We Are All Like Stones in the River of Life,
We Are All Like Stones in the River of Life,
each of us carrying our own story and our own dance.
Three weeks ago, on the final walking day in the Sahara, I found myself wandering through the dry riverbed of the Draa, the great lifeline of the Atlas Mountains’ hinterland. In the empty bed lay a beautiful, varied landscape of cracked mud plates, sand, and stones in a wide variety of colors. Each stone had been rounded and shaped by the river’s movement.
As I walked, it struck me that we are all like these stones—shaped by the currents of our own lives. The thought made me smile. Until that moment, I had been picking up stones, sticks, and other little things only to let them fall again.
But now I decided to take a stone for each participant of the five-day Heartbeat workshop around the winter solstice. A stone to remind us that life shapes us. And that when we dance, we are always dancing in a river of movement—surrounded by the visible and invisible currents flowing around us.
As I continued, I found more and more beautiful, sometimes surprisingly large stones that seemed to smile at me. My backpack slowly grew heavier with all these treasures.
I love the time that is approaching. The dark months have become nourishing for me, now that I’ve found ways to follow the natural inward movement of this season—and to make it a powerful and meaningful time.
So I’m looking forward to dancing together soon, to taking time to build a strong field in which we can explore and deepen. A space where we can give meaning to the solstice and to the new year.
Like stones in the great river, each of us carrying our own story and our own dance.
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