Comments on: We Already Are. Always Were and We Still Have Time To Be.

By: Jer Swigart

Jer Swigart — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 14:07:15 +0000

Bridget, thank you for this beautiful and deeply personal reflection. I’m often struck by how little attention aspiring peacemakers give to the work of interior repair. It’s through reflections like yours that I’m inspired anew to prioritize that work myself. As a Palestinian colleague says, “Unless I’m at peace within, I have no peace to give.” I do wonder if you’ve had a chance to read Lin Preiss’s piece? I imagine the two of you would have much to explore together. Lastly, thank you for your wondering: “Perhaps peace is a way of being, a pilgrimage or a point on the compass, rather than a permanent destination.” Perhaps it is as you suggest…what a gift to be on the road with you.

By: Jennie Chinembiri, UK 22

Jennie Chinembiri, UK 22 — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:24:02 +0000

In reply to Bridget Holtom. Hi Bridget, I don't have a similar practice, but would be interested in developing one. I have at times done exercises where I write a letter to myself looking through what I think may be God's lens. Let's talk more in Somerset.

By: Mirella

Mirella — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:04:10 +0000

Bridget, this is such an inspiration for the blogging process. I’m not there yet as I have not yet streamlined all my ideas but this has provided me with a bit of calm and wisdom to get going.

By: Bridget Holtom

Bridget Holtom — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 10:36:04 +0000

In reply to Jennie Chinembiri, UK 22.

Jennie, thanks for your comments. Honestly, I love writing letters to myself. And I love myself, in so many ways that like I started with, I didn’t realise that I didn’t, if that makes sense. There are still times when I feel pulled in different directions but at the core I feel loved, feel loving and am thankful for myself and what I bring to the world as much as I am grateful for others in my life.

I started writing letters on the full moons each month and sealed them with herbs and flowers and leaves and seeds of the season and then opened them again a year later, so I really began tending my relationship between my past and future selves as well as the different parts of me. Highly recommended! Do you have a similar practice? Would it be something you’d be interested in?

By: Jennie Chinembiri, UK 22

Jennie Chinembiri, UK 22 — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:41:56 +0000

Bridget, thank you for your vulnerability, you have opened a space for a depth of conversation that I am excited to have with you. i liked the idea of writing yourself letters and your honesty about how to begin with it was slow and painful, how is it now? Looking forward to getting to know you better.

By: Mary Withers

Mary Withers — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:46:17 +0000

Thank you Bridget for holding up a mirror to me. I see reflected in your writing the parts of myself that I am not reconciled to yet. I will be coming back again and again to your post for further ‘pondering and inner work.