This article explores how we can navigate liminal spaces and transitions in times of chaos, crisis and uncertainty.
Like most of us in Sri Lanka, I have gone through many emotions these last 5 days, since the devastating Easter Sunday attack on our lives, our hopes, our dreams, our freedom. Disbelief was the first. Incomprehension followed fast. Then grief rising from heartbreak. Then anger aroused by fear. Underlying all of these emotions was…
I believe we are being invited to reflect, review and reshape our future. I believe we are already on the cusp of that opportunity to rethink and reimagine a bold, brave and beautiful world. I believe we—in all our different ways—have been preparing for this moment, we have been skilling up, building our resilience and…
Happy New Year dear friends,
A little late, but I am happy to be finally writing to you, with my New Year wishes, for you and me.
I am happiest wishing you by sharing the lessons I am taking forward, and here is what I learnt (again!) last year.
Everything was all right in the end (as…
Dear Friends,
I just made my deadline to pen my reflections down of the old year and get ready to welcome the New Year!
First things first … No apocalypse … the world didn’t end. Its still here. But I think the world as we know it, has been changing (for a while now).…
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Recently a story of a wooden boulder that bobbed along streams, rivers and seas taught me that I am not lost. An art exhibition taught me that framing is key to deep understanding.
Lessons come from the most unexpected places, and this insight I…
I was deeply touched by Frank Warren’s TED Talk, on Half a Million Secrets, delivered last March (2012).
Frank Warren invited people to anonymously send him their secrets in 2004. Now, eight years later, he is the “owner” of over half a million secrets. People from all over the world, shared their ‘shocking, silly and soulful’…
I looked around the living room of my home, on my fortieth birthday and I realised how lucky I was to be surrounded by those who meant most to me. I was also surrounded by the wishes and love of even those who couldn't be there with me in person. I felt blessed.
I also realised…
I wish you,
A tune in the soles of your feet,
on the tip of your toes that taps and dances you,
a rhythm in your hips that sways you
in wild abandonment.
Smiles that creeps on you unexpectedly
that quirks your mouth upwards,
crinkles the corners of your eyes
and gleams them bright.
Poignant thoughts that softens your heart
and fills you with longing…
My dearest friends
Whatever that can be said about 2011, is that it was not boring.
Most would agree that 2011 has been a year full of surprises, excitement and lessons. This year saw the crumbling of many institutions, world wide social and economic activism and sadly loss of lives in human made conflicts and in natural…