![]() ![]() There are micro mantras for days that feel too difficult: the idea of having “power with” rather than “power over”, shifting the idea of dominating and controlling everything into one of collaboration. But when I did open again there was lasting nourishment in every chapter. I closed it to binge watch The White Lotus while eating chocolate. Its bracing opening chapter felt like too much cold water in a Covid-riddled Christmas. I can’t say I dived in with relish (sorry Louise). She has spent decades working for justice in a world that has in her lifetime reached the end-of-days scenario we now face. A Buddhist and practitioner of deep ecology, Macy is due to celebrate her 94th birthday next month. (An editor has tweaked the title since and it’s now subtitled How to face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy). My friend, who invited me to the workshop, followed up with a gift of Active Hope How to face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power, a book by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone. It had been, like the warm day, both a joy and a worry. A man said he’d seen a swallow lingering past its normal leaving date in the still-summery weather. Listening to the worries of strangers was oddly consoling. It was a day of big open-ended questions, letting us talk about a topic that can feel too daunting to mention. The Earth Care Self Care workshop was hosted by documentary-maker Kirsi Jansa and psychiatrist Brion Sweeney. It was unseasonably warm last October when I sat in a large-windowed room in Dublin’s Richmond Barracks to talk about grief, anxiety and hope. ![]()
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