourself...... and it does require a real awareness of self.

To those that don't dance this  might sound strange - but 5 Rhythm dancing is a 'practice'  - it requires you to dance without self judgement, to dance with an open heart, to go without fear where the dance takes you and to just 'be' in yourself.

I truly love it - and Andrew is an amazing teacher, who takes us on a journey, together - but on our own.

I think so often about journeys... learning journeys..... individual journeys and the journeys we make together - in families, in organisations, cities, countries, globally - our individual journey weaving it's way in and out of the journeys of others. Sometimes these journeys come together for brief seconds, sometimes like my parents - journeying together for 66 years.

The journey which 23 of us danced this weekend - was exactly that - our own individual dance - but through the dance - we came together - to share a moment of joy -  to witness grief, beauty, truth, to learn from each other, to be irritated by each other, to see ourselves reflected in the dance of our companions - but fundamentally to dance our own journey.

As a group of dancers we sought to individually dance the embodiment of our souls and I have felt the legacy of that process all day. Seeing reflections of the lesson of dance within my world of day to dayness and work. Wonderful.... and then because it was Monday I went back tonight to dance in our regular group......................bufffff! How blessed am I to have dance in my life - I love it, love it, love it!!!!!!!