Going Where? To Do What?

This has been what seems like a long time coming, and was only possible with patience, hope, dedication and persistence. "If we hope for something we already see, it’s not really hope. Who hopes for what can be seen? But if we hope for what we don’t see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance."

When I am asked what I am doing I am often confronted with this. You are going where? To do what? 

I am excited to say that I am moving to the UK! L'Arche will soon be my new home and I will have the opportunity to go through life with some amazing people and I hope to encourage them and engage in two-way learning, all while having fun. A perfect combination of things I am passionate about: life-long learning, community development, spirituality, and environmental awareness. 









More about L'Arche 
L’Arche supports the personal growth and development of each member so that they can fully develop their potential. Communities provide work, therapeutic and leisure activities that are a source of dignity and fulfillment for their members.

L’Arche communities give each person the confidence and skills to grow, to achieve their life goals and to make a contribution to society regardless of their intellectual and physical limitations. This is done through the development of long-term mutual relationships, providing a stable home environment, on-going training of those who provide assistance to community members with disabilities, and partnerships with professional care providers and government authorities.

There are currently 146 communities in 35 countries. Each community is comprised of homes and day programs, which operate according to a not-for-profit model. Our model of care is unique: people with intellectual disabilities are at the heart of L’Arche – not as clients, patients, or recipients of services but as friends, teachers and companions.

Founded in 1964 in France by Jean Vanier, L’Arche is an international federation dedicated to the creation and growth of homes, programs and support networks for people who have intellectual disabilities and people without intellectual disabilities live mutual relationships and share daily life, building community together.

Can you see the forest through the trees?

When you look at the natural world what do you see? Beauty. Design. Complexity. Wonder. Strength. Or maybe it is just a bunch of trees and open sky?

Are you able to see all that is before your eyes? Or are you limited by the noise of the world? Every day we have the opportunity to see the natural world as a reflection of something greater, if we choose to do so. 

Take a moment today to stop your busy life and find joy in the natural world around you. You will find greater appreciation for the world we have been placed on and call home. There is so much to learn about the natural world, if only we knew where to look. 

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.   
His house is in the village though;   
He will not see me stopping here   
To watch his woods fill up with snow.   

My little horse must think it queer   
To stop without a farmhouse near   
Between the woods and frozen lake   
The darkest evening of the year.   

He gives his harness bells a shake   
To ask if there is some mistake.   
The only other sound’s the sweep   
Of easy wind and downy flake.   

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,   
But I have promises to keep,

   
And miles to go before I sleep,   

And miles to go before I sleep.

~Robert Frost