11/03/2025
Happy November Everyone. This season of darkness, peace and slow down is a gift. If you're feeling tired, go to bed early: use this time for catching up on rest.
WELCOME NOVEMBER…
There is something about November that says ‘just keep going’.
We are not quite through the year yet the finish-line looms out of nowhere.
We are plunged into darkness by Mother Nature.
We are faced with the ‘season of joy’,
and yet many of us wonder where we will find it.
And I think November is a great time to take a little peek behind you,
and see just how much you’ve done.
To take stock of your achievements, your endurance,
your survival.
To rest, reinforce, before the festivities envelope us all.
Before beautiful new beginnings.
And most importantly, November is a time to seek out light.
As the natural order darkens, we must find it ourselves.
We must do whatever we can to brighten our day,
our home, the world.
Seek out light wherever you can my friends,
and pay no heed to those who condemn your sparkle.
You are much-needed.
Keep showing up, in that special way only you can do.
And show up for yourself too
(which can sometimes mean not showing up somewhere else).
This year has been hard.
Again.
But beautiful.
Again.
As is the way of life.
As is the way of life.
Donna Ashworth
Art by my favourite Bettina Baldassari
(If you’d like to pre order my latest book ahead of its launch in US/Canada this month, I’d be delighted)
