Kia ora tatou:
As a number of you know, my life journey has continued to evolve, particularly over the last few years, as I have made my way to a place where I can be of maximum service. To do so has meant making some scary decisions, investing in an uncertain future. Now it has reached another crossroads. After a period of travelling and learning, of stumbling and falling, then getting up again, I have now come to a new awareness of who I am and what I would seek to achieve in the time remaining to me. These things are not set in concrete. They continue to shift.
Welcome to Life.
You see, I have a dream. I have a dream of creating a sanctuary, a place of peace,, where I can write and teach and guide and be of service, where I can make new work, where all who come can rest. I can see a place where people can, for a time, retire from the mainstream to regroup and recharge ,and where I can be there to help.
Last year I turned from making a good ( well, reasonable) living as a commercial photographer to following a path of personal growth and service. There are those who would say it is all a matter of Faith. So it is. It is what I feel compelled to do, what I feel called towards. Manywould say that this is a dangerous path to take. I could not agree more. It is fearsomely scary. But if some of us will not take that path, then how can others know that it is possible? I was buoyed by the comments of a good friend who has only a short distance to travel on the Path, as a horrible illness consumes him. It is because you are willing to dark journeys, he said, that the rest of us can have Hope. This comment gave me enormous support. The downside is that choosing to make this journey has eroded my personal circumstances to a point where they are now parlous.
My personal circumstances have changed and it is time for me to move on. Read into that what you will. Now I am seeking a place to rest, to be, to live and to build that sanctuary. I am looking for a place that is reasonable to run. I am seeking a place near a town but not of it, preferably one where Nature is omnipresent and which has an extra building for people to come and stay,one suitable for small workshops. It can be anywhere, although I am drawn to working in Aotearoa.
Writing this post is possibly the most difficult thing I have attempted. It is an issue of pride which i need to (and will) grow past. Therefore, if any of you have ideas or something to offer/suggest, please let me know.
Nga mihi ki a katoa.
In deepest respects.
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