“This is not a normal war. The war in Ukraine has killed 500 kids in two years and the war in Gaza has killed over 10,000 in less than five months. We have seen wars before but this is something that is a dark stain on our shared humanity.” -Dr. Fozia Alvi https://t.co/6kYj7ICWdP
"I believe that's what we are all searching for: a way home. A path through this wilderness. But to walk through wilderness we must become more and more comfortable with what is wild in each of us."
adrienne marie brown
#StayingWithTheTrouble
'when someone acts, their activity cannot be accounted as wholly
their own activity – for a person's acts are inevitably 'shaped in the
course of their performance partly by the acts of the others around
them....each individuals action is a joint creation' John Shotter
“Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real.”
From Iris Murdoch, born on this day in 1919, still one of the best, most insightful things ever written: https://t.co/SRCwxSQWWA
“The more you fail, the more you succeed. It is only when everything is lost, and instead of giving up, you go on, that you experience the momentary prospect of some slight progress. Suddenly you have the feeling that something new has opened up.”
Alberto Giacometti
#Alive
Agreeing to be Here Together
Agreements are necessary,they form the riverbanks of the conversations you will have.Agreements help people attend to the common space into which they will pour their offers & needs, &from which they will hopefully be sated @adriennemaree
📸D Hockney
Toni Morrison "It's not possible to constantly hold onto crisis. You
have to have the love and you have to have the magic. That is also life."
#ToLoveIsToAct#feelingandthinking
“Healing is a word we don't use in child welfare.” Tim Fisher. Neither is love I replied. What would happen if we built a child welfare system without healing or love? Exactly.
"I believe our work requires us, no matter what our qualifications or job titles, to create relationships of dignity and respect across differences of privilege to meet people where they are at in the world. It is the task of the worker to build a bridge to meet the person"
“If you’re that glad why did you vote against it..you were shamed into it..do you regret voting against it now?”
The Health Secretary’s reply is shocking
Another masterclass from @piersmorgan in how to hold Gov’t to account