Good Morning Friends,

I write to you late in the day this week after one that's got away. That tends to happen at times. Times we want it to, and times we perhaps don't. But as ever, this time to write is sacred as is the time you're taking to read it. Remember to nurture your rituals. They are precious.

I trust and hope you've had a week where there have been moments of life. The ones where you can pause and take it all in. The little pockets of aliveness that we can access in seconds or days. The pockets we sometimes choose to create or the ones that simply happen. When time decides to accelerate, it's important to cherish these moments. I've been having wonderful messages back and forth with those connected via this project, and a common notion that keeps cropping up is the emergence of new phases of life. Ones we may not be aware of nor know are coming. Ones we may be ready for or maybe not. Even if we know they are coming, not knowing what they will bring.

Being able to live with these unstable times is what makes us more rounded right? It's like adapting to the seasons. Our bodies and mindsets change and adapt - through the tough and the pleasant. Is summer joyful because of the sun or is it a relief after a dark, cold winter? But as we know, we must embrace this ever-changing and ever-evolving experience for ourselves, otherwise, what's the point? When we accept this simple and cyclical existence, it alleviates the attribution to things not going as well as we'd hoped.

As I adapt to this brand new life, I'm feeling more embracement to this new way of being. One that I shouldn't miss a previous because it served it's purpose and holds me in good stead now. One that I made the most of and am lucky to have done. Written a chapter in the book of life. These are things we should all being doing. They say 7 years is a phase of life. I'd add significant life moments being part of this notion too.

Things we had before (still there or lost) will always serve us. Whether it's in wisdom or in perspective. We're lucky to have had those things and can now use them to evolve our own souls during our own story.

Something I'm leaning into now is the slightly delusional aspect of self-belief and really living. Not in a false nor forced way. Just in a way that I know if I choose to live more, it'll be better. I'm actually impressed in myself for how simple I've made that sound. Maybe we need to reach a point to feel this way, like many profound moments in life require. Life can be as bad as you want it to be, even if you have everything you could ever need. Once you choose to live, you'll have a much better time.

I wish you a wonderful rest of your weekend. Choose to live more. And let me know how you get on.

Best,

Lawrence